Gotcha. So, to perform this, after getting into short range of my opponent, I would prepare by streaming chakra into both my blade and the ground around the target in a ten feet diameter. With a slash of the sword, the ground which I had previously streamed my chakra into would form a layer of ice above it. If I wished, at this time I'd be able to manipulate the chakra within the ground to also cause a pillar to erupt from beneath me, in order to allow me to escape from the circle. At my will, I then would be able to cause a beam of light to erupt upward from the pillar, freezing everything that it comes into contact with solid. Shortly after being frozen, all that was caught in the light shatters, along with my sword.
Assuming I wasn't too off the mark with that description, I have some questions about this technique, too. o-o