Finding my way [Training/Invite only]

[The Blind Beast]

0/10

The Jab
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A quick, straight punch thrown with the lead hand from the guard position.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture 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

Shenjie hated how simplistic his training had become as he stood opposed to a tall punching bag that would be receiving his fists as he prepared his upright stance to begin throwing punches. "Now...the first thing that you need to understand is throwing a basic jab." Goki said shenjie took on his upright stance placing his left hand slightly forward to represent it taking its part as the jab hand opposed to the strong to straight hand. Shenjie sighed as he slowly took us left hand and made a slight swat like punch with his left hand that didn't hit the bag with a strong deal of force, however it did connect. The young Shitakuma tucked him his chin as he began to throw a smooth rhythm of punches that followed a consistent beat of about 90 BPM. Shenjie kept his eyes focused on then bag as he felt his hands slight twist with each moment of contact. His punch speed was decent for the official first attempt as he began to push more into the bag with his wrapped up fists. With each basic hit, Shenjie felt his body beginning to sway in that he began to desire a wider range of movement. As Shenjie began to feel his body moving more with the shift with each punch, he quickly prepared his body to shift sides so that his right hand would become his jab hand opposed to his right. Shenjie completely recognized that being able o fight ambidextrously may be key when facing up against an opponent who may or may not have an advantage with the other hand.

Shenjie prepared his feet as he shifted his stance so that his right foot went slightly forward to create a stance that was more left hand oriented opposed to being right handed oriented. Shenjie kept his chin tucked and his body moving as his striking rate never faltered. As Shenjie shifted his stance, his punches didn't skip a beat. Hence, Shenjie began to throw his right hand in the same sense as he had his left. He began to throw a slight twist into each hit as he kept his steady rhythm pounding onto the tall bag that was beginning to form an indent in the sandbag that was slowly becoming more and more pressed into the bag as Shenjie began to press into the bag as he pushed his body forward while leaning his body forward as well. Shenjie now felt like he was ready to begin shifting back and forth as he stomped his feet on the ground, which spread out a vibration up the wall which gave him a vivid picture of the punching bag as he began to send jab after jab at the bag relentlessly. The jabs were beginning to become repetitive as he began to beat his way into the bag with his right hand as the jab hand, making the bag receive the same amount of punishment as he pushed the bag around with his constant punching.

"Shit..." Shenjie muttered as he began to feel how different his right handed jab was from his left handed jab. Shenjie noticed that he was much more forceful in his right hand jabs then his left hand jabs. He thought about how he was prominently right handed, which he figured was the reason for his left jab not being as powerful or controlled as that of his right. Quickly switching his lead hand, Shenjie decided that it would be better to practice with his left hand. Shenjie now began to preform a double beat pattern upon the bag as he tried to strengthen his arm so that he could be equally proficient with each hand. He felt his body's muscles ache as he began to get into the hundreds of repetitions. Sweat being to dribble down the blind shinobi's brow as he continued to rapidly nail the bag over and over again with his
Left, which made Shenjie begin to feel the burn of the drill. "Alright, now let's mix it up." He heard Goki say as he pit a hand up to stop Shenjie's repeated punches. "Now we are going to do a one two switch combo that will get your body moving and work your shoulder." His Sensei began to preform examples of the drill which Shenjie visualized through the vibrations in the ground that Goki created by shifting his stance back and forth.

Shenjie was now getting into his starting stance as it was now his turn to begin throwing the jabs. Shenjie lined up his lead left hand and began to throw a pair of jabs that created an excellent momentum as he quickly began to shift his body so that he switched his lead hand to preform the same double beat combo. Shenjie felt his body beginning the accept a more central mode of balance as he repeated the shift over and over again to create a adrenal boost and a sense of muscle memory. After he felt comfortable with the two jab combo, Shenjie began to preform a three hit combo that followed the same concept, except that he had to push himself to make the hits each effective individually. With each hit as he continued to build his punching muscles so that each hit would be just as heavy as the first, and his straight punches would have the base strength to actually deal some efficient damage opposed to just jabbing the opponent like the jab was suppose to. Shenjie grunted as he pulled his arms down in fatigue. He held the second Goutetsu stance as he began to pant a good deal with sweat soaking his Gi. "That's enough for today..." Goki said as he turned around to find his student doing more push ups and again pushing his limits to become the strongest Shinobi he could be.

[zarak729]

Learned!

