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)
• Connor Hawke (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)
• Ted Grant/Wildcat (DC Comics)
• The Batman Who Laughs (DC Comics)
• Joker (DC Comics)
• Grail (DC Comics)
• Betina Beakley/Agent 22 (Ducktales 2017)
• Webbigail Vanderquack (Ducktalss 2017)
• Angela (Marvel Comics)
• Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
• Gamora (Marvel Comics)
• Matthew "Matt" 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/Manhwa

• Lugart Won (Black Cat)
• Genryusai Yamamoto (Bleach)
• Yasutora Sado (Bleach)
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
• Urahara Kisuke (Bleach)
• Yoruichi Shihoin (Bleach)
• Sui Feng (Bleach)
• Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop)
• 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)
• Zeff (One Piece)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Sanji (One Piece)
• Franky (One Piece)
• Charlotte Oven (One Piece)
• Jesus Burgess (One Piece)
• Lao G (One Piece)
• Garo/Garou (One-Punch Man)
• Genos (One-Punch Man)
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Expert Taijutsu Ninja/Shinobi (Naruto)
  • Madara Uchiha
  • Tsunade
  • Might Guy
  • Neji Hyuga
  • Rock Lee
  • Naruto Uzumaki
  • Sakura Haruno
• 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)
• Issei Hyodou (Highschool DxD)
• Vali Lucifer (Highschool DxD)
• Sairaorg Bael (Highschool DxD)
• Koneko Toujou (Highschool DxD)
• Tsubasa Yura (Highschool DxD)
• Ruruko Nimura (Highschool DxD)
• Ri Shin (Kingdom)
• Various Characters (Kengan Ashura)
• Various Characters (Hunter X Hunter)
• Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling)
• Thors (Vinland Saga)
• Thorfinn (Vinland Saga)

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

• Joe (Planet Land Comic's Blood Rush)
• Kung Fury (Kung Fury)
• Gooseman (Greasy Moose)

Live Television/Movies

• Queen Maeve (The Boys)
• Ip Man (Ip Man Series)
• Cheung Tin-Chi (Ip Man Series)
• Frank (Ip Man Series)
• Hung Chun-nam (Ip Man Series)
• The Twister (Ip Man Series)
• Sadi (Master Z: Ip Man Legacy)
• Barton Geddes (Ip Man Series)
• General Miura (Ip Man Series)
• Wong Fei-hung (Once Upon a Time in China)
• Kham (The Protector Series)
• Svetlana Belikova (Resident Evil: Damnation)
• Frank Martin (Transporter series)
• George Chambers (Undisputed series)
• Danny the Dog (Unleashed)

Gallery

Cartoons/Comics

Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender) strikes a pressure point in her opponent, blocking their chi and essentially paralyzing them.

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

Lady Shiva (DC Comics)

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 arts, 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.

Connor Hawke (DC Comics)

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)

Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)

Brit (Image Comics)

Invincible (Image Comics)

Viltrumites (Image Comics)

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)

Luther Strode (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)

Queen Maeve (The Boys)

Brock Samson (The Venture Bros)

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

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 an extremely skilled master of Hakuda, able to take down enemies four times large than her in size, and hold her own against 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...

Spike Spiegel (Cowboy Bebop) showing off his Jeet Kune Do.

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

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.

Yajirobe (Dragon Ball series)

Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball series)

Nappa (Dragon Ball Z)

Frizea (Dragon Ball Z)

Souichirou Kuzuki's (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.

While initially first-class weaponry expert, Ri Shin (Kingdom) is also a powerful bare-knuckle fighter demonstrating his prowess when sent Tajifu...

...and Raido, both of whom were half his size, flying with stationary stance punches.

Tsunade (Naruto)

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

Rock Lee (Naruto) is an incredible taijutsu specialist.

Sakura Haruno (Naruto)

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

Red Leg Zeff, founder of the Black Leg Style (One Piece)

Trained by his grandfather, Garp the Fist and honed through years of street fighting, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) is a superior unarmed combatant...

...supplementing them with his Gum-Gum Fruit/Gomu Gomu no Mi Devil Fruit powers,...

...he can overpower the strongest of enemies, like Crocodile a member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea...

...a Rokushiki/Six Powers Masters of Rob Lucci's caliber...

The second-generation master of the Black Leg Style, Sanji (One Piece) is able to defeat the strongest of enemies with nothing but his powerful kicks.

While already a skilled master swordsman, Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) is also a potent bare-knuckle fighter as he invented his 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 focuses on developing superhuman physical perfection that allows them to kill enemies unarmed.

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

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

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.

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

Tokita Ohma (Kengan Ashura)

Due to immense physical training, Sairaorg Bael (Highschool DxD) is an extremely powerful martial arts master...

...able to singlehandedly defeat entire armies and also the most powerful supernatural beings using pure might and skill.

Issei Hyodou (Highschool DxD) supplemented his Boosted Gear's power augmentation with great brawling skills, allow him to fight the most powerful enemies even Vali the strongest White Dragon Emperor...

Compared to Issei, Vali Lucifer (Highschool DxD) hand to hand combat skills are more refined due to having trained since childhood. Able to defeat the Fallen Angel Lord Kokabiel without using his full strength.

Others

Rama (The Raid series)

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

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.

Grappler (Valkyrie Crusade)

Videos

One Minute Melee Little Mac vs Makunouchi Ippo SEASON 2 FINALE FULL VERSION!

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