[T][C] Mysteries of the Fist

[Ueki Saibon]

Speed Jab
Rank: "C", "B", "A"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: This jab gives a fighter high mobility and is often used with the intention of scoring points. Fighters use this variation of the jab when they want to preserve the mobility and balance of their stance.
Special: ---
Drawback: User is unable to use this attack with other attacks. This means user cannot jab, and then hook with the same lead hand while performing the speed jab. User cannot use strength attacks either with Speed Jab.
Description: The speed jab is a variant in which the user takes the time to make fast pacing attacks making the jab come out and attack an opponent much faster. When the user first learns this technique they are able to jab twice in a single movement with their forward hand only performing jabs. When the user then learns the "B" rank version of this technique the user is able to attack three times in a single movement with their lead hand only performing jabs. When the user learns the "A" rank version of this attack the user is able to attack four times in a single movement with their lead hand only performing jabs.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know the Four Punching Basics.

((2nd Time Learning, 0/70 TP))

Ueki dispelled his clone, picking up the training equipment and putting it away. He then made his way over to the speed bag. This was his first time ever seeing the speed bag, and he was unsure of exactly how to use it. Since Mac had said before that he would not train Ueki a lot of things were foreign to him. The only way that he would learn was by picking it up for himself. A complete opposite to the way of Muay Thai. Ueki shook his head as he looked around for someone else using the speed bag. He finally found someone that was proficient at it.

Both of their hands were placed above their head, and their arms moved in a wheel. Each time striking the bag that was moving back and forth along the piece of wood it was attached to. The other person did not seem to be going at an extremely fast pace, it was mostly about rhythm. When Ueki tried to emulate him, he found that he could only hit the bag a few times. Whats more is that the bag constantly bounced around and it was hard to time exactly when to strike.

It would seem to reason that this alone would be a good experience for Ueki. He slowed his pace down and instead of only using two arms, he opted to use all 6. In order to increase his hand-eye coordination he deemed it best to focus on the six and then move down to only using two. If he worked this way his hand-eye coordination would be much better in the long run. Ueki also did not have a speed bag at home to practice on to get his other arms up to speed. Moving at a snail like pace Ueki slowly started to find his rhythm.

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learned

[Ueki Saibon]

Pulling Away
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A technique used in which the user measures an attack's length, and pulls away by bending their back backwards allowing to be used for counter attacks, or just simply an evasion.
Special: ---
Drawback: If a user is unable to predict the length of an attack, the user could very well get hit by an attack.
Description: Picture The opponent makes an attacked such as a straight, or a hook. The attack must be a mid straight or under over attack such as an uppercut. An over under attack such as the overhand punch will work against the pulling away. For those types of attacks it is best to slip inside or outside an attack. When an opponent attacks the user bends backwards away from the attack or steps back away from an attack. This defense is great against overreaching attacks. When the opponent makes his mark the user must determine the length of the attack. Once determined they are able to dodge the attack by doing what was stated earlier.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

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Ueki detached himself away from the speed bag. Although punches were important in boxing. What was most important was footwork. Ueki had been focusing on constantly changing his foot placement and how quickly he could change between them in his training before. But he had not focused solely on that aspect. If he could not move around the ring properly, he would be a sitting duck. The speed bag rattled off of the wood a few times before coming to a stop. Ueki thought about what he wanted to accomplish, but as he looked around the gym he could not think of anything other than the use of a jump rope.

Ueki made his way back over to the equipment room and found himself a weighted jump rope. Nothing more than 1kg, but he figured it would do. Not only would he be able to increase his foot speed, but his arms would also get a workout from twirling the extra weight. If he did this he may be able to put a little bit more power behind his punches. Ueki looked around the gym to find that his previous corner was still open and began to move the jump rope.

