Kamina's Training Thread

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

Currently Training:

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The Uppercut
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A vertical, rising punch thrown with the lead hand or rear hand.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture To throw a right uppercut, start in the classic boxing stance with the back (right) knee bent. Lower the right shoulder to drop the right side of the body in a semi-crouch position. Remember to keep the left fist up by the chin to protect the head. Now as you rotate the hips forward, push the ball of the back foot, (the right foot), and punch the right fist up towards the target. The right side of the back and the right shoulder will follow through with the rotation of the hips. The hips finish being squared to the front. The right arm always stays close to the body and moves upward in a semi-circle. To throw the left uppercut from the classic boxing stance, start with squared off hips, left knee bent and the left shoulder lowered. The body weight is then transferred to the ball of the left foot as the punch is delivered with a bent arm at a right angle and the hips will rotate into the classic boxing stance. Do your best to hit your target with your first two knuckles. Remember to bend the both of the knees and lean the body forward. Bring the first close to the side and remember to have the knuckles facing down. Extend the bent knees at full force Use the momentum and the body to thrust the fist upward.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

Completed Training: 7

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+1000 TP from giveaway

I.Flame Daggers (+10 = 3280)
II. Fire Style: Fire Bolt Technique (+10 3290)
III. Upright Stance (+5 4295)
IV. Semi-Crouch (+5 4300)
V. The Jab (+10 4310)
VI. The Cross/The Straight (+10 4320)
VII. The Hook (+10 4330)

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[Dr. Neuro, RN]

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Flame Daggers
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user creates to small daggers made of fire that can be used for close combat. The daggers appear as if you are holding a dagger with the blade facing to your back.
Special: Ox, Dragon, Tiger
Drawback: ---
Description: The flame daggers are a variation of Katon: Daitou (Fire Release: Longsword). They are good for a close quarters fight with an enemy.
Limit: Must know Katon: Daitou jutsu before learning this jutsu.

Kamina mentally prepared for the task at hand. His goal was to start building his Fire Style jutsu from the weaker jutsu to the stronger jutsu. Kamina closed his eyes and began to focus his chakra. If he could imagine the chakra he was using, he would picture is as a bright red or orange color in nature. He let the chakra flow throughout his entire body. Essentially using the essence of fire to prepare for the heat of fire style jutsu. He refused to allow himself to be burned by the heat of his own jutsu.

After focusing the heat, he started to channel the chakra to his left hand. Slowly he raised his hand and the chakra continued to flow more into that hand than anywhere else in his body. It was a pretty simple task with the Fire Release already at his disposal. He wasn't training the Fire Release here, he had the task of creating a fire dagger that he could use as a weapon. It wasn't a jutsu he needed, but it was something he felt worth training.

Kamina could feel heat resonating from his left hand now. This was nothing more than his actual chakra forming. He opened his eyes and continued to focus on his left hand. With the extreme focus of chakra in that hand, Kamina could actually see the bright reddish-orange chakra leaking out from his skin. It wasn't a massive amount and by no means would it work as an attack of any sort. The heat from his chakra would probably work as heating pad but not much more.

Continuing his focus, Kamina started increasing the intensity of the heat. In order to create daggers of fire, he needed to prepare for holding the flames. He understood he would have chakra between his hand and the flames, but that wasn't going to stop the intensity of a flame. That would be ludicrous and make fire style jutsu useless. He had to be able to handle fire. The heat in his hand continued to increase until he felt it reached the maximum potential of a heat.

Now it was time to form a dagger. He continued to hold on to the chakra in his left and performed a string of handseals, six handseals to be exact. At the end of the handseals, he held out his left hand as a flame started to form. The heat from the flame wasn't too intense and soon started to expand. Kamina continued to focus his heated chakra on it to be careful of burning himself. It was working thus far.

Suddenly the flame in his hand vanished.

The first attempt at the jutsu was a failure. This wasn't going to stop him from continuing on with his training. Another string of handseals, again six of them to be exact; and a focus of reddish-orange chakra he started to form a little flame. The flame once more started to expand in his hand. The flame expanded out and actually formed a blade of fire. "That was simple." Kamina stated, but when speaking he lost focus and let go of his focus on fire chakra.

"Dammit to hell!" Kamina barked as he shook off his left hand, releasing the jutsu. The burn wasn't serious, as he did still have his chakra preventing it from damaging himself. The feeling of being burnt just surprised him and made him lose enough focus to cancel out the jutsu. Kamina felt confident that he could complete this jutsu in both hands now. He understood that the after the flames expanded, they were enough to burn him.

