Download Tag: Wuxia Wixia is a genre of Adventure-Fantasy from the traditions of ancient Chinese theater, dating back thousands of years ago. Even so, it is very much alive today in filmmaking; in the West, we may see Wuxia films described as “Foreign Films”, “Martial Arts Films”, or possibly “Martial Arts Fantasy”. The latermost would be the most correct, as the defining precept is an adventure story in which the characters attain martial arts skills so great that they appear supernatural. Most commonly, dueling warriors leap into the air as if nearly weightless!
Wixia is a genre of Adventure-Fantasy from the traditions of ancient Chinese theater, dating back thousands of years ago. Even so, it is very much alive today in filmmaking; in the West, we may see Wuxia films described as “Foreign Films”, “Martial Arts Films”, or possibly “Martial Arts Fantasy”. The latermost would be the most correct, as the defining precept is an adventure story in which the characters attain martial arts skills so great that they appear supernatural. Most commonly, dueling warriors leap into the air as if nearly weightless!