I'm training in the rain (T/P)

[tekoro]

0/30

Kumpan Pung Hok (Straight knees)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A straight knee attack used against the opponent's abdomen.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture The boxer bends the right knee obliquely to the left side then twists to throw it to the opponent's abdomen or chest. The thigh is parallel to the ground and the foot was close to the opposite leg with the toes pointing down to decrease chances of user harming himself. This trick is used for attack, defense or escape. If you place one hand on either side of your opponent's head, use either knee for the strike. Grab the attacker by the head with one arm on each side, elbows down and tight. Your hands should be laid one over the other, with your fingers up the back of his head and pushing down to create pressure on his neck, which gives better control. Be sure you squeeze your elbows together to keep your opponent from slipping his head down and out. Depending on the user's strength depends on the strength of this technique.
"D" Class - No added strength within the attack.
"C" Class - User is able to launch an opponent up 1 meter in the air if not holding them.
"B" Class - User is able to launch an opponent up 2 meters in the air if not holding them.
"A" Class - User is able to launch an opponent up 4 meters in the air if not holding them.
"S" Class - User is able to launch an opponent up 8 meters in the air if not holding them.

To protect Twist the body while pressing the left elbow down to guard the rib. (If user knows Knee Strike the in Krav Maga, the user does not need to learn this Technique.)
Limit: Must learn from a Muay Thai Master.

Sangi hand been teaching Saruka how to box since he had been only a wee lad. Physical prowess and ability were things that came with time. As the young Amegakure Shinobi walked back into the gym, he quickly prepared his warm up routine. Sangi had changed it up abit this morning. Opposed to just punches, today they were going to work on the use of the knees. He got into his Muay tai stance and bounced on his toes before the large sand filled bag. He visualized his knee smacking the bag as his muscles began to relax. "Now take your knee and just strike it head on with a good deal of force." His instructor said as she stood back to give him room. Grabbing the bag at each end with his wrapped hands, Saruka bent his knee and prepared the first strike.

As he struck upward with the hard portion of the knee cap, Saruka thought about how the knee worked as a close quarters weapon. Using the bag to pull his knee into the center of the bags mass, he grunted with the first strike. It didn't feel good to strike all of the condensed sand as quickly as he did. Taking his knee back to the ground, he prepared a second blow. "Again." He heard his sensei belt as he initiated the second blow. His knee charged up and struck the bag again with a decent amount of force. Again his knee felt terrible. With a sigh, he slowly lowered his leg to prepare another strike.

Initiating on his own this time, Saruka took his bent right knee and slammed it into the sandbag with a "ha". The feeling in his right knee was pure and utter discomfort. Pushing through the pain, he slowly lowered his leg again, preparing to strike the bag in a cycle. Switching sides of the stand. He gripped into the bag again to hold himself still while he prepared to strike the bag with his left knee this time. He took his slightly been knee, and shoved it into the punching bag. The thud of the bag made Saruka cringe as his knee began to feel the pain of usage. Slowly lowering the leg back to the ground, he again prepared to strike. Taking his left knee again, Saruka stuck with all the force he could muster into the bag at its center of mass. The bag shuttered as his knee made contact. The pure force of the strike was enough to really damage a person fairly badly. He lowered his leg again and began to preform the knees on each side in rounds of three. His leg muscles stretched as he continually drilled his knees. The pure burn of working out felt better than any waste of time otherwise.

After his drills, he decided to cool down with some stretches. Taking his leg down at an angle, he began to stretch the calf and thigh muscles that had been used. The stretching feel mad him twinge as the pain of excess work began to hit him. "Ah..." He moaned quietly as his leg began to feel much better. Sighing in disdain, he came to realize that he would again have to get back up and knee the bag some more. Taking a deep breath, he prepared to pull himself back up. The knee was powerful, and would be great for combat.

[Father 'Suke]

+10; 10|30

[tekoro]

10/30

He stood opposite a bag once again. However this time he felt compelled to critique his attack with more observation. He quickly got into the Muay tai stance that began to feel almost natural he put his hands up and prepared his knee for the attack. "Remember to keep your knee in contact with the torso as long as possible..." He heard his sense say as he prepared to initiate the attack. He quickly felt his muscles tense up as his right lead knee launched forward towards the weighted sandbag. The rush of his knee suddenly began to process. Throwing as much weight into the blow as he could, Saruka prepared to impact the bag a good deal. He let a small smirk cross his face as the instant of pure adrenalin prepared him for the hit. He was so sure that his knee would be ready for the hit until it actually occurred.

