Art of Fighting Team Ryo Sakazaki

Heir to Kyokugenryu Karate and the current head instructor of the dojo Ryo Sakazaki was forged from childhood under the strict training of his father Takuma Sakazaki carving Kyokugenryu's creed of ending a fight with a single decisive blow into his very bones. There is no trickery in his martial art. Ko'ou Ken expresses that most clearly: a measured domineering blast of gathered power released only to strike after the opponent moves and still beat them there.

When he needs to break a stalemate he lowers his body and skims across the ground trading height for speed with Hien Shippu Kyaku to cut in front of his opponent in an instant. If the enemy tries to suppress him from the air Kohou answers with a charged rising blow.

It is not technique that defines that attack but the instinctive counter that erupts the moment he is pressed. And when mind and body are pushed to their limit the ultimate form of Ko'ou Ken appears: Haoh Shokoken turning all his gathered power into a massive shockwave that tears through everything ahead.