[The Blind Beast]

0/10

The Cross/The Straight
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A powerful, straight punch thrown with the rear hand.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture 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

Shenjie was now ready to break into the nitty gritty mechanics of preforming an effective straight punch. Shenjie sighed as he got into his preferred second Goutetsu stance opposed to the upright stance due to his familiarity with it opposed to the upright boxing stance. Shenjie bounced back and forth as he designated his jab and strong hand, which ended up leaving his prominent right hand as the strong lead hand. Shenjie let his feet shuffle on the ground so that vibrations would sweep up the dummy before him as he tended his shoulder so that when he officially squared off his feet to throw the first punch, he could feel how much force was actually thrown into the strike. The blind Shitakuma twisted his hips with the punch, allowing the weight and momentum from his legs and lower body to be translated into upper arm strength as he threw his first punch at the wooden practice dummy that resembled a wooden pillar with rods to help the boxer practice avoiding strikes. As Shenjie's fist smashed into the wooden pillar, he felt the whole momentum of his body connect as the wood suddenly gave a little bit with a subtle, sub-audible crack that only someone with the ears of a Shitakuma could comprehend.

"Wow..." He muttered quietly as he pulled his fist back so that he returned back to his Goutetsu stance. Shenjie felt the absolute power of his strength as he contemplated another strike. Pulling his fist back again, he prepared his wrapped fist to launch forward once again to strike the wooden pillar, this time with a more powerful shift of stance. As Shenjie quickly threw his punch forward, not only did his twist his body into the strike, but he also tucked his head down and kept his left arm up to protect his face from the wooden rods that would soon be spinning as his fist hurled towards the wooden practice pillar. Shenjie let his lead foot push back a bit and let his off foot forward as his knuckles connected with the upper portion of the wooden pillar training piece. As the fist struck, the wooden rod began to spin avidly sending one straight for Shenjie's left side. This left him in a good position to absorb the blow as his fist quickly returned to its proper position.

Shenjie's left arm quickly tensed up as he prepared for the moment of impact. The now punch fueled training piece was now sending a high velocity strike towards Shenjie's face that was so luckily guarded by the basic principle of keeping your hands up while one throws straight punches. As the wooden beam connected with Shenjie's forearm, the Shitakuma winced with the minute sting the blow created. It was a tiny amount of damage, however it still hurt less than receiving a direct blow to the face. "Ahhh." Shenjie groaned as he sent another straight punch into the dummy with a good stance and with all of his woeful weight behind the hit. As he twisted his shoulder, Shenjie realized how much this would actually hurt an individual if they were to be struck by it. Keeping that in mind, Shenjie dedicated his next few moments to just blocking and hitting with trigger hand at the same time. With a sore forearm and well worn knuckles, Shenjie swiftly switched sides to begin the process with his left hand in the lead as the strong hand.

"It is just as equally important to strengthen one's left as their right..." Shenjie muttered quietly to himself as he prepared his left side for the intense striking drills that he was about to preform. First, Shenjie took his right hand and easily lifted the arm up to act as a shield as he prepared his left arm to send a strike out with his body's weight behind it. As he extend his left arm outward into a punching motion, Shenjie noticed how weird it felt to be moving on the opposite as his body's weight was thrown into the punch. As the fist connected with wood, Shenjie felt the hit's less then perfect hit. The contact had been decent, however the striking power of his left hand was slightly less so than his right, which drove Shenjie to want more as his right arm now acted as the blocker to intercept the strike that now hurled his way. As the wooden rod connected with his right forearm this time, the blind fighter felt how much fan stronger defense his right arm was. In fact, Shenjie easily deflected the wooden rod as it landed it's blow upon his forearm. Shenjie now felt much more confident in his ability to throw the punch itself as he pulled his stance into the upright stance this time and prepared his body to begin throwing combos that lead with jabs, and ended with straight punches.

Shenjie switched sides again, putting his right hand as the strong hand. Now ready to throw down, Shenjie began to lead the offensive with three quick jabs with his left hand that we're just to keep the flow as he quickly followed up with a heavy hitting straight punch. Pretty soon, Shenjie began to try out other combos with the two hits. Shenjie decided that his jab was utilized to give him openings to strike with the more powerful straight punch. As Shenjie continued to practice, he began to feel much more comfortable with the concept of fighting in general. Shenjie now began to lay into the wooden pillar, leaving a broad indentation upon the wooden facade that he continued to beat into with his Heavy handed straight punches. "Just another fundamental concept" Shenjie said to himself as he again went back to slowly laying down each his as he had before to increase accuracy seeing as Shenjie had to utilize vibrations to see where to his his target. That made the challenge a bit more fun for the blind fellow as he learned how to accurately strike his target based on vibrations.