Focusing again, his reddish-orange chakra took over both hands and started to flow out. It may have been an overabundance of chakra, but this was for training purposes. It wouldn't kill him to overuse his chakra for such a low leveled jutsu. A string of six handseals for a third time and a small flame developed in either hand. The flames expanded out in his hands and formed two daggers. Kamina swung the daggers around a couple times, then let the chakra fade out and the flames die out.

[Aimi Kaguya]

Learned

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

(OoC: I wanted to mention this in my last post, but forget to do it. All of these techniques are currently being trained outside of the Chuunin Exam that I'm currently taking place in. In order to avoid being disqualified by accidentally using one, they will not be added to my profile until after the exams. I will be updating my TP on my profile thought.

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Fire Style: Fire Bolt Technique
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Shoots a very small ball of fire, no larger than a foot in diameter, towards a target.
Special: Rat, Ram, Tiger, extension of one hand
Drawback: When the seals are over, the user extends their hands, shooting the ball of fire from their fingertips, which after repeated use (3 or more times), causes singeing which can slow down the speed of which a user can perform handseals or other finger movements.
Description: The user performs the handseals, converting chakra within the hands into heat energy. The hands are then pointed towards a target and a small bolt of fire, no larger than a foot in diameter, leaves the hand and flies rapidly towards the opponent.
Limit: Fire Release

The next jutsu was like the Fire Dagger that he had previously just trained; it was just a projectile version. Like he did before, Kamina focused his chakra into his left hand. The chakra was of the same nature as his last jutsu in order for him to withstand the heat of the flames. He continued to focus his chakra into his hand until once more the chakra was able to be seen. The profusion of chakra reddish-orange in color.

The overabundance of chakra would once more be useful protection from the heat of his own flames. He continued to focus this chakra. He wanted to the use of this chakra to be second nature, so he held the overflowing chakra in his hand. He knew that overusing his chakra like this wouldn't be of practical use in a battle; he also understood that he wouldn't be able to use his chakra in this manner on higher ranked jutsu.

He once more increased the amount of heat his chakra was exerting to help withstand the heat even more. He needed to focus on what this jutsu was actually going to do now. The Fire Bolt Technique was a technique that hurled a small ball of fire at a target by point ones hands at them. So like the Fire Dagger jutsu, it involved creating flames out of thin air. He was able to do this through manipulation of fire nature chakra.

His next step was apply what he knew with the chakra he built and launch the fire from his hands. As he did with the prior technique, Kamina started to perform a small string of handseals; six to be exact. After performing the handseals, he pointed both hands forward. Both hands were already overexerting the reddish-orange chakra that was meant for manipulating fire jutsu. With a small boom, the fire he should have shot forward poofed in front of him, sending the small flame from the jutsu in every direction.

He felt he knew what had happened but needed to experiment with the idea a bit. He focused his chakra to his hands once more, again it flowed from his hands in excess use. Then he started performing his string of handseals once again, six of them as per the jutsu requirement. He extended his hands forward and his chakra flowed from his hands and molded a ball of fire, which once again, disappeared with a small explosion.

'The plethora of chakra is what must be causing this jutsu to fail. Perhaps over applying it isn't enough?' Kamina thought to himself.

Kamina once more focused chakra into his hands, this time not using an abundance of chakra. He let it flow naturally and not exit the confines of his internal being. A string of six handseals was the next phase and he point his hands forward. His chakra molded a small ball of fire, no larger than point three meters. The ball then followed the directions of his hands pointing and shot out of his hands, hitting a near by bolder. It hardly caused any damage to the massive rock, which is what Kamina expected.

[Aimi Kaguya]

+10, but just barely.

This one had a lot more fluff in it than actual training. If I read correctly, Kamina performed the jutsu a total of twice in this post to practice it and both times were towards the end. In the next one, be sure to either cut some fluff or to add in more actual training.

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

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Upright Stance
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A Basic upright stance used in boxing.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture To adopt an Upright Stance, you should stand with your legs roughly shoulder-width apart. Your back foot should be about half a step behind your front foot. If your dominant boxing hand is your right hand, your left foot will lead. Lift your right heel off the ground by about 3 inches and point both feet inward (although do not exaggerate this movement). If you lift your heel too far off the ground, or turn your feet too far inward, you will become unbalanced. As a test, imagine someone pushing you from any direction. In a properly balanced stance, you should be able to maintain an upright position and not fall to the ground or sway from side to side. To increase the stability of your stance, keep your knees and hips slightly bent but make sure your back is straight. Your lead fist (which will be your left fist if your dominant boxing hand is your right hand) should be positioned vertically at eye level, approximately six inches away from your face. Your right fist should be positioned next to your chin, with your elbow held against your ribcage. This is good defensive positioning and will effectively protect your body. Whilst watching televised boxing matches, you may have noticed the boxers tapping their cheeks with their hands. This repetitive action acts as a reminder to keep fists up at all times and is especially important as the match progresses and energy levels drop. To further protect yourself from blows from your opponent, keep your chin pressed against your chest. Punches to the jaw often cause knock-outs, so it is essential to keep this stance throughout the boxing match.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing)

