Back in the Ring, Mercenary Rising [Open Training]

[The Blind Beast]

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Liver Punch
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: The liver blow is a hit to the liver, which is underneath a individual’s right pectoral behind the rib cage. If hit hard enough, it ruptures the liver causing internal bleeding, which causes the person to experience nausea and feel faint. It is a very effective attack to stop someone from moving around, especially outside fighters.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The liver punch is a punch used in boxing. It deceives the average spectator, as the punch is short and quick. The drive is usually made with the left hand, or the left hook in infighting, or the regular short body hook. The drive is usually made under and to the front of the ninth and tenth rib upward to the base of the shoulder blade toward the spine. The liver is one of the largest vital organs and its effect is sickening, as it shocks the liver, the largest gland organ, and causes the victim to lose much of his fighting 'drive', and causes the air to escape his body. It is usually delivered when feinting an opponent to lead with his right, which leaves the body exposed; he then steps in and delivers a short, stiff uppercut, over the liver, which will usually put the average man out of commission at once. Normally, a liver punch is more or less unintentional. It begins as a left hook to the body, but as the defending boxer puts his elbow down and begins to roll with the punch, the back is exposed. Thus, the attacking boxer is frequently offered either the arm or the back of the ribs, the latter of which he will usually take instead of the arm. When the user lands this attack against an opponent it holds the opponent making them stunned for a total of three movements giving openings for combos. This Stunning attack adds up to other Stunning attacks.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know the Four Punching Basics.

Shenjie was in the zone as he exploited the boxing gym that had been in town as he and his partner had decided to take a bit of a rest here in Momokure Village, one of the many small prefectural towns near Mo village itself. His opponent that had agreed to spar with the poor blind fellow as quite surprised by how capable the fellow seemed to be despite his obvious handicap. Shenjie sighed as she focused in on his opponent's body, wondering if he could successfully land a hit on the fellow's liver; which in boxing wasn't an illegal hit, but was all the same effective against an opponent that moved around quite a bit and was an outside boxer; which proved troublesome for the much more in-fighter Shenjie that was more favored towards stronger hits and landing close ranged hits that would tire his opponent. This punch that was aimed at this fellow’s liver was designed to do just that, but much more effectively than simply wearing the opponent down. As Shenjie quickly weaved under the fellow’s heavy straight cross, Shenjie used his tremor sense to aim his now prepared strike as he quickly prepared his arm as if to throw an upper cut and quickly used the bobbing motion to prepare a well thrown punch.

Shenjie’s tremor sense was not quite as acute to detail on exterior details as someone with regular vision might be able to perceive; however, Shenjie could still feel the entirety of his opponent’s body as he prepared to shift his weight towards the fellow. His strike would have to utilize his shoulders and body’s momentum same as a hook or an uppercut would, but this time he had to be fairly precise with where and how he hit his opponent. He didn’t want to harm the fellow too much, what was the point of a good fight if one wasn’t allowed to improve afterward. Shenjie began to move his arm, now looking more like a hook than an uppercut as he prepared the abrupt strike that was going to be quite the disabling connection if it did so. The strike itself was quick and hard to follow; however it wasn’t impossible, and Shenjie continued to remind himself of this as he aimed his punch for the space in-between the 9th and 10th rib. As his punch fired off, it looked like a normal hook to the body at first; however, Shenjie began to angle himself, rolling with the punch as his body reacted on its own.

His body’s momentum fueled his punch as he felt himself almost cutting along the air as his strike built up quite a bit of momentum from him following the punch as it was about to connect. Shenjie felt his strike hit the fellow square on in the spot he had been aiming for, the liver, as he completed his path of travel. It was a strange feeling as he felt his gloved fist press into the side of his sparring partner as he could feel the entirety of the fellow’s body about to give out as he suddenly felt the wind within the fellow rush out of his mouth as if it was physically debilitating him, and in the same instant putting pressure on his lungs. To an outside observer, Shenjie’s hit probably appeared to have gone right through the fellow, who was not prepared for such a hit upon his side. The fellow doubled over as he was almost unable to respond as his knees began to wobble, and in the same moment he appeared stunned completely. The fellow’s stunned appearance wasn’t just in his facial expression, but also in his body language as he was physically unable to respond to the set up that Shenjie had made with the strike to the liver.

The fellow probably thought that Shenjie had simply made a luck hit; which was a common conception among boxers; however Shenjie had been aiming for the liver. There was no luck involved what so ever, and Shenjie’s new found ability to hit such a weak point might prove fairly useful in preforming combos or even doing something as robust a throw or a counter takedown. Shenjie quickly pulled his left fist away from the fellow’s body as he found that he didn’t want to take this encounter too over the top. He might actually hurt the fellow, or even worse he might debilitate him permanently; which was too cruel a fate for a fighter. Shenjie pulled his body back into an upright stance, or true boxer stance as he figured that his opponent needed a moment. “are you alright?” He asked knowing that his strike to the liver had been quite a bit to handle. The fellow might be stunned for a few seconds if he didn’t have the fortitude to recover too quickly. Shenjie made sure to keep his guard up as he kept thinking about the connecting punch to the liver he had just delivered. It was quite the glorious hit indeed, and he couldn’t help but sigh at his new found weapon.

