Unarmed Combat Mastery/Enhanced

Enhanced Unarmed Combat
Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) is a talented expert in street fighting and hand to hand brawls.
Power/Ability to:	Possess great skill in unarmed combat.

"This is the guy who said he couldn't live up to his myth. He's wrestling an angel."

― Wally West/The Flash on Superman. (DC Comics)

"With superior physical power and technique, we can weaponize our own bodies, to have the combined might of a hundred men."

― Rob Lucci describing the Rokushiki (One Piece)

"A fist... is the first and most powerful weapon that men can have in their entire lives. It is a man's soul in material form, the ultimate melee weapon!"

― Douren, Sengoku Youko Chapter 68

"You were at Galidraan… tell me, how did one mere man kill so many of your kind? With his bare hands."

― Darth Sidious and Count Doku/Darth Tyranus, about Jango Fett (Star Wars)

The ability to possess great skill in unarmed combat. Sub-power of Enhanced Combat.

Also Called

• Enhanced/Superhuman Hand-to-Hand Combat
• Enhanced/Superhuman Martial Arts
• Master Martial Artist
• Superhuman Unarmed Combat

Capabilities

The users excel in melee attacks without wielding weapons. Rather than relying on weapons or equipment, they draw on their own strength and skill to fight. Users are able to use different styles of martial arts, they can also perform many different combination strikes, counters, and disarm their foes with their bare hands.

Applications

• Counter
• Martial Arts Intuition
• Power Fists
• Power Legs

Levels

• Enhanced Unarmed Combat
• Supernatural Unarmed Combat
• Absolute Unarmed Combat

Associations

• Combat Perception
• Combat Specialist
• Enhanced Combat
• Pectukinetic Combat; female users only.
• Pygakinetic Combat

Limitations

• May take time to learn new combat skills.
• Lack of a weapon usually puts the user at a disadvantage against armed opponents.

Known Users

See Also: This Index Knows Kung-Fu.

Cartoons/Comics

• Sonar the Fennec (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Ray Palmer/Atom (DC Comics)
• Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
• Bane (DC Comics)
• Batgirl (DC Comics)
• Batwoman (DC Comics)
• Benjamin Turner/Bronze Tiger (DC Comics)
• Black Canary (DC Comics)
• Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
• Big Barda (DC Comics)
• Constantine Drakon (DC Comics)
• Val Armorr/Karate Kid (DC Comics)
• Wayland Jones/Killer Croc (DC Comics)
• Lady Shiva (DC Comics)
• Mon-El (DC Comics)
• O-Sensei (DC Comics)
• Power Girl (DC Comics)
• Richard Dragon (DC Comics)
• Robin (DC Comics)
  • Richard "Dick" Grayson
  • Jason Todd
  • Damian Wayne
• Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)
• Stargirl (DC Comics)
• Lobo (DC Comics)
• Jo Nah/Ultra Boy (DC Comics)
• Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
• Harley Quinn (DC Comics)
• Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow (DC Comics)
• Wildcat (DC Comics)
• The Batman Who Laughs (DC Comics)
• Joker (DC Comics)
• Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
• Mattew Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
• Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
• Davos, The Steel Serpent (Marvel Comics)
• Misty Knight (Marvel Comics)
• Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Shang-Chi (Marvel Comics)
• Sam Wilson/The Falcon (Marvel Comics)
• Robert Reynolds/The Sentry (Marvel Comics)
• Danny Rand/Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
• Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
• Power Man (Marvel Comics)
• Silver Sable (Marvel Comics)
• Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)
• Allen the Alien (Image Comics)
• Brit (Image Comics)
• Savage Dragon (Image Comics)
• Viltrumites (Image Comics)
• Practitioners of the Hercules Method (Image Comics)
• Brock Samson (The Venture Bros.)

Anime/Manga

• Lugart Won (Black Cat)
• Yasutora Sado (Bleach)
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
• Urahara Kisuke (Bleach)
• Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach)
• Sui Feng (Bleach)
• Tsukasa Mikogami (Choujin Koukousei-tachi wa Isekai demo Yoyuu de Ikinuku you desu!)
• Takeshi Goda (Doraemon)
• Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
• All Might (My Hero Academia)
• Izuku Midoriya (My Hero Academia)
• Gearless Joe (Megalo Box)
• Six Powers/Rokushiki Users (One Piece)
  • CP9 members
  • Various High Ranked Navy Officers
• Fishman Karate Users (One Piece)
  • Jinbe
  • Hack
• Monkey D. Garp (One Piece)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Franky (One Piece)
• Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece)
• Charlotte Oven (One Piece)
• Jesus Burgess (One Piece)
• Lao G (One Piece)
• Genos (One Punch Man)
• Saitama (One Punch Man)
• Rock Lee (Naruto)
• Might Guy (Naruto)
• Kawaki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
• Elfman Strauss (Fairy Tail)
• Shiki Granbell (Edens Zero)
• Tokumori Saigo (Gintama)
• Various Characters (Ranma ½)
• Aoi Sakurai (Rail Wars)
• Shizuma Kusanagi (Real Bout High School)
• Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World)
• Koneko Toujou (Highschool DxD)
• Tsubasa Yura (Highschool DxD)
• Ruruko Nimura (Highschool DxD)
• Shin (Kingdom)
• Various Characters (Kengan Ashura)