At first twirling the jump rope was slightly difficult, but after a while it became easy. In between the rope hitting the ground Ueki would alternate how his feet were placed. Jumping off a single foot at times, to alternating between each foot or skipping backwards. The added heaviness of the jump rope caused it to move a bit slower so it was easy for him to switch up his foot placement as opposed to using a regular jump rope. This train of thought however gave Ueki an idea. He would make use of all 3 sets of arms that he had and would use a weighted jump rope and 2 regular jump ropes at once. With each alternating between different speeds that they would move at. This would give Ueki an increase in difficulty and also help with his timing.

[Ueki Saibon]

Pulling Away
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A technique used in which the user measures an attack's length, and pulls away by bending their back backwards allowing to be used for counter attacks, or just simply an evasion.
Special: ---
Drawback: If a user is unable to predict the length of an attack, the user could very well get hit by an attack.
Description: Picture The opponent makes an attacked such as a straight, or a hook. The attack must be a mid straight or under over attack such as an uppercut. An over under attack such as the overhand punch will work against the pulling away. For those types of attacks it is best to slip inside or outside an attack. When an opponent attacks the user bends backwards away from the attack or steps back away from an attack. This defense is great against overreaching attacks. When the opponent makes his mark the user must determine the length of the attack. Once determined they are able to dodge the attack by doing what was stated earlier.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

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[0/20 TP]

Ueki placed down the jump rope and proceeded to grab two more from the equipment room. He grabbed two that were slightly longer to make up for the extra length his arms generated, and so that they would not overlap or strike against each other. Afterwards Ueki walked back to his corner and began to formulate how exactly he would go about making such a difficult thing work. For each one revolution of the heavy rope, he would have the other two jump rope move at 2 and 3 times faster. Ueki started off slowly to get the rhythm down, he also had to use a lot of concentration on when and how to place his feet down. Often times the ropes would strike at the same time which made it rather easy for him, but other times, they were only a few seconds apart.

Ueki often times missed his timing, and the rope would smack against his shins. Stinging with each hit, unfortunately he did not take Fangless’ advice and did not wrap his legs with gauze. Before long red streaks started to appear against his perfectly white skin, which developed into welts. Ueki didn’t let this deter him however as he pressed on through the pain, considering boxing as a baptism through fire. At best he would just take a medicinal bath from some herbs his mother had around to mitigate the pain and healing process. The ropes continued to strike against the ground as Ueki’s legs moved faster, a heavy twirling sound being generated.

Ueki started to look like a ball inside a gyroscope, the lines of the jump ropes disappear and reappearing from the speed of their movement. Ueki made less and less mistakes and was able to freely interchange when and how his feet would make contact with the ground. Sometimes striking with only his left and sometimes only his right. Quietly he murmured to himself “1-2-3” over and over again to maintain his rhythm and pace. He had once again entered into a trance like state, blocking out all external thoughts and perceptions. Only focusing on his breathing and his count as he skipped along.

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learned

[Ueki Saibon]

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

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[0/20 TP]

Ueki finally sat the jump ropes down for good. He was satisfied with the amount of sweat that he had worked up, and felt as if his stamina would be massively improved thanks to it. He sat down to take a minor break drinking a few bottles of water and thinking about his own style of boxing. Ueki was short, and by default should have been focusing on being an In-Fighter. His arms were not that long and most of the punches that he could think of would not connect unless he was close to his opponent. None the less he was always planning and scheming, he was always thinking of how to out do his opponent and being an Out-Fighter seemed to fit his personality better. Even if he had to get in close to hit his opponent, he would out think them and dodge their moves from close up.

