Thai's Boxing Gym and Marital Arts [Open Training]

[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

Shenjie had found it strange that he could sense a lot of the attacks coming his way as he sparred with the fellow who had stepped up to challenge him since he had found the fighting gym within the small town within Taki no Kuni. Shenjie sensed each attack before they were thrown as his natural instinct seemed to be kicking in as he could sense the simply straight punches that he simply avoided by bobbing his head out of the way, simply sliding and slipping the punches as he backed up, quickly side stepping to the left as suddenly something screamed out to him, infusing his entire being with the need to avoid the the left hook that was coming his way as he felt his muscles screaming out for him to move. With his degree of training, he felt his body heading his will as he began to react to the strike as he ducked low and prepared to weave his way under the horizontal strike aimed at his head that donned a piece of protective headgear.

Shenjie sighed as he felt his hair brush under the strike, as he couldn’t actually see the strike as it missed his head. It was indeed quite a feeling to be so muscle trained that one could react to such an attack without being able to see it. That mean that Shenjie would be able to detect attacks that even he couldn’t sense…which was quite comforting for a Shitakuma that couldn’t quite see well. Shenjie too that moment to back up as suddenly his opponent was on the approach once again. Shenjie felt himself needing to pull his head back as he found himself feeling the need to get away from the extreme power of the fellow’s punches. Shenjie could feel the change in the acceleration of the blows as he felt the need to avoid them…as any sensible person would as he pulled his head backward, extending his jabbing arm as a barrier between himself and his obviously close quarters combat oriented opponent. He needed to get away, and his instincts were in agreement with this as he got his way and made his way backwards…right into the ropes.

Oh shit, Shenjie thought to himself as he felt the ropes against his back, his grey T-shirt brushing against the ropes as his opponent went in for a straight punch. It would have been an excellent opportunity for a counter punch…if Shenjie didn’t feel his need to avoid the strike come over him before any logical thought as he quickly as he slipped to the outside and did his best to push itself out of the way using a simple side step as he threw a jab to cover his moving away from the ropes as he did his best to cover himself as the fellow halted his advance to hold off a bit as Shenjie covered himself with the jab; which probably could have been something a bit more flashy; however, Shenjie wasn’t a huge fan of getting hit in the face into an unbearable pulp. As Shenjie retreated, Shenjie felt the need to avoid another strike, but his tremor sense seemed to only track his opponent’s advance, not an attack…which was strange to the very least. Shenjie suddenly found the fellow hoping towards him with an overhanded punch as Shenjie ducked preparing himself as his body acted on its own.

Quickly tucking his hand downward into a fist as he threw an uppercut towards the fellow who was attempting an overhead punch; which was fairly exposed. His intuition was excellently tuned as it allowed his body to act on its own, counter attacking as a reaction instead of calculating each move in turn. As his fist connected with the fellow’s chin, he suddenly felt the need to duck back down again as suddenly he felt his body ducking low was a retaliation left hook was thrown over his head; which would have hit him pretty hard if he had not avoided it. “Hey man, thanks for the spar.” Shenjie said as he heard the bell ringing for the end of the round, using his extreme hearing to such a degree that he heard the mechanisms within the machine click before it officially rang.


Traits

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Will of Men, The
Rank: "C"
Skill: Faith Trait
Effect: Men are creatures of will; their will carries them through a harsh world of politics and physical dangers.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +1 trait bonus to all Will Saves. At "C", "B', "A", and "S" Class level, gain an additional +1 trait bonus. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Natural Drunkard
Rank: "C"
Skill: Trait
Effect: The moment alcohol touches the drinker's lips they instantly go under the effects of "Hammered".
Special: ---
Drawback: Unable to learn endurance techniques dealing with drinking Alcohol.
Description: The moment alcohol touches the drinker's lips they instantly go under the effects of "Hammered" gaining the benefits as well as the drawbacks of the effect. The user does not fall out of "Hammered" unless they fall unconscious from taking a series of too many blunt hits. The effects last for 1 hour in which they instantly sober up. The user can instantly fall out of the "Hammered" effect by taking "slashing", and "piercing" damage. The user stays in the effect of "Hammered" through elemental and chakra attacks as long as the effects of the damage does not include "slashing", or "piercing damage.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 of 5 Freebies.

