Brawling Mastery

Brawling Mastery
Monkey D. Luffy's (One Piece) style of fighting is completely improvised from years of street fighting.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of street fighting.

"I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy."

― Lyrics from James Brown’s song Payback

"Street fighting is all about analysis, prediction and reaction. That's it."

― Adele (Super Street Fighter)

"The thing about street fights... The street ALWAYS WINS."

― Dominic Toretto (Fast & Furious; Franchise)

"Sure, you got your Super Strength and all... but I'm a street fighter while you fight like a butler, I duke it out like a Mad Dog!!!"

― Lobo to Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)

"What are you doing?"
"Fighting dirty."
"The real Batman would never- ugh!"
"Told you, you didn’t know me."

― Terry McGinnis/Batman to the Joker (Batman Beyond)

"Is there a need for schools and forms in a fight?"

― King (One Piece)

"I'm no black belt, but you let me know when that hurts."

― Jessica Jones (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

"I’m impressed. Fast, strong, well taught. But experience is the best teacher."

― Gravedigger (Black Lightning)

The ability to be a master of brawling. Sub-power of Combat Pragmatist. Opposite to Martial Arts Mastery.

Also Called

• Basic Hand-to-hand Combatant/Combat
• Bare-Knuckle/Dirty Boxing Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Sense
• Brawling Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Proficiency/Sense
• Contemporary Fighting Arts (CFA) Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Sense
• Combat Pragmatism
• Expert/Master/Professional/Skilled Brawler/Street Fighter
• Fisticuff Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Sense
• Freestyle Combating/Fighting/Combat/Fighter
• Fighting Skills
• Powerhouse Brawler
• Reality Based Self Defense (RBSD)/Reality Based Martial Arts Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Sense
• Street Fighting Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Sense
• Trained Combatant/Combat

Capabilities

The user is a master of street fighting, styles of fighting that were literally learned on the streets or on the fly rather than traditional martial arts; effectively, the user is self-taught, their skill being the result of a mass accumulation of experience on the streets and adapting moves from watching and getting into fights. This can throw off others used to more conventional styles.

Users have an intuitive mastery of all the associated brawling skills and techniques granting them major leverage in any brawling situation. Users can perfectly and without a single flaw or mistake fight any and every type of brawling there is, was and will ever be, whenever they want with zero effort by themselves in a short amount of time.

The user is so good at brawling, they can dominate in any street fight perfectly. User can easily brawl so flawlessly that it instantly hooks everyone that’s sees it and every person that’s sees it instantly thinks it’s the very peak of street fighting. Each move the user makes in a brawl will be objectively and unanimously perfect in every facet aspect and detail. Each move the user makes will have been an immediate unmatched success in every way.

This is the ultimate brawling mechanism, since the user will automatically brawl with perfect skill, technique and timing. The users full and complete mastery in brawling and anything related to brawling makes the user the ultimate brawler.

This also allows the user to dominate any and every brawling-based competition on any and every competition level at any time in all aspects easily.

Applications

• Cheating Mastery
  • Unpredictability
• Unarmed Combat Mastery
  • Blocking Mastery
  • Countering Mastery
  • Disarming Mastery
  • Evading Mastery
  • Grappling Mastery
  • Megaton Headbutt
  • Megaton Kick
  • Megaton Punch
  • Striking Mastery
• Improvisation Mastery
  • Enhanced Improvisation
  • Improvised Weapon Proficiency
• Weapon Proficiency Touch

Techniques

• Cheating Mastery

Associations

• Blunt Instrument
• Delinquent
• Combat Pragmatist
• Improvisation Mastery
• Normal Folk
• Setup Fighter
• Superior Human Physiology
  • Meta-Human Combat

Limitations

• User may be outmatched against those with actual combat training.

