KenJutsu Dojo

[Mizaki Saitosen, the Plague.]

~Initiation~

As Saitosen entered the small dojo, he was greeted with the sounds of clanging swords and wooden thuds. Saitosen investigated his surroundings, seeing a group of children, no older than 7, all practicing vertical strikes in unison as thier master told them to. To his left, he saw a group of slightly older children, somewhere around 10 to 11, practicing against wooden dummies. And directly ahead of him he saw young men, somewhere around his age or older, surrounding two in a large circle, chanting the name of the one they wanted to win the sparring session, screaming, or seemingly uninterested.

Saitosen took a step forward and saw a woman, somewhere around 5'3, with a single katana tied down to her left hip. She walked with an experienced look upon her scarred face, looking no older than 30. She had long black hair to match the length of Saitosen's reaching halfway down the white gi, to the large golden and red sashes she had tied around her waist. "And who might you be?" She said, raising her eyebrows and scanning Saitosen with her large blue eyes.

"I am Mizaki Saitosen, and I'm here to learn a few sword techniques I guess." Saitosen said seemingly uninterested. "Incorrect!" She yelled angrily. "You are here to waste my time. Leave, Now." Saitosen's eyes widened in shock, and he stood there inable to move. "Excuse me?" Saitosen remarked. "I said leave." The master repeated. "You don't want to be here, and if you do want to stay, than prove me wrong."

Saitosen drew his katana off of his back, ready to fight anyone she sent at him. He sized up everyone in the dojo, and to him noone seemed very strong, not even the sensei. The master chuckled at him and beckoned one of the students sitting in the circle. The young man, seemingly equal in size with Saitosen, drew his weapon as he walked towards Saitosen. "Defeat my student, and you'll stay." Said the master, as her student rushed at Saitosen.

Saitosen jumped back quickly, raising his sword to block the students first swipe. The student yelled a battle cry and unleashed four well aimed strikes in quick succession, as Saitosen constantly readjusted his sword to block the attacks. "BattoJutsu, the art of dispatching an opponent before they have the chance to fight back." The sensei assured Saitosen. Saitosen realized the student would not relent, and decided to parry his next attack, which came exactly as expected. The attack came as a body crossing diagonal upward slash that Saitosen easily countered with a quick hop back while a tap on the backside of the opponents blade which led to a thrust into the small space between the arm and rib.

"IaiJutsu, the art of reflexes and defenses. Useful for deflection and parrying." The sensei clarified. "I am Usaka Tsunahara, the KenJutsu sensei of Kirigakure, welcome to our dojo." As she finished her sentance, the dojo erupted in clapping and cheers, as Saitosen realized that everybody in the dojo had been watching his battle.

[Mizaki Saitosen, the Plague.]

~Basics~

Iaijutsu Stance
Rank: E Rank
Effect: Allows the use of Iaijutsu Forms.
Special: None
Drawbacks: None
Description: The practitioner moves into a bow stance, their main hand resting over the hilt of the sword without gripping it, and their offhand resting just under the hilt on the sheath; they stand slightly crouched, able to easily move to a kneeling of standing position for their forms.
Restrictions: Must have a Senpai/Sensei of a Kenjutsu Dojo to learn.

Saitosen let out a rare smile as the wave of cheers faded, but this smile quickly dropped as Usaka presented him with a white gi and a black belt. "Put these on, they are essential to you're growth" She said, with a ear to ear grin on her face." Saitosen's eyes narrowed and a joking slight smile popped onto his face, testing if Usaka was kidding. But Usaka grew impatient and said "Come on, hurry up." as she tossed the outfit at Saitosen.

Saitosen returned from the restroom with the white gi and black sash on, with his katana in its sheath resting in his left hand, and a large frown on his face. Usaka let out a roar of laughter as he came out, laughing at how similar to a female he appeared. Saitosen looked around and saw that he had alot of female attention, along with the face that everyone in the dojo had on either a white or black dojo with the opposite colored sash, some with colored slashes along the way, some with plain belts.

"First and foremost, you must learn the basic Iaijutsu stance." She said, then cleared her throat and coughed. She then got into a position where she had her legs spread slightly, and just slightly bent at the knees. She had her right hand on the hilt of her katana with her left hand just under it on the sheath. "Emulate this stance unknown student." She said jokingly as Saitosen readied his stance. Once lowering himself into the stance, Saitosen's hand went onto his katana and he became calm.

Suddenly his reaction took its course as a katana emerged, making a loud sound as it flew though the air, aimed directly at Saitosen. Saitosen reflexively drew his katana and blocked the sword strike, holding his katana in position as Usaka smiled. Usaka withdrew her sword upward and made a crescent shaped swing towards Saitosen's abdomen.

Quickly, Saitosen stiffened his left arm and moved it slightly upward to block the swipe. Usaka nodded in approval slightly, before withdrawing her sword to launch a final thrust at Saitosen's chest. Saitosen moved his arm downward to deflect the attack, but missed slightly and had his arm lightly punctured. He looked at this sword in his arm, blinked twice, and returned his face to his sensei.

She chuckled and withdrew her sword a final time, congratulating Saitosen on blocking 2 attacks. "Once you've blocked all 3 of my blows, have you mastered the stance." She said, making sure Saitosen understood it, she drew back her sword as Saitosen resheathed his blade.