Heavy Hitter
Rank: "C"
Skill: Regional Trait
Effect: User has trained in martial arts and so their blows are especially painful.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +10 Armour Points Trait bonus on damage made with Unarmed attacks. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Life of Toil
Rank: "C"
Skill: Social Trait
Effect: User has lived a physically taxing life, working long hours for a master or to support a trade. Hard physical labor has toughened the user's body and mind.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +1 bonus on Foritude Saves. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Beggar
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: User lived on the streets among the worst of humanity, relying on charity or your thieving skills to survive.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User has +20 Skill points to divide as they wish among History, Local, Tracking, and Pick-Pocket. At each Class Level the user gain an additional +5 Heritage skill Points to place in any one of these skills. User gains +1 Heritage Points per die roll when learning the skill. User chooses between having +10 bonus on Disguise and Forgery, or Heritage Bonus +30 Temporary Armour Points. User has a +5 competence bonus on History, Local, and Sleight of Hand. User gains a +1 bonus to Fortitude. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.
(+30 to tracking)
(+30 temporary armor points)

Finite Life
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: A trait that enables the user to survive after death.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: To be human is to be flawed, limited, and finite; but some humans nonetheless struggle through and work against or despite these limitations. That they live short lives and die gives their time in this life meaning and fuel for art, science, and creativity. Once per day, they do not die until their Temporary Armour Points drop to 0 after taking a death attack, this effect lasts for 5 minutes per Class Level, activation of this technique takes up no movements and happens after a death strike takes place. The amount of Armour Points they gain is 20 points per Class Level. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Thug
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: User was a killer, a brute, or a bully, capable of doing anything to get what they wanted.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User has +20 Skill points to divide as they wish among Appraisal, History, Intimidate, Local, and Tracking. At each Class Level the user gain an additional +5 Heritage skill Points to place in any one of these skills. User gains +1 Heritage Points per die roll when learning the skill. User gains a Heritage bonus on +10 Armour Points in Unarmed damage, or Heritage bonus on +30 Temporary Armour Points. In addition user gains a +1 bonus on all Fortitude Saves. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.
(+30 tracking)
(+30 temporary armor points)

Orphan
Rank: "C"
Skill: Regional Trait
Effect: User grew up in an Orphanage. Whether or not they took to their teachings, their strict indoctrination has toughened their body against punishment.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +1 trait bonus on Fortitude Saves. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies

Shitakuma Passives

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Kusomimi (HellsEars) X7
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Without this Jutsu the Clan is capable of just listening with sharpen hearing. What this Jutsu does is by using the chakra along their eardrum, labyrinth system, as well as the outer ear of the body the user makes their ear into something of a sonar. This sonar system enables the brain to remember certain points by sound wave frequencies that hits the ear from a pebble hitting the water, to a person walking along grass. The Sonar system enables the Shitakuma clan to basically see. This is greatly used when Rain falls down for every time a drop hits the ground it emits a sound so basically they are capable to see for the first time in their lives. When first learned the distance that one is capable of understanding and remembering is the distance of fifty meters. After each time learned the distance goes up by twenty meters.
Special: The first time learned the user must do the signs of Dragon, Rabbit, Dragon, Ram. After the first time there would be no need for the seals.
Drawback: Must be trained into this more then once. Without the proper training of a technique such as Kusokesuni and Advanced version sounds could cause dizziness or damage to the user. The sounds to create this must be sounds that are greatly abrupt and fast which must be near the ear like a Flash/Bang grenade.
Description: When sound frequencies hit the ear it creates a sonar in which the mind remembers in a certain distance until the sound waves hit the ear once again. It looks as if the user is capable of seeing in such a way but it is just a technique that enables the user to know where to go and how far objects are at. They are capable of seeing shapes, and size, but the thing is they are not capable of seeing defined objects.
Limit: Only a technique for the Shitakuma Clan

Tremor Sense X10
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal or ice. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. This is the beginning stage of the tremor sense technique and is the foundation of the tremor sense techniques. When learned their is a thirty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life.

