The name of the uppercut that Ken and Ryu do also contains both of their names. Is that a coincidence or not? My guess is that they named the fighters after the name of the attack. Now I'm just waiting for the name of Ken and Ryu's master. I'm guessing it's Sho.
Discuss.
I'm not sure of what was first, the attack or their names. But their master is called Gouken.
shareYeah. I forgot what the masters name was, but I was kinda kidding about that Sho part. Would be funny though.
shareAn interesting observation. I'd say they probably named the attacks after the fighters who do them. Makes more sense.
shareYeah, probably. I just didn't know if they were real words, since I don't know Japanese. I mean do people out on the street shout "shoryuken", over there?
shareYeah, I always thought about that :) Maybe the sho is short for "Shotokan"?
Also, I always wondered why there is only Ken in the Hadouken :)
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Officially Capcom has stated that Sheng Long is not the name of Ryu and Ken's master. Sheng Long was nothing but a poor and random translation someone implemented to the english version of the SF games. Sheng Long by the way is a chinese name which stands for something like Dragon Punch. Ryu and Ken's master is called Gouken.
Btw: Ryu and Ken's fighting style is anatsuken. Shotokan was once again a random add.
yeah, that's absolutely true blackheart. and about that anatsuken, this is not a real existing karate style, it's just fiction from japanese literature. today it appears in animes & mangas and of course in games.
and from the alpha movie one learns that Gouken has been killed by Akuma (Gouki over there) in the past.
Yeah, at least the Alpha(zero) got the part correct when Akuma(Gouki) killed Gouken. Although Ken was present in the real storyline while Ryu was getting his butt manhandled by Sagat. Just in case to those who are wondering, Capcom revamped the storyline by saying Ryu was no match for Sagat in the 1st tournament. Sagat tried to extend his hand out and pull fallen Ryu off the ground, but Ryu awoke with the "Killing intent"(Evil in English) and peformed the gou shoryuken which scarred Sagat.
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yes I thought they where brothers... but I'n not sure.
and about the rest of your story... I laughed my butt off!! :-D
ok just so you you know, Shoryuken are the Japanese words roughly for "rising dragon fist".
Ryu can mean heaven (I think), dragon or "school of" e.g. Mizu Ryu Jujutsu would mean "Water school of Jujutsu". Ken isn't just call Ken for any reason, the word Ken in Japanese means fist or weapon. For example the Tekken Tournament is the Iron Fist Tournament. I'm not 100% certain about "Sho" but I'm guessing it can mean rising.
Same goes for hadouken, I don't know what hadou means but the "ken" part in that must mean weapon, just like a bokken (wooden sword) is a weapon.
Hope this helps!
Yes Gouken and Gouki (Akuma) are brothers with Gouken being the older one.
shareHadou is energy or Ki
Hadouken is Energy Fist.
Satsui no Hadou is the surge of evil killing energy, or Dark Hadou
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Not a coincidence at all. In Japanese, 'Ken' means punch, (or 'art' depending on the context.) 'Ryu' means dragon. Shoryuken translates loosely into 'art of the dragon punch' or 'dragon punch'
shareUh, No.
It makes sense to me.
Ryu & Ken= DRAGON FIST DOU!!
LOL!!
Anyway, Ken's a common English name, short for "Kenneth," but that is by no means no coincidence.
In my mind I always wanted to be: "Shen-Ryu-Ken" from Shen Long, Ryu and Ken...
I know it's false, but that's just how I imagined it when I was a kid.
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Shoryuken actually means in Japanese "rising dragon punch" sho-ryu being "rising dragon" and ken meaning "fist" ,
"Hadouken" means "fist of Hadou" which is the energy in the martial art they practice, ansatsuken.
Tatsumaki senppu kyakku means "Tornado/Whirlwind spinning kick"
hope this helps you guys.
In the manga by masaomi kanzaki there's a third student named "sho"
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