Difficult, but Awesome: His stance system and transitions require players to know a lot.This is why Hwoarang has such high combo damage potential. Cycle of Hurting: A good Hwoarang player will trap opponents in these, initiating a combo and then using mix-ups to cut off avenues of escape.
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Coat Cape: Wears a blue jacket over his shoulders in Tekken 7:FR, held on by chains.Downplayed in later games as his moves began to transition into his other fighting stances. Button Mashing: Could be this in Tekken 3.but to a lesser extent than the Capoeira characters.Beating A Dead Player: One of his iconic outros sees his opponent weakly trying to get up, only for Hwoarang to come over and sit on them.Battle in the Rain: The Tekken Tag Tournament version of his stage.His taekwondo dobok would be this if it's actually fastened by belts at all. Bare Your Midriff: All of his biker costumes.Though it's actually a jacket, he wears it as if it's a cape. Badass Cape: A blue one in Tekken 7: FR.Badass Biker: His bike features in some of his Fated Retribution intro and win poses, as well as in most of his endings throughout the series.As of Tekken 7, he won his rematch with Devil Jin and took a grenade to the face for his trouble.Speaking of, he's the second person to actually beat Jin in a tournament match (the first being Paul).His ending in Tekken 6 features Hwoarang successfully refusing Azazel's power when it's merging with his body unlike Ganryu and Yoshimitsu who turn into devils, just to show that he's different from his rival Jin.Badass in a Nice Suit: One of Hwoarang's alternate costumes in Tekken 7 is Baek's suit from 5 and 6.Handled well, he can wipe out a health bar in one combo, but when punished or whiffed, he's in trouble. Attack! Attack! Attack!: Lacking much in the way of defensive moves, Hwoarang specializes in relentless offense.Most Tae Kwon Do schools nowadays don't teach the Crane Stance because it's Awesome, but Impractical.