Known Users

See also: Good Old Fisticuffs

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

• Hajime Nagumo (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou)
• Firo Prochainezo (Baccano!)
• Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
  • Kaoru Hanayama
  • Baki Hanma
  • Jack Hanma
  • Yuujiro Hanma
  • Biscuit Oliva
  • Pickle
• Various Characters (Be-Bop High School)
• Hidetora Tojo (Beelzebub)
• Tatsumi Oga (Beelzebub)
• Ogun Tetsuma (Batuque)
• Various Characters (Clover)
• Denji (Chainsaw Man)
• Various Characters (Crows x Worst)
• Kwon Daegun (Designated Bully)
• Shizuo Heiwajima (Durarara!)
• Caulifla (Dragon Ball Super)
• Elite Members of the Yato Tribe (Gintama)
  • Housen
  • Umibouzu
  • Kamui
  • Kagura
• Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
• Lee Jaha (Return of the Mad Demon)
• Lee Geon (Return of the Disaster-Class Hero)
• Various Characters (Reality Quest)
• Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
• Jang Geon (Martial Wild West)
• Various Characters (Holyland)
• Park Hanjun (Hectopascal)
• Kim Cheonsu (Hectopascal)
• Baek Munyeong (Hectopascal)
• Kim Donghyeon (Hectopascal)
• Lee Hungil (Hectopascal)
• Nam Insu (Hectopascal)
• Choi Juyeong (Hectopascal)
• Lee Yongjeong (Hectopascal)
• Hekate (Hero Killer)
• Ihwa/Hero Killer (Hero Killer)
• Eikichi Onizuka (Great Teacher Onizuka)
• Genshirou Saji (Highschool DxD)
• Issei Hyodou (Highschool DxD)
• Inuyasha (InuYasha)
• Joseph Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency)
• Jotaro Kujo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Josuke Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond Is Unbreakable)
• Okuyasu Nijimura (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond Is Unbreakable)
• Various Characters (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
• Aoi Todo (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Yuji Itadori (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Various Characters (Kenganverse)
  • Adam Dudley
  • Takayama Minoru
• Various Characters (Lookism)
• Ri Shin (Kingdom)
• Na Ki (Kingdom)
• Various Characters (Medaka Box)
• Badigadi (Mushoku Tensei)
• King (One Piece)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Portgas D. Ace (One Piece)
• Sabo (One Piece)
• Franky (One Piece)
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Mash Burnedead (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
• Mugen (Samurai Champloo)
• Ken Kitano (Sun-Ken Rock)
• Various Characters (Weak Hero)
  • Gray Yeon
• Various Characters (Yu Yu Hakusho)
  • Kazuma Kuwabara
  • Yusuke Urameshi
• Tiny (The Hammer)
• Lee Oreum (Ultra-Alternate Character)
• Various Characters (QUESTISM)

Cartoons

• Vi/Violet (Arcane)
• Vander (Arcane)
• Sevika (Arcane)
• Pamela "Pam" Poovey (Archer)
• Terry McGinnis/Batman (Batman Beyond)
• Kevin Levin (Ben 10)
• Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
• Peter Griffin (Family Guy)

Comics

• Omni-Man (Invincible)
• Lobo (DC Comics)
• Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
• Selina Kyle/Catwoman (DC Comics)
• Nathan Craig Jones/Coldcast (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Jason Todd/Red Hood (DC Comics)
• Crush (DC Comics)
• Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
• Ben Grimm/The Thing (Marvel Comics)
• Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin (Marvel Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
• Bruce Banner/Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Hercules (Marvel Comics)
• Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
• Practitioners of The Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
• Aram Anni-Padda/Armstrong (Valiant Comics)

Live Television/Films

• Xander Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Dominic "Dom" Toretto (Fast & Furious)
• Takumi Inui/Wolf Orphnoch/Kamen Rider Faiz (Kamen Rider 555)
• Agents (The Matrix)
• Cal/Madman (Runt film)
• Sam Winchester & Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
• Mieczysław "Stiles" Stilinski (Teen Wolf)
• Sam Witwicky (Transformers Film series)

Video Games

• Asura (Asura's Wrath)
• Ultimate Street Fighter (Danganronpa)
• Cooper (Grabbed by the Ghoulies)
• Vi (League of Legends)
• Terry Bogard (The King of Fighters/Fatal Fury)
• Murray (Sly Cooper)
• Various Characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
• Cody Travers (Final Fight/Street Fighter)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
• Nathan Drake (Uncharted)
• Johnny Cage (Mortal Kombat)

Literature

• Keill Randor (Last Legionary)

Web Animation/Comics/Series

• Joe (Planet Land Comic's Blood Rush)
• Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
• Taiyang Xiao Long (RWBY)
• Hazel Rainart (RWBY)
• Maxeeno Manervolkan (Wildman Maxeeno)
• John Doe (unOrdinary)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

Tatsumi Oga (Beelzebub) relies on brute strength and street brawling in a fight.

