Training in the Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Dojo [open]

[Koji Amaukojiro]

Kitakaze (North Wind)
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user, following a sucessful Kibikibikaze, leans back to avoid a counter-attack and strikes in a wide kick with their off-foot.
Special: --
Drawback: --
Description: After completing a Kibikibikaze, the user then rolls their torso backwards, leaning backwards and to the side gracefully to avoid a counter-attack and let it pass above them. While doing so, they deliver a wide, roundhouse kick with their off-foot. They then resume the stance.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Kibikikaze (Brisk Wind).

Kojis sensei returned to oversee his training. Koji was excited to show him his progress. He performed the technique on the dummy several times so Utamaru could see his skill. "Hmm, You'll have to turn faster than that." He said. "When you begin pivoting on your foot, try quickly flipping it to the side at a ninety degre angle. That should help you gain enough momentum to perform the kick with more power." Koji tried this. He leaned back after his initial punch, stepped to the side and then began pivoting. As he did so he flipped his foot like his master said and spun around, slamming his leg into the target as if he had swung a powerful club.

"Perfect!" Exclaimed Kojis delighted sensei. It was time now for them to spar and for Koji to apply what he'd learned in combat. The two shook hands, displaying there kanji tattoos to one another and then began there brawl. Utamaru opened up and with a straight punch aimed at Kojis abdomen but Koji easily dodged with the tentou and then threw a punch in retaliation, which his master easily blocked as he launched a heel kick at koji. Now was the time to use the North Wind. Koji leaned back but not fast enough, and the kick struck him in his left shoulder.

Koji staggered for just a moment before regaining his stance. He pushed through the pain and struck again with his fist aimed straight at his masters jaw. This time Utamaru ducked down allowing the punch to pass over him, and then he performed an uppercut that was aimed straight back at his students own jaw. Koji had already stepped to the side and leaned back himself, dodging his masters attack and pivoting into the roundhouse kick with ease. Kojis kick struck his sensei in his raised arms, causing him to stagger backwards momentarily. Koji had never thrown his sensei off balance before. This was a remarkable feat for him.

[Shallistera]

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+20, learned
oh yea you should keep a counter like this 0/30 for the technique

[Koji Amaukojiro]

Gotcha, I'll do that from now on

[Koji Amaukojiro]

Nenten Retsu (Twisting Cold) 0/30
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user performs two rapid Tentou movements, striking each time while evading.
Special: --
Drawback:
Description: The user performs the Tentou, stepping forward and inverting their stance, striking with their off-hand in a straight punch as it becomes the main-hand, all the while avoiding head-on strikes with their gentle motion. The user then throws a straight-punch with their new off-hand as they invert their stance again, assuming the original stance.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Kibikikaze (Brisk Wind).

When the duo of master and student finished their sparring, they were both very pleased with Kojis progress. Koji patiently waited for Utamaru to start telling him about the the next technique he was going to learn. The Twisting Cold, he explained, was essentially a Tentou and a Kibkibikaze performed together twice in rapid succession. He went on to point out the challenge of performing the tentou so quickly as well combining it with the Kibikibikaze, not to mention having to do it twice in a row. The technique would require great skill and dexterity, and the trick would be to master the flow of the moves, allowing them to be seamlessly sewn together.

Koji was determined to learn this technique. It was just the move he needed to round out his taijutsu. A devastating one-two combo that would allow him to dodge simultaneously seemed very useful. First, Koji began practicing his Tenou. He inverted his stance back and forth repeatedly so that he would be able to execute the change faster. This took a lot of practice, and he had to really focus on keeping his balance as he started to get faster. Inverting his stance was almost second nature at this point, but he still had to be faster.

Koji practiced with his master, who rapidly launched straight punches at Koji which he would then have to dodge using the tentou, as quickly as he could to, as the punches were coming very fast. The young man dodged punch after punch. Occasionally one would land and Koji would be rocked back by the blow. Pain flared from everywhere on his bruised body but Koji was determined not to quit. He continued dodging the overwhelming torrent of punches. Luckily the punches were very predictable, as the point of the exercise was to increase the speed at which Koji could invert his stance

[Koji Amaukojiro]

Nenten Retsu (Twisting Cold) ?/30
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user performs two rapid Tentou movements, striking each time while evading.
Special: --
Drawback:
Description: The user performs the Tentou, stepping forward and inverting their stance, striking with their off-hand in a straight punch as it becomes the main-hand, all the while avoiding head-on strikes with their gentle motion. The user then throws a straight-punch with their new off-hand as they invert their stance again, assuming the original stance.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Kibikikaze (Brisk Wind).

Koji and his master kept up with the speed training for a while, and then, when Utamaru was satisfied, they took a break so he could explain the next stage of the training. "Next you should focus on trying two perform just two inversions back to back as quickly as possible, and then, learn how to dodge two attacks at varying speeds using your newfound skill." He said. "Once you do that, it will be much easier to perform the full technique against a real opponent." The two returned to the sparring practice, except this time Utamaru merely performed two fast punches back to back.