[Celaena Kamyuja]

Learned Sorry, busy life << Good writings though ^^

[The Blind Beast]

It's okay I understand, and thanks for the complement. ^_^

[The Blind Beast]

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Footwork
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A simple technique in which is needed to know in order to keep the boxer moving keeping them light on their toes against opponents.
Special: ---
Drawback: Get caught flat-footed and you will be vulnerable to counterpunches.
Description: Keep your weight balanced on both feet. Stay on the balls of your feet so you can attack, spin or retreat quickly to safety. Practice moving side to side or in a circular motion around your opponent. Shift and shuffle your feet quickly, but keep them close to the ground so you have a solid base under you. Switch stances often when training. This means you'll change which foot is in front. Work your calf muscles by jumping rope, biking and doing bag drills while moving constantly. Good footwork requires training with an integrated approach to movement, strategy, punches thrown and balance. It all has to work together, so you should always be thinking about your footwork.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

Shenjie hated and loved that Goki was so adamant about fundamental concepts. As he picked up the jump rope that had been provided, he realized that Goki would be drilling him now like he always seemed to find ways to do. "Now today my pupil, I want you to focus on the movement of your feet." Goki said as Shenjie impatiently began to jump rope in a smooth rhythm. As the blind Shitakuma jumped up and down, he continued to get a vivid picture thought the ground as to what was going on. He felt his highly sensitive feet as his more natural balance that came with being born into his Bloodlimit gave him an advantage. with finding the pivots and balance points upon his feet as he continued to bounce up and down on the balls of his feet. His body's constant motion gave his already balance sensitive body a greater sense of accurate motion as he continued to hop up in a constant beat that gave his feet a stronger sense of balance as he landed flat on his feet bringing the rope to a stop against his hardened shin. "Sensei...what is all this about?" Shenjie asked curiously as he awaited Goki's response that was surely based on balance exercise.

As he began to feel more apt with balancing his body as he prepared to run an acrobatics course Goki had set up while he had been jump roping. After stretching a good deal so that he would be limber and flexible, Shenjie quickly stomped his foot so that he could read the vibration as the the courses lay out became more and more clear as he prepared to move forward. Quickly standing up on the balls of his feet once more, Shenjie push his body forward towards the courses first obstacle. Shenjie felt it to be just a 3 foot tall Wooden board that would require him to jump over it. Feeling his muscles tense, Shenjie prepared to throw his body into a somersault, utilizing his hips and feet shift his body over the wooden blockade. Using his toes as the medium, Shenjie threw his weight over the wooden barrier and allowed his body to rotate until his natural gyroscopic like balance found the perfect point for him to extend his right leg and land on his feet in a balanced fashion. Without a single wobble, Shenjie utilized his foots balance to push is body forward so that he could return to running.

Shenjie now felt the foot work course laid out before him which was no surprise as he came across the first set of ladders that he would have to go through. "Alright..." He sighed quietly as he began first with the right side then one foot at a time placed it in the middle before finishing with both feet on the left side. Shenjie now reversed the process. Starting from the left he moved down a rung and began to place one foot at a time inside of the middle as he shifted his way back and forth down the latter to get the most work out of his thighs and his feet themselves. As he made it about halfway Shenjie began to feel the bun upon his thighs that definitely needed this day of workout. As he reached the end of the latter, he decided to throw himself into a front flip that left his body rotating in mid air before landing on his toes in a balanced fashion. As he landed he sprinted forward towards what felt like a stair like object that he prepared his body to physically climb. As he began to ascend, Shenjie felt his knees and thighs at work again. He used the front part of his foot to actually climb up the stairs, and keeping on the balls so that he could keep a consistent balance as he climbed. "This isn't too bad." Shenjie said as he reached the top and prepared himself for the non existent descent. Shenjie noticed this as he monitored the vibrations present in the ground and stopped at the top. Not feeling the desire to stop his momentum, Shenjie used the forward momentum to flip himself up into the air. As he rotated he felt his natural balance as he extended his right leg to land without any hinderance to his path as he ran towards the wooden pillar that was the final portion of the exercise.

As Shenjie reached the wooden pillar, he immediately got into a good boxing upright stance that was right hand oriented. Now faced with the pillar he began to bounce back and forth as he engaged the pillar as if it were and enemy. Shenjie swiftly switched sides to get a full measure of the exercise as he began to feel the pillar's rotation that would surely send the out sticking rods around to strike him if he was not vigilant. As the first rod swung around, Shenjie swiftly switched stances again and balanced his body so that his feet would support his side ways duck that had the wooden rod miss him. Shenjie felt the acceleration change as a second rod at about body hight began to swing towards his now vulnerable form. "Ahhh!" He exclaimed as he used his feet to pound into an awkward mid air barrel roll that resulted in his. Landing on his feet once again, having avoided the second rod. Shenjie then began to use his feet to weave and dodge every strike, and continued to focus on his feet as much as physically possible. Footwork was a fundamental after all.

[zarak729]

Learned!

