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Kaunta Etoku X2
Rank: "C" See Description
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User learns how to redirect the power of an opponent's back and apply it to their throw damaging the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May learn up to 6 Times.
Description: The basic concept of Aikido is the ability to perform a throw, or hold by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing head on. When redirecting and channeling the redirect into a takedown, or a throw which harms the opponent. The user may learn this technique up to 6 times. When first learned the user is able to redirect 25% of the opponent's fighting power back to the opponent knockback, knockdown, and crater creating. Each time learned the user is able redirect an additional 25%. When the user learns this technique the final time they are able to redirect 150% of the opponent's attacking power back to the opponent causing significant damage. When first learning the user must train 20 TP. Each additional learning the user must train an additional 10 TP on top of the TP needed to learn the technique previously. Example: Learning the technique a 3rd time takes 40 TP while learning the technique the 6th time takes 70 TP.
Limit: Must learn from an Aikido Master.

Shenjie had been following Michiko's scent for quite some time now as he tightened his Aikido belt that he wore around his thick Judogi. He was in his training garb...not that he would wear this stuff during a mission, that was just crazy talk. He slowly crossed the strange out of place training field as he sensed a very metallic feeling object jumping...obviously Michiko. "Hey there metal girl..." He commented as he suddenly sensed a few people approaching and one fellow running very close to where he was. "Can I help you...?" Shenjie asked as the fellow swung some sort of metallic object, possibly a bat or club or something towards his head. Shenjie didn't take any time to spin around and avoid the object as he used his front hand to push into the fellow's face before grabbing onto his what felt like a jacket and using his other arm to extend his arm.

Bringing his feet close together, Shenjie quickly entered, swinging in as he toted the fellow over his shoulder, launching the fellow, but instead of projecting him away into what would be a very well executed morote seoi nage. Shenjie knew how counters worked, as one had to use the momentum of the attacker to throw them. It was part of almost every throw and takedown known to man. In this instance, Shenjie was using the returning momentum of the guy pulling back from his missed strike to get into position. The second most important thing other than the opponent's momentum was using Kazushi, or balance breaking to throw the opponent off balance. While using Kazushi, even a stationary opponent could be thrown. This is what Shenjie did as he pulled him forward a little bit as he lifted the fellow up and launched him down to the ground.

As the fellow flew towards the ground, Shenjie projected his energy downward. He was very familiar with using balance, and was not afraid to use this momentum and positioning to give the guy a little feed back. This was done by guiding the fellow's arm to the ground as he slammed him. After the fellow was grounded, Shenjie had to quickly move into a submission position. As all fighters know, a fight progresses in three stages, Striking, Throwing, and Submission. The striking sets up the throwing, the throwing sets up the submission. Holding onto the fellow's arm, Shenjie quickly swung down into a scarf hold controlling before swinging onto a full mount and grabbing the fellow's collar and crossing his arms preforming a Gi style cross arm choke on the fellow using his jacket as the means of doing so. "Hey Metal Girl...What's Up?" Shenjie asked Michiko from a distance as he lounged there, holding the fellow in a choke hold submission.

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Jump Good
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Jump Good is the skill to make Jumps or to soften a fall.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Jump good is a skill that needs no die roll. Jump Good skill determines how well the user can Jump. Without Jump Good the user can jump both vertically and horizontally up to 10 meters. All Jumps are assumed that the user is getting a running start of at least 6 meters in a straight line before Jumping. If the user does not run at least 6 meters, then the bonuses are cut in half. The Maximum Distance a user can jump is dependent on their Skill + their base Jump of 10 meters. There are no checks needed to determine if a user succeeds on a Jump, if they land prone, or any other variable. There are type Jumps calculated with Jump Good; Long Jump, and High Jump.

• Long Jump: A long jump is a horizontal jump. At mid-point of the jump, the user attains a vertical height equal to 1-quarter of the horizontal distance. For every 5 Skill Points the user has in Jump Good they add +2 meters to their Base Jump. Example: If the user has 43 Skill points in Jump Good, their long jump will be 26 meters.
• High Jump: A high jump is a vertical leap made to reach a ledge high above, or reach a vertical height. For every 5 Skill Points the user has in Jump Good they add +1 meters to their Base Jump. Example: If the user has 43 Skill Points in Jump Good, their high jump is 18 meters. Falling: When the user deliberately falls a distance, the Jump Good skill can be used to increase the length of falling. Base Falling distance is 10 meters. For every 5 Skill Points the user has in Jump Good they add +2 meters to their Base Fall distance. Example: If the user has 43 Skill Points in Jump Good, they can fall at a distance of 26 meters without consequences.
• High Water Jump: Normally Jumps incur a -50 penalty when making a high jump out of water.

Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must learn from Universal TaiJutsu.