His knee made contact with the back with a sickening crunch. His right knee slammed into a bunch of what felt like rocks. A sudden sharp pain began to rush down his leg as he held his knee in place like instructed. "Shit...what the fuck was that?" He asked now grasping onto the bag to hold his now swelling knee in place. The pain was not extreme, however it annoyed him quite a bit. His sensei sighed as she came to realize what had happened. "You must have grabbed my training bag kiddo...it's full of rocks" she said laughing as Saruka pulled away to fall backwards onto the ground. "That's so stupid." He said annoyed. He hadn't noticed anything wrong with his form this time around, however he could definitely work on deadening the nerve endings on his knees. That would be done through repetition he thought as he slowly pulled himself up to wrap a bandage around his knee so that he could continue with his training.

"Let's work on your left knee, since...you know." His sensei said as they approached an appropriate sandbag. "Remember contact is what will keep him hurting." She said punching her right fist into her flat left Palm. "Alright...whatever" he said getting into a left handed lead stance. The weight on his knee made him wince as he prepared to throw his left knee at the bag. His knee suddenly launched forward to strike the bag aggressively. He pushed with his right leg as much as he could with his knee being so damaged. He felt his left knee make contact with the bag. This time the effect was much more desirable. He felt the sand within the bag give as his knee pushed its way into the lower torso portion of the bag. He then quickly retreated so that he could follow up the strike with a second knee strike. He let his left foot's toes brush the ground as he launched his knee back up at his sand bag. The second strike was just as desirable as the first. He kept his body upright as he stood balanced on his right leg. His knee made contact with the bag once again to the same effect. Using the balls of his feet to balance himself as he stood there, Saruka attempted to hold the pose as long as possible.

"Now you've got the idea kid, hold it just like that." His sensei said as she watched Saruka balance himself. Balance was key when preforming knee attacks. If once lost their balance, then falling swiftly followed. Saruka was fully aware of this fact as he held his pose using his right foot to hold himself up. He shifted his weight on his foot a little bit as his natural shift became greater and greater. Eventually the extended pressure on his knee began to cause a good deal of pain. He winced as he desperately tried to hold onto his pose. He stood there for maybe a few more seconds before he had to grab the bag to keep himself from falling over. "Eh, good enough." His sensei said as she stalked off to attend to other students. "I hate it when she does stupid shit like this." He sighed as he let himself fall back onto the padded mat floor.

[Celaena Kamyuja]

Not bad, +10 20|30

[tekoro]

20/30

Drilling was the only way to make perfect. Saruka found this to be sadly true as he stood on the mat covered floor of the gym practicing his knee strike in mid air. He felt his muscles tense up ash he adjusted his weight in place. Placing all of his balance on his off left foot, Saruka quickly pushed his foot off of the ground with his front toes to propel his knee upward almost to the level of his chest. He felt his thigh muscles work as he did so, the motion of the attack was now becoming muscle memory. "Again..." He muttered slowly lowering his leg back down to the ground. As soon as his toes brushed the ground, he again launched his knee into dynamic action. He felt the wind blowing around the striking hard knee as it flew up to his chest level once again. "Not good enough." He grunted as he swiftly Brought his foot back down with a stomp. Frustration began to overwhelm him as his training continued to prove imperfect. Now choosing a wooden dummy, Saruka again prepared to strike wig his knee.

He got into his boxer like stance and prepared to strike first with his right lead leg. He tightened his muscles and go as close as he could. Shifting his stance inside of the wooden dummy's, Saruka prepare to strike with his knee once again. He pounced his foot up, so that his knee would strike the wooden sternum that was now his target. As the hardened knee struck its target, Saruka grunted with frustration. "Not good enough!" He said quickly switching leading legs so that he could swiftly throw his left knee in the same fashion. He brought his right leg back down toTouch the ground as his left leg initiated an attack that would strike the wooden block with less force that before. Saruka felt the wood splinter under he force of the strike as he pressed his knee deeper and deeper into the wooden target. He now felt the youth of combat, that drew him into his next aggressive strike that followed up his knee.

Letting his foot touch the ground again before he again launched another attack. He bent his knee and launched it up into the exact same spot that he had been nailing with the last strike. He felt the wood give way again as his knee dig into the wood as the strike splinted the wood more than before. He continued to alternate knees with each strike in a sequence before he began to feel the fatigue of physical training. He again continued to pressure his knee into the wooden target as he applied as much pressure as he physically could into the wood. He was going to break the target if at all possible. With his physical physique, it was entirely possible. In fact Saruka was surprised that the wooden dummy had survived this many hits. As the medical ninja lowered his leg once again, he prepared his next sequence of attacks.