But he would also need more moves that could be used more beneficial while close to his opponent. With his current set of moves, the only things he had was the upper and the hook. Ueki sat, unsure of which of the two that he should focus on. If he could he would combine the two together, but as he racked his brain he could not think of a way to combine the two together. He motioned the hook, and then the upper. Although they made use of the body in a similar fashion they were two far away from each other to be combined together. Ueki sat back down to figure out which of the two to focus on. He already had a predisposition to the hook, having used it to vent his anger before. Also because of his low center of gravity he could do a great amount of damage with it.
Ueki finally made up his mind and walked back to the training room. His break had been well deserved and he felt his wind return to him. He grabbed a few bungie cords and the body pad. He would have to once again make use of his clone for what he wanted to do next. Ueki summoned his water clone, placing the body pad around him. He needed a killer hook, something that would make foe’s scared to get in close with him. Slowly but surely his arsenal of punches would expand.

[Ueki Saibon]

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

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[0/20 TP]

Now in place Ueki attached to bungie cords to his waist, causing him to have to lean forward to gain any momentum. If he had taken up the crouched stance, this would have been more beneficial and more natural to him. Ueki instantly regretted his previous decisions and made a mental note to learn the crouched stance to increase his knowledge of boxing. With the bungie cords around him, Ueki had to use a lot of his leg power to move forward, his clone was only two steps away from him, but Ueki had to not only step forward but also plant and twist.

He could feel his core protesting against him as he winded up for the first punch. His leg slipped a bit as he lost the power he had generated before to move forward and his fist just barely missed his clone. Ueki gritted his teeth as he clone stepped back a step and he attempted to step forward to deliver another punch with his other hand. Ueki was constantly switching between right and left throwing hook after hook against the resistance of the bungie cords. Every so often him and his clone would reset as to not cause the bands to pop or invade someone elses space within the gym. Once reset Ueki would find it a bit easier to swing his hook, but as he got towards the limits of the bungie cords, it became increasingly difficult to maintain his balance and swing at the same time.

After a few rounds, Ueki decided to see how far he had came after practicing. He undid the bands and stood a few steps away from his clone. He tightened his fist and aimed at only one spot, just t the left of his clone, near its kidney. As Ueki’s body twisted he found it was much easier to move without the bands on him and he moved a lot quicker than he had expected to. If there was a way to have a motionless hook, he definitely would have sought to achieve it. His fist connected with the pad and the shock generated from it passed through the pad and onto the clone. With a loud ‘pop’ his clone turned back into water unable to withstand the force of the punch. Ueki looked down at his hands and gave a sly smile. His hook was a lot more deadly than it had been before. He picked up the body pad and bungie cords and placed them back into the room with the training gear before going to get a mop to clean up the mess of his clone.

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Learned

[Ueki Saibon]

Counter Knowledge
Rank: "C" See Description
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User learns how to redirect the power of an opponent's attack back and apply it to their punch while damaging the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May learn up to 6 Times.
Description: The basic concept of a counter is the ability to perform a punch against the motion of an attacker, making the attacker face the punch with opposing force using their own strength against them. In essence the punch is a moving wall colliding with a vehicle. The strength of the opponent's attack is key in the success of the user's counter. The stronger the opponent's attack the stronger the counter. The user may learn this technique up to 6 times. When first learned the user is able to redirect 25% of the opponent's power back to the opponent with their counter. This includes after effects of an opponent's striking attack. 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 in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing).

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[0/20] <First Time Learning>

Ueki wiped the sweat from his brow after cleaning up. And sat down on a bench once again. He remembered that he needed to focus on counters especially if he wanted to make good use of the skills he had acquired in Muay Thai. Ueki started to formulate in his mind an opponent, and how he could use his current skills in a counter. His hook that he had just developed would be most destructive when an opponent was delivering a straight or an overhand punch. It was already a great punch, but if he could deliver it to an opponent that was unawares it power would double if not triple. Ueki stood up once again shadow boxing, this time focusing solely on countering his opponent.

Ueki pictured himself this time as an opponent. There was an old saying about knowing ones self and knowing your opponent. Only then could one win every battle. His best bet was to counter his own self. If his hook was deadly, he needed to see its own flaws and how to overcome it. If he could develop something like that, then his opponent could also. Counter a hook with a hook? That would never work, it would only result in a cross counter and would only be beneficial in an opponent that moved slower than him. The speed jab would be the only thing that could work in a situation like that, all aimed at the head.