Tremor Sense Advanced X5
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations. By this time the user has a more of a sense and understanding over the movement of vibrations. This is not a drawback but by now the user is capable of sensing vibrations off of the sense of ice. Now this does not mean that the user can see with the distance as Tremor Sense and Tremor Sense Advance for Ice, only Expertise gets to allow the user see with Ice vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. The technique here does not stack with the original version the first step of the technique. This means that this technique can never overlay the first step of Tremor sense. What this means is this. If a user knows Tremor sense of a Hundred meters, then they can not surpass that distance with Tremor Sense Advanced. The advanced form is much better to be capable of seeing then that of the First step. When learned their is a thirty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life. Must have Tremor Sense that surpases in distance of Advanced

Tremor Sense Expertise X3
Rank: "B" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations. By this time the user has a more of a sense and understanding over the movement of vibrations. This is not a drawback but by now the user is capable of sensing vibrations off of the sense of metal. Mtal is to constricted and the vibrations is weaker so this is why this is needed. Now this does not mean that the user can see with the distance as Tremor Sense and Tremor Sense Advance for Metal, only Expertise gets to allow the user see with Metal vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. The technique here does not stack with the original version the first step of the technique, as well as the second step. This means that this technique can never overlay the first step of Tremor sense, and Tremor Sense Advanced. What this means is this. If a user knows Tremor sense of a Hundred meters, Tremor sense of Fifty Yards then they can not surpass that distance of fifty meters with Tremor Sense Expertise. The advanced form is much better to be capable of seeing then that of the First step. When learned their is a Ninty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life. Must have Tremor Sense Advancedthat surpases in distance of Expertise

Shitakuma Actives

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Sensory Breathing X1
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: When manipulating the chakra along their nostrils as they breathe out the Shitakuma clan is capable of producing out a sensory system of sound waves that is higher then that of a human ear can pick up. This is known as the Shitakuma Echolocation inner system. What is created is a sonar frequency that can not be heard by human ears by breathing out in a small distance that enables the user to almost see by their ears without relying solely on sounds around him. When first learned the user is capable of producing the sonic waves of hyper frequency to a distance at a maximum of ten meters. Each time learned the distance increases by ten meters.
Special: ---
Drawback: You are only capable of pushing off to a certain distance. The only way the distance can be increased is by how many times you train within the same type of Jutsu.
Description: It works like a Radar, or really is considered as a human Echolocation. When the sound waves pushes off bouncing against objects, the sound waves bounce back hitting against the users ears making it seem as if the user is capable of seeing in a sensor type manner. When the distance is increased it seems as if brain slightly remembers a certain area until the waves bounce off the objects once again. Using this they are capable of seeing shapes and figures, but not to the extreme IE reading, or how much money they have.
Limit: Only those of the Shitakuma clan is capable of learning.

Boxing Passives

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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

Techs Used

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[[Sniper In the Falls]]

Smash
Rank: "C" + "C" For Variations.
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: An unorthodox, curving upwards at a diagonal angle somewhere between a Straight and an Upper.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Smash is a Middle-Range Blow that is hard to predict as it is unorthodox, curving upwards at a diagonal angle somewhere between a Straight and an Upper. Because it can only be thrown from a position where the guard is lowered, the Smash has the potential to be prone to Counters.

3/4 Upper - Connected to the Smash in the respect that it strikes in the area between a Straight and an Upper and is thrown from a stance that uses a lowered guard, the 3/4 Uppercut can be easily differentiated as it follows a straight, diagonal path without curling inward. It also shares similarities with the Short Upper as they are both compact, vertical punch.
Low Modified Version Smash - A more powerful variation of the Smash which increases its damaging capabilities by throwing the full weight of the body into the punch in a much larger, upward swing. It is thrown by bending the knees further and tilting the body to the side, so far that the boxer virtually vanishes from the opponent's line of sight, before propelling upwards in the same manner as that of an Uppercut.


Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know the Four Punching Basics.

