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The art's power | The art's power is focused 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.). These pressure points destroy the enemy from within, and 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. While a normal fighter uses 30% of his natural abilities, a Hokuto Shinken successor knows how to utilize his remaining 70% using Tenryū Kokyū Hō (転龍呼吸法 Art of Dragon's Breathing). A Hokuto Shinken successor can also resist attacks on the pressure points with the Hikō Fūji (秘孔封じ, Pressure Point Sealing), copy techniques after witnessing them only once with Suieishin (水映心, Water Reflection Spirit) and also derives power by using {{nihongo|'''[[Tōki]]'''|闘気}} or fighting aura to use the human body's full potential, radiating it from their own body as an aura (Tōki no Aura - Fighting Spirit Aura) whilst focusing it for attacks. It can be used to launch ki-based attacks that can be used to strike targets (even tiny ones, like the Keiraku Hiko) at long range, or, to defend the user from attack. However, its' true and ultimate strengths is not in power and technique, but in the concepts of love and sadness, to which the user must truly experience to draw the will to fight upon with the art of Hokuto Shin Ken. | ||
Due to its deadliness, Hokuto Shin Ken follows the [[Isshi Sōden]](一子相伝) tradition: it can only be passed down from one father to one son, and there can only be one [[Denshōsha|successor]] per generation according to the art's law. Students who fail 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. Due to its importance in history, the role of Hokuto Shinken successor is intertwined not only with the affairs of the governing powers of the land, but also with Taoist astrology and legend, said to be the second guardian of the Celestial Emperor, duty bound to protect the innocent, uphold peace, and to become the merciless judge and punisher of evil under the skies of the world. | Due to its deadliness, Hokuto Shin Ken follows the [[Isshi Sōden]](一子相伝) tradition: it can only be passed down from one father to one son, and there can only be one [[Denshōsha|successor]] per generation according to the art's law. Students who fail 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. Due to its importance in history, the role of Hokuto Shinken successor is intertwined not only with the affairs of the governing powers of the land, but also with Taoist astrology and legend, said to be the second guardian of the Celestial Emperor, duty bound to protect the innocent, uphold peace, and to become the merciless judge and punisher of evil under the skies of the world. | ||