The ability to throw an incredibly powerful punch. Sub-power of Power Fists.
Also Called
- Arm Martial Arts
- Enhanced Punch
Capabilities
The user is able to apply incredible force to their fists, enabling them to throw a superhuman punch.
Applications
Techniques
Variations
- One-Inch Punch: A technique that generates tremendous amounts of impact at close range (usually 0–15 cm, or 0-6 in.).
- Consecutive Punch: A technique that punches at tremendous impact many times at a rapid speed.
Associations
Known Users
Cartoons
- Fourarms (Ben 10)
- Owen Burnett (Gargoyles)
- Rex Salazar (Generator Rex)
- Shego (Kim Possible)
- Jenny Wakeman (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
- Doc Saturday (The Secret Saturdays)
- Ogrest (Wakfu)
- Mala Mala Jong (Xiaolin Showdown); via Fist of Tebigong
- Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
Comics
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- The Flash (DC Comics)
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Hellboy (Hellboy)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
- Johnny Alpha (Strontium Dog)
Films
- Wolf Predator (Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem)
- Ash Williams (Evil Dead)
- Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
- Beatrix Kiddo (Kill Bill)
- Ivan Drago (Rocky IV)
- Ralph (Wreck-It Ralph)
Literature
- Marco's gorilla form (Animorphs)
Live Action TV
- Rassilon (Doctor Who)
- River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
- Zack/Kamen Rider Knuckle (Kamen Rider Gaim)
Manga/Anime
- Tooru Kokonoe (Absolute Duo); via Mjolnir
- Guts (Berserk)
- Meninas Macaron (Bleach)
- Yasutora "Chad" Sado (Bleach)
- Accelerator (A Certain Magical Index)
- Shigure (Code:Breaker)
- Allen Walker (D.Gray-man)
- Magnamon (Digimon)
- Farine (Dog Days)
- Arale Norimaki (Dr. Slump)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball)
- Many Skilled Martial Artists (Dragon Ball)
- Son Goku
- Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail)
- Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Laxus Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
- Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail)
- Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail)
- Bluenote Stinger (Fairy Tail)
- Torafusa (Fairy Tail)
- Zancrow (Fairy Tail)
- Garon (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Kagura (Gintama)
- Kamui (Gintama)
- Makunoichi Ippo (Hajime no Ippo)
- Takamura Mamoru (Hajime no Ippo)
- Bellcross (Heroic Age)
- Kenichi Shirahama (History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi)
- Gon Freccs (Hunter X Hunter)
- Dragon Shiryu (Saint Seiya); via Rozan Shō Ryū Ha
- Libra Dohko (Saint Seiya); via Rozan Shō Ryū Ha
- Gemini Paradox (Saint Seiya Ω); via Rozan Shō Ryū Ha
- Dragon Ryūhō (Saint Seiya Ω); via Rozan Shō Ryū Ha
- Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina)
- Subaru Nakajima (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
- Garon (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Mazinger Z (Mazinger Z)
- Kimihito Kurusu (Monster Musume)
- Might Guy (Naruto)
- Sakura Haruno (Naruto)
- Jūgo (Naruto)
- Kakuzu (Naruto)
- Rock Lee (Naruto)
- Tsunade (Naruto)
- Sarada Uchiha (Naruto)
- Bellamy the Hyena (One Piece)
- Elizabello II (One Piece)
- Monkey D. Garp (One Piece)
- Hasshoken practitioners (One Piece)
- Chinjao
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Edward Newgate (One Piece)
- Sabo (One Piece)
- Zephyr (One Piece)
- Saitama (One Punch-Man)
- Hayato Shingu (Project ARMS)
- Ryo Takatsuki (Project ARMS)
- Sanosuke Sagara (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Anji Yūkyūzan (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Kuro (Kurokami)
- Kazuma (s-CRY-ed)
- Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge)
- Toriko (Toriko)
- Dark Claw Mode Megatron (Transformers: Cybertron)
- Savage Claw Mode Optimus Prime (Transformers: Cybertron)
- Younger Togoro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
TCG
- Obelisk (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Tabletop Games
- Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)
Video Games
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Wyzen (Asura's Wrath)
- Yasha (Asura's Wrath)
- Robo (Chrono Trigger)
- War (Darksiders)
- Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
- Ymir, The Tusk (Dota 2)
- Captain Falcon (F-Zero)
- Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy VII)
- Zell Dinchet (Final Fantasy VIII)
- Azel (God Hand)
- Gene (God Hand)
- Potemkin (Guilty Gear)
- Fighter Kirby (Kirby)
- Haschel (Legend of Dragoon)
- Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
- Gorons (The Legend of Zelda)
- Jean (Lunar 2: Eternal Blue); via wearing a martial arts garb
- Black Baron (Madworld)
- Jack Cayman (Madworld)
- Belzelga (Medabots)
- Jax (Mortal Kombat: Annihilation)
- Any Pokémon able to learn a punching move (Pokémon)
- Hitmonchan
- Alex Mercer's Hammerfists (Prototype)
- The Player (Punch Quest)
- Sidmodius (Sendokai Champions)
- Night Shift (Skylanders SWAP Force)
- Sonic Blast Man (Sonic Blast Man)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Several Characters (Tales)
- Heavy (Team Fortress 2)
- Ziggurat 8 (Xenosaga)
Web Animation
- Yang Xiao Long (RWBY)
- Lie Ren (RWBY)
Known Objects
- Batman's hydraulic gauntlet (DC Comics)
- Fist of Tebigong (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Fist of the Iron Bear (Xiaoiln Chronicles)
- Ember Celica (RWBY)
Gallery
Cartoons
Fourarms (Ben 10) punching the ground with such strength that it results in shock waves.
