What is Martial Arts?

It's pronounced Kara-tey.

These clichés are divided up into some of the popular sub-categories.

RisusTalk submitted clichés

Xiang Cheng / Feng Shui Master	Feeling the flow of Chi, Having a funky compas, Critizicing achitecture, redecorating, scribbling on magic scrolls, making amulets
Guard of the Forbidden City	Having a long braid, wearing a cool uniform, knowing the emperor, being a eunuch
Kick-Fu Fighter	Whirly kicking, across-the-room kicking, upside down helicopter kicking, kicking down doors, kicking through tables, kicking just because you can.
Acrobat-Fu Fighter	Jumping around, doing lots of flippy things, having a gift for finding naturally-occuring uneven bars in urban sprawls, possibly even scissor-kicking someone.
Gun-Fu Fighter	Drawing guns out of your belt / sleeves / ankle holster, shooting locks off doors, sliding across tables / floors / rooftops while shooting.
Dance-Fu Fighter	Flipping around your girlfriend / sidekick / one of the bad guys / unsuspecting passer-by really fast so that your dance partner kicks all the bad guys and knocks 'em out.
Improvised Weapon Master	Fighting people with chairs / tables / ladders / garbage can lids / fire hoses.
Blade Whirler	Drawing blades really quick, flashing blades, spinning blades, maybe even stabbing somebody with one of your blades.
Ninja	Wearing black pajamas, moving stealty-like, pole-vaulting up to a roof, throwing ninja stars, squinting a lot.
Crazy Driver	Not being particularly choosy about who actually owns the cars you drive, miraculously finding the keys behind the sun shade, hotwiring a car in record time, flipping a car up sideways so you can drive down a narrow alleyway, finding lots of naturally-occurring inclined planes so you can jump over things, escaping from bad guys at a top-speed chase -- in reverse.
Big Guy	Being tall, being fat, being broad-shouldered, being "big boned", thumping people.
Bimbo/Girlfriend	Looking coy, wearing lots of makeup, wearing provocative outfits, screaming a lot.
Store Owner	Looking pitiable / confused / innocent, getting picked on by local thugs, having lots of fruits and vegetables in bins that can be easily kicked over, NOT having a lot of money in the till.
Gangsta	Signing, trash talking, wearing the colors, wearing stylin' high-top shoes, callin' on your gantsta buddies.
Cop	Putting a siren on top of your unmarked beater car, showing people your badge, yelling "freeze", firing and THEN yelling "freeze".
Hit Man	Not talking much, wearing a cheap suit, looking intimidating, stalking targets, telling people to go out in the alley but still not talking much.
Zen Monk	Wearing orange robes, being bald, not being perturbed, uttering cryptic sayings that astound your friends and bewilder your enemies.
Kid	Being plucky, using campy slang words, having a mom that loves you, stumbling into the bad guys lair, getting easily caught by the bad guys.
Wino	Sleeping on park benches, drinking your hooch, being filthy, having an astounding amount of information at ready recall.
Little Old Man	Being little, being old, being a man, having a scraggly Fu-Manchu goatee.
Evil Sensei	Being gruff, having a crewcut and a big jaw, lumbering around your dojo while teaching your students to say "Strike hard! Strike first! No mercy sir!"