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Heaven Shapeless Stance (Single)
Rank:: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user holds his Katana in one hand, utilizing Shapeless Stance.
Special: Katana.
Drawback: The user must be very swift, or will be open to attack in this pure offensive stance.
Description: Whereas the Dragonfly Stance focuses on power, the Shapeless Stance focuses on speed and many strikes within a short amount of time. With this stance, the user stands upright, with the feet pointing forward, shoulder width apart. He/she will hold the sword at the middle of the handle with the tip pointing down at the ground, brought out to the right side a little.
Limit: Must learn from one of the five Tensora Masters. Must know all Standard Kenjutsu Techniques.

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Gekkido, Mika and Jiro had met the sword master yang Sze. Jiro was excited but aware of his novicehood in Tensora Heaven. He snuck off to find someone under Yang Sze to teach him one of the many other stances before he stand before Yang Sze. Jiro wasn't the greatest swordfighter but he wanted to be formidible.
He found a student practicing in a side garden. He suddenly exploded into shot hops and dodges with a sword drawn but held lazily at his side. "Shapeless stance.." Jiro said stepping out from the shadows. "I cannot stand before Yang Sze being of a low rank." He begged the swordsman to teach him this stance and its techniques.

Moments later, Jiro sat in front of the fighter paying close attention to the impromptu lesson. "Shapeless is a stance meant mostly to avoid attacks with minimal movements and counters with great speed." He drew his sword once more and held it lazily at his side. "Follow.." Jiro stood and drew his sword from his waist. His discipline made him grasp the blade in usual ridgid kenjutsu stance. "Relax.." The student said. Jiro relaxed taking a deep breath and lowering his blade.

He released his left hand from the katana and held it at his right side. His feet still were aligned in the kenjutsu stance his right forward and the left pointed to his left. He borught his left forward with his right and relaxed balancing himself as iif he were just standing there. The student looked at Jiro completely and commented. "You're still tense you'll get caught off-guard if youur tense here." Jiro hopped on his toes a few times just shaking himself loose.

Jiro tried it again holding the sword loosely at his right side his feet even and shoulder width. As if inviting the attack. He felt all his muscles at the ready because of this reckless stance. This naivety was not his style at all. It showed on Jiro's face. "Don't worry there's much more to this stance."

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Shapeless Dodge
Rank:: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user dodges attacks.
Special: Katana.
Drawback: User must be fast. Shapeless Dodge will only work on Rank C jutsu or below.
Description: The user learns how to expertly dodge flying projectiles or oncoming weapons, as the Shapeless Stance has no defensive moves. The user will stand in one position and learn the minimum movements required to avoid attack, which involves extreme flexibility. The bending of the body at a rapid pace is essential to this technique, as well as ducking, side stepping, and jumping.
Limit: Must learn from one of the five Tensora Masters. Must know Heaven Shapeless Stance (Either one).
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The student returned with a crate of kunai, shuriken and other throwable objects. As Jiro held his shapeless stance and just loosening his body in general. Jiro looked up to see the arsenal brought out by the student. He placed it near Jiro and walked a few steps away limbering up and gettinng ready for the demonstration.

"Alright give me you best shot." Jiro shuffled through the crate. "I know alot about these things." said Jiro still in disguise without his headband and garb. He picked up a handful and readied to throw them but taking it slow due to he expertise. He threw a single shuriken at the student who merely leaned avoiding the high throw easily

He threw a volley of shuriken this time. The student ttook a long step to one side avoiding the shuriken. This demonstration went on for a while Jiro threw all sorts of patterns hoping to catch him just once. None of the shuriken or objects even touched the unfatigued student. Jiro stood in awe once again at the expertise he saw from the student.

The student helped Jiro gather most of the shuriken and objects. The student grabbed a few rubber balls from the crate as Jiro stood in his position his sword was drawn and he stood in the loose Shapeless stance. The student wound up and threw a ball. Jiro watched it fly towards him he took a hop to his side but landed unbalanced. "Too big!" The student said as he threw a ball at him mid-recovery. Jiro tried to stand but instead rolled on the ground hopping to his feet.

