The attack has a tendency to cast the entire environment around it in a deep orange glow. In addition to being able to kill the target, the Tri-Beam can also easily kill the user as it drains their life energy. Tien also has the ability to fire it with one hand as seen when he fires the Spirit Tri-Beam at Nappa after he loses his arm. The object being focused on gets zoomed in on and visualized inside that diamond, then the user (namely Tien) shouts 'Tri-Beam, ha!' while releasing the large yellow beam from the hands. This technique is performed by gathering energy, forming a vaguely diamond-shaped 'tunnel' with the hands by keeping the fingers on each hand together, overlapping the index finger on the one hand with the pinky of the other hand, and overlapping the thumbs. Kikō (気功) is the Japanese translation of Qigong or Chi Kung, literally meaning 'breath control' or 'spirit cultivation', a traditional set of techniques for controlling breathing or circulating and cultivating chi ( ki, energy) within the body, which is tied to a number of Chinese martial arts and medicinal beliefs.
