History PlayingWith / KungFuWizard

** Walter's magic relies on {{Ki}} or something similar, so he actually started out as a BareFistedMonk and ended up graduating to a KungFuWizard.

* '''Downplayed''': Walter is a skilled martial artist and a wizard, but most of his magic is focused on [[MagicEnhancement making him faster and stronger.]]

** A VainSorceress, knowing that she's a SquishyWizard and would likely get creamed in a close-combat fight against the muscle-bound hero, learns to cast a spell that provides a MagicEnhancement to her figure, gaining 70 pounds of sculpted muscles without losing access to her powerful spells so that she can transition from being a LongRangeFighter to a FullContactMagic practitioner.

** A VainSorceress, knowing that she's a SquishyWizard and would likely get creamed in a close-combat fight against the muscle-bound hero, learns to cast a spell that provides a MagicEnhancement to her figure, gaining 70 pounds of sculpted muscles without losing access to her powerful spells so that she can transition from being a LongRangedFighter to a FullContactMagic practitioner.

'''Basic Trope''': A magic user also happens to be a skilled martial artist.

* '''Exaggerated''': Every single magic user in the story is a skilled martial artist, regardless of age or any other limitations.
* '''Downplayed''': Walter is a skilled martial artist and a wizard. But most of his magic is focused on making him faster and stronger.

* '''Invoked''': [[BoxingLessonsForSuperman Walter is advised to take up martial arts to increase his combat skills.]]

%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

* '''Parodied''': An enemy boasts that he cannot be harmed by magic, so Walter punches him in the face.

** Walter took up martial arts because he felt that he couldn't just rely on magic alone in combat.
*** And there's a chance his magic would be taken away.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Double Subverted''': ...Or so he wants his opponent to believe. Once the enemy lets their guard down, he shows his true power.

* '''Defied''': All magic users must take a vow never to fight with anything but their magic.

* '''Deconstructed''': Walter ends up neglecting his magic for his martial arts training and is [[MasterOfNone less powerful than other wizards magic-wise as a result.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': [[JackOfAllStats Having balanced abilities]] still comes in handy though.

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* '''Invoked''': Walter is advised to take up martial arts to increase his combat skills.

* '''Deconstructed''': Walter ends up neglecting his magic for his martial arts training and is less powerful than other wizards magic-wise as a result.

Back to KungFuWizard.

* '''Exaggerated''': Every single magic user in the story are skilled martial artists, regardless of age or any other limitations.

* '''Straight''': A wizard is introduced who is also shown to be a skilled martial artist.

** The wizard took up martial arts because he felt that he couldn't just rely on magic alone in combat.
** Or alternatively magic has limitations which require the user to be physically fit, so he picked an activity that would also have a use in combat.

* '''Subverted''': Despite his martial arts skill, the wizard isn't all that useful in combat...
* '''Double Subverted''': ... Or so he wants his opponent to believe. Once the enemy lets his guard down, he shows his true power.
* '''Parodied''': An enemy boasts that he cannot be harmed by magic...and promptly has his jaw removed by the wizard.
* '''Deconstructed''': The wizard ends up neglecting his magic for his martial arts training and is less powerful than other wizards magic-wise, as a result.

* '''Zig Zagged''': A mage loses his staff and decides to take up a martial art. He gets quite good. He later refinds his staff, and, relying on magic becomes decadent and unfit.
* '''Averted''': No mages are martial artists, and no martial artists have magic powers
* '''Enforced''': To be able to enter the inner circle of the [[WeirdTradeUnion Wizards Guild]], wizards must defeat a demon they've summoned via hand-to-hand combat - ''no'' magic or weapons allowed.
* '''Lampshaded''': "After those muggers caught Berilius without his wand and robbed him, he swore he'd never be helpless again."
* '''Invoked''': A wizard is advised to take up martial arts to increase his combat skills.

* '''Discussed''': "I always wondered why someone called 'The Lightning Sorceress' specialized in ice magic. I guess they were talking about her reflexes."
* '''Conversed''': "If ''I'' could spam energy bolts I wouldn't be mixing it up hand-to-hand with the bad guys. Especially if their hands were holding swords and shields."

Back to KungFuWizard, who's a hair less flashy than the NinjaPirateZombieRobot.

* '''Justified''': The wizard took up martial arts because he felt that he couldn't just rely on magic alone in combat.

* '''Inverted''': SquishyWizard

* '''Averted''': MagicKnight

* '''Reconstructed''': [[TheMario Having balanced abilities]] still comes in handy though.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

*'''Enforced''': To be able to enter the inner cirle of the [[WeirdTradeUnion Wizards Guild]], wizards must defeat a demon they've summoned via hand-to-hand combat - ''no'' magic or weapons allowed.