Solar Plexus Strike

The Solar Plexus Strike (鳩尾砕き, Mizoochi Kudaki^?, "Solar Plexus Smasher") is one of Ryu's unique attacks, introduced in Super Street Fighter II Turbo.

Input

All appearances	+

Description

"A foward-moving attack that allows you to act before an opponent even if blocked."

—Street Fighter 6

Solar Plexus Strike in Street Fighter V

Executed by pressing forward and Heavy Punch, Ryu slides forward and hits the opponent in the stomach with a body blow punch that hits twice. The starting animation before the attack often varies between games.

In Street Fighter Alpha 3 the attack is instead replaced with the Seichuu Nidan Tsuki (正中二段突き, Seichuu Nidan Tsuki^?, lit. "Just Middle Two Stage Thrust"): a single hit front elbow lunge to the gut with Ryu's leading arm as he slides into a side horse stance, though it is functionally the same. This command normal can only be used in either X-ISM or V-ISM mode. The animation is also used for the startup of his Metsu Shoryuken Super Combo in the same game.

Tactics

Solar Plexus Strike in Street Fighter 6

In the Street Fighter IV series, it can be used to break Focus Attacks due to it being a double-hitting attack, meaning it can break Super Armor. Also, the attack itself can be canceled to any special after the 2nd hit, and can be cancelled out of a Collarbone Breaker if the input is fast enough.

In past games, however, it's hard to use this close enough to the opponent due to the command overlapping with a punch throw. Though with this in mind, it also works as a solid meaty attack (via wakeup offense) due to its frame advantage and 2 hits.

Etymology

While the kanji's (鳩尾) literal translation is "pigeon tail", the reading of it is actually meant to be read as either "mizuochi" or "mizoochi", with two other alternate ways of writing it being either 水落ち or 水落.

All three writings and kanji are terms for the solar plexus (the pit of the stomach), or in the case of the latter two examples, literally "the place where water falls".

Gallery

Street Fighter IV.

Street Fighter V.

Street Fighter 6.

Sprite

Trivia

• Seichuu Nidan Tsuki appears in other forms throughout the series, being the initial hit of Shin/Metsu Shoryuken in Street Fighter Alpha 3, the initial hit of Ryu's Cross Art in Street Fighter × Tekken, the enhanced version of Thrust Strike in Street Fighter V, and Ryu's Chest Strike Drive Reversal in Street Fighter 6.