Hitting things really hard 101 [Taijutsu class 6/6]

[Yomi]

The Inuzuka seemed to not want to say anything more and that as fine for the Hokage she walked back to Kenshin’s side and he mentioned her breaking a training dummy.

“Oh well, I don’t know about that, but, if it can bleed I think I could manage that.” She was more adept at causing bleeding than anything else. A basis of her faith, she learned long ago blood was the key to unlocking the depths of despair she sought to send her enemies too. But that was too much for the kiddos, and, this was strictly a Taijutsu class. There would be no blood shed or sacrifices today, at least not at this early hour. Wiggling her fingers in her gloves she looked at him and put up her fists.

“Speed test?”

She wouldn’t wait for an answer as she forced a flurry of punches as she knowingly kept her elbows tucked. There was not fancy display of jutsu, for basic strikes were always a good choice. A solid hit at the right time in a precise spot could instantly drop an opponent. Pressing forward she followed up with a 16-hit combo knowing the only way to truly have a leg up on someone like Kenshin was to be aggressive from the get go. Allowing him the time to find his bearings would spell doom for her, in a real combat situation. He was stronger and bigger than her. However, what she lacked in size and strength, she more than made up for in her ability to strategize and prepare for any eventuality.

For her, Taijutsu was gritty and personal, not like ninjutsu, where you had the option of being away from you opponent. She liked the closeness of melee combat and feel of the kill which showed in her preference in gloves and daggers. Her style of assassination was to be close and personal with her victims, however, she was no longer walking that bloody path. Her preferences were ingrained within her and It was out of her hands now. The life was still very much apart of her until this very day and as she knew for herself and those like her, the could never really retire from the life. They were only retired from it.

WC: 379
TWC: 1219
Post: 3/5

[ooc: BASIC STRIKES! And 16-Hit Combo]

 

[Kishiko Nagisa]

From his position in front of the Hokage, he could see the others.

Ryo has started using the sword technique that he had shown, Minashi did a good job of practicing a difficult combination, Shinzo was moving gracefully, and Yaboi was getting used to the use of a combination attack. Dememaru, however, was still thinking about what Kenshin had shown him. Kenshin frowned momentarily. Maybe he was still licking his wounds metaphorically?

Kenshin had little time to react much more than that when Yomi asked for a speed test and begun swinging at him. He barely dodged the first two punches but was able to get his foot. Sometimes, he would dodge a punch or kick, but then others he would parry with a wrist movement or a knee. As she began to do a series of 16 attack on him, Kenshin matched her blow by blow allowing knuckle to hit knuckle and foot to hit foot. After the exchange, Kenshin held up a hand.

"A moment. Not it is time to up the difficulty."

Kenshin would reach into his pocket and hold up what looked like rings made of metal.

"You are to continue doing what you are doing after I have put these around your ankles and wrists." Kenshin would explain as he started moving form student to student. Even Yomi was greeted with a set of matching metal bracelets that, when attached would weight down their arms and legs. "These training weights each weigh 5 pounds so each of you has an additional 10 pounds of dead weight on you. Continue the movements and as I see you start to pick up speed I will add another set. Ready? Begin. Kenshin would call out, standing in front of Yomi again. After the first several sets of movements, he would order them to break again and add on 20 more pounds so by the end of the second set, most everyone would feel pretty tired and feeling the strain.

As Kenshin spared with Yomi, she would probably hear the jangling of rings on Kenshin as well.

WC 348
TWC 1476
OOC Dememaru 1 Strike

Next post is due by Friday afternoon EST

 

[Minamoto Daisuke]

The young boy of only eight looked up to Kenshin as he approached, wondering what exactly the bracelets and anklets were meant to do. Could it be some sort of gift? Shinzo wasn’t much interested in jewellery, but he took it anyway with gratitude evident on his face. It took a moment for the boy to figure out which piece of metal belonged where, after a few seconds of blankly staring at the training accessories, he soon equipped them. Instantly he felt the pull on each limb as the mass on each piece corresponded with the gravitational pull of the planet.