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Hirame had come out of the village and in to the country side to train. She was practicing her hook and uppers on the punching bag. The resounding thud of each of her strikes as they bag flew back each time.  She bobbed and weaved in between always stepping in each time clenching her first before sending her entire body weight  behind each punch. She had been going at it for at least 10 minutes before she decided to take a small break as she grabbed and stopped the bag and stopped to watch the sparring match going on before her. She noted the way in which the other man dodged the other man's punches almost as if he was toying with him before going in for the kill. Hirame couldn't help but try and mimic his moves beginning to lightly shadowbox here and there.

Following his dodging full attention on his movements here body followed bobbing and weaving then sharply throwing a punch. Sighing she turned looking to the person next to her who was hitting the bag in a unsual way. It was like a mix between a upper and hook at awkward angle. Interested she copied his stance first standing in her up right stance. Carefully she eyed him seeing as he bent his body to the side before throwing it. Hirame had got the gist of the technique by watching but it was time to put it to practice. Stepping forward with her left foot she bent her body before lifting her arm and elbow swinging with her body close toward the ground as she practiced the form of hitting the bag repeating the process a few times.

Taking a deep breath she took it on for real this time stepping forward as she bent her body toward the side and lower toward the ground raising her arm and swinging as she punched the side with a explosive force. The jumped up from the blow but not by much. It was pretty good and she should practice a few more times to get used to it. Blow after blow the punching jumping up and down from each destructive punch. She switched it up in between as well using the technique with her right hand as well. Overtime and with each blow her sharpness and output of damage increased as the motion became engraved in to her body.
She took a step back from the bag as she went to get some water not drinking too much.

Hirame looked backed to her original source of this technique seeing one fatal error. She was bending her knees and is why her blows lacked the devastating force she was looking for. Immediately she went to work on it as she now  bent her knees as she lent towards the side as her fist almost touched the ground before she rose and drilled her blow with her destructive force from earlier as she drilled it in to the boxing bag as it soared up in to the air. As she stood back up in her upright stance before now throwing her punch while in this position meeting the falling bag as it cancelled out flying back before she caught it with her hands tired as she went to go sit as she drank some more water.

[The Blind Beast]

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Shenjie had been toying with the fellow for the most part as he simply avoided his target, keeping his thoughts on avoiding and defending for the most part as he weaved his way backwards, doing his best to side step away from the ropes as he would only throw a jab ever so often as he tried to keep his opponent at a distance. The trouble with forcing an opponent forward was that you became the one who threw counter punches and had to do all the defensive work. Shenjie found this to be true as he felt the need to duck under a blow that had been feinted, being one of the 10% that he normally missed with his tremor sense. The excellent thing about this that his instincts and intuition normally allowed him the leeway to cover all of his blind spots. Like the Hyuuga, his margin of blind spots was very minute with his ability to feel such a far distance around him and his sensory breathing helped him keep track of everything within a 10 meter range. Shenjie’s thought about this were suddenly interrupted as he felt the sudden urge to push himself backwards as he threw himself backwards, right into the ropes.

His intuition had failed him, having thrown him into the ropes; which was the worst place next to a corner that one could be in. As his opponent moved forward preparing to throw a hook, Shenjie felt his need to duck and side step as the fellow’s left hook was about to sail towards his face; however he suddenly felt the urge to throw his hook towards the body, aimed at the liver instead so that his body could stay down as he ducked but suddenly felt his body screaming out to him to move as his opponent was about to throw a chopping right; which would have hit his body pretty hard if he had not nailed the fellow’s liver first. He heard the wind leave the fellow’s lungs as he used his strike to the left side of the fellow’s body to push himself to the side doing a cross step, using the momentum to side step and throwing another jab at the fellow’s face as Shenjie retreated again using the jab to put a distance between his opponent and himself as he didn’t really have to break a sweat to throw decent counter punches.

