Dance Combat

Dance Combat
Dubbed champuru kendo, Mugen's (Samurai Champloo) highly unorthodox swordplay and fighting style is based on breakdancing.
Power/Ability to:	Combine physical combat with dance.

"Those that make contact with the gods would dance while their conscience was intoxicated and cut down all who stood before them"

― Kyou Kai explaining the Priestess Dance to Ri Shin (Kingdom)

"Dance, Carmen!"

― Ann Takamaki (Persona 5)

The power to infuse dance with physical combat. Technique of Dance Manipulation. Variation of Combat Merging.

Also Called

• Dance-Fu
• Dance/Dancing Martial Arts
• Dancing Combat
• Engolo Intuition (Real Life)
• Skilled Dancer
• Rhythmic Combat
• Dance Fighting

Capabilities

The user possesses the ability to integrate the art of dance into their combat style, transforming each of their movements into a seamless blend of beauty, fluidity, and lethal precision. Their attacks flow effortlessly from one to the next, their body moving with the grace of a dancer, making them a difficult target to predict or counter. This allows them to execute complex and varied strikes in rapid succession while maintaining an air of elegance and poise.

The user’s mastery of dance-like movements enhances their agility, enabling them to dodge attacks with ease. Their footwork is light and swift, allowing them to sidestep or twirl out of the way of incoming blows, often making it appear as if they are merely dancing around their enemies. The ability to shift their weight, twist their body, and use momentum from their movements allows them to avoid even the most well-aimed strikes.

Each strike is a graceful extension of their body, as if they were moving to the rhythm of an invisible orchestra. The fluidity of their style not only makes them appear graceful but also allows them to move with efficiency and speed, making it difficult for opponents to land a hit. Their weapon strikes, whether with swords, knives, or even unarmed, are delivered with the same fluid grace as a pirouette, often catching their enemies off-guard as they flow from one attack to the next, leaving no time for defense.

In addition to their ability to dodge and flow through combat, the user can also harness the rhythm of their movements to amplify their offensive power. Each attack is not just a strike but an extension of a larger choreographed sequence, with momentum and positioning carefully planned to create devastating combos or unpredictable angles of attack. This dance-like combat style also allows the user to remain highly adaptable, seamlessly shifting from one fighting stance to another without breaking their rhythm, making it difficult for opponents to read their actions or find a moment of vulnerability.

Applications

• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Balance
• Enhanced Flexibility
• Unarmed Combat Mastery
• Flawless Coordination
• Power Legs
  • Megaton Kick
  • Multi-Hit Strike

Variations

• Ballet Combat
• Capoeira Mastery

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Elemental Dancing
• Kagura Mastery
• Mystical Dancing

Limitations

• May be limited to a certain type of dance.

Known Users

See Also: Dance Battler and Capoeira.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Jin Sohan (A Dance of Swords in the Night)
• Acier Silva (Black Clover)
• Kiato (Black Clover)
• Kaien Shiba (Bleach)
• Garan (Dead Account)
• Ponchomon (Digimon Adventure:)
• Shinra Kusakabe (Fire Force)
• Precures (Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!)
• Yushin (Hero Killer)
• Ihwa/Hero Killer (Hero Killer)
• Kiri Shirakai (Kagurabachi)
• Sawada Keizaburo (Kenganverse)
• Kyou Kai (Kingdom)
• Kyou Rei (Kingdom)
• Yuu Ren (Kingdom)
• Clan Shiyuu (Kingdom); via Priestess Dance
• Kang Jinhyuk (Max Level Newbie)
• Tiphareth (Monster Strike); only her in true form
• Killer B/B (Naruto)
• Emma (Ninjala)
• Skull-Face Jack (The New Gate)
• Miho Shirakawa (Odd Taxi)
• Jango (One Piece)
• Zeff (One Piece); via Black Leg Style
• Bentham/Mr. 2, Bon Clay (One Piece)
• Sanji (One Piece); via Black Leg Style
• Yoo Iseol (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
• Aoshi Shinomori (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Mugen (Samurai Champloo)
• Honoka (The Third: Girl with The Blue Eye)
• Monkey King Bambina (Toriko)
• Bob Makihara (Tenjou Tenge)