Shinzo made his way back to the target that he was working with for the day, it didn’t take him much longer to complete the set he had been previously practicing. Weight training was something he had been trying to incorporate into his regime for quite some time now, but he had found it difficult thus far, mainly due to the limited weights available to his age group. He grinned as he went through the motions, not struggling too much thanks to the weights being spread out through his limbs. The young boy did seem rather athletically built for his age, more so than most and so it could be deduced by the others surrounding him that the weights weren’t taking too much of a toll at this stage. And so, after completing his first set of actions he sprinted over towards the remainder of the rings, he bent down to faster two to his ankles and then moved to place two more on his wrists.

Now his sprint back to his target was notably slower this time, though still reasonably quick. He began his form as normal, feet drifting along at the height of the blades of grass, but soon it broke into a speadier and more nimble set of strikes, both low and high. Sweat began to pour from Shinzo’s hair line, down to his eyes and chin, but he pushed onwards. His strikes did not have the same impact as before, this debilitating set of weights was clearly influencing the power of his punches and kicks. This lasted for three sets, Shinzo would not give up until he had finished it to his liking. After finishing his third set he seemed happy with the results, while things had been more difficult this time he was still able to build his martial prowess up to a decent standard.

He ran back to the rings that were left, around his target was a circle of squashed grass which had been formed by the boy and his constant practicing along with the increasing weight. As the shinobi in training attached another set of weights, his fatigue and torn muscles became too much to sprint. Instead he committed to a slow jog back to his training dummy. A single strike was made against the target, but it was evident that in order to continually impact the apparatus with equal force, Shinzo would not be able to move around it. Well… not conventionally.

The young Seikon took a breath and closed his eyes, he could feel the churning energy inside himself, there was plenty there, but he really needed to harness it. And so, he stood there for about half a minute, breathing quietly and forcing the sounds of others training to be absent from his mind. Soon he was ready.

In the blink of an eye Shinzo disappeared and reappeared mid-air behind his training dummy. He launched a single kick before disappearing once again, only to reappear to its lower left side and launch a singular jab. A volley of strikes followed, each time in a separate location and with only one strike at a time. The young student peered over his shoulder to look at his peers, he wasn’t overly sure what each of them were doing, he hadn’t been paying too much attention to them during this most recent section of the lesson. But now that he was able to control his new ability he desperately wanted to show them, almost like showing off a new toy to his classmates. Yet again his form flickered and disappeared.

He was there, stood behind Ryo’s training dummy. For a second he observed the boy in his training before attempting to strike at the target twice in an effort to compliment his peer’s sword strike with an unarmed strike of his own. He wanted to demonstrate teamwork but more importantly he wanted to show his new jutsu. He moved once again, seeming to warp to Minashi’s dummy. This time he smiled and added a singular strike to Minashi’s four hit combo. He disappeared once more, with a smile upon his face. He appeared in the air this time, above Yaboi’s dummy, kicking the target once in the head while offering a small wave to Yaboi. Hopefully this interaction would prompt some more friendships, in the end he did feel slightly lonely outside of class. His figure disappeared again once final time, sweat still pouring down his face. It was clear that Shinzo was becoming exhausted, he hadn’t realised how much chakra this would use up, but he had to push on. The boy was not a fan of limits and chose to force himself onward.

His appearance opposite Yomi and behind Kenshin was to be the finale. A broad grin lay plastered on his excited face as he let lose a punch towards his instructor’s back, the force of which was severely lowered from his initial strikes at this point. He hoped that this jutsu would allow him to have the upper hand, he hoped that by striking the teacher he would be recognised as a capable student but most of all he hoped that if he was able to land this hit on the teacher of all people then his peers would take an interest in him and maybe they would even think he was cool for being so fast.

