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Kenshiro’s Hokuto Shin Ken style

Dan Kotsukin
Dan Kotsukin (断骨筋, Cutting Bone and Tendon): Killed Scorpio in the manga. Causes an opponent's muscles to self-destruct.

Enkan Zanshū Kyaku
Enkan Zanshū Kyaku (円環斬襲脚, Ring Beheading Layered Leg): Anime-only technique in which Kenshiro defeats a group of enemies with a spin kick.

Ganzan Ryōzan Ha
Ganzan Ryōzan Ha (岩山両斬波, 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.

Gedokujutsu
Gedokujutsu (解毒術, Antidote Technique) Cures venom in one's body.

Gekitsui Shi
Gekitsui Shi (撃墜指 (help·info), Strike-Down Fingers): Kenshiro strikes his opponent's forehead with four fingers. When he moves his fingers the opponent is left with 3 seconds to live. Kenshiro used this on Targel after he killed Bella.

Gōkin Bundan Kyaku
Gōkin Bundan Kyaku (鋼筋分断脚, Steel Muscle Cutting Kick): Weakens muscles; used on Burō.

Goshi Retsu DanJJ
Goshi Retsu Dan (五指烈弾, Five Finger Violent Bullets): Explodes fingers. Used on Madara and Club.

Hachimon Kudan
Hachimon Kudan (八悶九断, Eight Agonies Nine Breaks): A technique that induces eight sensations of pain, before the body dismembers into nine parts. This technique was cancelled against Jagi during a flashback.

Hagan Ken
Hagan Ken (破顔拳, Face Breaking Fist): Caves in face, used on Madara, only named in anime series.

Hakkei no Hō
Hakkei no Hō (発勁の法, Method of Internal Energy Release): Stops projectiles thrown towards one's body.

Hichō Kūzan Pa
Hichō Kūzan Pa (飛鳥空斬波, Flying Bird Empty Beheading Wave): A flying kick that Kenshiro used to counter the Nanto Komori Ken.

Hiei Ken
Hiei Ken (飛衛拳, Flying Defense Fist): A flying kick used to counter Shin's Gokuto Ken. Named in the TV series.

Hikkō Fūji
Hikō Fūji (秘孔封じ, Pressure Point Sealing): Resists pressure points, used to break Amiba's pressure point hold.

Honsha Bakuretsu KenJJ
Honsha Bakuretsu Ken (翻車爆裂拳, Spilling Wheel Exploding Fist): Anime-only technique which defeats a large group of thugs at once. Used in episode 58 against a group of Souther 's men.

Hyakuretsu Dan
Hyakuretsu Dan (百裂弾, Hundred Crack Snap): A prototype version of the Hyakuretsu Ken from the series. Kenshiro uses this technique as a finishing move against the Taishan Temple assassin Baiken Kinbu.

Hyakuretsu Ken JJ
Hyakuretsu Ken (百裂拳, 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. Each attack is usually accompanied by shouting, "Atatatatata!".

Hyappō Zan
Hyappō Zan (百方斬, Every-Way Beheading): An enhanced version of the Four Way Slash which kills several more enemies. Depicted only in the anime series as well.

Jarai Kō (北蛇雷咬, Snake Thunder Bite): A rushing punch.

Jūha Zan
Jūha Zan (柔破斬, Soft-Breaking Slash): A technique Kenshiro used against Heart that allowed him to penetrate his gummy flesh and strike his vital points.

Jūji Zan
Jūji Zan (十字斬, Cross Slash): Kenshiro used this technique to defeat Shin during their rematch, striking his vital points in the cross-shape of Shin's emblem. The victim is given only minutes to live.

Jūretsu Ha
Jūretsu Ha (縦列破, Column Break) Anime-only technique in which Ken destroys a single line of thugs.

Kaikotsu Ken
Kaikotsu Ken (壊骨拳, Bone Crushing Fist): Two fingers to the forehead which causes the skeleton to explode from the body; used to kill the Colonel.