To continue training, Kamina made his way to the local boxing gym of Takigakure. He was well in tune with using his katana. But he needed to a backup plan in case. "Teach me the ways of bushingu." He stated to the coach. The coach took him to a full body mirror in order to begin his training. The coach explained to him how to use a typical boxing stance and then left it up to Kamina to form the stance.

Kamina first spread his legs shoulder width apart. Looking in the mirror, he realized that this looked a bit different than what he was seeing the other boxers do. So he adjusted his stance to have his legs a little bit less than shoulder width apart. He did as the couch told him and made sure he could see light in between his legs in order to make sure they weren't too close together. Being right handed, Kamina stepped forward with his left foot, shifting his body slightly to put his left shoulder ahead of his right. His feet remained the same distance apart, accommodating themselves based on his shoulder width.

Next was to place his fists in the correct manner. He raised his left fist and had it sit comfortably next to his left cheek. He then raised his right fist and had it next to his right ear. He stood upright with his feet flat against the ground in order to get a basic feel for this stance. He looked in the mirror to ensure that he was standing in the stance properly. It wasn't very difficult to use the basic posture of the stance, so he felt it was time to move forward into the advanced part of the stance. 

Kamina bent his knees slightly, and raised his pivoting foot (his right rear foot) in order to maintain balance. Kamina tucked his elbows inward tightly in order to be sure that they were there for proper protection. That was what they were meant to do when they weren't being thrown. Kamina examined himself in the mirror a bit longer, and again adjusted anything he felt was off about the stance. He felt comfortable with what he saw and prepared to move on from this basic stance.

[Aimi Kaguya]

+5

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

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Semi-Crouch
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A semi-crouched stance used in boxing.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: You may choose to fight from a crouch (or semi-crouch) position during a boxing match. If you choose this option, lean forward rather than maintaining an upright position, whilst making sure your feet are kept close together. The most important thing to remember when adopting a balanced boxing stance is to relax. If you start to become tense, your balance will be negatively affected and you will be more likely to receive a harmful blow from your opponent. Your neck and back should never feel under any pressure. If your neck and back do feel tense, you may be leaning your shoulders too far forward and not rotating your hips in line with them. If you want to increase the range of your punches, try positioning your front foot ahead of your head. To see the difference that this new stance can make, stand in front of a punch bag whilst keeping your back foot steady and in the normal position. Punch forward slowly and keep your punch at its full extension. After this, move your lead foot in front of your head and repeat the punching movement. Stop the punch at its full extension and you should be able to notice the increased range now available to you. When practicing this variation, keep the other elements of the orthodox stance, such as the position of the elbows and chin, the same.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing)

Kamina was already standing in the upright stance. He didn't feel very comfortable in this stance. It didn't feel right to him. Kamina took a deep breath in and relaxed himself. He leaned forward slightly, completely taking a relaxed stance. He moved his feet in slightly closer, giving him more balance while remaining leaned forward.

Still, something didn't feel completely right in the new stance he took. He didn't feel completely comfortable with what he was doing. He looked into the mirror to see if he could make any adjustments, trying to make himself feel less tense in the position he was in. He found that he was leaning too far forward, so he adjusted himself and straightened out slightly. He still didn't feel completely comfortable and did this again.

He continued to look into the mirror, checking on his stance to ensure that it was properly maintained. Kamina continued to stare into the mirror at his figure. He was starting to feel relaxed in his current stance, but he wanted to make sure that this stance was properly maintained. He moved his left foot forward slightly, putting it in front of his leaned forward head. This was a simple trick to increase the range of ones punches. Kamina smirked to himself in the mirror, feeling relaxed and ready to move on.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

