Kung Fu Cat AI: Your Cat Chops the Tissue
The cat held up on its owner’s lap, a sheet of paper tissue in front of it, then the flurry of paw strikes and the tissue drops in two. That is the kung fu cat AI video everyone is copying. Pick a clip, add one photo of your cat, and AI plays the scene with your own pet, on the Kung Fu Fighting chorus.
- One cat photo
- Cats and dogs
- Tissue chop, twice
- Original sound
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TL;DR
Rising · as ofThe kung fu cat is a pet doing martial arts in its owner’s hands: held upright on a lap, it works its front paws in quick kung fu blocks, chops a sheet of paper tissue in half, twice, and stares into the camera, on the chorus of “Kung Fu Fighting”. The format began on dogs in the summer and moved to cats in the third week of October 2026, when @lynn59716’s orange cat and @iampidan’s ragdoll passed 13M and 15M plays. Two weeks in it is still climbing, with 771 new videos on 31 October alone.
- Original post
- The orange cat that started the cat wave, 19 October 2026 · @lynn59716
- Sound
- Kung Fu Fighting — open it in TikTok and tap “Use this sound”.
- Also called
- kung fu cat, kung fu cat tissue chop, kung fu cat tissue challenge, cat kung fu ai, kung fu kitten, kung fu fighting cat, cat shifu, 功夫猫, gato kung fu
- Last updated
Kung Fu Cat AI Examples
Sixteen kung fu cat AI clips, most watched first: the ragdoll and the orange cat that carried the wave, the fluffy “maoshifu”, the cat in the blue shirt, the hoodie cat, the Japanese kitten chopping an apple, the two dog videos the format actually started with, and one AI take. Pick a clip, add one photo of your pet, and the AI puts it into that scene with the same hands and the same sound.
The ragdoll that broke 15 million
@iampidan on TikTokThe orange cat that started the cat wave
@lynn59716 on TikTok“The real maoshifu”
@chinatok691 on TikTokArturito, the dragon warrior
@marianacarvalho7580 on TikTok“He knows kungfu”
@iampidan on TikTokThe golden retriever that started it
@rydersgolden on TikTokEsby is a trained professional
@mackenzie.nikole on TikTokKungfu Dundun
@grayhairfathead on TikTokWhiskey kung fu fighting
@emily_mikaa on TikTokThe kitten chops an apple
@mugi_mugi06 on TikTokThe chihuahua with the song
@tinychihuahuacedric on TikTokSensei Rigby, fast as lightning
@iamrigbycat on TikTokThe Indonesian take
@kiwibritishcat on TikTok“Yes, my cat is okay”
@cshepherd22 on TikTokKung fu kitty
@daisy.and.stormy on TikTokA bengal made by AI
View on TikTokWhat Is Kung Fu Cat AI?
The kung fu cat AI video is a pet doing martial arts in its owner’s hands: held upright on a lap, it blocks with its front paws, chops a sheet of paper tissue in half twice, and stares into the camera on the “Kung Fu Fighting” chorus.
In the clip the owner holds the animal upright under the front legs, belly to the camera, and works its paws in quick blocks and strikes while someone else holds the tissue flat in front of it. The cat stares into the lens with a completely straight face, lifts one hind paw, chops down and the tissue tears clean in half. A second sheet comes up, the paws go again, and it ends on the same deadpan stare. Nothing else happens: no dance, no costume, no scenery — the joke is a soft, sleepy animal doing a stunt it could never do, with perfect timing and the song underneath.
The format was not born with the cats. It started in the summer on dogs, when owners held a strip of toilet paper in front of a golden retriever or a chihuahua and the dog paw-chopped it in half: @rydersgolden’s white-headband retriever (29 July 2026, 2.8M plays), @nashypaws (1 August, 2.75M) and @tinychihuahuacedric’s chihuahua (12 August, 1.18M), which is the post that put the “Kung Fu Fighting” sound under the whole thing. In October it moved to cats, and the cats turned out to be funnier: @lynn59716’s orange cat on 19 October passed 13.1M plays in twelve days, @chinatok691’s “The real maoshifu” 8.8M the next day, and @iampidan’s ragdoll 15.2M on 21 October. Copies followed in Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese and Thai, and one account pointed out the Chinese original behind all of it, where the cat is “Cat Shifu” and the target is a roll of tissue.
It travels under several names. On TikTok people type kung fu cat, kung fu cat videos, kung fu cat meme, kung fu fighting cat, cat kung fu, kung fu cat tissue chop and kung fu kitten; the AI version is kung fu cat ai, kung fu cat ai generator, kung fu cat ai tutorial and cat kung fu ai. The bare phrase “kung fu cat” is also a Battle Cats unit, a wooden stacking game, a ramen bar in Kamloops and a punching cat toy, which is why this page is built around the AI phrasing: the people who want to make one type “kung fu cat ai”. On the sound itself, TikTok’s related questions are about the song and about whether any of it is real.