Kokū Zan
Kokū Zan (虚空斬, Void Slash): 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).

Kōretsu Ha
Kōretsu Ha (鋼裂把, Steel-Rending Grasp): Destroyed Uighur's shoulder with six fingers only.

Kōshu Gyakusetsu
Kōshu Gyakusetsu (絞首逆折, Hanging Reverse Break): Twisted head around on a Taisan Guard.

Kōshu Hagan Ken
Kōshu Hagan Ken (交首破顔拳, Neck Twisting Face Breaking Fist): A knee kick to the face used against Diamond, causing his head to split open in half.

Kōshu Hatō Ken
Kōshu Hatō Ken (交首破頭拳, Successive Neck-Breaking Head Fist) A kick to the back of the opponent's head which causes the body to split in half. Depicted only in the anime series, where its used against Buckham, the leader of the God's Army Elite Forces.

Kūkyoku Ryūbu
Kūkyoku Ryūbu (空極流舞, Empty Polar Current Dance) An evading technique used to avoid the Golan Colonel's boomerangs.

Kyomu Shidan
Kyomu Shidan (虚無指弾, Nothingness Attack): Erases memory; used on Jackal's Warriors.

Kyōsatsu Shitotsu Ken
Kyōsatsu Shitotsu Ken (胸殺刺突拳, Chest Murder Thrust Fist) Anime-only technique in which Kenshiro strikes the opponent's chest with hand thrusts, which then explodes.

Meidatsu Hōkai Ken
Meidatsu Hōkai Ken (命奪崩壊拳, Life-Snatching Collapse Fist) Anime-only technique used by Ken to destroy an undead minion of Zaria.

Musō Tensei (Kenshiro)
Musō Tensei (無想転生, Nil-Thought Rebirth)㊙: 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 Roku Sei warriors), and in the second series, it enables his spirit to fight Kaioh even though he is in a coma (following the first fight with Kaioh, after Shachi escapes with his body). Its mastery was perfected after Kenshiro learned the secrets of the Hokuto Soke in Taiseiden, Asura, in the second TV series.

Nishi Shinkū Ha
Nishi Shinkū Ha (二指真空把, Two-Finger Nil-Space Grasp)㊙: Deflects arrows back at attackers. This technique took Spade's eye.

Rakan Geki (Kenshiro)
Rakan Geki (羅漢撃, Arhat Attack): A series of rapid hand-thrusts.
Rekka Gyakuryu Ken
Rekka Gyakuryu Ken (烈火逆流拳, Raging Flame Reverse-Flow Punch): 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.

Renkan Kumite
Renkan Kumite (連環組手, Surrounding Exercise): Defeats a group of enemies using only basic techniques. Named in episode 7 of the anime series

Ryū Geki Ko
Ryū Geki Ko (龍撃虎, Dragon Attacks Tiger): Like the Nanto Ko Ha Ryū, it puts the victim in a false state of death. Used by Kenshiro on Rei.

Ryūsei Hagan Kyaku
Ryūsei Hagan Kyaku (流星破顔脚, Meteorite Face Breaking Kick): A head-splitting kick that killed Denki Saitō.

Seiei Kō
Seiei Kō (醒鋭孔, Sobering Sharp Hole)㊙: Kenshiro strikes his opponent's Ryugan, located in the chest. This causes the victim's body to become like a mass of bare nerves, causing extreme pain with the slightest touch. Kenshiro uses this technique on Jagi as revenge for Yuria before finally killing him with a blow to the head.

Seikyokurin
Seikyokurin (聖極輪, Saint Zenith Ring)㊙: A stance used to signal an unwilling opponent in case of an emergency.

Senjukai Ken
Senjukai Ken (千手壊拳, Thousand Hand Destruction Fist): A more powerful and devastating version of the Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken, the technique increases the severity of pain by increasing the number of punches to one thousand; Kenshiro used this punch on Kemada after he pried Ko's necklace from his neck.