They practiced like that until Koji could gracefully dodge both strikes with the Tentou. Next, Utamaru performed his double strikes at varying speeds. Koji had trouble predicting the attacks at first, but he quickly got the hang of it. Next it was time to incorporate the Kibikibikaze into the technique. This would require Koji to strike with his fist as he was inverting his stance. Koji performed the Tentou a few times, moving his arms into their proper positions within the stance. He felt how his body moved as he inverted, and how his momentum changed.

Next, when Koji inverted his stance he used the momentum gained and transferred it into a straight punch with his dominant arm. Doing so made the execution of the Tentou a bit slower, and keeping his his balance became more difficult. With a lot of practice, however, the speed and power of the strike slowly improved and Koji was better able to keep his balance and remain in the proper stance. Then finally, when Koji tested the technique on a training dummy, he could tell that his punch was equal in power to his standard Kibikibikaze. Now all he had to do was that, but twice in a row. "How hard could that be?" He thought.

[Koji Amaukojiro]

Nenten Retsu (Twisting Cold) ?/30
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user performs two rapid Tentou movements, striking each time while evading.
Special: --
Drawback:
Description: The user performs the Tentou, stepping forward and inverting their stance, striking with their off-hand in a straight punch as it becomes the main-hand, all the while avoiding head-on strikes with their gentle motion. The user then throws a straight-punch with their new off-hand as they invert their stance again, assuming the original stance.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Kibikikaze (Brisk Wind).

"Ha.. Hyah!" Koji yelled as he continued practicing the Twisting Cold technique. He had been at it for a while now and he was becoming fatigued. "Huuuuh...ya!...Ha!" Koji would invert his stance as he punched, just like he'd learned, and then quickly try to invert again, punching with his opposite hand as he did so. "HA...HIYA!" The training dummy look much more worse for wear then it did when he started, and Koji was very aware of the pain coming from the large bruises that had formed under his hand wraps. It's possible that he maybe pushed himself to hard, but he didn't care. Koji was very determined in his training of late.

Koji breathed in quickly, and with every strike he would expel the air in quick bursts. When one such strike hit its mark, the dummy was sent flying off its stand, and Koji had to switch to a different one. The intense training was becoming increasingly tiring, but he couldn't deny the progress. Koji was nearly there. He just had to train a little bit longer and then he could practice what he'd learned while sparring with Utamaru sensei. Then, in no time at all, Koji was able to invert his stance very quickly and unleash two fast punches as he did so. He was ready.

First, Koji demonstrated the technique to his sensei and then the two were ready to begin sparring again. His master opened up with the same rapid punches he used in the ealier exercise which Koji dodged gracefully once again, then, as Koji incorporated his own punches into the dodges, His sensei mirrored his moves. The two performed the twisting cold over and over at each other. They would strike and dodge back and forth in an almost comical manner. Koji showed that had achieved proficiency in the technique. They shook hands as they finished the sparring training. "Once again, very good." Said Utamaru. 

[Skulking Shinzu]

+30 TP, Learned!

[Koji Amaukojiro]

Tsuin Retsu (Twin Colds)
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user drops their main-hand down while striking with the off-hand. The user then strikes unexpectedly with the main-hand.
Special: --
Drawback: --
Description: The user steps forward, feinting a punch with their main hand before dropping it and delivering a painful straight-punch with their off-hand. Suddenly, the main-hand shoots forward in a powerful straight-punch aimed for the foe’s head or solar plexus. The user then resumes the stance.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Nenten Retsu (Twisting Cold).

Koji successfully learned the technique, and although he was very tired, he wanted to learn more. "The next move I'm going to teach you." Started Utamaru. "Is very similar to the twisting cold, in that the technique is comprised of two straight punches." Koji gave his master his full attention as he spoke. "The move doesn't require you to invert your stance however. The goal with this technique is to catch your opponent off guard by feinting a punch with your main hand, and then dropping it back down and instead attacking with your off-hand. After that, you immediately follow up by quickly punching unexpectedly with your main hand.

It sounded complicated, so Koji decided to break it up step by step and make it all a little easier to digest. He practiced something similar to the twisting cold, sans the twisting. He made sure to get used to performing two straight punches without inverting his stance, since the momentum was different. Koji also practiced keeping his balance while doing this. Next, he incorporated some of the finer points of the technique, starting with the first feigned strike. Koji practiced bringing his arm forward as if he were punching with it and then quickly twisting his torso back around, pulling the fist back and striking with the opposite hand.

Once he got this down, all head had to do was seamlessly combine the movements with that of the one-two punch he had just practiced, the only difference being that he would be starting the combo with his off-hand. Koji assumed his stance, feigned the first strike, and then attempted to strike quickly back to back with both of his fists. It was a little difficult to keep his main hand down and then bring it back up into a strike. He had to work hard to make the punch faster. After practicing the whole technique for awhile, Koji demonstrated it to his sensei, and waited for his approval.

[Shallistera]

+10, learned