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"Hokuto Shin Ken" is named after the [[Hokuto Shichi Sei]], which is the same thing as the Big Dipper. | "Hokuto Shin Ken" is named after the [[Hokuto Shichi Sei]], which is the same thing 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 [[Three Kingdoms]] era. 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 [[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 Shinken is [[assassination]]. The average person uses only 30% of their body's potential strength, but those who had mastered Hokuto Shinken can tap into the remaining 70% as well. Hokuto Shinken 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 [[Three Kingdoms]] era. 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 [[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 Shinken is [[assassination]]. The average person uses only 30% of their body's potential strength, but those who had mastered Hokuto Shinken can tap into the remaining 70% as well. Hokuto Shinken 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 Shinken can only have one 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 ''Fist of the North Star'' manga, the successor of Hokuto Shinken was Ryuken, who won the successorship against his rival Koryu. Ryuken then trained four adopted sons; [[Raoh]], Toki, Jagi and [[Kenshiro]] 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 ''[[Fist of the Blue Sky]]'', 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 Kenshiro 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. It should be noted that in the original manga pilot for ''Hokuto no Ken'', Kenshiro was the 23rd successor, preceded by his unnamed father, who learned the art from the 21st master, Liu Zheng. | Due to its deadliness, Hokuto Shinken can only have one 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 ''Fist of the North Star'' manga, the successor of Hokuto Shinken was Ryuken, who won the successorship against his rival Koryu. Ryuken then trained four adopted sons; [[Raoh]], Toki, Jagi and [[Kenshiro]] 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 ''[[Fist of the Blue Sky]]'', 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 Kenshiro 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. It should be noted that in the original manga pilot for ''Hokuto no Ken'', Kenshiro was the 23rd successor, preceded by his unnamed father, who learned the art from the 21st master, Liu Zheng. | ||