There was however the alternative of using an upper to counter a hook. But Ueki would have to slip outside the hook and circle his opponent while delivering and upper at the same time. Thinking of all the moves to use against himself, Ueki felt like he was playing chess against himself. It was the most difficult thing that he had done all day today. Everything else was physical but this was all mental. Although countering a hook with an upper, countering an upper would also make use of the hook. Ueki’s head hurt as he pinched his eye brows with one of his rear hands.

[Ueki Saibon]

Counter Knowledge
Rank: "C" See Description
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User learns how to redirect the power of an opponent's attack back and apply it to their punch while damaging the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May learn up to 6 Times.
Description: The basic concept of a counter is the ability to perform a punch against the motion of an attacker, making the attacker face the punch with opposing force using their own strength against them. In essence the punch is a moving wall colliding with a vehicle. The strength of the opponent's attack is key in the success of the user's counter. The stronger the opponent's attack the stronger the counter. The user may learn this technique up to 6 times. When first learned the user is able to redirect 25% of the opponent's power back to the opponent with their counter. This includes after effects of an opponent's striking attack. 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 in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing).

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[0/20] <First Time Learning>

Counter this with that, but that would also become a counter for this. Ueki’s head hurt. But he could make better use of his moves from Muay Thai. He would also be fearsome in the ring of Muay Thai, but Ueki’s knowledge of boxing was limited. He only knew about the basic punches, and some of the punches that he had developed in this short span. If he started to factor in kicks, elbows and knee’s it became increasingly difficult. A lot of it also depended on speed, if he was faster than his opponent then it would be easier to land attacks. He had to not only move slower than his opponent but lure them into attacking, figuring out their attack and then hitting them before their move got off.

Ueki when thinking about it, and shadow boxing, got hit a lot of times. Either from misjudging an attack or his opponent moving faster than him. He stopped his shadow boxing moved over to the coaches office. One of the junior coaches was sitting in the office, he was a rather round man who wore round glasses and had dark hair.

“You wouldn’t happen to have any books on boxing would you”

The round man looked up from whatever he was doing, and pointed to a shelf just behind the door. On the shelf were several encyclopedic books titled “The World of Boxing” separated into several volumes based on year. Ueki thanked the man and grabbed the first book flipping through it. He began to see the origin of the jab, the origin of the hook and where boxing first came from. Ueki’s line of thought was, if he had a firmer grasp on the types of punches, he could have a firmer grasp on counters. Book knowledge however only went so far and the only way to truly learn would be in the ring.

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[Ueki Saibon]

Power Jab
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Power can be added to a jab if it is thrown with a moderate step forward.
Special: ---
Drawback: The drawback to this technique is that it takes the fighter out of his boxing stance, committing him to the punch rather more than the speed jab.
Description: A "pivot jab" is the most powerful jab, one in which the weight shifts almost entirely to the lead foot, which pivots to put the mass of the body behind the punch. Jabbing from the hip, rather than from a tight guard, will add power to the jab at the expense of speed. The Power Jab is a strong attack and can be used after the Speed Jab in combinations. This technique works well with combinations as when the user attacks with this technique it feels as if the user hit the opponent with half a rank stronger than normal. One Power Jab however takes up one whole movement for both arms. A great combination is using speed jab for a whole movement followed by a full power jab, or a defensive jab if the opponent steps into the user's space, followed by a power jab.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know the Four Punching Basics.

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[0/20TP]

Ueki put down the book, and started to reflect on some of the information that he had obtained. He now had a firmer grasp on boxing, and that each strike was a various on one of the 4 basic punches. Ueki hadn’t read the entire volume, he just skimmed through it looking for certain information. He however felt more inspired to train now. Ueki hurriedly put the book back and then returned to the equipment room. He one again grabbed the resistance bands, only he did not summon a clone this time.

