English Explanatory Dictionary

gun kata

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of gun fu (a style of balletic gunplay in action films)
  2. A fictional martial art based on gun fu.

Word forms

gun kata

Etymology

Compound of gun + kata (“martial art movements”), from Japanese 型 (kata, “style, pattern”). Attested from, and possibly coined around 2003 for the film Equilibrium (see quotation below).

Synonyms

gun fu

Derived words

gun-kata
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