Shenjie felt something to the side, smacking a bag pretty hard; which was interesting to say the least, probably a more formidable opponent than this scrub of a guy who was currently just struggling to hit Shenjie as he weaved backwards now taking control of the center of the ring as the fellow decided to take on the fellow again. Shenjie felt the need to side step as the fellow was about to throw another jab at him; which made it simple to side step to the right as he simply slipped his back right foot to the side as he slid around the fellow, throwing a jab to cover his tracks as he felt his next thrown jab connect with the fellow’s face; which was really simple to do as his intuition that lead him to avoiding the strike and throwing another counter strike as the threw a second jab, using it to retreat once again as his boxing mentality kept him going decently as he felt his body moving without him having to think, which was excellent for someone who relies almost solely on Taijutsu. He quickly did another ducking maneuver as he felt another hook swinging his way, swinging to the side before bobbing back to the right as he popped back up throwing a right hook to the face as he side stepped again and got out of the way of another wild brawler swing that was becoming more wild as the fellow was becoming much more winded.

Shenjie was feeling as if he could take a break as he leaned up against the ropes as he relaxed, aiming his blind gaze towards the individual who had thrown that pretty tough punch. “yo, are you free for a spar over there?” He asked as suddenly he felt the need to move his head to the side as he slide his head to the side as a straight punch just missed him as his opponent didn’t get the memo that he was done playing around. Shenjie simply avoided the strike as he stopped. “yo man we’re done for the day…you can stop this shit.” Shenjie said taking the moment to let the fellow consider his options as he figured the fellow wouldn’t attempt to strike him again after he had proven that he was much more aware of his environment than the fellow whom he was facing. It was indeed quite the site to see.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

+20 shen

+10 ryk

[The Blind Beast]

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*flashback*

“Young Shenjie, you must be able to take on multiple opponents if you are ever to succeed as a warrior, because most fights will not just be one on one.” Shenjie heard his master Goki state calmly as he stroked his now becoming beard which Shenjie could only feel through the ground, lacking the ability to see. Shenjie quickly felt himself surrounded by three fellows as he quickly took on a boxing stance; which was becoming of him, seeing as he had been boxing and preforming Goutetsu before anything else. It was all he knew, and consequently he would have to master his art as suddenly he felt the need to avoid an attack as he ducked down, bending his knees so that his head ducked downward as he ended up in a crouched position, having just had a kick aimed at his head thrown overhead. It was strange, being able to be so involved in combat that one didn’t have to think about every move that they made. It was simply a reactionary response; which was quite impressive for a martial artist so young, now at the age of 13.

He felt himself needing to react once again as suddenly he felt the need to roll to the side as the fellow quickly resorted to an overhead ax kick counter that would have slammed Shenjie over the head if he had not avoided the attack. The other two attackers sprang into action as now in his disadvantaged position as he brought himself back to a standing position. The first one to his left threw a wide haymaker like punch as his other opponent attempted to grab his gi form behind as the punch was thrown. Shenjie felt the need to counter as he stepped forward, grabbing the fellow at the shoulder as he took his right hand and reacted to the first attack only at first as he grasped the arm at the wrist and locked his other hand under the fellow’s clavicle as he quickly pulled the fellow over his shoulder, throwing him at the second attacker as he would have been struck; however he was able to avoid the grapple by simply stepping forward reactively to the already in place attack that would have required a step in anyway.

Simply stated, Shenjie was feeling just how it felt to react to attacks, his time in the ring and practicing evasion tactics was beginning to pay off. He suddenly felt the need to duck down as he quickly preformed a front roll as he felt the swishing of air overhead. “Dynamic entry!” He heard the fellow shout as he flew overhead. He would have nailed Shenjie in the head if it had not been for the fact that he evaded the strike itself purely on instinct. It was the perfect opening to throw a strike, And Shenjie knew that just as well has his opponents did. Now that he had avoided the high dynamic entry, Shenjie felt his two opponents closing in on him again. It was time to show them what he was made of as he quickly switched his mind set from solely defensive to a mixture of cognitive offense and defense, trusting in his own ability to react when danger presented itself. Now that he was on the move, he felt himself being approached by the pair he had collided with earlier as suddenly one ran at him, jumping into a running neck cutting kick.