Ueki found a bar that was usually used for doing sit-ups and attached two sets of bands to it. He then attached the bands to his hands with his back facing the toe-bar. Ueki tried his best to maintain his boxing stance and keep his hands up at the same time. He once again looked like a kung-fu artist as he threw out punch after punch. He could feel the resistance bands working against him the entire time. His rhomboids quaked with each successive punch. He also started to work up a heavy sweat again.

Ueki’s line of thought was that if all punches stemmed from the same place, then the best thing to do was to improve his overall musculature and strength. Even though punches were thrown from the torque generated from the body, him having a strong back would also contribute to his punches. On top of that, the speed of his punches would increase from constantly being restrained. Ueki focused once again on only throwing a jab, as the number of resistance bands on him would not allow him to comfortably throw any other kind of punch. He grinned to himself as he felt his fatigue start to build up in his arms.

[Ueki Saibon]

Power Jab
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Power can be added to a jab if it is thrown with a moderate step forward.
Special: ---
Drawback: The drawback to this technique is that it takes the fighter out of his boxing stance, committing him to the punch rather more than the speed jab.
Description: A "pivot jab" is the most powerful jab, one in which the weight shifts almost entirely to the lead foot, which pivots to put the mass of the body behind the punch. Jabbing from the hip, rather than from a tight guard, will add power to the jab at the expense of speed. The Power Jab is a strong attack and can be used after the Speed Jab in combinations. This technique works well with combinations as when the user attacks with this technique it feels as if the user hit the opponent with half a rank stronger than normal. One Power Jab however takes up one whole movement for both arms. A great combination is using speed jab for a whole movement followed by a full power jab, or a defensive jab if the opponent steps into the user's space, followed by a power jab.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know the Four Punching Basics.

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[0/20TP]

Even though Ueki had developed a pretty good speed jab, he did not have too many killer moves. Or moves that would cause his opponent to be weary when approaching him. His punches lacked a lot of stopping power and didn’t not deviate to far from just the basics. That was probably one of the largest reasons that he had lost in his previous bout against Takeshi. Ueki gritted his teeth as he thought of his massive defeat, right now he was not focusing on overpowering Takeshi. Instead Ueki was focusing on just simply landing a hit on Takeshi, and he did not want it to be a light blow. Ueki wanted to utterly surprise Takeshi, to hit him so hard that he would think twice about looking down on him again.

Right now was not the time for Ueki’s penultimate revenge, he would save that for a later time. He had to make himself a little bit better, one step at a time. His goals in his mind were to land one hit, then land an additional hit and if it lead to his victory all the better. That single thought pushed out the feeling of fatigue out of Ueki’s limbs for a moment and his next few punches felt as if there was no resistance against them. He had entered a trance like state, he couldn’t feel the stickiness of his sweat, he couldn’t smell the musk of the gym, only his fist hitting Takeshi was in his sight.

The trance however did not last long, the resistance bands holding Ueki back snapped one by one and he lunged forward just a bit before regaining his balance. Ueki stuttered for a second as he looked around slightly surprised. He hadn’t expected for one of the bands to pop. It was however inevitable for equipment to fail every so often, especially with so many people using them all the time. Ueki lifted the torn resistance bands and placed them in the trash. Unfortunately right next to the trash can was Takeshi.

“You think you can defeat me with that weak ass punch of yours? No matter how hard you train I will always come out on top.”

Takeshi had crossed his arms in front of him, and his eyes were closed as he spoke in a matter o fact tone. Ueki swallowed his rage, it was true he would not be able to train in peace until he beat Takeshi. Either that or he would have to transfer gyms do to constantly being heckled or badgered. Unless he pulled a massive upset, it was more likely that Ueki would not be able to enjoy boxing for too much longer. Ueki put away his current equipment and grabbed his things. He needed to recover from today’s intense workout and prepare for the upcoming fight

((leaves))

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