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Martial Arts that uses wires...?

Is there a Martial Arts / Fighting style that uses wires or whats the practices that uses wires called?

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wire fu? that's what they do in hollywood. If you mean martial arts with ropes/chains/whips there are several minor styles involving them in wushu. Don't remember the name though.
Are we talking hollywood or like uses wires to cut things like in anime? THe hollywood use of wires to lift and move fighters is referred to as wire fu and it is used in most modern martial arts movies, especially in china. The other one, the idea that you can use wires to slice and dice people is fictional. The wires would be far to hard to control effectively and would be able to cause that much damage. They just look cool for the show.
The closest you're going to get to anything in reality that's even remotely close to wire, string or thread is is the Rope Dart, in Chinese called Zhang Ruihong. Then there's also the chain whip, although it's made of metal. There's also an Okinawan weapon known as the Suruchin. It's literally a string of rope with rocks tied at the end. There's no real weapon that even remotely resembles Walter from Hellsing, aside from the piano wire tuck in the spy watch gag. I'm afraid you're not going to find what you're looking for.
Wires are used in the filming of MA movies.
There is no martial art/fighting style that uses wire. You are probably talking about stage combat. It's choreography and uses wires.

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