Fast-forward to today, and several styles of Shaolin wushu - one of the most famous forms of Chinese martial arts - are similarly inspired by animals, including "snake kung fu" or "snake boxing ...

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Narrator: In this three-second shot from "Everything Everywhere All at Once," Ke Huy Quan ... These wires helped shape the balletic style of movie kung fu, as opposed to the blunt, fast-cutting ...