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"Hokuto Shin Ken" is named after the asterism [[Hokuto Shichi Sei]], which is the Japanese name as the Big Dipper. | "Hokuto Shin Ken" is named after the asterism [[Hokuto Shichi Sei]], which is the Japanese name as the Big Dipper. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Hokuto Shinken is first described as an 1,800 years old (2,000 years in the TV series and 1986 movie) Chinese assassin's art formed during the [[wikipedia:Han Dynasty|Han Dynasty]]. The art's power lies into channeling one's energy in a single blow and striking into the 708 {{nihongo|'''[[Keiraku Hikō]]'''|経絡秘孔||"Hidden Channeling Points"}} points in the human body (also known as [[wikipedia:acupressure|acupressure]] points, power points, vital points, tsubo, etc.). This causes the victim to explode, be controlled involuntarily or otherwise incapacitated. It can also be used to heal certain physical and psychological wounds, such as restoring a person's voice, eyesight or memories, though the main purpose of Hokuto Shin Ken is assassination. The average person uses only 30% of their body's potential strength, but those who had mastered Hokuto Shin Ken can tap into the remaining 70% as well. Hokuto Shin Ken also derives power by using {{nihongo|'''[[Tōki]]'''|闘気}} or fighting aura to use the human body's full potential as well as to project energy attacks. These energy attacks can be also used to strike pressure points, as was the case when Kenshiro fought [[Souther]]. | Hokuto Shinken is first described as an 1,800 years old (2,000 years in the TV series and 1986 movie) Chinese assassin's art formed during the [[wikipedia:Han Dynasty|Eastern Han Dynasty]]. The art's power lies into channeling one's energy in a single blow and striking into the 708 {{nihongo|'''[[Keiraku Hikō]]'''|経絡秘孔||"Hidden Channeling Points"}} points in the human body (also known as [[wikipedia:acupressure|acupressure]] points, power points, vital points, tsubo, etc.). This causes the victim to explode, be controlled involuntarily or otherwise incapacitated. It can also be used to heal certain physical and psychological wounds, such as restoring a person's voice, eyesight or memories, though the main purpose of Hokuto Shin Ken is assassination. The average person uses only 30% of their body's potential strength, but those who had mastered Hokuto Shin Ken can tap into the remaining 70% as well. Hokuto Shin Ken also derives power by using {{nihongo|'''[[Tōki]]'''|闘気}} or fighting aura to use the human body's full potential as well as to project energy attacks. These energy attacks can be also used to strike pressure points, as was the case when Kenshiro fought [[Souther]]. | ||
Due to its deadliness, Hokuto Shin Ken can only have one [[Denshōsha|successor]] per generation according to the art's law. Students who failed the successorship must renounce the style voluntarily or risk having their memories erased or their fists crushed. Because of this, there has been great competition over who gets to be the successor. Prior to the events of the ''Hokuto no Ken'' manga, the successor of Hokuto Shinken was [[Ryūken]], who won the successorship against his rival [[Kōryū]]. Ryuken then trained four adopted sons; [[Raoh]], [[Toki]], [[Jagi]] and [[Kenshirō]] in the art. Kenshiro was chosen by Ryuken to become his successor, although the other brothers still used the style due to Ryuken's death at the hands of Raoh. In the prequel series ''[[Souten no Ken]]'', Ryuken (or Ramon Kasumi, as he is called in the series) is revealed to had been the 63rd Grand Master of Hokuto Shinken, preceded by his elder half-brother [[Kenshirō Kasumi]], the 62nd Grand Master. The two brothers learned the style from their father, [[Tesshin Kasumi]], the 61st Grand Master, thereby making the Kenshiro from ''Fist of the North Star'' the 64th Grand Master. | Due to its deadliness, Hokuto Shin Ken can only have one [[Denshōsha|successor]] per generation according to the art's law. Students who failed the successorship must renounce the style voluntarily or risk having their memories erased or their fists crushed. Because of this, there has been great competition over who gets to be the successor. Prior to the events of the ''Hokuto no Ken'' manga, the successor of Hokuto Shinken was [[Ryūken]], who won the successorship against his rival [[Kōryū]]. Ryuken then trained four adopted sons; [[Raoh]], [[Toki]], [[Jagi]] and [[Kenshirō]] in the art. Kenshiro was chosen by Ryuken to become his successor, although the other brothers still used the style due to Ryuken's death at the hands of Raoh. In the prequel series ''[[Souten no Ken]]'', Ryuken (or Ramon Kasumi, as he is called in the series) is revealed to had been the 63rd Grand Master of Hokuto Shinken, preceded by his elder half-brother [[Kenshirō Kasumi]], the 62nd Grand Master. The two brothers learned the style from their father, [[Tesshin Kasumi]], the 61st Grand Master, thereby making the Kenshiro from ''Fist of the North Star'' the 64th Grand Master. | ||