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In the distance the Blind man she'd missioned with before appeared to be approaching, and then rapidly jumped by some random thug. The blind man was wearing what appeared to be training gear. This made sense with being out here in this location, though the man himself did not appear to need much assistance Michiko decided to continue her own training while approaching. Bunny hopping along she casually, and unfortunately decently slowly, bridged the gap distance between herself and the man being attacked while spinning the jump-rope around her body. Michiko was correct in her initial assumption that the man required no assistance as within moments he'd had the thug in a choke hold of some variety. Her own knowledge of taijutsu limited to a little Gentle Fist and a little of the Eight Celestial Gates variety. Legs tensing and pulsing as she hopped along Michiko approached slowly, jump rope thwapping the ground as she hopped. Occasionally trying to pop a little higher michiko gripped slightly tighter on the rope and tried to fling it harder. Nearly clipping her foot a few times she instead returned to simply bouncing along.

"Appears you're doing well." She huffed out as she approached within regularly audiblerange. Holding in place as she bounced within the confines of the jump-rope sphere , dust kicking around as it scrapes just past the surface of the ground, Michiko hits a few more spins on the rope before releasing its handles letting it fall to the ground. Her in place hop takes on a more rave style in-place jump as she produces a series of handseals releasing chakra into the ground around her. A thin layer of sand and dirt from nearby areas slowly coalesces into 3 separate humanoid forms before solidifying into a Michiko shape. One of the clones approaches Michiko, picks up the jump-rope by both of the handles in one hand and begins spinning it around her head before quickly "lashing" out at the ground near michiko's feet as if she's trying to hit her ankles with the rope. Michiko continues to simply bounce up and avoid the rope at a steady pace. The other two clones however rapidly run towards Shenjie who now appears to be holding an unconscious thug. One clone runs at him, arms open as if to tackle him, the other flanks around in preparation to tackle from behind.

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“Yeah I’m doing alright,” Shenjie commented as he climbed off the guy who was now clearly unconscious. “Sorry about that man,” Shenjie grumbled as he stood up and began approaching Michiko. It was about this time that something popped up on Shenjie’s radar, something sandy and grainy. He could sense that they were humanoid in shape. The Clones broke up into a pair of three. One was doing some strange thing with a string or something while the others approached him. It was strange honestly, Shenjie didn’t know what Michiko was doing, but regardless Shenjie prepared himself, making himself aware of the space around him. As the first one moved in to attempt a tackle him, the other one moved around him as if attempting to flank him. Shenjie first made an irimi motion, pushing his hand into the face of sand clone as he stepped off the line while grabbing its right wrist with his left hand. He was going to perform one of the sankyo Henka techniques, ducking under the arm and putting the sand clone in a sankyo hold as he pulled downward, putting the clone between himself and the other clone.

His counter was gentler than it had been with the throw. He wasn’t pounding with this one, but instead was using a randori mentality, putting his opponent between his/her/their buddies. The clone at this point would be bent over, with Shenjie to the front of the arm as he would life the arm up and push the head down, pulling off a Kaiten nage as he send the clone off into the distance. The purpose of this throw was to clear his opponent from his grasp so that he could deal with another opponent. Sending the clone behind him, he made sure to clear his body from any potential strikes as he used the weight of the sand to launch the other fellow away from his person. This Kaiten Nage (because it doesn’t exist yet) was more like a variation of Hiji Otoshi. Shenjie was now focused on the other clone however as he cleared his opponent previously throwing the first clone as far away from his person as he could manage.

The other clone was moving in to flank him, and it had his undivided attention, save for he was still keeping an eye on what the thrown clone was doing…if it didn’t disperse from the damage. He didn’t want the second clone to cause him problems, so he would wait for the clone to make a move. Part of countering was watching and making sure one could anticipate the momentum being given. By translating that momentum, Shenjie would be able to intensify the throw or takedown. He kept his hands open, his bandage wrapped hands with exposed fingers open and in front of him as he prepared to grapple with the clone. “ So do you attack your friends often Hyuuga?” Shenjie asked as he kept his body facing the sand clone, not needing to see to look at his companion.

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Jump Good
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Jump Good is the skill to make Jumps or to soften a fall.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Jump good is a skill that needs no die roll. Jump Good skill determines how well the user can Jump. Without Jump Good the user can jump both vertically and horizontally up to 10 meters. All Jumps are assumed that the user is getting a running start of at least 6 meters in a straight line before Jumping. If the user does not run at least 6 meters, then the bonuses are cut in half. The Maximum Distance a user can jump is dependent on their Skill + their base Jump of 10 meters. There are no checks needed to determine if a user succeeds on a Jump, if they land prone, or any other variable. There are type Jumps calculated with Jump Good; Long Jump, and High Jump.

