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[[File:akp 1.jpg|link=Charlie's Angels|frame|Synchronized Ass Kicking = [[Pure Awesomeness]]]]
The "en garde" combat stance which is adopted by hand-to-hand fighters in combat, just before opening cans of whoop-ass upon their oh-so-very-dead opponent. Ideally, the stance used should not merely be functional; it must visually convey the message "Your butt, kicked by me."
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Contrast [[Victory Pose]]. Usually in animation, the pose is rendered in [[Animation Bump|more detailed artwork]].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Masane Amaha from ''[[Witchblade (anime)|Witchblade]]'', after transforming for the first time, does the "come hither for your ass kicking" version, namely the defiant stance coupled with index finger motioning for the asshole to step forward for their aforementioned asskicking.
* It is pretty common among [[Super Robot Genre|Super Robots]]:
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* ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. About every character, but special mention go to the [[Super Sentai Stance|Ginyu Force]] and "The Great Saiyaman!"
* ''[[Transformers]]''. Pretty much every version of ''[[Transformers]]'' ever, in fact.
* Most of the HiME from ''[[
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has Rock Lee, whose combat stance involves a mid-to-low center of gravity, left hand held behind the back (potentially to grab kunai and such), and right hand ''held forward in the classic "[[Bring It|come and get me" gesture.'']] Definitely a sign of rampant [[badass]]ery, whether or not it ends up [[The Worf Effect|working]].
* In just about every episode of ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', before kicking some ass Ken's shirt would explode off and he would crack his knuckles.
* Parodied in the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' Supplementary Materials. Tomo asks Chiyo what a cool pose would be. She responds with an exaggerated Asskicking Pose, prompting Kagura to ask, "What's with the cool pose?"
* Parodied in the [[Comic Book Adaptation|supplementary manga]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** Played completely straight in Episode 25 of ''StrikerS''. Nanoha stomps the ground "to brace herself." In the DVD adaptation, the stomp cracks the ground underneath her feet. Immediately thereafter, the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the entire series happened.
* Ku Fei of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]!'' assumes what looks like some kind of [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v19/c177/12.html Crane stance] ''after'' she deals with crowds of common challengers. Which, in addition to the incident during the Summer Festival, [
** [[Boisterous Bruiser|Jack Rakan]], one of the strongest people introduced in the manga, in his tournament final fight against Negi, struck a totally serious combat pose. This man blew up a mountain on accident and one of his first attacks in the series was mistaken for a terrorist bombing. and he even held back on that one to keep from turning the opponents to dust. When the smile gets wiped off his face and he gets serious...It's scary.
* [[Inuyasha]] often cracked his knuckles before a fight. One handed. Open in a claw hand, not clinched into a fist.
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** Also when Ed takes his [[Badass Longcoat|red cloak]] [[The Coats Are Off|off]], and/or his [[Shirtless Scene|shirt]].
** [[Large Ham|Alex]] [[Boisterous Bruiser|Louis]] [[Bishie Sparkle|Armstrong]]; nearly everything he does when sparkling, during a fight or not, is his Asskicking Pose.
* The Shinobi Five, a freelance ninja squad from ''[[Gintama]]''.
* Subverted/parodied in ''[[Bleach]]'' with a lesser shinigami flailing his sword impressively only to get knocked out with a single punch from Chad.
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Death the Kid has his "Sin" and "Punishment" stances. Cue beat down.
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* While [[Batman]]'s combat stances tend to be more practical than showy, he does like to use his cape—along with his imposing physical stature—to devastating psychological effect.
* [[Superman]] has his Ass-Kicking Pose, which is unique, as it is largely him floating silently with his hands [[Badass Arm-Fold|across his chest]]. This being Superman, ''this works''. When he ''really'' wants to scare someone, or if he's really pissed off, expect the [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]. If the [[Mook]] in front of him is holding a gun and tries [[Shooting Superman]], Supes likes to melt it down with his heat vision as a warning shot.
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{{quote|'''Brave mook:''' ''Come on... we've got guns and we've got him outnumbered four to one. We can take him.''
'''Other mooks:''' *stare in disbelief*
'''[[Daredevil|DD]]:''' *smiles*
'''All mooks:''' *run down the street* }}
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== Pro Wrestling ==
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler Rob Van Dam has a tendency to get knocked down, then pop right back up into an Ass Kicking Pose.
** Pretty common in [[Professional Wrestling]] anyway - usually after a series of very quick reversals and chain wrestling, with both guys doing a "kip up", as it's termed, into the pose before relaxing so the crowd can show their appreciation.
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* Many ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' taunts are of the Asskicking Pose variety. Lucario and his Aura poses, Captain Falcon's "Show me ya moves" and Wario laughing at his opponents for example.
** The Subspace Emissary adventure mode's cutscenes are positively ''saturated'' with them. One of the more spectacular examples involves [[Donkey Kong|DK and Diddy]] posing while a ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVQJk55ET7o&feature=related Bullet Bill explodes behind them.]''
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_3EX9haTFU&feature=related The Five Warriors.] Pose as a team [[Super Mario
* ''[[Viewtiful Joe]]'' has poses that are so awesome it destroys enemies!
** The recent [[Power Rangers]] game ''Super Legends'' does this as well, giving the rampant posing in the TV show a significantly better use.
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* [[Sonic the Hedgehog]], whether after clearing a mission, beating the big bad, or just to piss off [[Big Bad|Dr. Robotnik/Eggman]], will likely do a bunch of fancy stuff, but will always end his pose with a thumbs up.
** In ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', this is proven, as his entrance is to roll/bounce onscreen and flash a smile and thumbs up.
* The ''[[Fallout]] 3'' DLC ''Operation Anchorage'' has a trio of soldiers [https://web.archive.org/web/20130929205346/http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:AnchorageStatue.jpg posing] for a Washington Post journalist. After snapping a photo, the journalist remarks that "maybe someone will make this into a statue someday". He had no idea how right he was: the [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/File:Anchorage_War_Memorial_Tribute.jpg statue] of the Anchorage War Memorial has the exact same soldiers with different weapons. What's more, the statue was in the base game as well.
* ''[[Kinnikuman: Muscle Fight]]''
** The members of Team Big Body have victory poses with the rest of the team.
** In his 08/18/2017 update, Kinnikuman Soldier poses with the rest of the Chojin Blood Brigade if he gets a victory with high enough health.
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* These oftentimes backfire if the one doing the pose doesn't know what he's doing. Trying out a pose that only works in the movies is typically bad for your mobility, balance, ability to defend and counterattack, and in a real fight, your health as well.
* And others would recommend that you have no 'combat pose'. To paraphrase [[Miyamoto Musashi]], your fighting stance should be your everyday stance; your walk should be your everyday walk. If proper fighting form (or terrain, such as marshland) requires you adopt a difference in walk or stance, then that should also be incorporated into your usual stance and pace.
* In HEMA expert, John Clement's book on Renaissance Swordsmanship, he recommends that a rapier open stretching the arm straight and a cut-and-thrust sword open crooked(like a boxer's on guard position basically). The reason is that rapiers are dependent on thrusting and involve little lateral movement but much opening and closing of distance and so starting with a straight arm firms up your defence long enough to plan your move. While a cut-and-thrust blade will make you want to keep your opponent guessing about whether you intend to use the point or the edge and will also make you want to move laterally to get openings for a strike with the edge.
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