[Uchiha Satoshi]

Learned

[Mizaki Saitosen, the Plague.]

~Kaishin~

As Usaka swung her blade at Saitosen in a vertical downward slash as Saitosen pulled his sword out of the sheath and held it high over his head, blocking the attack easily. Usaka withdrew and pulled off a spinning attack, spinning to her left and striking at Saitosen's right side as Saitosen's sword arm simply deflected the attack with a side swipe. For the final attack, Usaka became fancy and turned her body so her back was to Saitosen's chest, drew her sword back and thrust it over her shoulder, aimed straight at Saitosen's face. Saitosen luckily dodged the thrust and kneed the sensei in the back, pushing her a distance away.

"Congratulations Saitosen, you have passed my test the fastest of any applicant thus far" She grinned. "Now, no time to waste, hop in with the IaiJutsu children over there" pointing at the young children. Saitosen shook his head, realizing she wasnt kidding, and rushed over to where the 7 year olds he saw earlier were.

Reflex Training
Rank: D, C and B Rank
Effect: D Rank - Improves evasive and deflection/blocking skill marginally. C Rank - Improves evasive and deflection/blocking skill slightly. B Rank - Improves evasive and deflection/blocking skill moderately
Special: None
Drawbacks: Cannot learn Quick Strike training.
Description: The practitioner is put through a series of rigorous repetitive movements to improve their ability to reflexively react to attacks by evading or deflecting/blocking with their sword. As they develop their training, their speed and reflexes slowly increase.
Restriction: Must have a Senpai/Sensei of a Kenjutsu Dojo to learn.

Saitosen was told to partner up with one person to practice his reflexes against BattoJutsu attack. His partner just so happened to be an 8 year old named Kaishin, who had been training in Kenjutsu for over a year. He saw the outer appearance of his partner and decided to take it easy on the child, because they were instructed to take turns attacking one another, and blocking, dodging or deflecting the partners attacks.

Kaishin was first, and swung a wild horizontal strike at Saitosen, at which Saitosen merely drew his blade and hit the childs blade as he swung it into position of his right hand. Saitosen made an easy vertical slice for Kaishin to do an overhead block, but instead, Kaishin sidestepped and slashed the blade down to the floor. Saitosen was shocked as Kaishin brought his blade up from where he brought Saitosen's to the floor. Saitosen swung his head back to avoid the blade and brought his own blade back up. Getting into his own personal stance, Saitosen realized this child was better than himself, and the child was anxious to spar. Giving him his wish, Saitosen sheathed his blade and waited for the child's attack.

Just as expected the child made another horizontal slash, Saitosen began to block this attack, when Kaishin reversed his direction and did a beautiful spin, attack on the opposite side. Saitosen used his sheath to block this attack and retaliated with a horizontal slash of his own. Kaishin continued his swing to deflect Saitosen's attack attempt, and Saitosen backed away. Deciding not to attack this child, he simply began deflecting attack after attack. Vertical, horizontal, spinning, backhanded, backwards, jumping, trick stabs, thrusts, kicks, every single type of attack you could imagine.

Kaishin realized that Saitosen wasn't attacking and took advantage of the fact that it was his first day. He and Satiosen both sheathed thier weapons simultaneously, both realizing something was to come they put thier hands on the hilt of the blade. Saitosen reacted first, pulling his blade out as Kaishin drew his weapon and swung upwards in the same motion. Saitosen, blocking the first strike, grinned and held his weapon at the position, not expecting the second attack that Kaishin was about to launch.

[Tenkai]

+8
`8.10]

[Mizaki Saitosen, the Plague.]

~Never Drew First But I Drew First Blood~

Saitosen reacted first, pulling his blade out as Kaishin drew his weapon and swung upwards in the same motion. Saitosen, blocking the first strike, grinned and held his weapon at the position, not expecting the second attack that Kaishin was about to launch.

Kaishin, from the awkward positioning they were in that left Saitosen's midsection open, adjusted his wrist slightly as their blades connected, slid his blade across Saitosen's, spun a pirouette, and dropped down to one knee as he swung his blade horizontally at Saitosen's legs. Saitosen's eyes widened in shock at the swordsmanship the child was capable of as the child left Saitosen's right side completely open to attack.

Saitosen felt a sharp stinging in his left ankle, that quickly developed into a lasceration from the swinging of the childs blade at a speed which could have easily amputated his foot if the child were stronger. Kaishin's eyes opened up wide as he realized that he cut his partner. He jumped up from the low positioning his final attack utilized, bowed, and laughed triumphantly as Usaka rushed over to Saitosen.

"Are you okay?" Usaka said as she rushed over. "I'm fine." Saitosen snarled as he rose from his slouch. "No, I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about your ego!" Usaka jested as Saitosen narrowed his eyes at her pitiful attempt at a joke. She noticed he did not appreciate her humor, and she continued. "Well, did you learn reflexes?"

Saitosen shrugged and picked up his blade, his ankle pouring blood. Usaka looked down and asked him if he wanted to wrap it up sarcastically, then quickly got him a bandage. Kaishin apologized for cutting his ankle, and continued to spar with a new partner as Saitosen recovered.

[joshcrisp]

+2 learned. Bold the Jutsu rank you are learning and keep a x|total bar in all your training posts in the future.