- "Don't even breathe. There are 17 methods to incapacitate you and all of them hurt."
- ― Blue Falcon (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated)
- "He hits you with his fingertips at five different pressure points on your body. And then he lets you walk away. But once you’ve taken five steps, your heart explodes in your body, and you fall to the floor, dead."
- ― Bill describing Pai Mei's legendary Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique. (Kill Bill)
The ability to infuse Pressure Point Mastery into physical combat. Technique of Pressure Point Manipulation. Variation of Combat Merging.
Also Called[]
- Kyushojitsu (Pressure Point Martial Arts)
- Pressure Point Attack (Dragon Ball series)
- Pressure Point Strikes
- Stress Point Combat
- Nerve Attack (Kung Fu Panda)
Capabilities[]
The user can utilize their pressure point knowledge with physical combat.
Applications[]
- Bodily Aspect Enhancement
- Pressure Point Mastery
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Combat
- Unarmed Combat Mastery/Supernatural/Absolute
Techniques[]
- Delayed Effect
- Double Hit Kill
- Incapacitation Inducement
- Internal Rupturing
- One Hit Kill
- Paralysis Inducement
- Precise Strike
- Weakness Detection
Associations[]
- Bodily Attribute Augmentation
- Combat Merging
- Complete Body Strike
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Kyushojitsu Mastery
- Martial Arts Mastery
- Mutilation
- Mystical Martial Arts
- Motor-Skill Manipulation
- Needle Proficiency
- Nerve Manipulation
- Ninjutsu
- Pressure Point Manipulation
Limitations[]
- Must be able to hit the specific nerve-clusters/pressure points, so anything that prevents this (armor, thick enough skin/fat, unusual nervous system) reduces or nullifies this power's effectiveness.
- May be less effective against those with an altered/different nervous system since they possess different nerve clusters/pressure points than the ones the user knows about.
- Useless against nervless enemies (robots, ghosts, etc)
Known Users[]
- Chelsea (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Chi-blockers (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Ty Lee
- Suki
- Tokuga
- Amon
- Thod
- Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
- Yuujiro Hanma
- Kureha Shinogi
- Hyuk Woon Sung (Chronicles of Heavenly Demon/Heavenly Demon Reborn)
- Leonardo (Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Khyber (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Grey Matter (Ben 10 Reboot)
- Ben Turner/Bronze Tiger (DC Comics)
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
- Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
- Constantine Drakon (DC Comics)
- David Cain (DC Comics)
- Damian Wayne/Robin (DC Comics)
- Nobody (DC Comics)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
- Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
- Advanced martial artists (Dragon Ball series)
- Master Roshi (Dragon Ball)
- Son Goku (Dragon Ball series)
- Hit (Dragon Ball Super)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- The Operative (Firefly)
- Practitioners of Hokuto Shin Ken/Big Dipper God Fist (Fist of the Blue Sky/Fist of the North Star)
- Hu Gong/Beom Hang (Heavenly Grand Archive’s Young Master)
- Users of Hakkei (Gintama)
- Oboro
- Utsuro
- Nabong Needle Ryu Users (God of Highschool)
- Na Bongchim
- Mori Jin
- Zodak (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002))
- Users of Ancient Miyagi-Do (The Karate Kid Series)
- Haruka Kodama/Sasori Banchou (Kongō Banchō)
- Nerve attack Users (Kung Fu Panda)
- Tai Lung
- Oogway
- Shifu
- James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
- Matthew Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Kei Munakata (Medaka Box)
- Neji Hyuga (Naruto)
- Haku (Naruto)
- Lao G (One Piece)
- Atla (Rising of the Shield Hero)
- Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
- Gen (Street Fighter)
- Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Oroku Saki/The Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series)
- Hamato Yuuta (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series)
- Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Sinteres and Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
- Riley Greene (Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai)
Known Objects[]
- Dragon scaled Tessaiga (Inuyasha)
Gallery[]
Chelsea (Akame Ga Kill!) stabs Kurome with a needle with lethal precision at her vital pressure point, which would have killed her were it not for her drugs.
Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender) strikes a pressure point in her opponent, blocking their chi and essentially paralyzing them.