Another ball was en route to his head. He thought for a moment. "I have to not move much but just move enough..." Jiro leaned to one side as he felt the wind of the ball fly by his had barely disturbing his long hair. "Good!" Said the student as he gripped a brick at one end hurling it end over end at Jiro. "Ah...!" This was overkill. But he had to keep his wits. Jiro turned his body bringing his left behind his right at shoulder width. He hopped back a foot avoiding the brick. It hit the ground and rolled away.

With three kunai in his hand the student threw them at chest level at Jiro who had just turned back to face him. Jiro saw the volley coming at him. He leaned backward keeping the kunai in-flight in his field of vision. He felt the ring of the kunai just graxe the edge of his nose. He returned to his stance to see the student rushing at his sword drawn held in a kenjutsu grip.

Jiro hopped back holding his stance as he saw the student begin to swing his sword. It was a horizonal slash at stomach level. Jiro took a step back and another avoiding the blade. Jiro stepped forward after the swing. And bumped the student with his shoulder as he passed. He turned to face the student and he stumbled returning to his stance to strike again.

As he neared Jiro saw him turn the blade up for a vertical slash to the left. He dodged away and watched him turn to him bringing the blade down diagonally he dodged to the high end of the slash avooiding it completely. The pace was high as if he wanted to kill him. Jiro could feel the bloodlust from the student as he continued this session. The student stopped his attack. Beads of sweat flowed down his temples as he sheated his blade. "Good." He said bowing to Jiro who returned the gesture.

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Shapeless Quick Slash.
Rank:: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user is able to execute many attacks in a short amount of time.
Special: Katana.
Drawback: Must be fast; if this technique is disrupted it is discontinued. It isn’t that hard to block.
Description: The user attacks with a Katana using less powerful, but faster strikes, slashing from the Shapeless Stance to any of the four gates of martial arts (top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right).
Limit: Must learn from one of the five Tensora Masters. Must know Shapeless Dodge.

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The student went to the storage closet as Jiro executed short hops and leans in the garden. He liked this style so far as it deviated so much from standard tenants of kendo taught by Tensora masters. The student returned with kendo sticks and a buckler. It seems they were going to do some heavy sparring.

He threw Jiro the buckler and the kendo stick. "I'm showing you the basic counter for thiis stance. using your speed with a dodge you'll attack quickly afterwards. For now you should use basic Tensora Kenjutsu while I show you." Jiro smacked the buckler with the kendo stick then took his standard kenjutsu stance.

Jiro rushed the student with a speed step and a vertical slash. He took a short step to one side and raised his sword. He smacked the buckler on Jiro's arm with a short flick of the kendo stick. Jiro whinced but quickly faced the student once again. The buckler blocked most of the damage but he still felt it in his arm.

Jiro rushed again in a speed step but thrust the kendo stick forward this time. The student took a step back and sstruck the kendo stick with his own. Jiro returned to his stance. Jiro though for a second as he sized up his foe. "The priority in his moves is still to dodge but to also look for an opening with a quick strike in almost the same stlye as the movement."

The sparred for a while. Jiro's strikes most hit air as the student dodged and countered flawlessly. He fowed like water from evasiion to reprisal. Jiro never thought about countering every just hitting hard and fast. They soon stopped, rested and changed sides. Jiro relaxed into his Shapeless stance his feet even and his body limber and inviting the attack.

The stident rushed in furiously. His first strike was high vertical slash coming down, right to left. Jiro hopped to his right spotting the buckler on his left arm. He tapped the buckler with the kendo stick with no real strength to it. "Harder. The short strike should be explosive and as strong as your kenjutsu strikes!" "Yea!" Jiro replied to the spirited advice.

He squared up with the student as they faced each other mirroring each others moves. He rushed in again in an attack that seemed like another high strike but changed into a hard thrust. Jiro stepped to one side and pivoted back swinging the kendo stick forcefully at the base of the student's kendo stick. A loud clap was heard as he put it all into that strike.

"Good. More compact and explosive,though." They squared up again each movement had a meaning and reason. The student speed stepped, lowering his sword for a vertical slash. He slash upwards as Jiro took a step back the wind from the kendo stick blew Jiro's hair upwards. Jiro steooed forward swinging the stick at his exposed ribs.

The student reeled and fell to one knee. Jiro stepped back and asked. "Are you okay?" He stood with no problem though short of breath for the moment. "Good, lets call it a day then." They had been at it for a while and Jiro had learned alot from this student.

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