Hokuto Shinken: Difference between revisions

:A flying kick that Kenshiro used to counter the Nanto Komori Ken.

:A flying kick that disables arms and legs and a counter to Shin's Nanto Gokuto Ken attack.

:This is a simple attack wherein the user spins rapidly in a circle with their fists flailing into the multiple enemies surrounding them. This causes the adversaries to explode almost the instant they are hit.

:Kenshiro's trademark technique; the one most frequently associated with him and often parodied by other anime. 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. Each attack is usually accompanied by multiple high-pitched martial arts vocalizations of a style perhaps in homage to [[Bruce Lee]]. A variation includes the use of the foot, as Kenshiro employs both in midair and on the ground. During the last fight between Toki and Raoh, Toki employs a similar technique known as Tensho Hyakuretsu Ken (Heaven Soaring Hundred Crack Fist).

===K===

:Kentō Shadan is the most powerful attack when facing the Rashō of Hokuto Ryuken. Ken uses this technique—a swift vertical chop with the hand—to weaken Kaio's block and critically injure his arms, and it was also the decisive attack in their final battle, turning around a fight that had previously been in Kaio's favor. It is therefore considered to be a very powerful form of attack.

:An attack that hits the back of the neck with a kick, hitting a pressure point located and presses it to cause swelling, most likely death and disfiguration.

:Kenshiro developed this technique to counter Shin's aerial flying kick, but it was also used to counter the South Star Human Cannonball technique. In the latter case the adversary was left completely paralyzed. (Afterwards, Kenshiro fires this enemy out of a cannon)

===R===

:This technique causes the opponent's throat to close, preventing the escape of air (or in one victim's case, fire). The adversary chokes for a few moments before exploding. This technique is administered in the same manner as the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken.

:Like the Nanto Ko Ha Ryu it's puts it's victim in a false state of death. Kenshiro used this on Rei.

===U===

:This technique is derived from Toki's Hokuto Ujō Ken (Merciful Fist of the North Star), and the one technique which ultimately leads to the defeat of Souther at the hands of Kenshiro. Using the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken, Kenshiro closes the numerous pressure points (keiraku hikou) along the adversary's torso, halting their blood flow thusly, and with a final blow to the heart, transmits a tremendous shock of Touki through the body, achieving immediate breakdown of the adversary's muscular system.