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What (who) is gun-fu - definition

STYLE OF FIGHTING
Gun Kata; Gun-Kata; Gun Fu; Gunkata; Gun Sau; Gun kata

gun-fu      
A word to describe hyper-kinetic action movies where characters leap into the air with a pair of hand guns, firing with acrobatic grace.
This type of cinema was made popular by John Woo's Hong Kong films such as A Better Tommorow, The Killer, and Hard Boiled.
Chow Yun Fat is a master of gun-fu.
Fu Xuan         
CHINESE HISTORIAN, POET AND POLITICIAN (217-278)
Fu Hsuan; Fu Hsüan; Fu Hsuean
Fu Xuan (217–278), courtesy name Xiuyi, was a Chinese historian, poet, and politician who lived in the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period and later under the Jin dynasty. He was one of the most prolific authors of fu poetry of his time.
Ying-Hui Fu         
TAIWANESE-AMERICAN HUMAN GENETICIST
Ying-hui Fu; User:Rampagingramstl/sandbox; Draft:Ying-Hui Fu; Fu Ying-Hui; Fu Yinghui; Yinghui Fu
Ying-Hui Fu () is a Taiwanese-American biologist and human geneticist who has made important contributions to understanding the genetics of many neurological disorders. Her chief discoveries include describing Mendelian sleep phenotypes, identifying causative genes and mutations for circadian rhythm disorders, and characterizing genetic forms of demyelinating degenerative disorders.

Wikipedia

Gun fu

Gun fu, a portmanteau of gun and kung fu (also known as gun kata, bullet ballet, gymnastic gunplay and bullet arts), is a style of sophisticated close-quarters gunfight resembling a martial arts battle that combines firearms with hand-to-hand combat and traditional melee weapons in an approximately 50/50 ratio. It can be seen in Hong Kong action cinema, and in American action films influenced by it.

The focus of gun fu is both artistic style and the usage of firearms in ways that they were not designed to be used. Shooting a gun from each hand (usually paired with jumping to the side at the same time), dual wielding, shots from behind the back, as well as the use of guns as melee weapons (usually knife fights) are all common. Other moves can involve submachine guns, assault rifles, combat shotguns, rocket launchers, and just about anything else that can be worked into a cinematic shot. It is often mixed with grappling maneuvers.

Gun fu has become a staple of modern action films due to its visual spectacle, a result of often impressive choreography and stuntwork, regardless of its unrealistic elements when compared to real-life gun warfare.