+5

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

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The Jab
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A quick, straight punch thrown with the lead hand from the guard position.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Stand with your feet hip distance apart. Step your right foot back 18-24 inches with the weight of your right leg on the ball of your foot (right heel is somewhat elevated and the knees are slightly bent). Bring your right fist close to your right cheek bone and your left fist slightly in front of it about jaw height. Pull your elbows in towards your ribs so that they line up somewhat below your fists. Push off of the ball of the right foot, bend the left knee slightly and start to extend the left hand in a pushing type motion (there should be a subtle rotation as your left hand goes forward your right shoulder moves back). You may also rotate the fist so that when it reaches the desired destination your left palm will be facing down. Retract the left hand as fast as you extended it and return to the original position. Remember before punching relax the hand, snap it forward and clinch before making contact. Do your best to strike with the first two knuckles and keep your wrist in neutral position upon impact. Aim six to eight inches beyond your target. Extend the arm only about 90-95 percent. Keep your chin tucked down toward your chest--this protects your jaw from exposure to being hit. Bring your hand back as fast as you throw it. Move your head on an angle as you throw the punch.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

Having mastered both stances, Kamina stood in the Upright Stance. It wasn't the fully perfected stance he had trained for though. He stood up straight, both fists loosely clenched by his cheeks. His right hand by his right ear, about jaw height. His left fist chin height, just in front of his chin. In order to get a feel for a proper jab, Kamina slowly moved his arm forward as if throwing a slow jab.

Having fully extended his arm, he took note that his arm wasn't the way it should be for a proper jab. For a proper jab, as explained by one of the boxing coaches, ones palm would be facing the ground. In his jab, his palm was facing diagonally. The boxing coach came over and straightened out his hand in order for him to see what the extended form of a jab looked like. Kamina used his full body length mirror to again see how he looked in the stance of his arm fully extended.

He slowly moved his arm back into the same stance and again, slowly moved it forward. This slow motion was allowing him to get a feel for his fist naturally flowing into a proper swing. Everything down to how he clenched his fist needed to be proper in order for it to be a perfectly executed punch. Which that was a simple matter as well. A properly clenched first had the four fingers tucked into the palm while the thumb was straight. Lined of with his index finger of course.

He continued to slowly move his fist out, throwing a slow yet proper jab. This motion was necessary to be able to perform the jab properly when throwing it full throttle. He was making the flow of this simple punch natural to himself. So he continued to once more, slowly move his fist outward in a proper manner. He stared in the mirror as he did this, centering the placement of his fist on his own nose in his reflection. It was imperative to his training that he did properly aim his fist.

Now Kamina switched to the proper Upright Stance, in order to better feel out the punch. He still let his arm slowly and naturally move from its position. It felt right for him. The punch was pretty simple and it flowed smoothly with him using the actual stance to do it. Next he needed to speed the punch up. He did just that, as he tightened his elbows and then shot out his left hand at half speed. The smooth flow of the punch looked and felt like it was natural to him in the full body mirror. He felt like he was truly getting the hang of it.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

+done

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

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The Cross/The Straight
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A powerful, straight punch thrown with the rear hand.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Determine which hand is your strong hand. Although you can throw a straight hand punch with either your left or right hand, it will be most effective if you use your strongest hand. Most right-handed fighters have a stronger right hand, while left-handed fighters have stronger left hands. Get into a basic boxing stance. Keep your feet shoulder-width apart with your knees slightly bent. If you are right-handed, your left shoulder should be pointed toward the other fighter and your right shoulder should be back. The opposite is true if you are left-handed. Keep both hands up. They should hover just under the chin, with your forearms in front of your body. This will protect you from the opponent's punches. Begin the straight hand punch from the foot. Push off your back foot and pivot toward your opponent, twisting your foot, leg, torso and shoulders. Concentrate on bringing power up from your leg, hips, trunk and shoulders and channeling it into your fist as you twist your body. If you don't pivot your body, your punch will be much weaker than if you use the correct form. Aim for the other fighter's face. Punch out in a straight line and extend the arm out all the way. At the point of impact, your feet and body should be facing the other fighter. Snap your hand back to your chin as you twist your body back to the beginning position. Remember to keep your left hand up throughout the punch so you have a guard up to protect you from a counterpunch.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

Grasping the basic concept of a jab allowed Kamina to push even further into other punches of the boxing fighting styles. In order to perform this next punch, Kamina did exactly as he did for the jab and got into the Upright Stance. Only he didn't bend, shift his weight, or anything else for that matter. He stood up straight, and this time he swung his right hand slowly in a straight motion. He watched himself in the mirror as he did this, as well as had a coach watching over this. Kamina slowly shifted the weight on his back foot to the front of his foot as he shifted his body weight slowly into his fist as he rotated. Pivoting his back foot made this simple and easily helped him keep his balance.

