Iron Fist

In colloquial English, an "Iron Fist" refers to the authority exerted by a powerful, unforgiving governing figure, extended variously to public or private life, used to describe a person who operates under strictly authoritarian principles. Ex. "Josef Stalin ruled the USSR with an iron fist", or "The pater familias rules his family with an iron fist." Cf. "Under the boot", "Iron rod".

Iron Fist may also refer to:

• Iron Fist (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero/martial artist
• Iron Fist (novel), a 1998 Star Wars novel by Aaron Allston
• Tekken (series) (鉄拳, lit. Iron Fist), a series of fighting games by Namco
• 20th Armoured Brigade (The Iron Fist), nickname of British Army armoured formation based in Paderborn, Germany
• Iron Fist (countermeasure), an Israeli counter-weapon system
• Iron Fists, a chapter of Space Marines in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
• Ironfist (Transformers), a character in the Transformers series
• The Man with the Iron Fist, an upcoming film starring Russell Crowe

In music:

• Iron Fist (album), a 1982 album by metal band Motörhead
  • "Iron Fist" (song), a single from the album
• Iron Fist, a progenitor of the band Helloween
• "Iron Fist", a song from Die Apokalyptischen Reiter's debut album Soft & Stronger
• "Iron Fist", a song from Goldfinger's album Disconnection Notice

In sports:

• Dr. Ironfist, the Ukrainian heavyweight boxer and Ph.D., Vitali Klitschko (a.k.a. Dr. Eisenfaust)