Shenjie’s first intuition was to duck under the attack however something stopped him as he used his already raised left hand to deflect the blow, absorbing the hit before it made contact with his face as the second fellow finally connected with the ground, sliding towards his ankles with a shadow scooping slide that was aimed at knocking him down as he blocked and deflected the kick that had been aimed at his head as he jumped up in midair over the sliding fellow as the fellow’s kick came back to the ground. The fellow now switched to boxing as Shenjie squared up with the first fellow who threw a jab, which Shenjie simply knocked out of the way across the fellow’s body by parrying it to his left with the back of his hand. Shenjie was about to counter attack when he sensed danger, quickly taking a step back and swatting instinctively at the strike that was now coming from the fellow’s back right; which was aimed at his head. Shenjie quickly wanted to parry the blow; however something changed his mind as he would have normally been surprised by the attack; however he felt more ready to react as his body moved on it’s own, quickly stepping his right foot forward to a southpaw stance as he parried the punch at the striking arm’s wrist with his right hand, redirecting the strike to the inside as he stepped into the outside with his left foot forward as he twisted his hand so that it slid under the arm and allowed him to reach for the fellow’s throat, or to the very least his chest. This was what is his instincts were telling him to do after all.

[The Blind Beast]

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*Flashback Continues*

Shenjie reached for the fellow’s neck or chest area so that he could throw the fellow down onto his head as he quickly twisted his body, using his shoulder to propel the throw as he slammed the fellow upon his back. It was a satisfying feeling, to be so good at something that he could easily handle a decent number of opponents. With that he suddenly felt the need to duck as another haymaker was about to smash into the back of his skull. Shenjie quickly ducked, leaning forward as the strike rolled over his body. He quickly pushed himself forward with his back foot before cross stepping to face his opponent. He was indeed in a sticky spot as he was up against someone who knew more about boxing than he did, but lacked anywhere near his mastery and understanding of Ki, Hado, and Goutetsu. He felt as if he had to keep avoiding the strikes as he suddenly felt the urge to move once again as suddenly he heard the wind rustling, from what Shenjie didn’t know at the time was another dynamic entry. Shenjie quickly prepared himself as he began to move on his own, without command by thought as suddenly a kick was flying his way, aimed at the right side of his head as suddenly he did something that surprised even himself.

Shenjie, on his own instinct, Leaned back only slightly as his body timed the right moment as he reached his left hand forward in a deflecting blow as he grasped the fellow’s ankle and lower shin with his left hand as he stepped in with his right foot and locked in his grasp by grabbing the in-seam of the pant leg as he quickly twisted his hip and preformed a mid-air Shoulder throw while he was planted on the ground. It was excellent that he didn’t even know that he was doing, as muscle memory had set in as his ability to fight inside and outside the ring had drastically improved over the period of time that he had spent training specifically for the upcoming missions that were ahead of him. He twisted his hip with the throw as the fellow was sent tumbling off into the distance, being hurled a good ways as his body’s momentum was already included in how far he was being thrown. No amount of boxing stance training could prepare someone for such a throw as the fellow failed to remember how to break fall, as he crashed down onto the ground. It was in this moment, just after the throw that Shenjie sensed an acute amount of danger as suddenly he used the momentum to forward roll on the ground, hearing a swipe miss his body as he avoided getting hit by the what Shenjie could only assume was a weapon from the vibration.

This was a training session so they were more than likely wooden weapons; however that didn’t mean that they didn’t hurt like hell when they hit you. Shenjie felt the need to get away as the pair, now armed with kendo training swords approached him in hopes of taking him on. They hadn’t done to terribly so far; however it was indeed pushing it a bit to be putting him up against someone with a weapon while he was unarmed. It was indeed a feat he was not mentally ready for; however suddenly he felt the pair moving on the attack. One struck with an overhead swing as the other waited to attack in turn. Shenjie felt the urge to shoulder throw this fellow from his exposed strike; however something in him brought him to sweep the fellow with a Leaf Gale as he ducked low and swept the fellow off his feet. Shenjie then understood why he had made that move after suddenly the fellow behind him swung his sword at Shenjie’s now ducked head as he did his best not to think about the strike as his body reacted on its own. Shenjie’s body quickly began to react on its own once again doing everything against Shenjie’s own mind and letting his natural muscle memory take effect as his well-trained body did everything it needed to do to survive the encounter.

