The fictional? martial art practiced by Street Fighter characters commonly mistaken for practicing Shotoken. It's a combination of several martial arts including kung fu, jujutsu, possibly shotoken, and others. These characters are commonly mistaken to be practicing shotoken karate, but the only character in the series that probably practices this is Makoto.
Ryu, Ken, Gen, Sean, and Gouki practice anatsuken. Sakura and Dan's martial art has some anatsuken influence.
by Jimiisama March 20, 2005
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Ansatsuken
1; Martial art used by Gouki, energized by the Satsui no Hado, an evil power that awakens within a warrior so consumed with the desire to win that they are willing to kill.
2; Style used by Ryu and Ken, as well as their sensei Gouken, who developed a sublimated variation of the same martial art by removing the Satsui no Hado from its special techniques.
1; Martial art used by Gouki, energized by the Satsui no Hado, an evil power that awakens within a warrior so consumed with the desire to win that they are willing to kill.
2; Style used by Ryu and Ken, as well as their sensei Gouken, who developed a sublimated variation of the same martial art by removing the Satsui no Hado from its special techniques.
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