Dance Combat

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

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

Also Called

• Capoeira (Real life)
• Engolo (Real Life)

Capabilities

The user can infuse dance in their physical attacks, having the ability to move from one attack to the next effortlessly while being graceful and elegant. The user can dodge attacks easily and execute combat with little problem.

Applications

• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Balance
• Enhanced Combat
• Enhanced Flexibility

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Flawless Coordination
• Mystical Dancing
• Superhuman Dancing

Known Users

See Also: Dance Battler and Capoeira.

Cartoons/Comics

• Stan Smith (American Dad!)
• Pearl (Steven Universe)
• Garnet (Steven Universe)
• DJ Stylbator (Samurai Jack)
• Black Widow (Marvel Comics)

Movies

• Balthazar Bratt (Despicable Me 3)

Live Television

• Ryuutaros (Kamen Rider Den-O)
• Oliver (Mighty Med/Lab Rats Elite Force)
• Skylar Storm (Mighty Med/Lab Rats Elite Force)
• Zack Taylor (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)

Manga/Anime

• Acier Silva (Black Clover)
• Kaito (Black Clover)
• Kaien Shiba (Bleach)
• Sawada Keizaburo (Kengan Ashura)
• Clan Shiyuu (Kingdom)
  • Kyou Kai
  • Yuu Ren
• Tiphareth (Monster Strike); only her in true form
• Killer B (Naruto)
• Skull-Face Jack (The New Gate)
• Zeff (One Piece); via Black Leg Style
• Bentham/Mr. 2, Bon Clay (One Piece)
• Sanji (One Piece); via Black Leg Style
• Aoshi Shinomori (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Mugen (Samurai Champloo)
• Shinra Kusakabe (Fire Brigade of Flames)
• Honoka (The Third: Girl with The Blue Eye)
• Monkey King Bambina (Toriko)

Video Games

• Hazama (Blazblue series)
• Miki (Chrono Cross)
• Lisa Hamilton (Dead or Alive Series)
• Duck King (Fatal Fury series)
• Richard Meyer (Fatal Fury series)
• Bob Wilson (Fatal Fury series)
• Mog (Final Fantasy VI)
• Momoko (King of Fighters XI)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts II); with Jack Skellington
• Fi (The Legend of Zelda)
  • Luna Luna (Queen's Blade:Rebellion)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Elena (Street Fighter series)
• Dee Jay (Street Fighter series)
• Pullum Purna (Street Fighter EX series)
• Fairlion Type-S and Type-G (Super Robot Wars)
• Eddy Gordo (Tekken series)
• Tiger Jackson (Tekken series)
• Christie Monteiro (Tekken series)
• The Harlequins (Warhammer 40k)

Gallery

Stan Smith (American Dad!) wielding spinning his double-headed blade in a dancing manner when attempting to kill Fussy.

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

Miki (Chrono Cross)

Fi (The Legend of Zelda) fights using a style similar to ballet dancing.

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

Aoshi Shinomori (Rurouni Kenshin) using sword dance to confuse his enemy with fluid and ever-changing speed, and then dealing the fatal strike.

A key part of Sonic's (Sonic the Hedgehog) fighting style is breakdancing-style kicks.

Elena (Street Fighter series) is a well-known practitioner of Capoeira, a dance-based martial art.

Pullum Purna (Street Fighter)

Dee Jay (Super Street Fighter II) fights using kickboxing, a popular martial art in most of the world. Dee Jay, however, sees it as a form of dancing.

Dubbed champuru kendo, Mugen's (Samurai Champloo) highly unorthodox swordplay and fighting style is based on breakdancing.

Born from a millennium of ancient ritual dancing, Clan Shiyuu's Priestess Dance (Kingdom) is a deadly martial art technique 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 by killing multiple Shiyuu masters...

...and fighting the Bushin, Hou Ken of Zhao's Three Great Heavens.

Black Widow (Marvel Comics)

Richard Meyer (Fatal Fury) is a Capoeira master who used his skills to entertain the nightclub crowds.

Bob Wilson (Fatal Fury) learned Capoeira from his "Mestre/master", Richard and mastering the actual full-contact version instead of the performance version.

Mog (Final Fantasy VI)

Momoko (King of Fighters)

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.

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

With the powerful mobility of his Ignition Ability, Shinra Kusakabe (Fire Brigade of Flames) uses the elements of breakdancing with his fighting style.

Videos

PowerRangers HipHopKido

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