Franky (One Piece)

Saitama (One Punch-Man)

While lacking in formal training, Caulifla (Dragon Ball Super) is an adept street fighter, her skills and Accelerated Development allowing her to keep pace with Goku, a martial artist with decades of experience, in single combat.

Issei Hyoudou (High School DxD) brawling equally with Sairaorg Bael, a master martial artist.

Aside from being a master martial artist, Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade) is also a master of unruly bare-handed brawling unlike most orthodox align martial artists that rely on their sects' standard martial arts.

While he has no formal training, Inuyasha (InuYasha) is an experienced combatant, his fighting style centering around attacking his opponents quickly and beating them into submission.

Having grown up on the streets, Tiny (The Hammer) became a master of street brawling and improvisation as he violently destroys demon worshippers.

While he lacks formal training, Mugen (Samurai Champloo) is able to defeat trained combatants through the use of his self-taught fighting style champuru kendo.

Joseph Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II: Battle Tendency) demonstrating British politeness.

Jotaro Kujo's Star Platinum (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders) demonstrates his ability perfectly to a certain dumbass' face.

Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)

Honed from years of fights at school or on the street, Yuji Itadori (Jujutsu Kaisen) style of fighting features heavy use of bare-knuckle brawling and on the fly improvisation...

...with the situation sometimes calling for his hard head.

Like his swordsmanship, Ri Shin (Kingdom) is highly skilled in bareknuckle fighting which was honed from years of self-taught training and breaking the noses of local punks in his youth.

Na Ki (Kingdom)

Gray Yeon (Weak Hero) relies of improvised weapons and pummeling his opponents into submission in a fight.

Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) is an excellent fighter being able to defeat powerful martial artists and demons with nothing, but fisticuffs learned on the streets.

Park Hanjun (Hectopascal)

Andy (Undead Unluck) fighting Void, who's boxing abilities are amplified with his special mech suit, with simple fisticuffs.

Kwon Daegun (Designated Bully)

Katsuya Jonouchi/Joey Wheeler (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Cartoons

Terry McGinnis/Batman (Batman Beyond) first learned to fight on the streets, allowing him to throw off the Joker, who had gained both Batman and Robin's combat training.

Having grown up on the streets, Kevin Levin (Ben 10) is an excellent street fighter, allowing him to briefly hold his own against Vilgax in a straight fight.

Despite having no formal training, Peter Griffin (Family Guy) is a master brawler, regularly causing mass destruction in his battles with Ernie the Giant Chicken...

...and being an equal match for his wife Lois, a black belt in tae-jitsu.

Danny Fenton/Phatom (Danny Phatom)

Vi (Arcane) is one of the best brawlers in Zaun, being able to defeat a group of adult street thugs as a young teen and defeat Sevika, a bionic human, and a squad of Turbo Chemtanks as a young adult.

Comics

While a masterful warrior like his younger brother Gilad, Armstrong (Valiant Comics) prefers bare knuckle brawling over techniques.

Batman (DC Comics) taking on Karate Kid, a superhumanly skilled martial artist, using nothing but fisticuffs learned from the streets of Gotham.

The Joker (DC Comics) demonstrating his choice of furniture to Batgirl's face.

Jason Todd/Red Hood (DC Comics) grew up on the streets of Gotham and as a result is an adept street fighter. Even after learning proper martial arts, he still incorporates his street fighting element into his combat style.

Nathan Craig Jones/Coldcast (DC Comics) is skilled in mid-range unarmed combat, this comes to an advantage in large battles and brawls in which he can take advantage of the chaos to attack enemies one on one with years of growing up on the tough streets of Chicago having heled honed his skills.

While proficient in formal martial arts, Tim Drake/Robin (DC Comics) is also a decent brawler/street fighter, at one point outmatching and defeating Cassandra Cain's Body Language Analysis by deliberately attacking her wildly with no style or forethought.

While a powerful fighter, Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) has no formal combat training, his fighting style being entirely self-made, learned and adapted on the fly...

...to fight supervillains...

...crime lords...

...assassins...

...occasionally his fellow superheroes' faces...

...and even in his civilian identity when pushed to the brink.

While he has no formal training, Bruce Banner/The Hulk (Marvel Comics) more than gets by on brute strength, basic fisticuffs, and using every advantage he can find.

Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)

Ben Grimm/The Thing's (Marvel Comics) fighting style is loose brawling techniques from years of growing up on Yancy Street and knocking down superpowered threats.

Luke Cage (Marvel Comics) is a self-taught hand-to-hand combatant from years of street fighting experience and prison time.

Leonard Smalls, Jr./Holocaust (Milestone Comics)

Lobo (DC Comics)

Casey Jones (TMNT/IDW Publishing)

Luther Strode (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)

Tyrone Cash (Marvel Comics)

Live Television/Films

Takumi Inui/The Wolf Orphnoch/Kamen Rider Faiz (Kamen Rider 555) is a skilled street fighter who combines his own brawling style with the power of the Faiz Gear.

Agent Smith (The Matrix) overwhelming Morpheus, a martial arts master, with brute strength and basic fisticuffs.

Sam Witwicky (Transformers film series) isn’t so proficient in any formal combat skills, however, he is a capable fighter as he was able to briefly subdue a sector 7 soldier armed with a nitrogen gun to redirect it back from Bumblebee…

…grappled a security guard at N.E.S.T base to the ground with relative ease…

…and killed Dylan by channeling his rage in swinging a pole towards the face for him to be electrocuted.

Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf) has not been formally trained in close quarters combat as far as it is known, he has demonstrated he can defend himself using an informal brawling style that draws mainly on his instincts. He fought against a Wendigo by head-butting his face before swinging a wrench at him from behind…

…uses his elbow to hit him in the face which briefly stunned him…

…punched with enough force to cause a Chimera pain…

…and he also tried to fight against a Ghost Rider that was about to shoot him, managing to hold back its arm for a few seconds.

At first glance, Cal/Madman (Runt film) admitted he wasn’t a fighter but during the week of skipping school he was able to utilize his instincts in brawling to single-handedly defend himself against bullies.

While he has no true formal training, Xander Harris (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is nonetheless a capable fighter and amassed extensive experience fighting monsters with the Scooby Gang, enabling him such feats as knocking out a demon clown with one punch.

Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

Video Games

While he has had formal training, Asura's (Asura's Wrath) main fighting style consists of flailing his arms wildly and punching as fast and hard as he can.

The Ultimate Street Fighter (Danganronpa)

Cooper (Grabbed by the Ghoulies) is a master street fighter, taking on all manner of Ghoulies with various punches, kicks, and using anything he can get his hands on.

In addition to various Ki attacks, Terry Bogard's (The King of Fighters) fighting style consists of self-taught moves from years of wandering the streets of Southtown, getting in fights, and learning what worked and what didn't.

While he lacks formal training, Murray (Sly Cooper) is a decent brawler making full use of his strength and size.

Initially lacking formal training in the Keyblade, Sora (Kingdom Hearts) more than gets by against Heartless, Nobodies, and villains using a fighting style adapted from his play-fighting days on Destiny Islands.

While he has had little to no formal training, Sonic the Hedgehog's (Sonic the Hedgehog) years of battle have made him an experienced and powerful fighter, able to match trained martial artists like Knuckles the Echidna...

...and Master Zik.

Cody Travers' (Final Fight/Street Fighter) fighting style is street fighting in its purest form.

Nathan Drake (Uncharted) is not officially trained in any formal combat but is a skilled street fighter who can throw a good haymaker and improvise a pretty effective counter in a fight and come out on top.

Mario (Super Mario/Super Smash Bros.)

Trained by Balrog, Ed (Street Fighter) is a trained brawler in Illegal Boxing with cleaner kicks.

Kendo Rappa (Boku No Hero Academia) is proficient in Close Quarters Combat and implores that art in every battle.

Miguel Rojo (Tekken)

Web Animation/Comics/Series

Joe (Planet Land Comic's Blood Rush)

Yang Xiao Long's (RWBY) initial fighting style involved using her Semblance to power up before engaging in basic brawling.

Videos

Animation

The First Chicken Fight - Family Guy - TBS

Family Guy - Lethal Weapons - Fight!-2

Dylan beats up evil monkey-2

Family Guy- Meg Comes Out Of Jail and Beats Everyone-2

Jimmy and Timmy Have a Cripple Fight in the Parking Lot - SOUTH PARK-2

I Didn't Hear No Bell - SOUTH PARK-2

Stan Smith's Bully Stelio Kontos - American Dad -HD-

Save The Turtles - Robot Chicken - Adult Swim-2

What's Up, Bro? - Metalocalypse - Adult Swim-2

Pam's shady past.-2

Team Pam (from Archer on FX)-2

Archer - Revenge Rampage~!

