Ramen Kenpo

Ramen Kenpo is a form of martial arts displayed by Wanze during his fight with Sanji aboard the Sea Train.

Overview
Ramen Kenpo consists of Wanze using ramen noodles and related elements to fight. His style consists of swallowing large amounts of flour and blowing noodles out of his nose, and using his nose-hair to cut the noodles, to use for various purposes, battle or cooking-wise. Because of his methods, people find his dishes disgusting and refuses to eat any of it.

Techniques

 * Ramen Beam (拉麺ビーム): Wanze's trademark attack (though not actually a beam). Wanze puts in his mouth a great amount of flour and, covering one of his nose holes, he shoots it through another one in sharpened noodles that nails in their objective. When he uses his "Men's Formal Suit", this attack is his defense against attacks that are directed to his unarmored portions.


 * Men-Kiri (麺切り): Wanze strikes the ground with his bladed roller skates until the friction puts them on fire. Used to prepare his "Fire Skate" attack. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Noodle Slicer.


 * Fire Skate (炎包丁 (ファイアスケート)): After using "Men-Kiri", Wanze jumps and performs a flaming, sweeping kick with his ignited blade roller skates. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Fire Skate Blades.


 * Ramen Kenpo Ogi: Men's Formal Suit (ラーメン拳法「奥義」麺ズ正裝（メンズフォーマル）スーツ): Wanze creates a great amount of noodles introducing flour in his mouth and removing them by the nose until forming an giant noodle armor. Besides serving as armor it also increases the force of his blows and if his opponent tries to strike him he will be caught between the noodles reaming vulnerable to other attacks. Menn in this case means "noodle", but is written so that it is a pun with the English word "men". In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Ra-Men's Formal Suit.


 * Tonkotsu Spank (豚骨スパンク): A straight, powerful punch using the battle-suit. The idea is to have the opponent get stuck trying to bat the punch away. Once stuck, Wanze smashes his opponent into any nearby surface. Tonkotsu is a pork topping for ramen. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Pork Bone Spank.


 * Men Soul Press (麺魂（メンソウル）プレス): Also performed with a trapped foe, Wanze jumps and brings the entire suit down for a massive body slam. In the Viz Manga, this is called Soul Man Pasta Press and in the FUNimation dub, it is called Noodle Soul Press.


 * Ramen Gyoza Set - Clapping (ラーメンギョーザセット　クラッピング): Wanze shakes the arms of his battle-suit as whips, one against the other to catch his opponent among them. In the Viz Manga, this is called Ramen and Potsticker Combo... Super Slap and in the FUNimation dub it is called Ramen and Gyoza Combo, Clapping.


 * Fukumen Spank (複麺スパンク): Wanze turns his arms into several smaller ones protruding in all directions, and launches a rain of curved punches against his opponent. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Multi-Noodle Spank.


 * Senmen Muchi (千麺ムチ): Wanze swings his arms like whips, the arms now merely being long strings of noodle, without "fists". In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Thousand Noodle Whip.


 * Menkui Knocker (麺杭ノッカー): Wanze jumps in the air and sends both his suit's massive legs flying towards the opponent, with the ramen forming a sharp point at the end. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Noodle Nail Knockout.


 * Hocho Nage (包丁投げ): Wanze simultaneously throws many kitchen knifes against his opponent. It is a last resort move, which shows Wanze does not have the same "kitchen tools aren't for killing" policy as Sanji. In the Viz Manga, this is simply called Knife Throw and in the FUNimation dub is called Kitchen Knife Throw.


 * Ramen Kenpo Ura Hiden: Men-Kiri Doku Bocho (ラーメン拳法「裏秘伝」麺切り毒包丁): Wanze's final secret technique, where he brings out a gigantic kitchen knife covered in extremely deadly poison, with which one hit results in death. In the Viz Manga, this is called Ramen Kung Fu — Secret Attack!!! Poison Pasta Cutter!!!.

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