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'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Ganzan Ryōzan Ha</span></u>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">岩山両斬波</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Rocky Mountain Splitting Wave''): A knife-hand strike that crushes the victim's skull. Noteworthy only because it is used more than once by Kenshiro and is an extremely straightforward maneuver in spite of its elaborate name. Does not even use any of the body's pressure points. Kenshiro uses this attack at least three times: once against one of Shin's men, a second against Taki's murderer/ambusher and the last time against Kiba Daiō. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Goshi Retsu Dan</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style=""> </span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">(</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">五指烈弾</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Five Finger Violent Bullets''): Explodes fingers. Used on <u>Gōda</u> and <u>Club</u>.</span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Hyakuretsu Ken</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style=""> </span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">(</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗百裂拳</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Big Dipper Hundred Crack Fist''): Kenshiro's trademark technique; the one most frequently associated with him. It is characterized as a strike of over a hundred blows, delivered at rapid speed to the designated 708 Keiraku Hikō (Pressure Points) on the adversary's body. </span>Each attack is usually accompanied by shouting, "Atatatatata!".

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Jūha Zan</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style=""> </span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">(</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗柔破斬</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Big Dipper Soft-Breaking Slash''): A technique Kenshiro used against Heart that allowed him to penetrate his gummy flesh and strike his vital points. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Kaikotsu Ken</span></u><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">(</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗壊骨拳</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Bone Crushing Fist''): Two fingers to the forehead which causes the skeleton to explode from the body; used to kill the <u>Colonel</u>. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Kōshu Hagan Ken</span></u>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">交首破顔拳</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Neck Twisting Face Breaking Fist''): A knee kick to the face used against Diamond, causing his head to split open in half. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Musō Tensei</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style=""> </span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">(</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">無想転生</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style=""> </span>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushin <span lang="EN-GB" style="">Nil-Thought</span>]<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebirth_%28Buddhism%29 <span lang="EN-GB" style="">Rebirth</span>]''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">)</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: The ultimate Hokuto Shin Ken technique, which had never before been fully mastered by anyone in the 1800 year history of the style. Kenshiro was the first to master it, followed by Raoh. Ken achieved this by becoming consumed with sorrow to the point where he had achieved communion with the deathless absolute emptiness or void spoken of in Buddhism. At times it enables him to be at one with the spirits of deceased fighters (Toki, the Nanto Rokusei warriors), and in the second series, it enables his spirit to fight Kaio even though he is in a coma (following the first fight with Kaio, after Shachi escapes with his body). Its mastery was perfected after Kenshiro learned the secrets of the Hokuto Souke in Taiseiden, Asura, in the second TV series. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Nishi Shinkū Ha</span></u>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">二指真空把</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Two-Finger Nil-Space Grasp'')</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: Deflects arrows back at attackers. This technique took Spade's eye.</span>

'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Tenha Kassatsu</span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">天破活殺</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Heaven Breaking Life or Death'') </span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: A secret technique, similar to ''Hokuto Gōsho Ha'', in that the aspect of the fighter's Tōki (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">闘気</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">) 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. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Ujō Mōshō Ha</span></u>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗有情猛翔破</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''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. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Zankai Ken</span></u>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗残悔拳</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Big Dipper Remorse Fist''): This technique is used by Kenshiro against Spade. Kenshiro inserts his thumbs into the temples of his enemy. Upon removal of Kenshiro's thumbs the enemy is left with just three seconds to live. In these three seconds, Kenshiro advises them to meditate on the folly of their wicked ways, before being split in half vertically and exploding. The technique is actually performed more than once, once performed on Kenshiro by Gaira, a minion of Jagi, who killed himself with it by accident. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Zankai Sekiho Ken</span></u>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">残悔積歩拳</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Burden of Regret Walk Fist'')</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: By striking the power-point known as Shitsugen, Kenshiro triggers the involuntary locomotion of the adversary's legs to walk backwards, and the adversary is helpless to stop the legs' motion. </span>

'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">Musō Tensei<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> <span id="cke_bm_121S" style="display: none;"> </span></span><span style="display: none;"> </span></span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">(</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">無想転生</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, </span>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushin <span lang="EN-GB" style="">Nil-Thought</span>]<span lang="EN-GB" style="">''' <span id="cke_bm_121E" style="display: none;"> </span>'''</span><span style="display: none;"> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebirth_%28Buddhism%29 <span lang="EN-GB" style="">Rebirth</span>]''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">)</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: The ultimate Hokuto Shin Ken technique, which had never before been fully mastered by anyone in the 1800 year history of the style. Kenshiro was the first to master it, followed by Raoh. Ken achieved this by becoming consumed with sorrow to the point where he had achieved communion with the deathless absolute emptiness or void spoken of in Buddhism. At times it enables him to be at one with the spirits of deceased fighters (Toki, the Nanto Rokusei warriors), and in the second series, it enables his spirit to fight Kaio even though he is in a coma (following the first fight with Kaio, after Shachi escapes with his body). Its mastery was perfected after Kenshiro learned the secrets of the Hokuto Souke in Taiseiden, Asura, in the second TV series. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Rakan Geki</span></u>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗羅漢撃</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Big Dipper Arhat Attack''): Used by Jagi against Kenshiro; a series of rapid hand-thrusts, which Jagi also uses to mask his spitting needle attack. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Senju Satsu</span></u>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style=""> (</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">北斗千手殺</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, ''Big Dipper Thousand Hand Murder''): A rapid-fire hand thrust originally used by Jagi against Kenshiro during a flashback. </span>

'''<u><span lang="EN-GB" style="">Musō Tensei</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style=""> </span>'''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">(</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">無想転生</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">, </span>''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushin <span lang="EN-GB" style="">Nil-Thought</span>]<span lang="EN-GB" style="">''' '''</span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebirth_%28Buddhism%29 <span lang="EN-GB" style="">Rebirth</span>]''<span lang="EN-GB" style="">)</span><span lang="JA" style="font-family: "MS Mincho";">㊙</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="">: The ultimate Hokuto Shin Ken technique, which had never before been fully mastered by anyone in the 1800 year history of the style. Kenshiro was the first to master it, followed by Raoh. Ken achieved this by becoming consumed with sorrow to the point where he had achieved communion with the deathless absolute emptiness or void spoken of in Buddhism. At times it enables him to be at one with the spirits of deceased fighters (Toki, the Nanto Rokusei warriors), and in the second series, it enables his spirit to fight Kaio even though he is in a coma (following the first fight with Kaio, after Shachi escapes with his body). Its mastery was perfected after Kenshiro learned the secrets of the Hokuto Souke in Taiseiden, Asura, in the second TV series. </span>