Archer - Season 7 Ep. 2- The Best Voicemail Ever Scene - FX-2

Archer - Season 7 Ep. 7- Hotel Rampage Scene - FX-2

Wildcat knocks out Green Arrow - Justice League Unlimited-2

Batman Beyond Fighting the Joker-2

Regular Show - The Park Workers VS The Hammer-2

Pleasure Island 4 - The Moist Chasm of Destiny

Anime

Space Adventure COBRA - Cobra introduces his new "friends" to the Psycho-Gun and Lady Armaroid-2

ジョジョ- Joseph vs. Wamuu (2) 『HD』-2

ジョジョ- Jotaro vs. Avdol 『HD』-2

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure- Stardust Crusaders - Jotaro Kujo Vs Noriaki Kakyoin

ジョジョ- Jotaro vs. Anubis (1)『HD』-2

ジョジョ- Jotaro vs. Dio (1)『 HD』-2

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Jotaro Breaks Dio's Skull

ジョジョ Josuke vs. Upperclassmen 『HD』

ジョジョ- Jotaro Meets Josuke 『HD』

Josuke Vs Okuyasu (Part 2)

【HD】ジョジョ- Red Hot Chili Pepper Attacks Josuke

【HD】ジョジョ- Okuyasu vs. Red Hot Chili Peppper!-2

【HD】ジョジョ- Josuke vs. Akira Otoishi!-2

ジョジョ Rohan insults Josuke's hairstyle 『HD』

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - Star Platinum Attacks Sheer Heart Attack-2

Jotaro vs Kira

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - Josuke Extends Yuya Fungami's Hospital Stay-2

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - Fungami Yuya is Actually Sorta Cool After All-2

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - A Final Deadly Combo

JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable ~ Lending a Hand to a Friend-2

『JoJo』The Gang vs Illuso (5)-2

ジョジョ 5- Purple Haze annihilates Illuso 『HD』

ジョジョ- Bucciarati vs. Pesci 『Final』-2

ジョジョ Arrivederci! 『HD』

ジョジョ This is King Crimson's ability! 『HD』

ジョジョ- Funny Moment -5 『HD』

Giorno vs. Cioccolata (1)-2

7 Page Muda.

Yusuke (Yu Yu Hakusho) fights The Doctor

Luffy and Law Combo - One Piece

Luffy Knocks Down Kaido - One Piece

Luffy Punches Kaido So Hard the Original OP Music Starts Playing - One Piece-2

ONE PIECE FILM GOLD EPISODE 0 - FRANKY VS LUFFY-2

Black Flash! - JUJUTSU KAISEN

Chainsaw vs Katana - Chainsaw Man-2

Comics

Kings of Nowhere Pilot

Live Action

Captain Holt Fights Cheddars Kidnapper And Saves Jake - Brooklyn 99 Season 7 Episode 12 - Ransom

Supernatural Dean having fight in prison-2

Dean Winchester - "What Are You?" S6E6

Supernatural - Dean and Crowley fight demons - S9E11 - Logoless

Supernatural S10E02 Deanmon & Cole fight-2

Nobody - The Bus Fight in 4K HDR

Wayne fight scene -- ep10-2

Wayne McCullough vs Reggie in the police station

Frank Castle vs The Russian (Kevin Nash) - The Punisher (2004)

Punisher Prison Fight Scene - Daredevil (2x9) -HD--2

When customers get in a fight-2

Fights

Winter Soldier VS Red Hood (Marvel VS DC) - DEATH BATTLE!

Lara Croft VS Nathan Drake (Tomb Raider VS Uncharted) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Natsu VS Ace (Fairy Tail VS One Piece) - DEATH BATTLE!

One Minute Melee - Naruto Vs Luffy

One Minute Melee - Terry Bogard vs Burai Yamamoto (Fatal Fury vs Daibanchou - Big Bang Age)

One Minute Melee S3 EP3 - Natsu vs Ace (Fairy Tail vs One Piece)

Rock & Terry vs Ken & Ryu (King of Fighters vs Street Fighter) - One Minute Melee S6 EP14

Music

Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent (Official Video)