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| Name | |||
| Kanji | 鷲鉤爪 | ||
| Rōmaji | Shūkōsō | ||
| Viz print media | Eagle Claw Art | ||
| English anime | Eagle Claw Art | ||
| Debut | |||
| Appears in | Anime, Manga, Game, Movie | ||
| Data | |||
| Classification | Taijutsu, Fighting Style | ||
| Class | Offensive, Defensive, Supplementary | ||
| Range | Short-range | ||
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Eagle Claw is a style of martial arts taught by the Eagles. Unlike the majority of kung fu styles, this focuses more on grappling. Along with this, gripping techniques, joint locks, takedowns, and pressure point strikes as well as kicking and tumbling are also emphasised in the fighting style.
The hand in the shape of the claw is used to apply pressure to an opponent's joints, veins, and pressure points, thus controlling and immobilizing them. The Eagle Claw is ideal on an opponent of any size because great body strength is not required to be effective in a defensive situation. Using various hand strengthening exercises the claw is developed to have a vice-like grip and a burning sensation as if hot coals were being pressed into the opponent. The Eagle Claws strength is based on finger power, finger joint power, and wrist power. Without all three the claw is ineffective. A well developed claw can control an opponent without injury, causing damage only when unavoidable. In this way Eagle Claw is a highly moral system that provides very effective self-defense without unnecessary injury to an opponent. This makes this a formidable fighting art at close range, although it also contains a wide variety of long-range fighting techniques.
The Eagle Claw has seven principles:
1. Grab and strike – Seize and control
2. Separate the tendons – Break the bones
3. Seal the veins – Stop the air and blood flow
4. Claw and press – Block and redirect
5. Evade by turning – Jump away to avoid
6. Attack by pressing – Brush off and push
7. Yield the hand – Fall away smoothly
Trivia[]
- This is based on an actual martial arts technique with the same name.