[CFS] Graceful Fist - Drackos and Nathan

[Drackos]

Jugram awaits the legendary Castiel of the Darkness in the training grounds.

 

[Nathan]

"Hello there! Let's get straight to business, what do you know about the style and why does it interest you?" - Castiel said in a calm manner.

 

[Drackos]

"Hello there! Let's get straight to business, what do you know about the style and why does it interest you?" - Castiel said in a calm manner.

"Graceful Fist revolves primarily around wind. Wind is perhaps one of the most beautiful elements besides water. What truly amazes me about this style is its similarities to Gentle Fist, the trademark of the Hyuuga clan. However, instead of aiming for tenketsu you aim for pressure points and specific muscles causing devastating blows with the increased fluidity this style offers in close quarters combat. It seems to be a very precision based style which will supplement me incredibly and also increase the need for calm analysis in combat."

 

[Nathan]

"Good, good. What are the three main rules of this style?"

 

[Drackos]

"Good, good. What are the three main rules of this style?"

"My understanding of the rules is that due to the precision based nature of the style one is to always remain calm no matter how heated or intense a situation can become. Without this one can easily find themselves in a deadly position in combat. The second rule to this art is that one must always remain absolutely fluid in their movements and actions. Without maximum fluidity our accuracy in this style decays. The style relies heavily on pressure points and specific locations on muscles and as such striking them requires perfect accuracy. The third rule is the only one I'm slightly foggy on."

Jugram took a breath. He cleared his head and relaxed his body. Fluidity.. he thought.

 

[Nathan]

"Next!

What are the two ways you can use wind release in Graceful Fist?"

 

[Drackos]

"Next!

What are the two ways you can use wind release in Graceful Fist?"

"Well...wind chakra can be released from any tenketsu. Well for that matter ANY chakra type can be released from tenketsu but specifically for this style we are using wind. With that we can coat our entire body or any part of our body specifically to provide us with a degree of evasive abilities and speed. This plays into the fluidity of our motions and increases that significantly. Building on this is where the style gains its most powerful uses - we can coat wind chakra and create weapons out of it that can specifically target muscles and pressure points. That is my understanding so far."

 

[Nathan]

Okay now. I want you to calm yourself, so sit over there and relax, all I want you to have on your mind is this style and think about it mainly the Movement and Style & Striking with Maximum effect aspects of this style, and just relax and calm yourself. Not overly fussed on detail, but I want more then two lines.

In short while you are relaxing and calming yourself, I want you to explain to me the Movement/Style & Striking with Maximum effect aspects of this style.

 

[Drackos]

Okay now. I want you to calm yourself, so sit over there and relax, all I want you to have on your mind is this style and think about it mainly the Movement and Style & Striking with Maximum effect aspects of this style, and just relax and calm yourself. Not overly fussed on detail, but I want more then two lines.

In short while you are relaxing and calming yourself, I want you to explain to me the Movement/Style & Striking with Maximum effect aspects of this style.

As instructed Jugram walked over to a spot near a waterfall. The sound of the rushing water brought him the same calmness of when he had originally mastered the element. The fluidity of the water truly made him feel connected with it. And now that same sensation would bring him closer to mastering the Graceful Fist. As the water rushed Jugram sighed and released all the tension in his mind. As he did this he thought of the aspects of the style...Movement and style and striking effect... he thought as he stood.

"Graceful Fist is focused entirely on fluidity of movements. Unlike all other strong fist styles Graceful Fist is fully invested in its fluid motions and nearly complete lack of rigidity. There is no blocking but simply instantaneous counter attacks revolving around the use of wind chakra. To ensure we strike with maximum effect we have to study the human body - namely the muscles and pressure points in that body. Without doing so we will only be striking with not nearly the optimal effect. To achieve that optimal effect one must memorize those points on the body and train their own body to calmly and fluidly strike them with a combination of fuuton chakra and instantaneous counterattacks.

Jugram sighed as he finished yet again. His mind remained calm as all the tense thoughts continued to flow out of it.

 

[Nathan]

Well done, now we need to strengthen your fingers, so what I want you to do; see that rock wall over there, I want you to go over there and strike the wall with your fingers one at a time, so after doing that about 100 times, if they feel as they are getting sore keep going, but don't push it, since breaking your fingers would be useless, so go do that now.


Also while doing that I want you to memorize this image below.

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[Drackos]

Well done, now we need to strengthen your fingers, so what I want you to do; see that rock wall over there, I want you to go over there and strike the wall with your fingers one at a time, so after doing that about 100 times, if they feel as they are getting sore keep going, but don't push it, since breaking your fingers would be useless, so go do that now.


Also while doing that I want you to memorize this image below.

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Approaching the rock and holding the scroll Castiel had handed to him Jugram memorized the image. Each point illustrated was carefully noted in his mind and made easily accessible for when it would be time to use it when it came to combat. This part of the process was probably one of the most meticulous for Jugram as he knew that it was one of the cornerstones of the style.

