Drunken Fist


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 * Type: C-rank, Offensive, Defensive, Short range (0-5m)
 * User: Rock Lee
 * Debut (Anime): Naruto Episode 124
 * Debut (Manga): Chapter 211

This unusual style of combat can't be learned or taught, it only occurs naturally, and requires the user to be drunk. Decent skill in some form of combat may also be helpful. Once the former condition is met, the user becomes an unpredictable fighter, seemingly unable to discern friend from foe.

According Might Guy, Drunken Fist is a Kenpō/Taijutsu style where, "the more you drink, the drunker you get, and the stronger you become", as evident after Might Guy learned that Lee was a born-user of Drunken Fist: "It happened when I took Lee to a restaurant to celebrate his learning Primary Lotus. He mistook my sake for water...  He only drank a small shot of it, and turned into something awful!...Like the silence after a storm...  When I came to... the restaurant... was trashed...The truth is... Tsunade-sama... Lee... goes into a mad, drunken frenzy!...Consequently, he's a natural... at using the Drunken Fist!"

Rock Lee is particularly talented in this form of combat, leading to Guy's concern whenever he learns that Lee may be exposed to any amount of alcohol. The unpredictability combined with Lee's formidable taijutsu skills makes him a force to be reckoned with.

Trivia

 * The Drunken Fist is based on the 8 Immortals Zui Quan style of Chinese martial arts. In the actual martial art, however, intoxication is not a factor; rather, the "drunken" movements are used to confuse opponents.
 * In the English versions of the manga and anime, the sake Lee drinks is referred to as either a "potion" or "elixir" to avoid references to alcohol as well as changing the fighting styles' name to reflect these changes. Some of the accompanying dialogue is changed as well. Though on the Naruto Series 5:2 DVD, the official English subtitles say he has drunk sake.