[The Blind Beast]

0/10

Slipping Outside
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A basic technique that every boxer must learn in order to slip towards the outside of an attack.
Special: ---
Drawback: Only works against Singular attacks. Area effect attacks, or attacks that attack at a larger range then that of what the user may slip can still or is able of harming the user.
Description: Picture Executed by slightly moving the head to either side so that the opponent's punches "slip" by the boxer. This technique the user understands to movement of a straight like punch. This could be either done with the opponent's right or left. The slip is a technique in which the user rushes the opponent while bobbing their head, or "slipping" their head in the direction that goes to the outside of the opponent's body. This technique is used to help the user give out counters against the opponent. Whenever the opponent attacks with their left, you move in their left moving away from the body, to where the left ribcage is shown. Whenever the opponent attacks with their right the user moves in the right moving away from the body, to where the right ribcage is shown.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

Shenjie bounced on his feet as he awaited Ri to show up so that they could begin their daily training sessions. With a big mission coming his way, he wanted to be well prepared. "So the way that you seem to be fighting make me thing that you're more of an out-fighter Goki said as he entered the room. Shenjie immediately took on a fighting upright stance as Goki's vibration seemed to change into one as well. "Shenjie...throw a quick jab would you?" He asked as Shenjie quickly threw a right handed jab at his teacher. The shift in foot positions created a vibration in the ground which displayed a vivid picture in Shenjie's vibration based perspective that allowed him to watch the entirety of the movement. Shenjie observed as Goki pushed his foot out and moved his head and upper body to the outside of his punch which left Shenjie's body and back exposed, this maneuver was probably what Goki was going to be teaching today. Shenjie quickly jumped back to avoid any counter attack that might have been thrown in his exposed state. "That was pretty cool...what was that Sensei?" Shenjie asked as he recollected his composure so that he could get ready to utilize this new technique as he and Goki sensei always seemed to do when they held their training sessions. Shenjie visualized the outside shift in his head as Goki prepares a jab of his own that Shenjie visualized and prepared to avoid.

Shenjie prepared his body for the shift as his Sensei threw a simple jab that would be easy to avoid with some fancy footwork, however moving to the outside of the hit would end up giving him much more room to counter attack. As Shenjie moved his body to the right of the jab, he bobbed his head down to the side of the punch letting it swing wide over his body so that Goki's body would be more exposed. To as to the assault Shenjie quickly used the position to throw a simple kick to his side which was quickly avoided by a jump backwards. Goki sighed as he came in with another set of jabs. Shenjie moved his head to the side to avoid the hit once again, however the follow up made it hard to stay in the well placed position. Shenjie quickly continued the pattern and slid under each jab individually as they continued to fly his way. Shenjie felt his footwork being put to the test as he was pushed further and further back. Eventually Goki mixed it up by throwing a left handed hit. When he did so, Shenjie shifted his body on the same side so that e stayed on the outside the whole time. "See, a natural out fighter." Goki said slyly as he suddenly went for a range of inside body strikes. Shenjie shifted to the side to let his sensei bullrush in the wrong direction. "Good stuff, you've got to keep that range being an out fighter or an in fighter will demolish you." Goki said as Ri walked into the room with his workout duffle bag.

Ri dropped his bag and got into his customary boxing stance. "Ready?" He asked as Shenjie nodded in approval. Ri immediately threw a punch at his face with his right hand. Shenjie quickly shifted to the outside of the hit allowing him a full range of counter attacks that would easily give him a better combat advantage. Shenjie chose to throw a small burst of threw kicks to Ri's side that sent him stumbling backwards a little bit. As tried to recover his stance, Ri began to throw a head aimed kick with his right leg. Shenjie utilized the same concept to slid under the kick and deliver his own kick to Ri's mid section which was avoided by a quick back handspring. Ri immediately got back into his rhythm as he advanced throwing a flurry of jabs at Shenjie's face. Shenjie slid to the outside, avoiding them each by staying on the outside at about elbows length from Ri, which limited his opponent's movement. This gave Shenjie a clear advantage as he could throw long ranged hits that would be more likely to land than that of an in-fighter that threw flurries of punches to overwhelm their opponents.

As Shenjie thought about avoiding some more, Ri suddenly slid inside his stance and began to lay punch after punch upon his lower body. Shenjie tightened his body to absorb the blows, however he needed to get out of Ri's gridlock. Quickly throwing a right handed jab at the left side of Ri, Shenjie utilized the concept of both the cross punch and shifting outside to grab onto Ri's back and pull himself out of the locking upper cuts so that he could have the range that he fought with. Shenjie with his now extend distance had time to adjust his stance a bit. That gave him just enough time to analyze the axe kick that was now being sent his way. Shenjie only shifted his body slightly out of the way to keep on the outside of the hit. Shenjie quickly began to counter with a series of jabs that nailed Shenjie in the face. He began to utilize his physical Speed to lay into his now exposed position that allowed him a lot of room to lay into his sparing partner. As Shenjie jumped back wards to avoid a wide sweep kick, allows his back flip to end with him being in an upright stance that was right hand oriented. "Not bad..." Ri panted as he got into a stance to prepare his next attack.

