History Main / KungFuWizard

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': Sky mages tend to be this; they can magically enhance their movement, allowing bursts of speed and leaps of great length. They are also known for being incredibly agile, making them excellent acrobats and even thieves.

* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', Harry is being trained to be one of these. So are, as it happens, Hermione, Ron, and quite a large amount of the Hogwarts student body, by [[MakeMeWannaShout Sean Cassidy]], though Harry is a couple of steps ahead since he's also being taught touches of everything from basic brawling to Krav Maga to Pankration by Clint, Steve, Natasha, and Diana, in exchange for some of the tricks he's learned on Earth on much the same rationale as the above example, as Cassidy explicitly points out that without his powers, he's physically as vulnerable as anyone else. Wizards are usually even worse off since they're much easier to disarm if you get in close.

* ''Manga/SPYxFAMILY'': During a party for Anya in the anime's {{filler}} episode, Yor roleplays as an [[WickedWitch evil witch]] who serves as the penultimate obstacle for Loid, who's playing the hero. However, being [[CantHoldHerLiquor completely wasted]], she ends up using her actual [[ProfessionalKiller assassin skills]] in the fight instead of casting pretend spells.

* ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'': At the end of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', Ezra Bridger gave his lightsaber to Sabine Wren before [[spoiler:he launched himself, [[TheEvilGenius Grand Admiral Thrawn]], and Thrawn's fleet all the way to another galaxy.]] In the ten years since then, Ezra developed his own fighting style that doesn't require a lightsaber, which can largely be described as brawling heavily supplemented by Force pushes and throws. He's good enough at this to be able to hold his own in a lightsaber duel simply by blocking the enemy's lightsaber strikes with Force telekinesis.

* ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'': At the end of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', Ezra Bridger gave his lightsaber to Sabine Wren before [[spoiler:he launched himself, [[TheEvilGenius Grand Admiral Thrawn]], and Thrawn's fleet all the way to another galaxy.]] In the ten years since then, Ezra developed his own fighting style that doesn't require a lightsaber, which can largely be described as brawling heavily supplemented by Force pushes and throws.

* Arianna Marcel, the "punch-mage" of ''Webcomic/{{Castoff}}''. Her favourite spells include MagicMissileStorm and InASingleBound, and if she's without her [[PowerCrystal magi gem]] or otherwise unble to do spells, prepare to have a face full of fist.

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': "Magicombat", introduced in volume 8, is regarded as a sort of counterargument to sword arts that mixes ''unarmed'' combat with spatial magic instead. Alvin Godfrey demonstrates this in the senior-level [[TournamentArc combat leagues]] with [[TheGrappler magic-enhanced wrestling]], defeating his opponent Efler by choking him out. Alvin's second-in-command Lesedi Ingwe meanwhile is a magic-enhanced kickboxer, and resident CombatPragmatist Tullio Rossi once sought her out for new unarmed techniques to incorporate into his personal fighting style.

* ''Manga/SpyXFamily'': During a party for Anya, Yor roleplays as an [[WickedWitch evil witch]] who serves as the penultimate obstacle for Loid, who's playing the hero. However, being [[CantHoldHerLiquor completely wasted]], she ends up using her actual [[ProfessionalKiller assassin skills]] in the fight instead of casting pretend spells.

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'':
** "Sword arts" is a catchall term for a family of {{Fantastic Fighting Style}}s that mix swordwork and [[SimplifiedSpellcasting spatial magic]] for close combat, which were developed after a {{Muggle}} swordsman killed a prominent archmage in a fair duel and proved that at close range, a sword can strike faster than any mage can cast a conventional spell. Union mages favor three primary schools, the Lanoff, Rizett, and Koutz Styles. Main protagonist Oliver Horn normally favors the Lanoff Style, and after defeating Tullio Rossi in a duel, recommends he learn the Koutz Style to improve on his self-taught [[CombatPragmatist "dirty fighting"]] style.
** "Magicombat", introduced in volume 8, is regarded as a sort of counterargument to sword arts that mixes ''unarmed'' combat with spatial magic instead. Alvin Godfrey demonstrates this in the senior-level [[TournamentArc combat leagues]] with [[TheGrappler magic-enhanced wrestling]], defeating his opponent Efler by choking him out.

* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Glimmer [[TookALevelInBadass levels up into this]]. At first, she relies heavily on her teleportation and magical sparkles in combat, to mixed success, but toward the end of the first season, she delivers a teleporting aerial punch that lays out [[SquishyWizard Shadow Weaver]] in a single blow. In the second, she's mixing teleportation, her father's magical blasting staff, and some pretty solid unarmed strikes, allowing her to go up against both Catra and Scorpia and manage at least a reasonable level of success.

* ''ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}'': ' While Zatanna is mostly [[LadyOfBlackMagic an extremely powerful magician]], she's also a decently trained martial artist who can still defeat some {{Mook}}s by herself with just hand-to-hand combat, since she knows she can't always rely on her magic for self-defense. This is especially evident in issue #15 of ''ComicBook/Zatanna2010', where she has to fight off the witch hunters with only her martial arts, and she even has a {{flashback}} showing her dad trained her for just such occasions.