Without delaying any longer, now standing in front of the rock Castiel had pointed him to Jugram began to strike it 100 times with each finger. As the exercise bore on and the pain intensified from soreness to bruising to blisters he began to notice the pain lessening surprisingly. Soon extremely thick calluses would form over the damaged areas after the natural healing process would complete. The thick calluses would give Jugram's hands the hardness of a rock granting them some protection and allowing for use of the Graceful Fist. He made careful measures to ensure that he didn't accidentally break one of his fingers of his hand entirely after the exercise.

 

[Nathan]

Well done, good. Come over here. Now explain to me some of the main pressure points of the body, which ones cause the most pain the a person? Also, what muscle(s) are the weakest, and/or could cause the most pain the a person if cut?

 

[Drackos]

Well done, good. Come over here. Now explain to me some of the main pressure points of the body, which ones cause the most pain the a person? Also, what muscle(s) are the weakest, and/or could cause the most pain the a person if cut?

"Well first off striking any of these points with maximum effect would result in a lot of different results. These range from severe pain to ripped muscles. All of which can have some pretty serious side effects and hindrance on the opponent's ability to fight properly. So all of the points you listed in your image have some very different results from each other making them all equally useful in a lot of cases and it really comes down to what you need. But if I had to pinpoint some weakest locations I'd say the temple, neck, shoulder, hand, and foot/ankle. By attacking the temple you could easily kill someone as that is one of the softer parts of their head. By hitting the neck you can sever the muscles there killing them or paralyzing them. With the shoulder you can easily remove their ability to use their entire arm on that shoulder. With their hand you can stop hand seals and with their foot you can stop them from running."

 

[Nathan]

Very good, don't think I need to add anything.

Now I want you to come at my clone and use free form tai, lighting striking his pressure points and muscles; don't use wind infused strikes, just bare strikes. Just for a practice type of things, once you have done that we will move to the wind side of things.

 

[Drackos]

Very good, don't think I need to add anything.

Now I want you to come at my clone and use free form tai, lighting striking his pressure points and muscles; don't use wind infused strikes, just bare strikes. Just for a practice type of things, once you have done that we will move to the wind side of things.

Sprinting toward the clone created by Castiel I calmly analyze where I should strike using the knowledge of the body I had just obtained. Quickly upon reaching short range of the clone with my right arm I make a quick strike to the clone's left temple with just enough force to push it slightly to my left. Using that time I gracefully readjust my arm to strike at his left shoulder while bringing my left leg to strike the clone's right ankle.

 

[Nathan]

Well done.

Now it is time to using your wind chakra, so I want you for starters cover your hands mainly your finger tips in a semi-transparent aura of wind chakra...from that you will go over to my next clone, this clone is able to withstand blows, so with that I want you sever a couple of his wounds of your choice.

 

[Drackos]

Well done.

Now it is time to using your wind chakra, so I want you for starters cover your hands mainly your finger tips in a semi-transparent aura of wind chakra...from that you will go over to my next clone, this clone is able to withstand blows, so with that I want you sever a couple of his wounds of your choice.

Hearing his sensei's instruction I close my eyes channeling spiritual and physical energy together creating raw chakra which I apply nature transformation to allowing me to create sharp, fast, fuuton chakra. Immediately after I send this chakra through my network to my fingers where I release it through my tenketsu. Once I did so I began to charge at the clone and proceeded to gracefully strike at his neck with my right hand severing muscles there. While targeting his neck I would also move my left hand to strike at his temple. The wind chakra would surge through his temple inflicting major damage on his pressure point there.

 

[Nathan]

Horrifyingly beautiful.
Time to add the wind chakra to your other limbs, and the rest of your body; now I want you to fun to that tree and back, while I perform some earth techniques that release spikes from that ground, I want you to use the chakra you covered yourself with to dodge, learn to use the chakra with your movement so you gain fluid movement, as well as being sightly faster when moving thanks to the chakra in your legs.

Castiel performs a simple earth technique that erupts spikes from that ground. Now, go!

 

[Drackos]

Horrifyingly beautiful.
Time to add the wind chakra to your other limbs, and the rest of your body; now I want you to fun to that tree and back, while I perform some earth techniques that release spikes from that ground, I want you to use the chakra you covered yourself with to dodge, learn to use the chakra with your movement so you gain fluid movement, as well as being sightly faster when moving thanks to the chakra in your legs.

Castiel performs a simple earth technique that erupts spikes from that ground. Now, go!

OOC: Read that the first time and I thought I read it was horrible xD

Hearing Castiel's instructions I prepare myself by clearing my head of all distractions and focus my mind. I begin my sprint while unleashing wind chakra throughout my entire body to enhance my movement with fluidity and speed. With my clear mind I am able to feel the vibrations in the earth. As the erupt out I utilize the wind chakra to gracefully move my body where the spike erupts and evade it as I continue running toward the tree. Normally, I would have been far more restricted in my movements forcing me to destroy the spike with brute force or move out of the way ungracefully and with much more abrupt movements throwing me off track of the tree.

The pattern continues. More spikes erupt from the earth as I reach the tree and I gracefully avoid them with my enhanced speed and movement. Touching the tree I begin running back and doing the same using the wind chakra to move my body gracefully and with enhanced speed.

 

[Nathan]

And with that, you have learnt the style:

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Now onto the techniques don't you think?