[zarak729]

Learned!

[The Blind Beast]

0/5

Basic Stance
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The basic stance for Bôjutsu techniques.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: The user holds their dominant hand under the staff near the middle and their other hand over the staff near the middle. The staff is diagonal and the lower end of the staff is on your weaker side.
Limit: Must have a Bôjutsu Training Scroll or Bôjutsu master.

Shenjie was ecstatic that Goki was now going to honor him by training him to utilize the staff that was one of the few remanence of his Shitakuma heritage. "Shenjie...pick up your staff." Goki said taking one of his wooden one's off of the weapon's rack that held all of the training tools. Shenjie utilized his proficiency in sensing vibrations to read how his sensei carried himself as he approached with the bo staff. "So the first step is fairly simple, get into a strong, flexible body stance and hold your staff with your lead hand up and your off hand down with about a full hands width in between." Goki said taking the stance himself. Shenjie visualized the stance as best as he could as he picked his own staff up and began to mirror what he observed.

As Shenjie pulled his staff to about waist hight, he felt Goki's staff tap his right hand that had been gripping it with the palms facing down. "I know you're right handed...palms up son." Goki said as Shenjie swiftly adjusted his hands upon his staff so that he could easily switch stance or even move up or down the pole by having his right hand Palm facing upward. "Now, just let some movements flow...it doesn't have to be anything professional since it is your first..." Goki said as Shenjie began to take the application of footwork into account as he began to twirl the staff in what felt like a natural way. Shenjie utilized the stances free motion to shift his feet to carry the rotary motion of his natural fluid movements.

"Take it easy..." Goki said in a less enthusiastic tone as Shenjie took the initiative and began to twirl his body along with the pole. His footwork was definitely applicable in regards to Bôjutsu and helped his stance flow as he exercised the basic movement process. "What's next Shenjie?" Shenjie asked enthusiastically as he began to move about in the stance with ease.

[Celaena Kamyuja]

learned

[The Blind Beast]

0/5

Forward Stance
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user stands in a way where an opponent facing his/her front would have to travel through the user’s staff in order to attack the user.
Special: None
Drawback: The user is move vulnerable from behind.
Description: The user stands sideways and holds there staff at one end with the other end pointing out, the staff is almost held like a spear. This makes the user able to jab quickly and directly and any weapon shorter than the user’s have a hard time getting to the user.
Limit: Must have a Bôjutsu Training Scroll or Bôjutsu master.

"Not bad kid, but let's see how you handle this stance?" Goki challenged sarcastically as he got into a more forward stance. He turned his body to the side and extended his staff out from the bottom end out like a spear. Shenjie utilized the vibrations created by his Sensei to create a complete visualization of the stance that his teacher began to hold for him to observe. "You see...I mean Uh feel how I'm holding the staff like a spear?" Goki asked as Shenjie took his body and emulated Goki's sideways posture. " it allows you to keep your distance, while still keeping control of the fight" Goki explained as he began to preform some simple bo staff jabs. Shenjie observed the actions through the ground and slowly brought his staff down to waist height. The blind Shitakuma shifted how his hands held the staff by moving down the metallic rod until the held it in a similar fashion to a spear. One of his hands held the back end for control while he kept his lead hand forward on the grip near the middle to keep the over all balance of the weapon.

As he held the weapon in the poise, Shenjie began to feel how natural the stance felt. Slowly, he began to feel his range of motion with the weapon as he began to throw a few simple jabs into the air without having any physical target. "Not bad kiddo." Goki said as he watched his student explore the new stance. Shenjie quickly began to feel comfortable with the stance. With that comfort, he now felt capable of maneuvering back and forth from stance to stance. Shenjie began to utilize the quick rotations of the basic stance to throw himself into the very defensive frontal stance that would make keeping a range extremely possible. "This feels pretty good, not to mention I feel like a spear wielder" Shenjie joked as he brought his staff down so that he could lean on it like a walking stick. "Well...basically." Goki said with a laugh as he brought his staff down as well so that they could move on to their last concept of the day.

[Solus]

+5 TP ~Learned

[The Blind Beast]

0/5

Kneeling Stance
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user kneels down in a way where they can hit the opponent.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: The user kneels down with one knee and hold their staff across their body diagonally with the lowest end of the staff near their raised knee.
Limit: Must have a Bôjutsu Training Scroll or Bôjutsu master.

