also: ぎと
noun
stage combat; fight choreography
Refers to choreographed fighting in theater, film, or television. Often used in the context of 殺陣 (たて), which is the more common term for staged sword fighting.
See also: 殺陣
この映画の擬闘はとても迫力がある。
The fight choreography in this movie is very powerful.
彼は舞台の擬闘シーンを担当している。
He is in charge of the stage combat scenes for the play.
Irregular reading; it has irregular kana usage.
殺陣 is the more common and broader term for staged sword fighting or fight choreography in Japanese period dramas. 擬闘 is a less common synonym, sometimes used interchangeably but more often in technical or production contexts.
Compound of 擬 (gi, 'imitation') and 闘 (tō, 'fight'), literally 'mock combat'. The variant kanji 斗 is a phonetic substitute, and the reading ぎと is an irregular contraction.