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kung fu

noun as in martial art

noun as in martial art

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Entertainment comes from DJs, dance troupes, kung fu associations and hip-hop artists Year of the Ox.

Then Abdul-Mateen’s character and Neo speak in a dojo, a recreation of another famous scene from the original film in which Reeves intoned, “I know kung fu” in the most Keanu Reeves way possible.

From Time

The versatile New York-based group, which features as many as 19 members, has only been around for two decades, but its music channels the great Fela Kuti — with a dash of kung fu teaching.

From Ozy

Admittedly, all this sounds pretty entertaining, rather like a kung fu or superhero film.

The show is loaded with beautifully shot, carefully choreographed sequences of magical kung-fu.

Kung fu is not the name of a martial-arts form; it means 'something with diligent applications.'

Boxers tell the tale of Little Bao, a peasant boy who learns kung fu and joins the Boxer Rebellion.

In the kung fu epic The Grandmaster, Cannes award-winning actor Tony Leung trained for four years.

“You cannot learn the spiritual side of kung fu in just reading two books,” he says.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to kung fu, such as: judo, karate, wrestling, aikido, jujitsu, and kendo.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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