"Right, right, left, right..." He muttered quietly to himself as he bounced on his toes. He felt his blood boil as he initiated the first strike. First he began to move his right leg as an initial strike. The off balance nature of switching legs require him to grasp onto the dummy's shoulders. Saruka did so gladly as his knee jammed itself into the center of the dummy's body. Following up the impact, Saruka quickly retreated his leg so that his right knee could return to the spot it had once been. As his knee connected to the wooden belly, Saruka pushed as much as he could so that the wood's integrity would be compromised. The pleasing snapping sound caused a smile to cross his face as he brought his knee back down. Now the left knee was in motion, Saruka threw his stance to be left favored as his knee jabbed up to again strike the wood. The crunch of his knee hitting the target heartened his next strike that now went towards finishing the wooden opponent. His stance again shifted and his right leg hurled towards the dummy's sturum at full force. He felt his knee connect as the wood finally gave out. Splinters flew everywhere. The wooden hulk was now in mutiple splinters, a few of which occupied Saruka's knee. In that moment, pain was fairly sharp as well; however all Saruka could think was "yes..."

[Father 'Suke]

+10; learned

[tekoro]

0/10

First Aid: Autopsy
Rank: "E" (10 Training Points at all Times)
Skill: Skill
Effect:
Special: ---
Drawback: Autopsy skill mastery cannot exceed his Anatomy, Basic skill mastery nor First Aid: Healing.
Description: By combining medical knowledge with alchemical knowledge, it is possible to gain a significant amount of information from a corpse without the use of Chakra. Autopsy forms the basis of forensic pathology, but Botany and Animal Lore allows the user to test the characteristics of blood and is required for certain advanced actions. The list below indicates the type of information that can be gained with the knowledge the user may know. A user with knowledge of Botany and Animal Lore can team up in order to perform a task.
Novice: Cause of Death
Average: Examine Injury and Presence of Foreign Substances.
Advanced: Nature of Foreign Substances
Expert: Time of Death
Master: Abilities that Lie within the body. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must know Anatomy, Basic, Must know First Aid: Healing
(I've got caregiver)

Saruka hated dead bodies. As he came onto the scene of what appeared to be some sort of bloody mess. There were quite a few things wrong with the image that now exist before him. "What happened?" He asked on of his fellow shinobi that had responded to the medical call. "Don't know, how about we take a look shall we?" His compatriot said pulling two pairs of rubber gloves out before handing one pair to Saruka. As the rain poured down, Saruka noticed certain things that were obvious about the body. The first thing that was evident was the fact that the body itself was fairly beaten up as far as he could tell without looking closely at it. He noticed that the blood was pooling now as well, which Meant that the wounds were puncture wounds or lacerations from a weapon. The scene screamed murder to Saruka as far as he could currently see. The snap of the rubber upon his hands as the gloves now protected his hands from exterior bloody mess that continued to present itself before him.

"Looks like this guys was killed by a knife." His partner said pointing put the the rugged
Cut across the fellow's sternum. Blood was still draining out of the body as the fellow ran his fingers across the open wound. "Approximately 3-4 cms deep too, this was a pressed struggle." His partner added as Saruka began to place his two finger to test for a heart beat as was standard procedure. He placed his fingers against the neck's artery that presented no pulse. "Yup, he's gone." Saruka said going to check the head for any damage. The skull itself looked as if it had taken a blunt blow to the frontal lobe to the left side. This was probably what actually killed the fellow, or to the very least debilitated him enough to die. The blood that was now free flowing from this fellow's ears made Saruka believe that he had been experiencing some brain swelling as well, which was more than likely the true cause of death.

"This head trauma is making me believe that this was the cause of death." Saruka said slightly picking up the head of the brain dead fellow. His face had taken a good deal of damage too, however the whole situation still lead to murder however. Saruka was not an expert, but to him it made much more sense for the body to have been moved here as well. This also was compatible with the smeared blood pool that looked like it had been moved from one spot to another. The pair continued to look over the body with the utmost interest. " just a few broken bones, a damaged cranium, one puncture laceration to the sternum, and a few missing fingers." His partner said lifting up the hand that had been missing three fingers from its hand. "Who the hell would want the fingers?!" Saruka asked as the blood began to wash away in the late evening rain.

[N A T S U M I]

+10; but only just. Learned.
+31 SP
31|125