** Main character Ainz is a lich specializing in insta-death attacks, so naturally he's a SquishyWizard (well, [[DemBones Brittle]]). This never shows up, because a) he has a spell that makes him a better melee combatant at the cost of disabling his magic (and although it does nothing for his lack of physical technique, that still doesn't change the physical parameters advantage) and b) he's so absurdly overleveled in the new world that a hit from trolls and ogres five times his size doesn't even budge him (and this is while in his wizard form). In fact, while Emperor Jircniv was well aware there was no way to beat Ainz through magic, he at least had hopes to beat him through physical power... and along comes Ainz in WillfullyWeak mode to challenge the Empire's biggest and toughest soldier (a giant war troll) and it's still a CurbStompBattle. [[spoiler:Jircniv recognizes the futility of fighting Ainz and immediately submits the empire to Ainz.]]

* Luffy from ''Franchise/OnePiece'' has monstrous strength known around the world in addition to being made of rubber which his style of fighting quite heavily relies on. Admittedly he'd still be able to kick pretty much everybody's asses, except for a choice few, without his rubber powers. He also eventually invents several different ways to manipulate his rubber powers into [[SuperMode granting temporary but massive boosts to his physical strength]].

** "Sword arts" is a catchall term for a family of {{Fantastic Fighting Style}}s that mix swordwork and [[SimplifiedSpellcasting spatial magic]] for close combat. Union mages favor three primary schools, the Lanoff, Rizett, and Koutz Styles. Main protagonist Oliver Horn normally favors the Lanoff Style, and after defeating Tullio Rossi in a duel, recommends he learn the Koutz Style to improve on his self-taught [[CombatPragmatist "dirty fighting"]] style.

* ''VideoGame/{{Dungeonmans}}'': Fully possible with many builds. The Psychomanser skills (for the Kung Fu half) mixed with any set of Wizardmans skills (Foominology, Cryoscience, Tricksonometry).

* Many Jedi in ''Film/StarWars'' qualify as Kung Fu Wizards, as their use of lightsabers corresponds to kendo and other East-Asian sword-fighting styles. In Star Wars, the Force works as a substitute for magic. Another thing is that Jedi are warrior-monks, very similar to various Buddhist monks throughout history.

* Elemental bending in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' can be best described as magically augmented martial arts. Elemental benders are restricted to their own element (except for the Avatar, who can use them all), but they can either punch/kick you, hit you with their element, or both.
** This is pretty much a required trope for all Benders as all bending is done through martial arts. Each element corresponds to a real martial art form and pro-bending in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' serves as the Avatar equivalent to real-life MMA fighting, albeit with teams.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', Dr. Fate learned martial arts in the event his magic is taken. Even so, he's not shy about telling Batman that he would rather use magic.
* Sky mages from ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'' tend to be this; they can magically enhance their movement, allowing bursts of speed and leaps of great length. They are also known for being incredibly agile, making them excellent acrobats and even thieves.

* Glimmer [[TookALevelInBadass levels up into this]] in ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower''. At first, she relies heavily on her teleportation and magical sparkles in combat, to mixed success, but toward the end of the first season, she delivers a teleporting aerial punch that lays out [[SquishyWizard Shadow Weaver]] in a single blow. In the second, she's mixing teleportation, her father's magical blasting staff, and some pretty solid unarmed strikes, allowing her to go up against both Catra and Scorpia and manage at least a reasonable level of success.
* Piper from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' is a crystal mage who is also a staff fighter and the team's best martial artist, being a practitioner of "Sky Fu." [[BigBad Master Cyclonis]], although she prefers the "magic" side in battle, is also no slouch in using her staff or hand-to-hand either.
* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' incarnation of ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo's'' Jei the black wolf is a very talented sorcerer that hypnotizes the Turtles to try to kill Miyamoto Usagi for him. He's also very capable of fighting Usagi in physical combat himself, and in a dream, faces Leo and owns his shell.
* Nabu from ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' supplements his magic skills with martial arts.

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' has a cast of colorful psychic magic-wielding kids. Any of them can be unarmed, invoking this trope. Poo is definitely an example, however, as he's constantly wearing a Gi and doesn't even HAVE a weapon. Except for one really rare one, the Sword Of Kings, but even with it equipped the command is still "bash" as if he doesn't actually use it, and sticks to his bare hands. His psychic powers also rival Ness'.

* Kyogoku Maria in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' 4. While specializing in ClothFu and SupernaturalMartialArts, she is an immensely powerful sorceress who can fight physically as a DanceBattler and magically, such as conjuring enormous veils.

* Kyogoku Maria in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' 4. While specializing in ClothFu and SupernaturalMartialArts, she is an immensely powerful sorceress who can fight physical and magically, such as conjuring enormous veils.