Cartoons/Comics

• Stan Smith (American Dad!)
• High Voltage (Big Hero 6: the Series)
• Balthazar Bratt (Despicable Me)
• Felonius Gru (Despicable Me)
• Dee Dee (Fusionfall Comics)
• Carmilla Carmine (Hazbin Hotel)
• Disco Duo (Hero Inside)
• Natalia Romanova/Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
• Ghost Spider (Marvel Comics)
• Nautique (Mermicorno Starfall)
• Cole (Ninjago)
• Rayburn Jr (Rumble 2021)
• Garnet (Steven Universe)
• Pearl (Steven Universe)
• DJ Stylbator (Samurai Jack)

Movies

• Manolo Sanchez (Book of Life)
• Maria Posada (Book of Life)
• Martha Kapler/Ruby Roundhouse (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle)
• Grandmaster Yoda (Star Wars)
• Surya "a.k.a. Boss" (Boss 2013)
• Matthew Patel (Scott Pilgrim vs the World)

Live Television

• Ryuutaros/Kamen Rider Den-O Gun Form (Kamen Rider Den-O)
• Mackenzie "Kenzi" Malikov (Lost Girl)
• Oliver and Skylar Storm (Mighty Med)
• Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)

Tabletop/Video Games

• Hazama (BlazBlue)
• Miki (Chrono Cross)
• Lisa Hamilton (Dead or Alive)
• Dante (Devil May Cry); via Balrog Kick Mode
• Duck King (Fatal Fury/The King of Fighters)
• Bob Wilson (Fatal Fury)
• Richard Meyer (Fatal Fury)
• Salvatore Ganacci (Fatal Fury)
• Mog (Final Fantasy VI)
• Noire (Hyperdimension Neptunia)
• Momoko (The King of Fighter)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts); with Jack Skellington
• Fi (The Legend of Zelda)
• Meloetta (Pokémon)
• Quaquaval (Pokémon)
• Luna Luna (Queen's Blade: Rebellion)
• Romeo and Juliet (Ravenswatch)
• Katsuragi (Senran Kagura)
• Yumi (Senran Kagura)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Blaze the Cat (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Elena (Street Fighter)
• Dee Jay (Street Fighter)
• Pullum Purna (Street Fighter EX)
• Latune Subbota (Super Robot Wars); via the Fairlion Type-S
• Shine Hausen (Super Robot Wars); via the Fairlion Type-G
• Christie Monteiro (Tekken)
• Eddy Gordo (Tekken)
• Tiger Jackson (Tekken)
• The Harlequins (Warhammer 40,000)
• Goro Majima (Yakuza/Like a Dragon)

Web Animations

• Weiss Schnee (RWBY)
• Gwen Darcy (RWBY)
• Mercury Black (RWBY)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Kaien Shiba (Bleach) was noted for his spear technique reminiscent of a dance, using one wrist as the center of its rotation.

Garan (Dead Account)

With the powerful mobility of his Ignition Ability, Shinra Kusakabe (Fire Force) uses the elements of break dancing with his fighting style.

Aoshi Shinomori (Rurouni Kenshin) using sword dance to confuse his enemy with fluid...

...and ever-changing speed and then dealing the fatal strike.

Born from a millennium of ancient ritual dancing, Clan Shiyuu's Priestess Dance (Kingdom) is a deadly martial art dance techniques that was refined into a skill...

...to kill people with...

..., noted by the elders of the Clan Shiyuu to be the most talented practitioner of her generation, Kyou Kai displays her mastery as she killed multiple Shiyuu masters during her battle with the Yuu Tribe...

...and fought the Bushin and Great General, Hou Ken...

...As the Shiyuu of her generation, Yuu Ren could draw out the full extent of her strength and concentration without the need to induce herself into a trance as she easily matches her skills with Kyou Kai during their fight...