[Aimi Kaguya]

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[The Blind Beast]

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Boxers Mentality
Rank: ["D"], ["C"], "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: By fighting on and on, a boxer becomes more proficient when an attack may come by. This happens usually when the boxer becomes unable to see the attack. However by being in combat for so much they can feel when an attack is coming making them less able to be flanked.
Special: ---
Drawback: The user may only learn this technique by the class that they are. This means that in order to learn the "C" Rank version they must be "C" Class, if they wish to learn the "B" Rank version they must be "B" Class.
Description: A technique where the subconscious mind, where the subconscious body reacts just as they are attacked while flanked or while their back is turn. The body reacts in such a way to where they are capable of withstanding so much. This technique makes it where the Boxer is incapable of being surprised attacked, a sudden second sense kicks in as their body screams out to them yelling at them telling them to move, duck, dodge or anything else within that manner. This works on whenever they are being attacked. This technique however has a major flaw. The user is capable of dodging only whenever the opponent's class is equal or lower to that of the rank of the technique they know. This means that a "D" Class user that knows this technique cannot use this against an opponent that is "C" Class or higher.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know all Basics

His partner seemed to have recovered fairly well as Shenjie felt the need to step back and end the sparring match. “hey man, are you okay?” he asked the fellow, now degloved as he quickly made his way over to the fellow’s end of the ring; which was where he had been sitting, trying to recover from Shenjie’s heavy hit to the liver. “You did that on purpose didn’t you…?” The fellow was able to mutter as Shenjie suddenly felt the urge to pull away from the fellow as quickly as possible as something in the back of his mind was screaming danger. It was in that instant, while leaning forward to put his left hand on the fellow’s shoulder that he suddenly found an elbow traveling his way, attempting to hit his crouched face. Shenjie’s tremor sense read the motion; however his body seemed to react faster than he could naturally process the action itself. His body had indeed begun to feel the effects of being conditioned in such a way that the body reacted subconsciously based on the training of the individual instead of on conscious decisions to attack and defend based on what the fighter was thinking.

Shenjie found his body backed away and in a boxing stance as he wondered what was wrong with this guy who had suddenly lashed out at him as if he was blaming him for using a perfectly legal punch. “I don’t follow you…What do you mean by that?” Shenjie asked as he suddenly felt the strange sensation of needing to dodge come over him once again as suddenly he ducked without thinking. It had been a good thing that he had done so however, seeing as a huge fellow behind him had just swung a 45 lb. weight across at his head. Shenjie quickly used his footwork to cross step out of the awkward position while fighting the two fighters who were now acting as if he had done something wrong. “do you understand who I am?” the fellow boxer said standing up as the larger fellow who Shenjie didn’t know how he missed with his tremor sense had attacked him, probably from the mat where he would have had to jump down in the same way a pro wrestler might have.

Shenjie felt as if he could see everything now as his senses were turned back on and he could feel each person within the gym at least to a minute degree. He felt as the fellow who was fairly big, hurled the weight as if it were a Frisbee. Shenjie instinctively switched to his sensory breathing as he quickly sensed the object as best as he could, but all the same a moving object isn’t going to stay in one place very long, and all the same it was hard to predict from just the singular image he received. Shenjie’s heightened senses were not quite as accurate at this moment as he was caught pretty off guard. It was only a few seconds before the weight would have hit him in the face when he felt the acceleration around his body changing. It was the simple change in the displacement of the air; however his clan had been well known for sensing changes in acceleration of such a manner, and thus forth he was aware of the direction for which the object was heading. Quickly twisting his back foot so that he would do what was known as a slip to the inside, which would result in the weight flying past his head. He would do this maneuver without thinking and furthermore on his own instincts. His body just moved.

Shenjie would quickly use his footwork to cross step back into an actual boxing position as he felt the acceleration of the weight just brush past his right ear and just over his right shoulder. It was an intense feeling indeed as he felt as if his life was truly in danger, but more than that he felt that his training was applying at this moment. As he quickly prepared for his opponents that would surely find their way to his current position, something told him that he should duck once again as he pulled his head and body slightly backwards to find that a cross bolt had been shot his way. “How dare you humiliate our champion you swine!” He heard someone from the general direction from which he just avoided the bolt from. This place was obviously full of egotistical psychopaths. Shenjie felt the need to get out of this gym of crazy people; however his senses were again going ballistic as he figured that his rolling forward was to avoid another one of the crossbow bolts as his body acted on its own. “What is wrong with you people?” Shenjie shouted, still shirtless, hands a feet wrapped up as if ready for some Muay Thai boxing.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

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[The Blind Beast]

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