Now, Shenjie stood up pressing his body forward as he twisted his body, quickly reaching out his right hand to parry the weapon at the hilt as it made its way forward, or to the very least stop the swing as he threw his demolishing elbow strike towards the fellow’s face. The feeling of connecting the blow was indeed surprising as Shenjie had felt like a passenger in his own body for the past few minutes or so as his body reacted on its own to combat that he wasn’t even aware of. It made things much easier to predict and further more kept him reactive during the combat situation. It was indeed intense as he quickly took on a boxers mentality as the fellow swung again at a closed downward diagonal angle as Shenjie stepped in and stopped the strike at the fore arm with his left forearm, quickly parrying the strike as he placed his foot behind the fellow’s leg and quickly took him by the chin with his right hand, pushing him over his leg to gain the leverage he needed to complete the throw. Throwing the fellow down onto the ground, Shenjie felt a sense of security as he sensed another attack to his right flank.

[The Blind Beast]

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*Flashback Continues*

Shenjie felt an intense sense of combat and awareness over his situation as all three of his attackers, one disarmed and two still armed with weapons, began to recover bringing themselves to surround him once again, which was a poor move on their behalf as the unarmed fellow charged in, quickly throwing a left hook towards Shenjie’s face as he used his left hand to press outward at the crook of his opponent’s arm as he parried the strike; however something told him to follow up with a quick right slip to the inside and rolling duck to the outside under the right hook that quickly followed the attack. Shenjie was glad that he had been inclined to feel that way as he quickly rolled under the strike, quickly throwing a jab of his own before backing up, suddenly feeling as if her were being flanked by his two other opponents who were now on the move unbeknownst to Shenjie. With two enemies to your back, you would have to normally be quite the lucky duck to get out alive; however it was his combat instinct and boxing mentality that made it possible for him to understand these attacks as something within his subconscious mind screamed out for him to do…SOMETHING!

It was in that moment that one jumped and attacked while the other was sheathing his blade that Shenjie did all that he could think to do as he saw that the jump attack was only a guise to get him to drop his guard for the sword drawing technique that he had only seen done a few times. It was indeed a predicament as he didn’t quite know how to defend himself; however, all he felt he could do was fall, fall flat on his back. It happened in an instant as his body cleared the level that the sword was held at as the guy rushed forward to find Shenjie’s head at his knee caps. With a struggle grunt, the fellow who had been moving at god-like speeds was quickly flung over Shenjie in an awkward trip as Shenjie felt a kink on his noggin. “Ouch…” He groaned in complaint as the fellow who had jumped up in the air was still coming at him. Shenjie felt the acceleration in the air change as he realized the attack was still going on. Quickly rolling to is left side and pushing himself into a hand stand before twisting and flipping back onto his feet, Shenjie felt the need to prepare himself once again as suddenly the boxer fellow came out of nowhere with another quick haymaker.

Shenjie almost didn’t know how to respond as he wanted to raise his guard; however his body quickly began to react on its own as he ducked low and preformed another leaf Gale, tripping the same fellow once again with the same trick; however this time the fellow knew a bit better as he jumped up out of the way of the sweep as he had been tricked by this attack once before and he even seemed to prepare a counter attack as he began to roll with the jump as if to do an ax kick; however Shenjie wasn’t worried about the obvious flanking attack that would leave him blind once again as the fellow left the ground. Shenjie instead of stopping with the sweep, quickly pushed himself off the ground in a counter of his own as he kicked the guy mid spin as he jumped up in midair to avoid his attack. There was no way in hell that Shenjie was going to allow this fellow to get away from him that easily, and even at that, he had to protect himself. All the same, As Shenjie pushed himself back onto his feet, he felt a sense of pride as the fellow fell backwards onto the ground, landing with a thump as Shenjie turned to face the last two fellows.