WC: 1000
TWC: 2891

[Multiple uses of Quicksilver step]
[Attempting to hit Kenshin, results of the attempt is entirely based on his RP]
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[Yomi]

Yomi's internal monologue was screaming no. She was already feeling heavy due to pregnancy, regardless if it showed or not, and now Kenshin wanted to add physical weights to her person. As annoyed as she was, she remembered that she asked to be here, crashing his class, and so she had to do what he said too. Leading by example and all that. She silently moved through the motions, opting for precision strikes rather than speed. If she kept up the pace of her originally flurry, she would tire long before Kenshin was ready to let her stop. For a moment, she wondered if after she gave birth to the children would she be able use him to help her get back into fighting shape. The thought was pushed from her brain the moment a student appeared behind Kenshin.

The woman seen that look before. The eagerness the sheer elation of the moment before the strike.

As any hater would, she could not allow it.

Stepping up, she moved behind Kenshin as quickly as the child did, catching his fist in her hand before he could land a strike.

"Cheeky" Yomi sad as she pushed Shinzo back. "You are a feisty one, but, we do not hit our betters in the back during a lesson in which this was not the directive given. If you want to hit something, go back and hit the dummy. Or, if you still aren't satisfied with the dummy, I'm right here. You're less likely to break your hand on me, should you land a punch, then you would hitting Kenshin." True, as mentioned earlier, hitting Kenshin was like hitting a brick wall. She was sure Kenshin would duck or even allow the hit to land just to prove a point, but, The Hokage wanted to make a point too.

Yomi got into a defensive stance.

"Go ahead, if you think you can manage." Yomi would wait to find out what Shinzo would do when he couldn't sneak up on someone.

[ooc: I used this as a way to familiarize myself with Shinzo, I hope you don't mind Kenshin. (allow me to do this =) )]

WC: 336
TWC: 1555 (Word Count Met)
Post: 4/5

 

[Uchiha Ryo]

Ryo turned from his katana practice as he Kenshin approached him with the metal bracelets, as he felt Kenshin fasten the bracelets he could feel the weight they added. He felt his arms drop slightly and his legs getting heavier. “Add another set?” Ryo frowned in dismay of the situation. Ryo sighed, and continued the maneuvers that he was shown earlier. As he struck he saw the dummy move, he could see Shinzo behind laying an unarmed hit on the training dummy. Ryo nodded to Shinzo, unsure of why he was there. But as he did he noticed that he had disappeared, Ryo looked around and he could see him by Minashi’s dummy. Ryo wondered what jutsu that Shinzo was using to show off to class. Ryo contemplated showing off the new jutsu he had learned recently but this training was taxing, he had never really training in Taijutsu always preferring ninjutsu. Turning back to the task at hand, he lifted his Katana and resumed the stance he had been using and went back to doing what Instructor Kenshin had shown him.

As Ryo struck the Iron dummy several times, hitting it as hard as he can. His movements were slowed but he did not let this deter him he continued the motions and as he did he started adding some moves. He did two slashes then as he got used to the weight, he moved on to three slashes. Then he gripped his katana with both hands and brought it down with a crushing force on the iron dummy.

As they took a break, Ryo wiped several beads of sweat that had formed on his forehead, and removed his jacket. As the sun was going up it was getting hotter the longer they trained and the Instructor still needed to add the second set of bracelets to Ryo. He wouldn’t be able stand the heat so covered up. Looking down at his shirt, he was already sweating. That’s what you get for training on a day as hot as this with a jacket on. Ryo watched as the instructor walked around and placed started putting bracelets on everyone again. As he finished fastening the last of bracelets.

As he trained with the extra added weight he felt even slower than before. As he struck his Katana on the iron dummy he started to feel his arms get heavier with every swing, more sweat than previously had also begun to form on his forehead. Ryo took a brief breather only to notice Shinzo’s attempt to hit the instructor only to see the hokage stop him. “Someone’s going a little overboard, don’t you think?” he turned to Yaboi.



