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    |English = South Dipper Prison Murder Fist
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    Revision as of 09:20, 1 November 2011

    Gokuto Ken
    Name

    (ごく) ()

    (けん)
    Kanji 南斗獄屠拳
    Romaji Gokuto Ken
    English Prison Slaughter Fist
    Data
    School Nanto Sei Ken, Nanto Koshū Ken style






































    Gokusatsu Ken
    Name

    (ごく) (さつ)

    (けん)
    Kanji 南斗獄殺拳
    Romaji Nanto Gokusatsu Ken
    English South Dipper Prison Murder Fist
    Data



    (獄屠拳 Prison Slaughter Fist).
    
    The technique Shin used against Kenshiro when he took Yuria away from him. A flying kick which temporarily disables the enemy by slicing the tendons in their limbs. In the anime series, Shin performs this technique against Ken during their rematch, but it proves ineffective the second time around.
    It is renamed Gokusatsu Ken (獄殺拳, Prison Murder Fist) in the 1980s anime series and movie because the kanji (to) could cause offense to Burakumin butchers.[1]

    Appears in

    Original Manga
    Shin uses it on Kenshiro on page 181 of the 1st volume, titled "A Cry from the Heart" (心の叫びの巻, Kokoro no Sakebi no Maki)

    References