With elements of the acrobatic Brazilian Capoeira, Red Leg Zeff (One Piece) created and mastered a kick based martial art named Black Leg Style...

...which he taught to his student, Sanji.

Mr. 2 Bon Clay (One Piece) fighting Sanji's Black Leg Style with his Ballet Kenpo, a combination of ballet dancing and martial arts.

Killer B/B's (Naruto) unpredictable sword style the Acrobat is based on hip-hop dancing.

Meloetta (Pokémon) in her Pirouette Form gains the powers and abilities of a fighting type and use a dance style version of the fighting type attack Close Combat.

Cartoons/Comics

Black Widow (Marvel Comics)

Tandy Bowen/Dagger (Marvel Comics) as a fromer ballet dancer, combines that with her form of combat along with her Lightforce abilities.

As a skilled breakdancer, Francisco Ramon/Vibe (DC Comics) is able to combine this with his combat skills.

Stan Smith (American Dad!) wielding spinning his bat'leth in a dancing manner when attempting to kill Fussy.

High Voltage (Big Hero 6: the Series)

Pearl (Steven Universe)

Rayburn Jr. (Rumble) may not be like his father, Rayburn, who had fighting talents, but he loves dancing; he learned Tango in Argentina, and Flamenco in Spain.

Balthazar Bratt (Despicable Me)

Disco Duo (Hero Inside)

After being trained by Po, Mei Mei (Kung Fu Panda) merges her ribbon dancing skills with nunchaku.

Viper (Kung Fu Panda)

Michelangelo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)

Shinigami (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)

Live Television/Movies

Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) enjoys dancing so much that he created his own dance-based fighting style, Hip Hop Kido.

When Oliver and Skylar Storm (Mighty Med) use their agility together, they can perform incredible dance skills to evade The Ambusher attacks before he can destroy the Amazon Rain Forest.

Video Games

Jamie (Street Fighter)...

...combines his breakdancing skills with drunken fist.

Dee Jay (Street Fighter) uses kickboxing, however he sees it as a form of dancing.

Manon (Street Fighter) combines Judo with her talent in ballet.

Bayonetta (Bayonetta)

Lilli (Tekken) being a battle hungry maniac herself, combines her own style of combat with ballet.

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) incorporates breakdancing in his fighting style.

Blaze the Cat (Sonic The Hedgehog) moves like a ballerina in fights.

Quaquaval (Pokémon)

Kasumi Yoshizawa/Violet (Persona 5 Royal) being a ballerina uses it in combat when fighting in the Metaverse.

Romeo and Juliet (Ravenswatch)

Videos

PowerRangers HipHopKido

(MMPR) Zack Taylor's Hip Hop Kido!!

Onepiece Sanji's attacks-techniques compilation..-2

Sanji vs Bon Clay - One Piece

Sanji vs King and Queen - One Piece-2

Sanji Defeats Queen - One Piece-2

One Piece - Bins vs Sanji (Full Fight)-2

Sasuke vs Killer Bee - Naruto Shippuden-2

Sting like a B!!

Transformation Tokyo Mew Mew Mint 1080p-2

Tokyo Mew Mew Attack - Ribbon Minto Echo-2

Minto Aizawa as Mew Mint (Tokyo Mew Mew), whose transformation and attack incorporate ballet moves.

Despicable Me 3 (2017) - Dance Fight Scene (10-10) - Movieclips-2

FATAL FURY- CotW｜Salvatore Ganacci-2

Meloetta vs Onix crew-2

Sanji VS Rock Lee (One Piece VS Naruto) - DEATH BATTLE!

Dante VS Bayonetta DEATH BATTLE!

Weiss VS Mitsuru (RWBY VS Persona) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Analysis & Discussions

Evolution of BLAZE THE MEOW from Sonic Games-2

Evolution of Blaze the Cat (2005 - 2018)-2

Music

Samurai Champloo – Opening Theme – Battlecry

OUT FOR LOVE -- FULL SONG -- HAZBIN HOTEL-2