: any of various Chinese martial arts and related disciplines that are practiced especially for self-defense, exercise, and spiritual growth
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Swift simply refuses to pass this baton, and her kung fu grip on pop’s crown handicapped this record and watered down her best qualities.
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Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
Leto, meanwhile, stays in character throughout the exchange and strikes a playful kung fu pose of his own before grinning as the robot continues its routine.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
So few Americans have fought seriously that the warrior can seem like a figure of legend, a real-life version of the kung fu master or old-West gunslinger.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
In a summer of new adventures, ranging from kung fu training at a Shaolin temple in China to bicycle kicks on a soccer pitch in Japan, Wembanyama wanted to try one more novel thing.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Bianca Davino, Refinery29, 7 Oct. 2025
Leto, meanwhile, stays in character throughout the exchange and strikes a playful kung fu pose of his own before grinning as the robot continues its routine.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
So few Americans have fought seriously that the warrior can seem like a figure of legend, a real-life version of the kung fu master or old-West gunslinger.
—Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
In a summer of new adventures, ranging from kung fu training at a Shaolin temple in China to bicycle kicks on a soccer pitch in Japan, Wembanyama wanted to try one more novel thing.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Kung fu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kung%20fu. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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