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 a large amount of flour in his mouth, covers one of his nostrils and shoots it through the other one as sharpened noodles that pierce his target. When he uses his "Men's Formal Suit", this attack is his defense against attacks that are directed to his unarmored upper body.


 * Men-Kiri (麺切り): Wanze strikes his roller skates against a surface until the friction sets 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 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」スーツ): Wanze swallows a sack of flour and produces a large amount of noodles from his nose, forming them into a giant noodle armor. Besides serving as armor, it also increases the force of his blows, and if his opponents try to strike him they will be caught between the noodles, rendering them 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's arm. If the opponent tries to bat the punch away, they will get stuck in the noodles, after which Wanze will smash them into a nearby surface. Tonkotsu is a ramen broth made from pork bones. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Pork Bone Spank.


 * Men Soul Press (プレス): Once he has an opponent stuck in his noodles, Wanze jumps and crashes down the entire battle-suit on them with 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 claps the arms of his battle-suit one against the other, attempting to catch his opponent between 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 the arms of his battle-suit into several smaller ones protruding in all directions and launches a rain of 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 throws several kitchen knifes at 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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