This trope is about learning to fight in the "hard way", by pure, brutal and constant brawling for your life in dirty streets.

This is the Duel Boss meets No-Gear Level. This can be a form of Fake Difficulty, particularly if it involves a Unexpected Gameplay Change.

A fighting technique in which a fighter punches an opponent dozens (if not hundreds, or thousands) of times a second sometimes to the point that their fists ...

A page for describing PlayingWith: Good Old Fisticuffs. Basic Trope: A styleless brawler can defeat opponents trained in formal martial arts.

The Fisticuff-Provoking Comment marks the point in a dispute when verbal violence escalates to physical violence. Typically, it occurs during a heated …

They instead play a doujin fighting game where the only way to deal red health damage is by taking pictures of the opponent's panties.

"At last, we can fight as warriors. Hand-to-hand: it is the basis of all combat. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon." — Gray Fox, Metal Gear Solid.

Noble sport and elegant artform that elevates two combatants through ritualized combat, proving their worth as human beings by savagely beating each other ...

"Now we can fight as warriors. Hand-to-hand, it is the basis of all combat. Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon.".

Basic Trope: A character can punch their enemies multiple times in quick succession. Straight: Alex can punch foes twenty times in rapid succession.