Bronze Tiger (DC Comics)
With one punch, Constantine Drakon (DC Comics) disabled Connor Hawke's nerve centers.
Nobody (DC Comics)
Damian Wayne/Robin (DC Comics)
Mercenary Tao Tao Pai (Dragon Ball) striking a fatal pressure point in General Blue's temple, killing him instantly...
...and a tailor with a simple poke.
Frieza (Dragon Ball Super) uses the advanced energy control of his True Golden form to strike his opponents' pressure points, causing them to expand and explode.
Hu Gong/Beom Hang (Heavenly Grand Archive’s Young Master) using the Body Adjustment to...
...to destroy an opponent's body with a simple touch.
Tai Lung (Kung Fu Panda)
The Operative's (Firefly) signature move is paralyzing his opponents by striking a nerve cluster near their waist.
Atla (Rising of the Shield Hero) is naturally skilled in striking her opponent's pressure point, capable of killing a large beast with a simple jab to the head.
Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess) uses "the Pinch" to trigger a pressure point near a victim's neck, cutting off blood flow to the brain.
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Oboro (Gintama) using Hakkei to strike Gintoki's pressure points, causing a disruption of the meridian flow, which leads to internal damage.
Utsuro (Gintama) using Hakkei to strike Kagura's pressure points, causing a disruption of the meridian flow, which leads to internal damage.
Haku (Naruto) is a master of acupuncture, using his Thousand Needles of Death to precisely strike all his enemies' pressure points to kill them.
Neji Hyuga (Naruto) using Gentle Fist to strike precisely internal points to disable his opponents.
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Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho) utilizing his knowledge as a doctor with his new powers to strike Kido's pressure points to paralyze him.
Spock (Star Trek) using the Vulcan Nerve Pinch on an Enterprise Crewmember.
Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) paralyzing Shredder's arms with a few pressure points.
Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) with his mastery of Ninjutsu he has knowledge of Pressure Points allowing him to strike the right ones to take down much stronger foes like Leatherhead by striking his pressure points to weaken him and the use his martial arts mastery to take him down.
Hamato Yuuta (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series) was a Ninjutsu Master of the Hamato Clan during his lifetime and even in old age was able to restrain his son Hamato Yoshi/Splinter and his adoptive son Oroku Saki/Shredder when they were fighting in blind rage and incapacitate Saki with a pressure point when he wouldn't stand down.
Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV Series) due to his training in Ninjutsu Leonardo has knowledge and skills at using Pressure Point strikes to take down his opponents like subduing his brother Raphael to get him under control when he argues with him...
...and disable enemies like the Foot Ninja Master Tatsu by using a pressure point strike to disable his hearing making him truly blind and allowing Karai to take him down.
Leonardo (Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) using a pressure point strike to take out Ra's al Ghul.
...to destroy their opponents with internal rupturing.
Practitioners of Hokuto Shin Ken/Big Dipper God Fist (Fist the Blue Sky/Fist of the North Star) use their knowledge of the human body's 708 Keiraku Hikō/Hidden Points...
Using his mastery of Earth Sage Fist and knowledge of pressure points, Lao G (One Piece) can attack the various pressure points in his opponent's body with extreme precision.
Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics) striking the solar plexus of his "Guardian Angel".
Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics) was able to strike pressure into Batroc the Leaper's leg to prevent from attacking him.
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Khyber (Ben 10: Omniverse) has skillful knowledge of Pressure Points like Hephaestan Neuro Grip which can subdue any prey in battle even a fierce and durable Appoplexians like Rath.
Videos[]
Hokuto Soukin Jizai Ken-2
Kenshiro vs heart
Hokuto Shinken- Zankai Sekiho Ken-2
Hokuto No Ken - North Star Humanist Face Breaking Fist
Toki opens the road for Kenshiro
Kenshiro at the Post Apocalyptic Games!-2
Cell Vs Kenshiro CellGames TeamFourStar
Music[]
Hokuto no Ken Opening 1 V2
HOKUTO NO KEN OP 2 HD
北斗の拳 2 - Hokuto no Ken 2 Opening (V2) Tough Boy