It was indeed a bad match up; however Shenjie felt he could take the pair on as they grasped at their hilts, wondering how to attack this fellow who seemed to be omnipotent in regards to their attacks. Shenjie was personally obliged to throwing the offensive as he quickly dashed forward as if to attack. The fellow seemed to think that a defensive slash towards his head as a good idea; however it was an easy to read attack and it was easy to dodge. As Shenjie rolled under the attack, he felt the need to dodge once again as he tucked and rolled right past the fellow who was about to attack his back that had been exposed during the confrontation with the first fellow. Shenjie had dodged without even thinking, it was as if his time boxing and in the dojo had created some sense of self preservation and muscle memory that easily exposed itself in reactionary moves like the one he had just preformed as he stopped in the roll and brought himself back up to a standing posture. Quickly extending both arms forward with a tight and stiff bow, Shenjie honored his opponents for their assistance and allowed them to recover for a moment while he caught his breath.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

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[The Blind Beast]

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*flashback ends*

Shenjie found himself in the ring once again as suddenly he felt the need to avoid an incoming attack; which caused his senses to scream out the need to avoid and protect himself. It was this instinctual need to defend oneself, and his extreme time spent training in the ring, that had made it possible for him to comprehend attacks that he couldn’t even see. It was indeed quite the ability that had honed itself quite nicely through Shenjie’s serious take to developing muscle memory in order to create sharp and precise responses in combat. It was crucial after all. Having felt the fellow behind him, Shenjie quickly rolled on the ropes, still against them as the fellow’s heavy straight punch missed allowing him the room to turn around and push himself off once again. It was a simple game of evasion for the Shitakuma as he felt the fellow through the ground, now actively watching his every move as he focused his energy into keeping his body moving as the fellow advanced towards him with another volley of strikes that Shenjie simply deflected or pulled away from as he stepped backwards to avoid the strikes, feeling his inner intuition agree with his thought process as he let his body direct itself while he constructed a counter attack.

Being calculated was important in a fight; however Shenjie was finding that his training and ability to sense danger was equally important as he could sense the fellow’s movements before they even happened, feeling the need to avoid every strike as the blows missed him every time, keeping him on his toes; however never truly making for any challenge as Shenjie weaved backwards, side stepping occasionally to keep himself out of the ropes. He was doing fairly well, letting his confidence get the better of him as he felt the sudden urge to sidestep as the fellow obviously seemed to be trying to get him into a corner; which in the boxing ring was a no no for the defender who would surely receive a good beating in the corner. Shenjie didn’t really want that, and consequently he figured it would be better if he side stepped, but before that could even happen his body reacted, instead choosing to counter punch the fellow against Shenjie’s will as he didn’t even know how to effectively counter as it was. It was shameful that he was attempting to pull off a move that he didn’t even know how to do, but his natural instincts were telling him to strike, even though he couldn’t feel the punch.

Shenjie was indeed in a strange spot as his fist found the fellows face, countering a punch he didn’t even see as suddenly the fellow recoiled enough to let him get away as he was on the defensive once again. Evasion was key in boxing, but even more so was having a good instinct for what you were dealing with. Shenjie continued to feel the battle as he moved himself backwards some more, letting the fellow tire himself out as Shenjie had yet to break a sweat. The other fellow was noticeably more fatigued, as his breathing was heavier and Shenjie could even feel the sweat on his body. It was indeed strange to think about. Shenjie was about to avoid another attack once again as the fellow began to strike with desperation as he threw a really awkward left hook. Shenjie wanted to roll under it, but felt that if he did so he would be putting himself in a dangerous position. He began to roll under the much when he realized his mistake, feeling his body take over once again as the fellow began to throw a desperate uppercut combination as Shenjie was now ducking right down to it.

All Shenjie could think about as his body began to move backwards, pulling away in the awkward position was not getting hit. It wasn’t the fact that it would hurt him a good deal if he did get hit, but the pure fact that it just went to show how far he still had to train. He had been working hard to develop the natural muscle memory, second senses, and overall boxing mentality as he found himself being able to avoid the attack. It was an indeed quite a lucky thing that his body had reacted when I had, otherwise he would have been hit pretty hard. Sighing with relief as he pulled himself away from the fellow, pulling his gloves off. “Yom I think I’m done for the day, I’m heading out.” He said hopping out of the ring without another word, packing his bags, and he began to make his way back out to the country side to find out what he needed to find in this world. “The answer lies in the Heart of Battle…”

[Exit]

[The Bearer of Bad News]

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