Gun fu

Gun fu is a martial art that primarily exists in Hong Kong cinema and in Western movies influenced by it. It consists of a mixture of hand-to-hand and firearms manoeuvres performed at close quarters.

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A classic Gun fu move consists of reloading two pistols simultaneously by releasing the empty clips, point the guns to the ground, and drop two fresh clips out of your jacket sleeves into the guns, then carry on shooting. This move appeared in the game Max Payne, along with duel-wielding various weapons, including Uzis, Berettas, and the Ingram SMG. It also appears in the game Halo 2, with any one-handed weapon, including the Magnum, SMG, Needler, Plasma Rifle, and Plasma Pistol.

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Other moves can involve shotguns, Uzis, rocket launchers, duct tape, string, and just about anything else that can be worked into a cinematic shot.

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Kurt Wimmer's film Equilibrium raises gun fu to a developed martial art with the Gun Kata.

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Martial art: Martial arts, also known as fighting systems, are bodies of codified practices or traditions of training for combat, usually without the use of guns and other modern weapons. Today, people study martial arts for various reasons including competition, fitness, self-defense, self-cultivation (meditat...

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