Having watched himself perform it in the mirror, and the coach noticed it as well; Kamina was making this an error. Just like with the jab, his fist wasn't aligning with the floor. His palm was rotated too much for the punch to be executed at its full capacity. So he slowly drew his fist back, pivoting his foot back into the flat position it was at before throwing the punch. He checked his own stature in the mirror and again, slowly moved his fist out from next to his head. His back right foot again pivoted, shifting his body weight into his slow moving fist which had now moved out from his shoulder and lengthened completely without much error.

Kamina still felt that the slow punch wasn't properly executed. He slowly brought his fist back and lost his balance a bit. He realized that it wasn't the punch that felt off, it was his weight distribution that wasn't executed correctly. Which was understandable seeing as he had just learned how to do a proper stance this very day. Again, Kamina slowly moved his right fist out, rotated his body, pivoted his foot, and naturally let his arm lengthen out to be a proper punch. The coach gave him a grin and a nod in approval and walked away to allow him to practice more.

Kamina moved his fist back slowly, going back into his proper stance. He followed suite to what he had been doing and continued to watch himself in the mirror. His fist slowly moved out. He kept himself steady and watched his balance along the way. His fist moved forward smoothly and the punch was completed. He slowly moved his fist back and then repeated the same step multiple times. He was starting to get completely comfortable with this punch. Again, he moved his fist forward, rotated his body, pivoted his foot, and let his arm freely extend with a properly clutched fist. The execution was perfect.

[Aimi Kaguya]

+10

[Dr. Neuro, RN]

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The Hook
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A semi-circular punch thrown with the lead hand or rear hand to the side of the opponent's head.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Shift your weight subtly forward by slightly bending your front leg while elevating your lead elbow to about shoulder height. Push off your front leg to shift your weight more towards the back leg while rotating your torso in the same direction with your lead hand heading towards a specific target. For the purpose of this intro we'll aim face high. That rotation and shifting motion should be accompanied by a whipping or thrusting of the hips. If you have your left leg forward and are throwing a lead hand hook (left hand hook) your hips should thrust from left to right while executing this punch. The punch should reach its mark with tremendous force. This will happen by throwing it fast and aiming to land your fist 6 to 8 inches beyond your target. Your fist can either be positioned to have your palm facing you or the ground. Return to your original stance. Do your best to hit your target with your first two knuckles.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

Having mastered two of the four basic punches in boxing, Kamina thought he'd capitalize on the pace and venture to the next one. Receiving the knowledge from the coach on how to properly throw the next punch, he looked toward the mirror. He remained in the Upright Stance in order to slowly advance his way to learning the next punch, the hook. Learning this one would be slightly easier having mastered two more basic punches. From the jab he learned the proper way the fist should be thrown. From the straight, he learned how to shift his weight and pivot his back foot in order to maintain balance.

Applying both of them now was only simple. Having taken the proper stance once more, Kamina slowly swung his left fist in a hooking motion. Instead of pivoting his right foot in the rear, he pivoted his left front foot. This helped him maintain his balance as he continued swinging his fist. Kamina's eyes remained focused on the mirror to spot anything wrong with the way he was swinging. Of course he spotted one main issue. When he threw the hook, he extended his arm too far. So the hook he threw was too wide of a punch.

Examining himself in the mirror made a huge difference for Kamina. Being able to see everything he was doing wrong and examining himself was a huge part of his training of the boxing fighting style. Having thrown a punch that was too wide, Kamina pulled back and went to his original stance. Again, he slowly moved his left fist in a hooking motion, watching himself in the mirror. Pivoting his front left foot and twisting his body with the punch in the process. Something still didn't seem right about the punch. This time he pulled his fist in too close to his chest when throwing the hook. He needed to adjust that in order to perform a textbook left hook.

Twisting his body back into his original stance, he once again stared in the mirror in order to ensure that he would properly throw the punch. His body twisted, his foot pivoted, and slowly he swung his arm in a hooking motion. He watched himself in the mirror once again. This time he was satisfied with how he looked throwing the punch. He slowly moved his fist back to where it was, watching his stance and motions. He then threw another left hook in slow motion, getting a feel for how the punch should feel.

Having performed the left hook, Kamina now performed a right hook. Instead of pivoting his leading left foot, he pivoted his read right foot. This again insured his balance and that he would have his full weight in his punch. He continued to watch himself in the mirror, performing this basic punch. The punch was smooth and flawless at this slow pace. To ensure his performance, he performed a couple more right and left hooks for good measure. At this slow pace, he was absolutely flawless.

[Madame Loki]

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