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[edit] Feng Shui
Feng shui is a role playing game that has it, its sort of a action movie roleplaying game and I think this article should make reference to it as it is the only place I have actually seen the expression Gun fu used. Lol buffyverse, how lame.
[edit] Akimbo
In computer games, these moves are known as Akimbo.
I removed this statement because it is simply not true. In gaming and action movie parlance, "akimbo" is only used to describe two identical weapons, one wielded in each hand. It may be a component of "gun fu", but it is itself only one "technique", not a set of them. TaintedMustard 18:37, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
[[Gun Fu Fighting Style]]
In the Pacific Northwest, Master Isidro Archibeque is a figure larger than life. He has been actively teaching in Western Washington for as long as anyone can remember, and today, though in his 60's, he remains a figure larger than life. "Archie", as he prefers to be called is best know for his mastery of the Iron Hand. His feats have included driving nails through boards, breaking countless bricks, carrying a refrigerator up three flights of steps, penetrating sealed plastic soda bottles with his fingers, breaking rocks, bricks, boulders,...you get the picture! Once, to commemorate one of my promotions, he brought a 12"x12" piece of plywood, 1" inch thick (that's 9 layers of veneer!). It took two hits for him to do the break. I have never seen anyone else even attempt this.
If that were not enough, "Archie" is equally well known for his mastery of pressure points, joint locks, and fighting strategy. His art is a philosophy, requiring that each student return to nature, and develop a personal understanding and awareness of his or her integral package of instincts. His teaching is modeled on the psychology, behavior, and movement of animals...a return to the original inspirations for Martial Arts, as he would say. The name he has given to this philosophy is Gun-Fu, Animal Fighting Styles.
"Archie's" greatest fame came as a teacher to "teachers." Starting in the late 1970's, ranking Black Belts, and senior students from other styles began to seek "Archie" out, many choosing to stay and undergo an apprenticeship with this force of nature. Some of those persons are now recognized masters in their own styles, and freely acknowledge their debt to Master Archibeque. Whether you've heard of him, and want to learn more, or if you're simply curious and would like to take a peek at the pinnacle, relax for a moment and browse through these articles.
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[edit] Original Research
I haven't seen much asserting that this actually exists as a distinct, unified style separate from the broader HKBO or just the general action movie stereotypes, and the characterizations of typical activities seem like they're written from personal experience rather than secondary sources, which is classic OR. This article needs sources of some critics who have actually done research that we can cite. Night Gyr 12:32, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
Surely the point of Gun Fu is that it isn't a martial art, but rather a style of cinematic fight choreography that causes gunfighting to resemble a martial art. I agree with the above poster that this seems very subjective and not fact-based.
Regarding Kurt Wimmer and Gun Kata: it is no more a formal martial art than the Jedi are a formal religion; it is simply gun-fu given a more codified and fleshed-out background within a story, without having either any basis in actual real-life fact or any real-world practitioners, past or present, which would be necessary for it to be a formal martial art. It may be that Wimmer will in future use the Gun Kata as a directorial motif much as John Woo has with twin pistols and doves.
Also of note are the factual errors. While I'd consider myself fairly well-versed in both eastern and western action films and in action games, I can't think of any instances of dual-pistol reloading via the sleeves outside of the film Equilibrium, probably because it's impossible from a technical standpoint; clips are not generally heavy enough to fully load into a gun under their own weight, which is why people frequently slap them home once they've placed them most of the way into the gun. It only works in Equilibrium because of the mechanical brackets holding the clips. I'm sure it wasn't a part of Max Payne either. Also, Max Payne had no Uzis, the only SMGs in the game were Ingram M10s. Josh Quillan 27.05.06
[edit] Pushing for a merger
I suggest mergin this article's content with Gun Kata and reword anything necessary.
Gun kata is definitely a more legitimate definition for this than Gun Fu, wich is simple worded to sound like Kung Fu.
Gun Fu sounds more like if its chinese art, while Gun kata sounds more like a japanese when there is no difference.
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- I'm behind you. Merge away. 66.41.66.213 04:35, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Agree that much of this page should be merged with Gun Kata, the Gun Fu-Animal Fighting Styles pages. Senseibear 16:17, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Conspiracy X
02.09.2007 First noted a reference to "Gun Fu" as a fighting style in this RPG, third edition, which came out in 1999. The style was close-quarters fighting, the gun being used as an bludgeon as well as for its usual purpose.