WC:447
TWC:1533
4/5 post

 

[Kenroujima]

Yaboi looked down to the training weights, tapping the metal bracelets 'The weight is correct.. Hmm..' the boy thought to himself. Once more the boy turned to his straw-iron dummy and got into his fighting stance, he hopped around a bit to test the extra dead weight on him. The boy started with a few basic strikes, he started feeling the extra weight the more he got into his sets. Determined the boy set his sights on performing the combination attack his teacher taught him with the weights on. He began with a low sweep, feeling out the additional weight. It felt new to him, so he had to test out his movements a few additional times to get it right. Then came the 3 strike janken, this came a bit easier to the lad as he had used some weights of his own during his training at home for his mastering of his janken taijutsu. Yaboi began to feel his body heat up 'This is good training.' he said in his mind, allowing a few beads of sweat to drip down his arms. He clapped his hands together and got into his fighting stance once more and began with a few sets of the combination attack. The additional weight was real, but after some time the lad grew a bit more used to it and got the combination attack to a good point, though not perfect by any means. He took a few quick breaths as his friend Ryo had called out to him "Huh? What happened?" he questioned, having been so focused on the dummy that he was completely oblivious to what was going on around him!

WC: 279
TWC: 1413

 

[Kishiko Nagisa]

Kenshin watched as the students completed their tasks.

Yaboi, Ryo, and Shinzo were definately feling the effects. Dememaru and Minashi were, however, struggling to get used to the weights. Kenshin signe,d it wasn't for everyone.

Then Shinzo attempted to hit him. The Hokage, however, stepped in. He allowed it only because it was an academy student. Anyone higher up and Kenshin would have intercepted the exchange. He smiled briefly before turning around, his face a frown.

"No fighting. While I appreciate the gall of your attack, no fighting among students in class unless directed. Since you are tired of hitting something that won't hit back, how about something a little bit harder to hit. Keep wearing the weights. Here." Kenshin would form some hand signs and from seemingly no where, there were 7 Kenshins total, all looking at the class. "My clones. Each one of you is to try to land a hit on each one with the weights on. Fair warning they will hit back and while they are not as strong as I am, you will find that it will hurt. Everyone back a way from each other a little and begin on my command."

The real Kenshin would back up so he could see everyone.

"Begin" he would shout.

The Class would find, that true to his word, each Kenshin would do one punch and one kick. For the one fighting Yomi, it would deliberately aim to hit her arm or leg, no torso shot and with less power behind it than the others. No need to hurt the next generation.


WC 264
TWC 1740

Minashi 1 strike
Dememaru 2 strikes

 

[Minamoto Daisuke]

Shinzo bowed his head as Yomi moved to intercept his strike at Kenshin, it was clear that he had become a bit too over excited with his new abilities. He wasn’t quite sure how to take her response, on the one hand he felt slightly scolded for going against the grain in his actions, but on the other hand he felt as if her offer to spar with him was more of a gift to his training. It was more humbling for the student than anything. After lifting his gaze back to meet her, wiped the sweat from his brow and smiled up to Yomi. His green eyes were tired but still held a little fire within them, a determination to make himself known. To be acknowledged.

He too lowered his stance to appear more defensive, if he was to fight this clearly experienced Shinobi then his guard would need to be up to scratch to avoid being one shot by her first strike if she was to make one. However, this was not to be as soon Kenshin spoke up. Once more he was told off but at the same time he also felt slightly more recognised by his teacher. He bowed his head once more, this time to his instructor and then listened to him closely. The prospect of being able to fight a clone intrigued the young Seikon, he felt the energy within him swirling. He may have been exhausted physically from his most recent demonstration along with the influence of the weights, but his resolve was still holding steady. “Maybe another time.” He called out to Yomi between breaths as he made his way over to the Kenshin clone that he was assigned.