"Now, today we will be leaning more towards you ground fighting." Goki explained as he lowered his body down into a kneeling position that only enunciated his body's vibration as Shenjie observed through the ground. Shenjie noticed how tucked Goki kept his upper body as he shifted his bo staff so that his descending pole end ran past his leg a good bit. The awkward stance at first glance appeared very inefficient. That was until Goki began to maneuver his bo staff across his body with ease. "Though it doesn't give you the most motion, this stance can be used to get lower strikes or even fight when you're disabled." Goki said intending to continue his drills as he swept his bo all across his body with smooth fluid motions. Shenjie slowly brought himself down to a kneeling position as well so that he too could practice the motions of using the staff while at a kneel. This interesting concept alone was enough to show Shenjie that he was definitely interested in fighting with the Bo more often.

Shenjie slowly places his staff's lower end by his extended knee before he attempted to emulate Goki's movements. At first, Shenjie had an extremely hard time with maneuvering the pole in the awkward position. Eventually after a few minutes however, he began to move the staff about just as he had with the other stances. He began to feel the natural flow that was the staff, making an extension of his own body in the weapon. As he began to preform a simple drill with the staff by preforming a quick set of patterns that he eventually began to repeat as he came around to the beginning of the set. As he let his wrists twirl the staff, he too allowed his strong fingers to move the staff into more comfortable positions when he felt his grip wavering. His fingers in fact were one of the keys to his accurate and continuous motion. "Not bad kid, keep at it." Goki said as the pair continued to practice in their home dojo.

[zarak729]

Learned

[The Blind Beast]

0/10

Staff Knowledge
Rank: D, C, B, A, S ("D" rank)
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user trains to become better at using staff weapons to attack and defend.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: The user trains to become better at using staff weapons to attack and defend. Practicing with your staff can include random trining exercises using your staff, block and strike training with your staff, and sparring, without the use of specific techniques with your staff.
Limit: You must have a Bôjutsu Training Scroll or Bôjutsu master to learn any rank. Must know Basic Stance. You must know 100 TP in Bôjutsu to learn B rank. You must be a Taijutsu specialist or master and know 200 TP in Bôjutsu to learn A rank. And you must be a Taijutsu specialist or master and know 400 TP in Bôjutsu to learn S rank and this must be taught by a staff master.

Shenjie prepared himself for a practice session with his staff as he held it out in a basic stance. Getting the feel for the stance Shenjie allowed his lead hand to face upward and his off hand to face downward on the grip so that he could have a greater understanding of moving along the staff. First Shenjie began to preform simple drills, such as upper strikes upon the wooden pillar that was his destined target. Giving it a few good whacks, he eventually switched to doing some simple strikes with the bottom half of the staff. He felt the smooth motion of each hit as the wooden pole connected with the wooden target that so receptivity took each hit with a wooden thunk that signified each hit for the blind shinobi. As he painted the image of each simple drill in his head, he began to try out more complicated movements, slowly at first.

Shenjie quickly switched to the forward stance by taking his hands and sliding them down the staff so that a majority of the staff was forward, and turned his body to the side. He felt as if he was wielding a spear as he began to jab forward at the pole with spear like thrusts. Each one connected with simple wooden thunks that gave him enough visualization to begin thinking of ways to mix up how the drill moved. He began to not only jab it, but also smack it as well with sweeping like strikes. Shenjie began to feel how the movements applied to how the opponent was hit. Eventually, he began to move his way around the wooden post as he smacked the inanimate opponent over and over again to get the basic motions down. With the fundamentals down fairly securely Shenjie felt that his understanding of how to move around the bo staff was becoming much stronger. As he finished up his drills for the day, he suddenly heard a mocking voice from behind him.

"Hey blind boy, I see you've found your seeing cane." He heard Uganta sutori mock as he walked down with that felt like kendo padding and Bamboo sword. "It seems you little sensei doesn't trust you with a proper weapon...pity." The pompous fellow said getting into some form of stance. "But just to prove my point, I'm going to kick your ass." The fellow jested as he preformed a high overhead initial strike. Shenjie stayed cognizant of his staff and his opponent's motion as he took his staff and utilized the lead half as he switched to the basic stance so that he could block the cleave and still send a strike towards his opponent. He didn't block the strike per say, but utilized the front portion to redirect the sword as he side stepped the strike. As the wood of his staff connected with the bamboo blade, he allowed his body to turn in a complete counter clock wise circle so that he could twirl some momentum into his next strike. As he brought his staff around aimed at his opponent's upper body, he was met with no purchase as his staff swung over his head, suggesting that his opponent had ducked the simple strike.

Shenjie decided to use that operntinity to roll himself over his opponent and to get onto his back side. Shenjie tossed himself into a semi-summersault over the fellow, using his opponent's body as a medium and the staff for balance. As his feet touched the ground, Shenjie carried that forward momentum as he went into a more crouched like position and swing the staff low to sweep his opponent off of his feet. A more skilled opponent would have jumped out of the way, however the inexperienced fighter took the hit full on and fell forward. Quickly rolling to the side to get up, he was met with a staff aimed down at his throat like a spear. Maybe I should get one of those? Shenjie thought to himself as he kept his opponent pinned with his staff's blunt end up against his soft exposed throat. "Leave me alone." Shenjie said angrily removing his staff from the fellows throat and letting it come to rest vertically beside him as he held it like a walking stick.