• Long Jump: A long jump is a horizontal jump. At mid-point of the jump, the user attains a vertical height equal to 1-quarter of the horizontal distance. For every 5 Skill Points the user has in Jump Good they add +2 meters to their Base Jump. Example: If the user has 43 Skill points in Jump Good, their long jump will be 26 meters.
• High Jump: A high jump is a vertical leap made to reach a ledge high above, or reach a vertical height. For every 5 Skill Points the user has in Jump Good they add +1 meters to their Base Jump. Example: If the user has 43 Skill Points in Jump Good, their high jump is 18 meters. Falling: When the user deliberately falls a distance, the Jump Good skill can be used to increase the length of falling. Base Falling distance is 10 meters. For every 5 Skill Points the user has in Jump Good they add +2 meters to their Base Fall distance. Example: If the user has 43 Skill Points in Jump Good, they can fall at a distance of 26 meters without consequences.
• High Water Jump: Normally Jumps incur a -50 penalty when making a high jump out of water.

Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must learn from Universal TaiJutsu.

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While continuing to pop in place and avoid the jump-rope, Michiko watched as the blind man adeptly avoided and engaged her sand clones. The clone in front of her , whipping at her feet, broke from its steady pattern to try and strike at her mid-section causing Michiko to , at the last second, leap back and out of rythm. Bouncing backwards in a circle Michiko was avoiding being whipped yet again by the clone who was randomly whipping at her ankles, legs, and mid-section in random patterns. The whipping would not have caused any damage but the point of the exercise was to avoid it all together. Shenjie launched one of the clones into the distance and mid-air spin the clone broke apart into its corresponding sand. The clones were not meant to deal any real damage, only providie generic support during this training. Michiko's legs were growling in anger from the copious amount of hopping, leaping and jumping she's performed recetly. This was not something she was used to doing on a consistent basis.

Shenjie was facing off with one of the sand clones and called out asking if she usually attacks her friends. "Lets be honest here." She called out , occasionally grunting or huffing from the workout. "If I were attacking you, I wouldnt use hollow clones. I would probably simply vaporize you on the spot." She stated with a chuckle. The comment meant to be more of an indicator she was not being aggressive than anything. The sand clone facing her with the jump-rope-whip took this opportunity to lash out at her face, smacking her clean in the side of the head with the rope. Her playful hopping stopped and a very deliberate walk towards the sand clone ended in a generic punch to its chest. Her Lifedrinker augmentation immediately absorbed all of the energy holding the clone together causing the sand to disperse into a pile on the ground. Quickly forming another series of handseals she creates yet another sand clone and pats it on the shoulder. Returning to her jumping she bounces back to a distance, and the new sand clone picks up the jump rope to take over where the last left off.

Michiko's other sand clone facing Shenjie dashed forward around the time the second clone picked up the jump-rope, its goal was to football tackle shenjie to the ground. Bending low and arms out almost in a bear hug , the clone dashed towards Shenjie. Should he not react the clone would easily clip him in the torso and lift him up to tackle him back down. The maneuver would'nt be powerful enough to deal any damage but might knock the air out of him. Meanwhile Michiko's bouncing has turned more into a slow jumping in an attempt to gain height on each jump. Using only her ankles to pop higher and higher however she's not gaining nearly as much height as if she were to put full power into a jump.

[Skulking Shinzu]

The Blind Beast +22 TP.

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Cali +10 TP. Learned twice.
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“Fair enough.” Shenjie stated as the clone came in for what felt like a charging tackle. Perfect, he thought to himself as his side was kind of facing the clone. Preparing himself to do an ushiro technique, which was traditionally from behind, Shenjie would relax his body as he didn’t react to attack at first until they were inches from each other. The secret to using counter attacks was to attack at the moment of no return, when the opponent could not take back their attack. It was this moment that developed the counter attack, which Shenjie was about to demonstrate. The attack was a bit like a bear hug tackle, but Shenjie would do something the opponent wouldn’t expect, he stepped in backwards in a tankan movement taking his hands gently to the wrists of the sand clone as he guided the energy of the clone with his hands as he ducked under the creature’s arm before doing an Ura tenkan movement.

Tenkan was one of the basic tai subaki, or body movements. Relaxing his body was what made it possible for his body to flow like it was. Spinning the sand clone around in an Ikkyo, Shenjie would then pin the creature to the side, grabbing the wrist and bending it form a sankyo standing pin. Checking his surroundings very quickly, Shenjie would then move in front of the arm, moving the opponent off of its line of balance, as he practice this very fluid counter motion using all the momentum to slam the clone into the ground before putting the arm into the sitting pin with the shoulder extended upward. Twisting his body, he broke the clone’s arm as he it would surely dissipate after his display of taijutsu. It was about all he was good at. This particular form of Taijutsu was based around counters and flow. Aikido was the martial art of harmony, and focused on blending with your opponent’s movements while still controlling one’s self.

“Still I think I could take care of my self alright.” Shenjie commented as he got up from the sand pile he had created. He was a counter fighter for sure, even though he had been so aggressive before. He could feel the power behind his counters, the use of the hips, the subtle breaking of the balance, or Kazushi, and other things that made counters just that much more effective. His timing was getting better, but it wasn’t perfect. One of the things he needed to work on was the fading, and the controlling of the opponent without letting them go. Shenjie was more inclined to throw someone then they would be to pin them, even thought that was not always a good idea. Regardless he could feel his counters improving by yards and yards.