The boy of only eight years squared up to the clone but had to react quickly as the Kenshin clone launched a punch. It caught him on the shoulder, throwing him backwards a few feet. This was indeed harder than he had initially anticipated. Once more he faced the clone, but this time he charged, ready to strike at the clone. As he came within striking distance, Shinzo lowered his posture, leading with a low sweeping leg to seemingly kick at the clone of his instructor. However before the strike could make contact, Shinzo’s form seemed to distort visually and then he disappeared. The momentum of his low sweep continued to carry his strike as the boy reappeared behind the head of his target. He had warped from one position to the other, using a technique that was commonly used to trip the opponent to instead misdirect him, this was in the hope that he would not be able to react in time to avoid the strike from the student. Again, Shinzo disappeared and then reappeard, this time at the clone’s side. He had just enough time to form a cross guard with his arms to intercept the kick from his teacher’s clone. He grunted as his feet left a trail of mud and dust in the ground after being forced backward by the power of the clone’s kick. Shinzo frowned and began his next offensive, launching a volley of attacks at the clone, mostly to the torso. The form was very similar to the form that he had practiced at the beginning of the lesson. However, this time the Seikon teleported to different locations between each strike. He couldn’t fully tell if any of his attacks had made sufficient contact for he too continued to face punches and kicks, he avoided more than he expected to avoid but still took quite a beating himself.

He stopped after the heated conflict with the clone, Shinzo stood panting, his face and limbs showing signs of bruising, his hair a mess of brown held together with what seemed like gallons of sweat. After his sequence finished, he looked to Yomi and then to Kenshin, hoping to catch as many, if any, potential signs of approval that they had for him.

WC: 665
TWC: 3556
[Post and word count met]

 

[Yomi]

Yomi poked out her lip as Kenshin was being a kill joy, thoroughly. He was not going to allow her to bop little Shinzo over the head. Instead he still wanted to finish the training as instructed so she would acquiesce.

As they went though the motions, her headset began to buzz from her bag on the floor. She eyed it, wondering who or what it was. She had half of a mind to ignore it because it was never anything good.

Pausing and giving a slight nod too Kenshin before she went to her bag. Putting on the headset she pressed the button to speak.

"What is it?"

"I'm sorry Lady Yomi, you wished to know when Uchiha Takeshi arrived. He has arrived."

"I see...Thank You." Yomi pulled off her headset and looked at Kenshin. She had been waiting for her ANBU Sennin to return home that it almost felt surreal.

"Kenshin, I have something to attend to, so I must take my leave. Thank you for the lesson, though." Fixing her bag on her shoulder, she looked at Shinzo while placing her hands on her hips. "Shinzo, was it? I'll be watching at the Student Tournament. Perhaps if you do well, I'll give you that spar." Yomi waved goodbye at everyone and quickly walked off. She had to get back to her office immediately.

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[TLUS]

 

[Uchiha Ryo]

Ryo turned to the Kenshin clone, he was ready to finish to complete this class. He took up back the fighting stance, looked at the Clone with fiery determination. As he rose his Katana slowly to the clone he was already tired by all the training that he had spent the entire class doing. He would not let that deter him. He wasn’t facing a motionless target, he was facing a clone of his instructor. As quickly as he can he struck at the clone, but for every attempt that Ryo made the clone reciprocated with strength that until now Ryo was unfamiliar with. Gritting his teeth, Ryo continued his assault on the clone, In the heat of the sparring his eyes can be seen turning to Crimson with a single Tomoe, the Sharingan. With the Sharingan despite being slowed he had begun to see the movements of the clone before it made it.

