to make a fist; to clench one's fist
(clenched) fist; knuckles
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
Chinese martial arts; kung fu; wushu; kenpō (martial arts); kempo
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
(punishment by) striking with fists
seiken (karate proper fist); straight punch
kenpō practitioner; martial artist (esp. of hand-to-hand combat)
grand ultimate fist; Tai Chi Chuan
yakyūken; strip version of rock, paper, scissors (similar to strip poker)
drunken boxing; styles of Chinese martial arts that imitate the movements of a drunk person
Fist of the North Star (manga series and media franchise; written by Buronson and illustrated by Hara Tetsuo)
Shorinji Kempo (modern Japanese martial art based on Shaolin kung fu)
hadouken (fireball attack from the Street Fighter series)
bajiquan (Chinese martial art)
shoryuken (uppercut move in the Street Fighter series)
neijia (Chinese martial arts style); internal martial arts
flare gun; Very pistol; signal pistol
with bare hands; with or from nothing
shoryuken (uppercut move in the Street Fighter series)
Nippon Kempo; Nihon Kempo; Japanese martial art
shape-of-the-mind fist; Hsing I Chuan
kitsune-ken; shōya-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something)
Wing Chun (traditional Chinese martial art)
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
respectfully; faithfully; seriously; reverently
Jeet Kune Do (martial art founded by Bruce Lee)
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head
respectfully; faithfully; seriously; reverently
firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart)
ShorinjiKempo Federation Foundation
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
kitsune-ken; shōya-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye; (lit.) pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needles
cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye; (lit.) pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needles
Wing Chun (traditional Chinese martial art)
star magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart)
Yangqingquan; Yangqing Fist
Wu Xing Fist; Five Form Fist (Dragon, Snake, Tiger, Crane, Leopard)
Monkey Fist; Monkey-Style kung-fu
dementia pugilistica; boxer's dementia; punch-drunk syndrome
shōya-ken; kitsune-ken; game similar to rock, paper, scissors, played with hand gestures representing a fox, hunter and village headman
kenpō practitioner; expert in kenpō
World Shorinji Kempo Organization
Tekken (video game series and media franchise); Tekken (1990 film)
pebble crab (Leucosia anatum)