The girl training accepted the praise humbly, mentioned her preference towards the First Chakra User events, which Akira smiled at, and then pulled out puppets. A combat style he'd never been very capable with, but when training against Akuhei he always found himself struggling against. What that man couldn't do in a fight wasn't worth mentioning... it was probably why his students were so damn scary.
It seemed that his presence had had an affect on the younger of the pair, who now stood beside a nearby training dummy and began going through some moves he'd been taught, or taught himself. The moves seemed reasonably fluid, landing on the shoulders, striking the head, keeping momentum to spin around behind and with a slicing motion potentially disable the opponent. Against poorly trained, slow but strong opponents it'd likely work, they'd need to be able to take the additional weight, or the boy would need to ride them as they fell, and if they fell then he would only get the head strike in before being forced to roll away. Certainly not the killing blow he'd have hoped for.
Akira's smile remained as his eye followed the boy while the girl asked him if he had any hints and tips on lightning manipulation.
The boy threw his kunai, and though his right hand was strong enough to be able to aim with two kunai, his left wasn't strong enough to aim with a single. He then turned around and apologised for his mistake, which caused a look of confusion cross Akira's face.
No need to apologise, I have been there. Two sets of requests at once, perhaps he could work in something which could help both...
Often when I find myself trying to train in something I'm not good at, or don't really identify with, I try and focus on what I am good at and what I do identify with while training the weaker. For instance, although this might sound strange, I am not really all that good at straight Taijutsu, or Ninjutsu. When I was younger Ninjutsu was my focus, then Taijutsu as I am a member of the Saito (Hyuuga) clan, but as I grew older and my movements slowed, my reactions became less keen I needed to rely on my experience. And so now it's Genjutsu.
He offered a small smile to both who were possibly lost in what he was trying to explain, indeed he wasn't sure how best to do so.
With my training originally strongest in Ninjutsu, when I started to make that change to Taijutsu I used many close range ninjutsu, allowing me to utilise the elements still, but slowly making that transfer across to a more melee pattern. Then for my Taijutsu change to Genjutsu what I now do is try and predict my opponents actions and manipulate them to allow me to strike.
Taking a standard combat stance next to the training dummy where both could see his actions he performed a basic strike, but clearly missed, obviously deliberate, but also very close to the dummy's head.
With this they will move to their right, to move to the left would mean I'd hit, to stay still they would normally assume would mean a hit. But by doing this I can act on where my opponent is going to be.
Withdrawing his fist and going back to the same position he performed a double strike, the first going where his fist went last time, and withdrawing just as quick, the second coming around and into the lower ribs on the left side.
Because I know my opponent will move left I can strike here. To avoid it at this range would be impossible, if they retreat I can follow, if they come closer I can still strike, if they move right I hit their head instead. The techniques are still Taijutsu based, but against a training dummy are hard to show what I'm actually doing.
Moving over to Katsu he smiled Would you like to see first hand what I'm actually doing? I promise I wont actually hit you.
If allowed Akira would do as he had done, to Amegatsu it would look identical, not even faster or slower, simply Akira at training pace as he had been with the dummy, while Katsu would act as predicted despite seemingly knowing that Akira wasn't even aiming to hit.
But to Katsu an entirely different story. The first strike seemed to go straight for the face, if slightly to his left, or Akira's right, forcing the boy to instinctively move to his right to avoid being punched in the face, Akira's left not seeming to move at all, though Katsu would know to look for it. Then suddenly he would feel a small amount of pressure under his ribs, the Raikage's fist gently pressing against his flesh.
So you see how against even a veteran shinobi this kinda of technique could still hit its target, as they can't dodge what they can't see. It was said to Katsu, as he knew that Amegatsu still wouldn't have seen the hidden trick to Akira's technique, so to her she probably would still wonder how that would catch a veteran shinobi, as it certainly wouldn't catch her with that speed.
So... I guess... in simpler terms what I'm suggesting is to try and make it work in a way you would with something you're good at. Water and lightning for instance... he said looking to Amegatsu ... or training your left hand as if it's your right. he would say turning back to Katsu.
