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The Tetsuzanko (鉄山靠 Tetsuzankou?, "Iron Mountain Lean"), also known informally as the "Shoulder", is one of Yun's special attacks, introduced in the Street Fighter III series.

The move is derived from the Tieshankao (貼山靠, lit. "Applying Mountain Lean"), a technique used in Bajiquan/Hakkyokuken (八極拳, lit. "Eight Extremes Fist"); both techniques oddly have the same reading in pinyin (Tieshankao) but with a different accent.

Input
All appearances Arcade Stick S+Punch

Description[]

Executed by performing a "Shoryuken" motion (forward, downward then down-forward) and pressing punch, Yun perform a crouching turn-step forward and charge-leans the opponent with back of his shoulder through applying explosive force.

Tetsuzanko

Tetsuzanko hitting Chun-Li in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.

How far the turn-step travels, how much damage the attack does, and how much startup and recovery time the attack requires all depend on the strength of the punch button pressed: light punch turns on the spot and does the least damage, but executes and recovers almost instantaneously; heavy punch travels about two-thirds of the screen and does the most damage, but takes the longest to begin and recover; and medium punch is a balance between the two.

The EX Special version turns faster than light punch, travels the length of the screen, and hits twice for as much damage as the heavy punch version.

Tactics[]

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Tetsuzanko in action.

Each version of the attack can allow a projectile to pass safely overhead if timed correctly. The non-launching versions can be used as a pressuring frame trap or as a method of offensive reset, from which a player can either continue the attack (often via an on-hit cancel) or bait further reactions from the opponent. Likewise, the launching versions can also work for juggles.

Trivia[]

  • The Tetsuzanko was made popular by the martial arts manga Kenji, which centers around Bajiquan and various other martial arts. Several characters, including Miyako Arima (from Kagetsu Tohya via being playable in the Melty Blood series), Kirei Kotomine (Fate/Unlimited Codes), Akira Yuuki (Virtua Fighter), Bayonetta (Platinum Games' Bayonetta series) and even the Chinese historical figure Liu Bei (via his Knights of Valour 3 portrayal) all have their own versions of this technique in their respective games.
    • Miyako's version is a command normal that can be followed with an upward punch similar to the end of Yun's You Hou attack.
      • Akira Yuuki's variant is a special attack that works similarly. And in some prior Virtua Fighter installments, he also had the "Tenzankou" variation as well in his command list.
    • The attack dubbed as the "Body Check" in the English dub, has also made its appearance in the game Shenmue III, another IP by SEGA akin to Virtua Fighter.
      • In both Shenmue III and Virtua Fighter, a variation of it exists dubbed as the "Reverse Body Check", or actually as the Yaozi Chuanlin/Youshi Senrin (鷂子穿林? "Harrier Through the Forest"), which is a Tetsuzanko-variation that involves deflecting an attack prior and flanking the foe's blindspot with it.
    • Tatsuya Ukyo from Kurohyou 2: Ryu Ga Gotoku Ashura-hen performs this technique in his "Extreme Wild Dance" style's red heat attack, Iron Mountain Slam.
    • Marvel Comics superhero Iron Fist (in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3) has the same special move, dubbed as Wall of K'un-Lun.
    • In the anime Blood Lad, Staz does his version of this move.
    • In another 8ing-developed fighter via the Bloody Roar series (as they also worked on the aforementioned Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Fate/Unlimted Codes), the characters Jin Long/Long Shin and Shenlong have variations of this move and the Tetsuzankou itself. Said direct variations are known as the Shichisunkou (七寸靠? Seven Cun Lean), Kouzanheki (靠山壁? Leaning Mountain Wall) and Haikou (天背靠? Spine Lean).
    • Li Xiangfei from both the Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters games possesses several variations of this attack, with her Tenpouzan (天崩山? Heaven Crumbling Mountain) being an upwards airborne variation done akin to the Shoryuken, and her Daitetsujin (大鉄神? "Great Iron God") super being a forward-airborne-lunging variation. The finisher to her Chao Bailong/Chou Pairon (超白龍? "Super White Dragon") super is a more standard variation however.
    • This technique was also used as a tackling taijutsu move in the anime filler episodes of Naruto, performed by Shino Aburame.
    • Lu Xun's Dynasty Warriors portrayal also has a variation of this technique as of the seventh installment of the series, named the Volcano Smash AKA Kazankou (火山靠 Kazankou?, lit. Volcano Lean) used as his Musou II attack. Unlike most variations, this one is completely unblockable.
    • Tekken's Michelle Chang and Julia Chang uses this same style of attack (also named as the Tetsuzankou in the Japanese movesets), but done as a followup to certain inputs and not as a standalone attack. Julia however, in Street Fighter X Tekken, is somehow able to use this standalone, as well as in Tekken 7 being to use the Tenzankou as well (localized as the Boulder Smash).
      • Likewise, Leo Kliesen from the same series also uses attacks akin to this as her primary fighting style is Bajiquan, with her Bai Zhe Kao/Haisekkou (背折靠? "Spine Fold Lean") being another body-lean/check-type attack.
    • Kokoro being the main bajiquan user of the Dead or Alive series, also possesses usage of this type of move, despite not using the Tetsuzanko itself.
    • Hong Meiling from the Touhou Project gaiden fighting games also uses this type of attack in her moveset a command normal.
    • Devil May Cry character Vergil uses a similar move, in Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition, for Combo B when using the fist-based devil arm Beowulf in his Sin Devil Trigger form. Using it as a finisher to the combo, Vergil will fully extend his devil form's wings as he performs his move.
    • In the anime That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime, the dragon Veldora uses Akira's version of the move against Milim, with 1993's Virtua Fighter being credited.
    • Mei-Fang from the Arcana Heart series uses this type of shoulder attack in some of her normals and command normals, but also has an upward-jump-rising version akin to Xiangfei's aforementioned Tenpouzan, called the Seiryuu Kouzan (青龍亢山? "Azure Dragon High Spirit Mountain"). One of her Critical Heart moves, the Kirin Kougeki (麒麟靠撃? "Qilin Lean Attack"), is a more standard-ground-planted version that instead involves usage of a mech and exploding energies emitting from the shoulder components of the said mech.
    • The Striker class from the online game DnF Online (Dungeon and Fighter Online) also makes use of the Tetsuzanko, which carries over into the fighting game, DnF Duel.
  • Due to their shared usage of Bajiquan, Karin and Akira (from Rival Schools) also utilize variants of the Tetsuzanko in Orochi and Shin'Iha (the latter which the Akira from Virtua Fighter also possesses in some of his command lists).
  • Library of Ruina characters Cecil and Mei both utilize the Tetsuzanko (written in-game as Tiéshânkão) in combat.

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