Even with the Sharingan, Ryo could not stop all the hits from Kenshin’s clone. he was exhausted and beat. He could not keep up with the clone anymore. The weights were tiring him out. After he finishes his last attack on the clone, placed his hands on his knees, panting heavily. He looked at Yaboi to see how he was doing, and then looked at Kenshin, waiting to see if there were any more instructions


WC:229
TWC: 1762
5/5 posts

 

[Kenroujima]

The tired boy of eight stared at the Kenshin clone as he caught his breathe "If this is what Sensei thinks is best." he said plainly, bowing to his new opponent. Yaboi made sure he was spaced out away from everyone and the other clones to avoid any awkward situations. Even a clone, Yaboi knew that it was going to be strong and defeating it was not even a real option in his current state of exhaustion. The weights had increased as the training went on and now they were quite heavy. The boy got into his fighting stance and prepared himself mentally to combat the Kenshin clone. He pushed forward and threw a heavy punch towards the clone but to no avail, the clone had easily been able to step back and throw its own punch in turn. With a quick reaction the boy brought his arms towards himself in a guard and took the bunch, sliding back a few feet and dropping to one knee, shaking his arms as if they had caught fire 'Ow! I can't do this right now..!' he thought to himself. Before the boy could recover the Kenshin clone still had his sights set on him and moved in for a swift kick, hitting Yaboi's side and sending him rolling over the grass and dirt, even bouncing a few times "Aggh.." the boy let out a pained grunt, panting and holding his side "I surrender! I'm too tired Sensei..!" the boy admitted, cutting into his pride.

WC: 252
TWC: 1665

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[Kishiko Nagisa]

Kenin watched the Hokage leave. The fact she left so sudedenly meant that something must be going on. Kenshin thought he should go as well. The students had done really well. Without making an extra movement, he let his clones poof.

"Good job everyone. I will remove the weights form you and you are free to go. Class dismissed. I hope to see you around at least for a Genin exam." Kenshin would say, smiling. He didn't want to show him the worry he had.

He would wave goodbye and as soon as the students were gone, he would rush to put everything in order, return the crates to the academy, and then head out. He would rejoin with the Hokage as soon as he was able.

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[Class ended- Yaboi, Uchiha Ryo, and Shinzo passed. Yomi did too technically. Yaboi, Uchiha Ryo, and Shinzo you have normal class rewards, you are considered my pupil as per the instructor ability, and you all get 1 FREE E rank jutsu
Minashi and Dememaru failed]

 

[Kenroujima]

Yaboi cleaned himself up and placed the borrowed hand wraps back into the crate he had found them in, he looked up to the sun as if to check the time and let out a small yawn and a stretch 'That was good training' he thought to himself. He looked to the rest of the class now finally after being focused on training for so long, it was like he completely forgot there were other people around. He waved to Ryo "See you later Ryo!" and turned back to Kenshin, giving him a respectful bow "Thanks for the class, Sensei!" before bolting off. However, after taking a few steps he soon turned around and waved to Kenshin and all those present before finally turning back around and heading home to prepare for the next few days.

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[Minamoto Daisuke]

Shinzo continued to pant as the weights were removed from his body. His exposed skin on his face, arms and legs were coated in a layer of gleaming sweat. The words Yomi said struck him, but she had left before he could reply. His eyes watched as Kenshin also made an exit, his mind was not so focused now, it was deprived of oxygen. The boy’s muscles ached and he knew exactly what he needed, a hot bath. He bowed to Kenshin as he left and then began to make his way from the training area, thoroughly satisfied with the lesson. He couldn’t quite run, that really struck him, perhaps this lesson truly demonstrated his limits.

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[Uchiha Ryo]

Ryo stood up straight, and put his hands behind his head, still panting. He quickly removed the weights, letting out a deep breath of relief, he was done and passed the class. With minimum damage too, he was relieved that he take as much punishment as Yaboi did. As soon as Ryo heard the words class dismissed he was already waving off Yaboi and his fellow classmates “Nice meeting all of you!” he ran off, heading home to get some rest for the tournament. This intense training taught Ryo a lot.

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