Comics
Superman (DC Comics) punches Darkseid with incredible force.
Iron Fist (Marvel Comics) demonstrates.
Films
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) punches Julius in the face with such force that it cuts his head off.
Ivan Drago (Rocky IV) wields a punch yielding over 2000 psi, whereas the average psi for a boxer is 700 psi.
Manga/Anime
Accelerator (A Certain Magical Index) using his vector manipulation to boost his punch, sending Awaki flying far away hard.
Shigure (Code:Breaker) using his Giga Phantom to enlarge his fist to shatter anything in one blow.
Using the Earth Splitter, Arale Norimaki (Dr. Slump) splits the Earth itself open with a single punch.
Majin Buu (Dragon Ball) punches so hard, he blasted Babidi's head clean off.
Son Gohan (Dragon Ball) punches right through Bojack's stomach, dealing a critical blow.
Son Goku (Dragon Ball) using his strongest physical technique, Dragon Fist Explosion.
Son Goku (Dragon Ball) punches through Broly's immensely powerful body thanks to the power he received from him comrades.
Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail) uses his "Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Empyrean" to punch Bluenote all the way up into the highest of skies.
Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail) uses his "Fire Dragon King's Demolition Fist" to utterly destroy a God of War.
Kamui (Gintama) punching Nobu Nobu so hard he sent the man flying out of the tower.
Bellcross' (Heroic Age) punches are powerful enough to shatter planets, vortexes and black holes, and can releases massive shock waves along the ground.
Naru Narusegawa (Love Hina) sends Keitaro flying with the Naru Punch.
Garon (Marchen Awakens Romance) is already gifted with superhuman strength. By combining his punches with his ÄRM for body hardening and ÄRM for strength enhancement, he can deliver an even more devastating blow.
...like so.
Kimihito Kurusu (Monster Musume) punches out the Racist Couple, sending them flying across the room.
Might Guy (Naruto) using Evening Elephant to punch five times at tremendous speed and force, each one progressively stronger, creating vacuums of devastating damage.
Sakura Haruno (Naruto) using Cherry Blossom Impact to pulverize ground.
Jūgo (Naruto) using Piston Fist: Style One to jet-boost the power of his punch.
Kakuzu (Naruto) using Earth Spear to harden his fist enough to smash through barriers.
Tsunade (Naruto) concentrating her chakra to her hand, allowing her to punch at tremendous strength.
Bellamy the Hyena (One Piece) using his Spring Death Knock.
Chinjao (One Piece) using Hasshoken to imbue his fists with destructive vibrations.
Elizabello II's (One Piece) "King Punch" wiped out an entire arena full of combatants in one attack, and nearly wiped out the audience as well.
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) hitting a kraken with his Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun.
Edward Newgate (One Piece) using Kabutowari to enhance his punch with vibrations.
Sabo (One Piece) using Ryusoken: Ryu no Ibuki to shatter the entire Corrida Colosseum ground with a close-range punch.
Sanosuke Sagara (Rurouni Kenshin) here using his Futae no Kiwami to shatter anything with a powerful punch ...
... and here punching Kenshin so hard, it sent him smashing into the concrete wall.
Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge) has an iron fist due to his blood is flowing with iron sand.
TCG
Obelisk (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using its God Hand Crusher of tremendous power.
Video Games
Captain Falcon (F-Zero) using his signature Falcon Punch.
Kirby's (Kirby Super Star) megaton punch.
Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda) using Warlock Punch.
Belzelga (Medabots) punches so hard and powerful, one strike can instantly disable an enemy's function.
Hitmonchan (Pokémon) lives up to his species as the Punching Pokémon.
Infernape (Pokemon) using Mach Punch.
Night Shift (Skylanders SWAP Force) bears fists that can pack a punch.
Alex Mercer's (Prototype) Hammerfists.
Web Animation
Yang Xiao Long (RWBY) punches the ground with enough force to produce a massive shockwave.
Lie Ren (RWBY) uses his Aura to enhance a punch with enough force to destroy a King Taijitu's head.