Ramen Kenpo

Ramen Kenpo is a martial arts style used by Wanze.

Overview
Ramen Kenpo consists of the user using self-made ramen noodles to fight. To do this, Wanze swallows large amounts of flour and extrudes it from of his nose, using his nose hairs to cut the flour into noodles for either battle or cooking. Because of this, Sanji, Usopp, and Franky find Wanze's dishes disgusting and refuse to eat them.

The style also makes use of other tools and weapons, such as Wanze's roller skates and kitchen knives, showing that he does not follow the same "kitchen tools are not for killing" policy as Sanji. Sanji believes that Wanze's style of cooking and fighting is a waste of food and a disrespect to cooking utensils, and thus makes him unworthy of being a cook.

Techniques

 * Ramen Beam (拉麺ビーム): Wanze's signature technique. He first swallows a large amount of flour, then covers one of his nostrils and fires it out of the other in the form of hard, sharpened noodles that pierce his target. When using his "Men's Formal Suit", this attack serves as a counter against any attacks directed against his unarmored upper body.


 * Men-Kiri (麺切り): Wanze strikes his roller skates against a surface repeatedly until the friction sets them on fire. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Noodle Slicer.


 * Fire Skate: 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 an entire sack of flour and uses it to produce a large amount of noodles from his nose, which he shapes into a giant noodle armor for him to wear. Besides serving as form of defensive protection and increasing the force of his blows, if any opponents try to strike him, they will be caught between the noodles, rendering them vulnerable to other counteroffensive 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 punch using the noodle armor's arm. If the opponent tries to deflect the punch, they will be stuck in the noodles, with Wanze then smashing them around his surroundings. 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 the entire noodle armor down 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 noodle armor one against the other, attempting to catch his opponent between them. In the Viz Manga, this is called Ramen and Potsticker Combo: Super Slap, Ramen and Gyoza Combo, Clapping in the Funimation dub and Ramen and Pot Sticker Combo: Clapping in the subs.


 * Fukumen Spank (複麺スパンク): Wanze splits the arms of his noodle armor into several smaller ones and launches a barrage of punches towards his opponent. In the Viz Manga and FUNimation dub, this is called Multi-Noodle Spank.


 * Senmen Muchi (千麺ムチ): Wanze swings the noodle armor's 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 of his noodle armor'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 and Noodle Skate Knocker in the Funimation subs.


 * Hocho Nage (包丁投げ): Wanze throws several kitchen knives at his opponent. 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 secret technique, in which he attacks his opponent with a gigantic kitchen knife coated in deadly poison, said to cause certain death with a single scratch. In the Viz Manga, this is called Ramen Kung Fu — Secret Attack!!! Poison Pasta Cutter!!!, Ramen Kenpo Secret Move: Poison Pasta Cutter in the Funimation dub and Ramen Kenpo Secret Technique Noodle Cutter Poisonous Kitchen Knife in the subs.

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