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<p style="">'''Senju Satsu''' (北斗千手殺, ''Big Dipper Thousand Hand Murder''): A rapid-fire hand thrust originally used by Jagi against Kenshiro during a flashback.</p>

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<p style="">'''Senki Raidan''' (北斗仙気雷弾, ''Big Dipper Hermit Spirit Lightning Bolt''): This technique fires a lightning bolt at a target. Used by Ryūken on Jūkei.</p>

<p style="">'''Suieishin''' (水映心, ''Water Reflection Spirit'') ㊙: A technique stealing stance. After watching somebody use a special technique, the Suieishin allows Kenshiro to replicate it. The moves he replicated with this were Yuda's Densho Reppa and Shuu's Nanto Rekkyaku Zanjin.</p>

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<p style="">'''Tenha no Kamae''' (天破の構え, ''Heaven Breaking Stance''): A stance that resembles the Hokuto constellation. In ''Souten no Ken'', this technique is revealed to be one of the secrets Shuken learned from the ''Seito Gekken'' style.</p>

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<p style="">'''Tenha Kassatsu''' (天破活殺, ''Heaven Breaking Life or Death'') ㊙: A secret technique, similar to ''Hokuto Gōsho Ha'', in that the aspect of the fighter's Tōki (闘気) being expelled through their hands. However, with the ''Tenha Kassatsu'', their Tōki is transmitted via the fingertips into the adversary, penetrating the body and causing tōki to erupt from the body in the pattern of the "Big Dipper" constellation, piercing even solid objects behind them. This technique was used by Kenshiro against Souther during their final battle atop the Pyramid of the Holy Emperor.</p>

<p style="">'''Tenryū Kokyū Hō''' (転龍呼吸法, ''Art of Dragon's Breathing'') ㊙: A method of breathing that allows the Hokuto Shinken practitioner to tap into their body's full potential. A normal human uses but 30% of their body's strength so Tenryū is used to tap into that other 70%. A technique of utmost secrecy, anyone who sees it being performed must be killed to protect one of Hokuto Shinken's greatest advantages over other styles. Use of this technique causes Kenshiro's jacket to burst. He only announces this technique twice during the series, however it is assumed that he uses it every time his jacket explodes when fighting against a strong opponent.</p>

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<p style="">'''Tenshō Honretsu''' (天将奔烈, ''Heaven's Command Charge''): A rotating hand charge which fires a large wave of tōki. Raoh's ultimate technique.</p>

<p style="">'''Ujō Hagan Ken''' (北斗有情破顔拳, ''Big Dipper Sattva Face Breaking Fist)'': Hits the pressure point Kensei. Contorts bodies with pleasure before death.</p>

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<p style="">'''Ujō Mōshō Ha''' (北斗有情猛翔破, ''Big Dipper Sattva Fierce Flying Smash''): This technique is derived from Toki's ''Hokuto Ujō Ken'', and the one technique which ultimately leads to the defeat of Souther at the hands of Kenshiro. A final blow to the heart, transmits a tremendous shock of ''Tōki'' through the body, achieving immediate breakdown of the adversary's muscular system.</p>