Popular martial artist character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
Looking for the perfect costume to show off your marital arts skills this Halloween? Check out these five amazing martial arts character costume ideas! From classics like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, to modern-day warriors like Katniss Everdeen and Rey, there's a costume here for everyone! So get your black belt ready and let's get started!
Jinbe Costume from One Piece
Jinbe’s costume is an orange patterned robe with a purple sash and an orange cape. To look like him, you should also wear a blue top, blue pants, blue face paint, and a long wavy wig.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costume
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' costume can be DIY-ed with a turtle shirt, green long sleeved-shirts, and tights. Then, get a TMNT backpack, eye masks, and pieces of clothes to wear on the limbs.
Shredder's Costume from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Shredder's costume can be recreated by wearing a gray top and kiln. He has a metallic ensemble featuring a helmet, arm guards, and shin guards. Complete the look with a purple cape.
Shower Curtain Costume from The Karate Kid
The Shower Curtain’s costume is a karate outfit and a closed off red-white polka dot curtain with a non-working shower head above your head.
Sanji Costume from One Piece
Sanji’s costume is a blue striped dress shirt, a black tie, a black two-piece suit, and a pair of black Oxford shoes.
Vega's Costume from Street Fighter
Vega's costume comes with a muscle shirt with a snake print, purple shorts, and a red waist cloth. He has a mask and blades coming off his fist, too.
Chuck Norris Costume
Chuck Norris’s costume is a sleeveless blue denim button-down shirt, relaxed-fit blue jeans, brown Chelsea boots, and a black belt with a large buckle.
Nun-Chuck's (Minions) Costume
Nun-Chuck outfit features a traditional nun from a monastery outfit but she carries a nun-chuck weapon.
Ochaco Uraraka Costume from My Hero Academia
Ochaco Uraraka wears an orange UA cheerleader uniform with her brown hair, white shoes, and her yellow pompoms.
Huntress (Birds of Prey) Costume
Huntress (Helena Bertinelli)’s costume is a black fitted sleeveless mid-rib top, black leather pants, a black leather trench coat, black combat boots, a black utility belt, and black half-finger gloves.
Psylocke Costume
Psylocke’s costume is a blue one-piece high cut thong bodysuit, blue stretch gloves, blue thigh-high stockings, blue bands, and a hot pink sash belt.
K.C. Cooper (K.C. Undercover) Costume
K.C. wears a black mock neck top and tight pants with wedge sneakers.
Johnny Lawrence Cobra Kai (The Karate Kid) Costume
Johnny Lawrence costume is a black karate-inspired outfit starting with a tank top and karate pants. Wear a blonde wig and head band to complete the costume.
Ty Lee (Avatar The Last Airbender) Costume
Ty Lee’s costume is a cropped long-sleeved top with a poncho like layer, red harem pants, red flats, and red wristbands.
Nightman (The Nightman Cometh) Costume
Nightman’s costume is a black karate uniform, a black karate belt, black socks, black jazz shoes, and smoky eyeliner. He also sports a black tattoo on his arm.
Master Roshi (Dragon Ball) Costume
Master Roshi wears a traditional orange garb which you can recreate with a long-sleeved button-down and comfy dark pants. He wears martial arts shoes as well as maintains a long white beard and mustache. Be sure to wear a skin head cap, too!
Rex (Napoleon Dynamite) Costume
Rex’s costume is a personalized polo shirt with his name embroidered on it, an American flag-designed pair of pants, yellow sports glasses, and a red bandana with white stars.
Li Shang (Mulan) Costume
Li Shang’s costume is a grey long-sleeved tunic, grey pants, black shoes, grey armor, and a red cape. Li Shang is a newly-minted general in the Chinese army.
Ruby Roundhouse (Jumanji) Costume
Ruby Roundhouse’s costume is a cropped red tee, a shoulder harness, olive green shorts with a thick brown belt, fingerless gloves, and brown knee-high boots. Ruby Roundhouse is one of the new playable characters in Jumanji.
Chun Li (Street Fighter) Costume
Chun Li’s costume includes a blue cheongsam paired with brown tights and white boots. She wears a spiked bracelet. She has two hair buns.
Mr. Miyagi Costume
Mr. Miyagi wears a monochrome outfit. He has on a long-sleeved khaki button-down shirt, a pair of khaki pants, black shoes, and a Miyagi Dojo headband.
The Karate Kid Costume
Jaden Smith's Karate Kid reboot costume a white sleeveless top, red karate pants, black socks, and black shoes. His hair is in cornrows, too.
Chi-chi (Dragon Ball) Costume
Chi-chi wears a blue cheongsam (Chinese dress) with red belt detail and red trims. She matched her red trimmings with her armband, pants, and shoes. Cop her look with white leg warmers and her hair in a ponytail.
Bruce Lee Costume
Bruce Lee has had a few iconic outfits throughout his very short career. But his most well-known costume was the yellow one-piece he wore in Game of Death.
Waterbender Katara Costume
Katara most popular outfit consists of a blue flowing tunic, blue plants, and brown boots, as well as blue gloves.
Aang Costume
Aang’s costume outfit is very martial arts inspired and perfect for his vocation as a monk who does dabble in martial arts and element control.
Kung Lao (Mortal Kombat) Costume
Kung Lao’s outfit is very reminiscent of his Chinese origins. He wears a black Chinese vest, bright blue pants, and a deadly razor-rimmed hat.
Raiden (Mortal Kombat) Costume
Raiden looks like a normal fan of the martial arts because of his plain white uniform. He personalizes his look by wearing a light blue vest over it. But he’s most well-known accessory remains to be his Chinese farmers hat that hides his face.
Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat) Costume
Liu Kang costume is black and red pants, mullet wig, white socks, arm guards and black shoes.