- "Through years of intense training in a specialized form of martial arts, we have overcome the limits of the human body and gained both superior physical power and technique that allows us to weaponize our own body, the Rokushiki, those who have mastered it will have the combined strength of a hundred man."
- ― Rob Lucci (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 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
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 put the user at a disadvantage against armed opponents.
Known Users
See Also: This Index Knows Kung-Fu.
Comics/Cartoons
- Sonar the Fennec (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Atom (DC Comics)
- Batman (DC Comics)
- Bane (DC Comics)
- Batgirl (DC Comics)
- Batwoman (DC Comics)
- Bronze Tiger (DC Comics)
- Black Canary (DC Comics)
- Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
- Constantine Drakon (DC Comics)
- Karate Kid (DC Comics)
- 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)
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Stargirl (DC Comics)
- Ultra Boy (DC Comics)
- Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
- Harley Quinn (DC Comics)
- Wildcat (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)
- 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)
Anime/Manga
- Lugart Won (Black Cat)
- Takeshi Goda (Doraemon)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Gearless Joe (Megalo Box)
- Rokushiki Users (One Piece)
- CP9 members
- Various High Ranked Navy Officers
- Fishman Karate Users (One Piece)
- Jinbe
- Hack
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Franky (One Piece)
- Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece)
- Rock Lee (Naruto)
- Might Guy (Naruto)
- Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Various Characters (Ranma ½)
- Aoi Sakurai (Rail Wars)
- Shizuma Kusanagi (Real Bout High School)
- Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero)
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
- Kung Fury (Kung Fury)
Gallery
Grappler (Valkyrie Crusade)
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Farah Oersted (Tales of Eternia) is a master of unarmed combat.
Mii Brawlers (Super Smash Bros.) are adept at unarmed combat.
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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.
Takeshi Goda (Doraemon) is very skilled in sumo wrestling.
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) combines combat skills with his Devil Fruit power of the Gomu Gomu no Mi to create a wide variety powerful hand to hand attacks.
Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece) is master of a kick based martial art Black Leg Style which is a combination of Brazilian Capoeira, French Savate and Korean Taekwondo.
Franky (One Piece) is a powerful fighter highly skilled in boxing...
...and in wrestling.
Batman (DC Comics)
Constantine Drakon (DC Comics) easily gives Green Arrow...
...and Connor Hawke, one of the world greatest martial artist, a beating.
Lady Shiva (DC Comics)
Damien Wayne/Robin (DC Comics) knocks out an entire group of Mutant gang members.
Superman (DC Comics) wrestles with Archangel, Asmodel.
Black Widow (Marvel Comics)
Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
Davos (Marvel Comics), the Steel Serpent
Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
The Sentry vs. Ultron Janet (Marvel Comics)
Brit (Image Comics)
Invincible (Image Comics)
Three Viltrumites (Image Comics) destroy Allen the Alien.
Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)
Luther Strode (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
The Midnigher (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
Fantomex (Marvel Comics)
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Aoi Sakurai (Rail Wars) is an expert of many martial arts such as Kickboxing.