Yes, that's Kiryu about to punch a literal tiger. With how Yakuza 2 has 16 chapters instead of the first game's 10 chapters, it makes sense that it took me a fair bit more of time to get to the finish,

If you have read the Yakuza 1 post, then you know the drill with the basics of combat [fighting on either encounters at the street or specific to the story] and are familiar with Kiryu's story up to this