His scorned opponent spit at Shenjie's feet before picking himself back up. "I'm not through with you yet!" He yelled charging at Shenjie, who had just turned his back to walk away from the confrontation. His opponent madly stabbed at him from behind like a coward. Shenjie felt every footfall and prepared himself to counterattack as his attacker threw the stab. As the sword was thrown, Shenjie let himself rotate counterclockwise so that the sword simply slid past him as his body was parallel with the sword. Turning the rest of the way, taking his bo staff so that he held the upper portion, he grabbed his opponent's extended arm as if to throw him. Utilizing his opponent's own momentum. He pulled him into his staff, letting it hammer him squarely in the padded stomach. Shenjie heard the grunt of pain and the sudden sound of upheaval as he knocked the lunch out of this snot nosed kid. "No...I think you are." He quietly muttered as he pulled his staff back and turned to leave the fellow curled up on the floor in defeat.

[Tieren]

Learned

[The Blind Beast]

0/30

Staff Knowledge
Rank: D, C, B, A, S ("C" rank)
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user trains to become better at using staff weapons to attack and defend.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: The user trains to become better at using staff weapons to attack and defend. Practicing with your staff can include random trining exercises using your staff, block and strike training with your staff, and sparring, without the use of specific techniques with your staff.
Limit: You must have a Bôjutsu Training Scroll or Bôjutsu master to learn any rank. Must know Basic Stance. You must know 100 TP in Bôjutsu to learn B rank. You must be a Taijutsu specialist or master and know 200 TP in Bôjutsu to learn A rank. And you must be a Taijutsu specialist or master and know 400 TP in Bôjutsu to learn S rank and this must be taught by a staff master.

Shenjie was beginning to get a better understanding of how to move with is bo staff as he opposed some more of Goki's students who either seemed to better themselves or were cruel in wanting to pick an easy fight. Shenjie found this cruel truth to be true as he was caught outside with three opponents who seemed to think that they had the obvious advantage. Shenjie twirled his staff around a until he held it by the middle with his right hand. He let his staff point downward as he extended his left hand towards the opponent who seemed to be the leader of his tormentors. Shenjie felt the decent weight of the staff upon him as he braced his body for the combat that was about to take place as he monitored his opponents' disposition though the ground. As he sensed the fellow at his back moving to bring his sword over his head, Shenjie allowed his body to tense as he pulled his staff back into it's basic stance so that he could more easily maneuver out of the way of his first charging opponent. Shenjie felt the acceleration in the air change as his charging opponent missed his body as Shenjie spun his body around so that his front would be towards all three bamboo wielding swords men.

As Shenjie shifted his stance so that he held his staff in the spear like forward stance. He wanted to keep his distance from the swords as best as he could as the two that were not preoccupied with falling face first into the muddy earth began to assault in tandem. First the fellow to his left launched a horizontal strike towards Shenjie's left flank. Responding with a quick flipping of his staff, he blocked the blade as best he could by letting the blade connect with the staff. This left the Shitakuma exposed however as the swordsman to his right preformed a quick stabbing like gesture as far as Shenjie could analyze. Shenjie chose to utilize his gridlocked position to throw his momentum over his staff with a barrel rolling spin that helped him avoid the attack, as Shenjie's dark world was thrown into the air, his natural balance helped him find his way back to the ground with his feet, with his Bo staff now on his right side opposed to his left. With his now strategic position, he took his now freed up staff, and made a swinging motion towards what he assumed to be the left swordsman's head. As his pole swiped, it was met with a hasty block that originated from a downward oriented stance.

Shenjie quickly responded by taking his staff and using the top half to hold the blade's block while he shifted into a kneeling stance that left him facing the other direction. He pushed the back end of his pole into his opponent's stomach. Shenjie heard a responsive "ough" as he sensed a shift in the opponent to his right that was now swinging down upon his kneeling position. Shenjie shifted his weight forward, and rolled forward to avoid the downward slice that he sensed coming his way. Shenjie utilized his forward momentum to bring himself to a standing poise, with his Bo staff held in the basic stance. "Stop this..." Shenjie said bluntly as the fellow who had fallen down seconds ago appernetly had not learned his lesson as he charged at him again with a hacking horizontal slice. Shenjie sighed as he jumped over the slice and lowed his staff down to meet the ground and hold his body suspended for a moment after the jump. As his staff sank into the cool mud, he flung it forward not to small the fellow, but to throw mud in his eyes as he let his feet come back down to the ground.