Here the kung fu cat AI video turns round: instead of watching someone else’s cat, your own pet is in the clip. Pick one of the samples, upload one photo, and the AI redraws the pet in the reference’s room, with the reference owner’s hands still holding it and the same paper tearing on the same beat, keeping your animal’s breed, fur, markings and face. A photo of a dog works the same way, and the two dog samples at the bottom are exactly what that looks like. One photo of a cat is all the trend needs, and that is why it spread as fast as it did.
Timeline
@rydersgolden posts a golden retriever in a white headband paw-chopping a strip of toilet paper: 2.8M plays. The kung fu pet format starts on dogs.
@tinychihuahuacedric is one of the first to put the “Kung Fu Fighting” sound under the chop, a chihuahua paw-chopping paper: 1.2M plays.
@lynn59716 posts the orange cat on its owner’s lap blocking, striking and chopping two tissues: 13.1M plays and 2.4M likes, and other cats start reusing its original sound.
@chinatok691’s “The real maoshifu” adds 8.8M plays the next day and the chop moves onto long-haired cats.
@iampidan’s ragdoll to “Kung Fu Fighting” becomes the biggest of the wave at 15.2M plays and 3.2M likes, and the US copies start the same week.
The wave is still growing: 655 new videos on 30 October and 771 on 31 October, with a CapCut “Kungfu pet” template at 6.1K uses and AI tool pages selling the one-photo version.
How to Make a Kung Fu Cat AI Video With Your Own Pet
- 1
Pick a clip
The ragdoll on the lap, the orange cat that started the cat wave, the long-haired “maoshifu”, the cat in the blue shirt, the hoodie cat, the Japanese kitten chopping an apple, or one of the dog versions. The room, the hands, the timing and the sound of your kung fu cat AI video come from the clip you pick.
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Upload one photo
One clear photo of your cat or dog, whole body in frame, front paws visible, facing the camera. The AI keeps its species, breed, fur and face and only adds the blocks, the strike and the chop. You do not need a photo of the tissue: the paper comes from the clip.
- 3
Create and post
You get your pet in the scene at the sample’s length, with the clip’s own sound and no watermark. Post it with the kung fu cat name and the #kungfucat tag, which is where the next wave of copies is being found.
Tips for a Better Kung Fu Cat AI Video
Show the front paws
The whole kung fu cat AI video is the paws: blocks, a strike, a chop. A photo where the front legs are visible and clearly separated gives the model something to animate; a portrait cropped at the chest tends to come back with the paws blurred together or drifting off the paper.
One animal, nothing in front of it
No second cat, no toy, no hand across the face in your photo. Two pets in one frame is the usual reason the AI chops with the wrong animal, and the hands that appear in the finished video come from the reference clip, not from your photo.
A standing or sitting-up photo holds better
The pet in the reference is upright, so a photo where your cat already sits up or stands on its hind legs keeps the body right. Flat-on-the-floor photos of a lying cat sometimes come back stretched through the torso.
Point the chop at something of yours
The version that does best is the one where it is clearly your house: the sofa from your living room, the tissue your cat actually steals. Pick the sample whose room looks like yours, then keep the caption short — “he knows kungfu” beats a paragraph.
Pricing
Each kung fu cat AI video is one use (700 credits), whether you pick any length from 8 to 15 seconds. The price is on the button before you start, and nothing else is added.
A single use is $9.90; packs of 4 and 8 uses, or a monthly plan that posts trend videos to your accounts for you, cost less per video. A render that fails is refunded automatically.
Autopilot plans
Every month we turn the newest trends into meme videos and post them to your accounts. Each post is one of the plan’s videos, and any you make yourself come out of the same count. Cancel any time.
One-time video packs
Pay once and use them on any trend template, at any length. The credits never expire, and the other video tools can spend them too.
Use it responsibly
- Only upload photos of yourself, of people who said yes, or of your own pets.
- Do not use it to make someone look like they did something they did not.
- Label the result as AI when you post it; TikTok and Instagram both have an AI-generated tag.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the kung fu cat?
It is the TikTok trend of a pet doing martial arts in its owner’s hands: held upright on a lap, it works its front paws in quick kung fu blocks, chops a sheet of paper tissue in half, twice, and stares into the camera, on the chorus of “Kung Fu Fighting”. On this page you can put your own cat or dog into one of those clips: pick a sample, upload a photo, and the AI plays the scene with your pet.