Video Games

• Yang (Final Fantasy IV)
• Ursula (Final Fantasy IV: The After Years)
• Souichirou Kuzuki (TYPE-MOON)
• Bazett Fraga McRemitz (TYPE-MOON)
• Akihiko Sanada (Persona)
• Chie Satonaka (Persona)
• Roberto Frois (Onimusha)
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Sengoku Basara)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (Sengoku Basara)
• Farah Oersted (Tales of Eternia)
• Grappler (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Lilith (Vanguard Princess)
• Mii Brawlers (Super Smash. Bros.)
• Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
• Liquid Snake (Metal Gear)
• Big Boss (Metal Gear)
• Venom Snake (Metal Gear)
• The Boss (Metal Gear)
• Quiet (Metal Gear)
• Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear)
• Liquid Ocelot (Metal Gear)
• Liza (Saga Frontier)
• Claude C. Kenni (Star Ocean: The Second Story)

Web Series

• The Young Man (Blood Rush)
• Kung Fury (Kung Fury)
• Gooseman (Greasy Moose)

Live Television/Movies

• Queen Maeve (The Boys)

Gallery

Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach) is one of the greatest Hakuda masters in Soul Society, easily defeating an entire Onmitsukidō squadron within seconds.

Formerly one of the top commanders of Onmitsukido, Urahara Kisuke (Bleach) is a Hakuda master of the highest caliber, being on pair with Yoruichi in terms of skills.

Sui Feng (Bleach) is extremely skilled master of Hakuda, able to take down enemies four times large than her in size, and hold her own agaianst her former mentor Yoruichi.

Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) is an extraordinary prodigy in Karate, able to take down even Shinigami Lieutenants with his bare hands.

Yasutora "Chad" Sado (Bleach) is extremely talented in boxing and wrestling, able to overpowered Hollows and Arrancars with powerful takedowns.

Tsukasa Mikogami (Choujin Koukousei-tachi wa Isekai demo Yoyuu de Ikinuku you desu!) is a master of Judo...

...easily grapple and throw an armoured knight, sending him crashing towards an entire knight brigade.

Bane (DC Comics) developed his personal style of brawling from growing up in the violent Peña Duro prison

Having been trained in over 127 different styles of martial artist, Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics) uses a fighting style that merges many of these styles.

Black Canary (DC Comics)

A master martial artist of many unarmed fighting styles, Constantine Drakon (DC Comics) defeated Green Arrow...

...and Connor Hawke, one of the world's greatest martial artist, with ease.

Lady Shiva (DC Comics)

Lobo (DC Comics) explaining and demonstrating his preference in combat to Superman's face.

Damien Wayne/Robin (DC Comics) knocks out an entire group of Mutant gang members.

Superman (DC Comics) wrestling with Archangel, Asmodel.

The Midnigher (Wildstorm/DC Comics)

Takeshi Goda (Doraemon) is very skilled in sumo wrestling.

Son Goku and Krillin (Dragon Ball) demonstrate the Kame-Sennin Ryu/Turtle School Style of martial arts.

Farah Oersted (Tales of Eternia) is a master of unarmed combat.

Grappler (Valkyrie Crusade)

Mii Brawlers (Super Smash Bros.) are adept at unarmed combat.

Lilith (Vanguard Princess) is a highly proficient combo master who uses wrestling grabs and her nimble body to her advantage.

Souichirou Kuzuki (Fate/Stay Night) hand-to-hand combat skill is powerful enough to fight equally with a Servant.

Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail) is a proficient unarmed fighter.

Known as The Fist, Monkey D. Garp (One Piece) has fought and defeated countless powerful pirates with his bare hands .

Trained by his grandfather, Garp the Fist, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) is a superior unarmed combatant...

...supplemented with his Gum Gum Fruit/Gomu Gomu no Mi powers, he can overpower the strongest of enemies, even Rokushiki/Six Powers Masters of Rob Lucci's caliber.

Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece) is master of the Black Leg Style, a kick based martial art with a mixed combination of Brazilian Capoeira, French Savate and Korean Taekwondo.

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) invented Mutoryu/No Swords Style, a style of unarmed martial arts based on his sword techniques.

Franky (One Piece) is a powerful brawler highly skilled in boxing...

...and in wrestling.

CP9 (One Piece) are powerful masters of the Six Powers/Rokushiki, a martial art that focus on developing superhuman physical perfection that allow them to kill enemies unarmed.

Jinbe (One Piece) is a grand master of Fishman Karate, defeating most enemies by supplementing his mighty strength with sheer skill.

The Champion, Jesus Burgess (One Piece) is an immensely powerful Lucha Libre wrestling champion...

...overpowering an entire arena of powerful gladiators single handedly.

Charlotte Oven (One Piece) is an extremely powerful master boxer, fighting equivalently with Sanji's Black Leg Style.

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)

An expert in street fighting and boxing, Luke Cage (Marvel Comics) is all hands when it comes to fighting.

The Sentry vs. Ultron Janet (Marvel Comics)

Black Widow (Marvel Comics)

Cyclops (Marvel Comics)

Daredevil (Marvel Comics)

Davos, the Steel Serpent (Marvel Comics)

Fantomex (Marvel Comics)

Might Guy (One Piece) is hailed as the greatest taijutsu master in ninja history.

Rock Lee (Naruto) is an incredible taijutsu specialist.

While initially a first-class weaponry expert, Shin of the Hi Shin Unit (Kingdom) is also a powerful bare-knuckle fighter...

...demonstrating his prowess when he sent Raido, a man half his size, flying with a stationary stance punch.

Brit (Image Comics)

Invincible (Image Comics)

Viltrumites (Image Comics)

Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)

Luther Strode (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)

Aoi Sakurai (Rail Wars) is an expert of many martial arts such as Kickboxing.

Brock Samson (The Venture Bros)

Lao G (One Piece) is a grandmaster of the Earth Sage Fist.

Queen Maeve (The Boys)

Tokita Ohma (Kengan Ashura)