"Shenjie clearly heard the yelps of pain as the mud splashed the unsuspecting fellow in the eyes. Shenjie took his staff at jabbed the fellow in the stomach without protest. Following up the strike, Shenjie brought his staff around and cracked the fellow over the head, knocking him to the ground. His friends obviously got the memo as their attacks came soon after their fellows defeat. Shenjie blocked each blow with a prowess that made him feel experienced; however all of his movements were more talent based then that of being in a real fight. He blocked and swiped continuously. Jumping and avoiding attacks when needed. He used his well placed footwork to keep him moving as the two continued to swing with an onslaught of attacks. Shenjie was fired up as he prepared for his next counterattack.

[Celaena Kamyuja]

Ten out of thirty. You are on the go!

[The Blind Beast]

10/30

Shenjie twirled his staff so that it returned to a basic stance, giving his shaken foes a few seconds to recover. He held his pole by the middle, letting it hang on his right sided downward I'm a fashion similar to that of a spear. "You don't have to do this you know." He said calmly towards his pride hurt opponents. Shenjie felt their stances return through the ground as they seemed to be grunting in discomfort or agitation. "You're gonna pay for that you little shit!" Shenjie heard the opponent to his left shout as he lifted his bamboo blade to swing downward towards his skull. Shenjie gently shifted his body to the side so that the cleave swung down past his body that was parallel with the strike. Shenjie swiftly kicked his opponent in the sternum as he felt a stab like movement coming from his side judging both by vibration and by the change in acceleration. Making a split second decision, Shenjie arced his back like a cat, letting the blade swing past his stomach. Utilizing the sudden opening, Shenjie swung the back of his bo staff at the back of his opponents head.

Feeling his opponents barrel roll, he realized that he had avoided the attack by carrying his forward momentum, well, forward. Shenjie continued to monitor the other opponent as he came to his senses and began to throw a flurry of downward strikes. Shenjie began to utilize his staff to block the strikes as the onslaught began to press him backwards towards his other opponent and the wall of the dojo itself. Shenjie felt the thick wet mud though his shoes as he continued to block and counterattack just to stay alive against his suddenly invigorated opponent. Now with his back against the wall Shenjie began to feel the pressure as the second fellow slowly walked over towards their position so that he could deliver the killing blow that would turn the fight in their favor. As he came in closer, Shenjie began to awaited one of the strikes of the first opponent who was now just laying into Shenjie with one aggressive strike after another. As the sword came down once more, Shenjie utilized the concept of stepping behind his opponent to slide around the strike to now be at the back of his opponent. Now at the back of his opponent's lead side, presumably his right, Shenjie allowed himself to take the offensive.

Shenjie felt his calm temperament remain as he took the back end of his staff and jammed the metallic end right into his opponent's spine. With a skin crawling flesh on metal sound, Shenjie felt his opponent's contact with both his staff and then the wall. The other fellow was now charging with a loud yell. "You killed him! You bastard!" The fellow yelled in exaggeration. Shenjie was standing within two meters of his opponent and could clearly feel the fellow heart beat as he continued to face the wall as his opponent charged zealously towards him. Shenjie decided that he would utilize the wall for his next attack. Quickly running forward and jumping over his crumpled up opponent who lay bloody nosed on the ground imclu void, Shenjie leaped and used the wall like a spring board so that he could hurl himself towards his opponent. Shenjie was now relying on hearing as he flung himself in midair towards his final enraged opponent. Taking a wide horizontal swing from a midair forward stance, Shenjie felt his bo staff swing and miss, which lead him to assume that his opponent had ducked. Shenjie flew over his head and landed on the ground to find his opponent counter attacking with a horizontal prepared swing that would probably catch Shenjie across the midriff if he didn't avoid the strike. Shenjie utilized his Bo staff to push in self up into a barrel roll, using his balance on the staff and his legs to rotate over the attack.

"Your fucking dead Shitakuma, you hear!" The third guy exclaimed as he got into what appeared to Shenjie like a middle hight stance. Shenjie prepared himself with the basic stance as he landed on the ground. Sensing the first strike to his left, Shenjie swiftly intercepted the strike with the front end of his staff. He used his metal pole to push the bamboo sword out of the way so that he could preform a strike aimed at the fellow's midriff. As the staff missed its target, Shenjie realized that his opponent had utilized the boxing technique of pulling away from the strike, moving his middle section out of the strikes way. Shenjie shifted his body to the side so that the middle of his vertically held staff caught the wide, horizontal strike that would create a wooden clack between the two weapons. As he felt his opponent lean in closer as they held the clash in place for an instant. "You will die...I swear that I will end your li..." He stammered as Shenjie calmly sent a kick towards his opponent's chest's chest that sent him reeling backwards. Shenjie flourished his Bo staff and allowed it to fall into a standard forward position. "I'd like to see you try..." Shenjie retorted as he prepared himself for the next round of combat.