Where did the kung fu cat AI trend start?
On dogs, in the summer of 2026: @rydersgolden’s golden retriever in a white headband paw-chopped a strip of toilet paper on 29 July and got 2.8M plays, and @tinychihuahuacedric put the “Kung Fu Fighting” sound under it on 12 August. It moved to cats in October: @lynn59716’s orange cat on the lap on 19 October 2026 is the clip the cat wave copies, and @iampidan’s ragdoll on 21 October is the biggest at 15.2M plays.
Is the kung fu cat AI real?
The clips on this page are real pets: the owners hold the animal up and move its paws, and the chop really tears the tissue. The video this page makes is AI — your photo goes in and the model copies the motion, the hands and the timing of the clip you picked.
What song is in kung fu cat videos?
“Kung Fu Fighting”, Carl Douglas’s 1974 disco single, which is the sound under most of the wave, including the two biggest clips on this page. TikTok’s music page for it is linked at the top of this page, and the sound comes back on your own video with the same timing as the chop. Some copies use their own original sound instead, which is why a few samples here sound like the room rather than the song.
Is this the same as the “WAAA” kung fu cat?
No, that is a different format. The “WAAA” version is a motion-control meme: a clip of a man screaming “WAAA” after frantic karate punches is mapped onto a pet photo, and the joke is the scream. The kung fu cat here is a real cat in its owner’s hands chopping a paper tissue to “Kung Fu Fighting”. Both get called kung fu cat, so if you searched for the screaming one, the free-standing pose prompt on this page is the closest thing in this format.
Is the kung fu cat the Battle Cats unit, the wooden game or the ramen bar?
No. “Kung Fu Cat” is also a Battle Cats unit, a wooden stacking game and a ramen bar in Kamloops, and none of that is this kung fu cat AI video. Here it is the TikTok pet video, which is what people mean by kung fu cat ai or kung fu cat ai generator.
Can I use a dog, a kitten, or a cat that will not sit still?
Yes to dogs and kittens: the format began with dogs, and the two dog samples on this page are the headband golden retriever and the chihuahua that put the song under the chop. A kung fu cat AI video takes one photo of either. A kitten is easier than an adult cat because it is small enough to hold upright in one hand. The photos do not need the animal to be doing anything — the movement comes from the clip, not from your picture.
Do I need a tissue to make a kung fu cat AI video?
No. The paper is part of the reference clip, so the AI puts it in the frame for you. If you would rather have the punch without the prop, use the free-standing kung fu pose prompt, where the pet stands on its hind legs in an empty training hall and runs the same strikes with nothing in shot.
How long does it take?
A render of your kung fu cat AI video usually takes a couple of minutes. You pick a sample, which sets the length of your video — most are between nine and fifteen seconds — and you get an MP4 with the clip’s original sound and no watermark, ready for TikTok or Reels.
What is the Kung Fu Cat AI prompt?
The your cat in the lap scene prompt is in the AI Prompts section below. It starts: "Image 1 is the pet, a real photo of a cat or a dog." Paste the rest into any AI video tool that accepts your photos.
Give Your Cat the Chop
One photo, and your own pet blocks, strikes and chops the tissue in the kung fu cat AI clip everyone is copying.
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Kung Fu Cat AI Prompts
The four kung fu cat AI prompts behind the versions on this page: your pet in the lap scene, the dog in the white headband, a free-standing kung fu pose with no hands in shot, and a kitten held up by its owner. They work in any image-to-video model that takes a reference photo and a reference clip.
Your cat in the lap scene
Image 1 is the pet, a real photo of a cat or a dog. The hands and forearms that hold the animal and the paper stay from the reference video. A person sits on a sofa with a patterned blanket, the pet upright on their lap. Another person holds a sheet of white paper tissue flat in front of it. The pet is held upright with its belly to the camera. It works its front paws in quick kung fu blocks, stares into the lens with a calm, serious face, lifts one hind paw high, chops down with a front paw and the sheet of paper tears in half. A second sheet comes up, the paws strike twice more, the paper drops away, and it finishes with the same flat stare into the camera. Keep the pet exactly as in Image 1: species, breed, fur colour and markings, ears, eye colour and face, so its owner recognises it instantly, with the natural body of that animal, exactly two forelegs, two hind legs and one tail. Vertical 9:16 phone video, handheld, the sofa and light of the reference clip, photorealistic, no text, no logos, no watermark. Audio: the chorus of "Kung Fu Fighting", the paper tearing on each chop.
Other versions: Dog version, white headband · Free-standing kung fu pose · Kitten held up by its owner