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Volleyball Attack
排球拳 Haikyuken[1]
Alternate names	Open Ball Fist Volleyball Fist Volleyball Technique
Debut	Manga: "The Volleyball Play" Anime: "Victory's Edge"
Inventor	Tien Shinhan
Users	Tien Shinhan Gotenks Tiencha[2] Super Buu (Tien & Yamcha absorbed)[2] Standard Hero[3]
Class	Physical
Similar techniques	Charging Ultra Buu Buu Volleyball Tri-Attack Wolf Fang Volleyball Fist

Volleyball Attack (排球拳) is a technique where Tien Shinhan uses his opponent as a ball and makes them fly with two hits before giving a final blow to stamp them into the ring.

Tien uses this attack against Goku in final of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament.

The Volleyball Attack is popular in the Budokai video game series, where three fused characters have it in addition to Tien: Super Buu (with Tien and Yamcha absorbed), Gotenks, and Tiencha. This move also appears in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast as one of Tien's Super Attacks, where it is renamed Open Ball Fist. In Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi, the technique is once again called the Volleyball Attack and is one of Tien's super attacks. It can also be obtained (via Tien's training) as one of the Standard Hero's custom Super Attacks.

TriviaEdit

• In a Japanese book, it is stated that the attack was named because Tien often plays volleyball with Chiaotzu.

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Tien's face whilst starting the Volleyball Attack in Budokai 2

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