Senpū Rengeki
Senpū Rengeki (旋風連撃, Whirlwind Group Attack):

Senren Kyaku
Senren Kyaku (千連脚, Thousand Group Leg) Anime-only technique in which Kenshiro defeats an entire group of enemies using his kicks.

Shichishi Kihei Zan
Shichishi Kihei Zan (七死騎兵斬, Seven Death Cavalry Kill): A flying technique against enemies on horseback. Ken first wounded Raoh with this, cutting his face and breaking his helmet.

Shichishi Seiten
Shichishi Seiten (七死星点, Seven Star Points of Death): Kenshiro uses this to strike Devil Rebirth's vital points in the shape of the Big Dipper and defeat him.

Shichishi Tōki Dan
Shichishi Tōki Dan (七死闘気断 Seven Death Aura Cut): Tōki no Aura gathering. Frightened Kokuō. This technique was only named in 1986 movie promotional materials.

Shihō Zan
Shihō Zan (四方斬, Four Direction Beheading) A spin kick which kills four surrounding enemies. Depicted only in the anime series.

Sōkin Jizai Ken
Sōkin Jizai Ken (繰筋自在拳, Reeling Muscle At-Will Fist) Anime-only technique which causes two rival gang leaders, Baron of the Scorpions and Junk of the Snakes, to embrace each other literally to death.

Sōkin Jizai Kyaku
Sōkin Jizai Kyaku (繰筋自在脚, Tendon Pulling Will Kick): Kenshiro performs a series of two kicks at the pressure points in the neck, sending a wave of paralysis to the enemy, unable to move.

Sōryū Ha
Sōryū Ha (双龍波, Twin Dragon Wave): Both fists hit chest and destroy. Used on Gōda.

Suieishin
Suieishin (水映心, Water Reflection Spirit) ㊙: A technique stealing stance. After watching somebody use a special technique, the Suieishin allows Kenshiro to replicate it. The moves he replicated with this were Yuda's Densho Reppa and Shu's Nanto Rekkyaku Zanjin.

Tenha Kassatsu!!
Tenha Kassatsu (天破活殺, Heaven Breaking Life or Death) ㊙: A secret technique, similar to Hokuto Gōsho Ha, in that the aspect of the fighter's Tōki (闘気) 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.

Tenha no Kamae
Tenha no Kamae (天破の構え, Heaven Breaking Stance): A stance that resembles the Hokuto constellation. In Souten no Ken, this technique is revealed to be one of the secrets Shuken learned from the Seito Gekken style.

Tenkai Senretsu Shō
Tenkai Senretsu Shō (天魁千烈掌, Dubhe Breaking Palm)㊙: A powerful series of punches that sends waves of Tōki before a palm strike that sends a finishing explosive blast. This technique is only used in the game, Hokuto Musō.

Tenki Shō
Tenki Shō (天帰掌, Return to Heaven Palm): Right fist against palm stance; used to signal an honorable match.

Tenryū Kokyū Hō
Tenryū Kokyū Hō (転龍呼吸法, Art of Dragon's Breathing)㊙: A method of breathing that allows the Hokuto Shin Ken practitioner to tap into their body's full potential. A normal human uses but 30% of their body's strength so Tenryū is used to tap into that other 70%. A technique of utmost secrecy, anyone who sees it being performed must be killed to protect one of Hokuto Shin Ken's greatest advantages over other styles. Use of this technique causes Kenshiro's jacket to burst. He only announces this technique twice during the series, however it is assumed that he uses it every time his jacket explodes when fighting against a strong opponent.

Toki no Aura (Kenshiro)
Tōki no Aura (闘気のオーラ, Fighting Spirit Aura):

Zankai Ken
Zankai Ken (残悔拳, 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.

Zankai Sekiho KenJJ
Zankai Sekiho Ken (残悔積歩拳, Burden of Regret Walk Fist)㊙: 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.