Excellent. Now, before we can actually move into learning Ninjutsu techniques, you need to learn how to control your chakra. There are four stages in controlling your chakra, so make sure you listen closely; the better you do, the less time this will take. The first two stages go together very well; they are molding chakra and focusing chakra. The second stage is learning how to release your chakra beyond yourself, and the final stage is based around noting your surroundings and being able to adapt to changes quickly. Each stage is important, as no technique can be performed without them; if you cannot mold chakra, then you shall be destined to be a Taijutsu master, and if you cannot focus your chakra, you may as well give up now. Even if you can focus your chakra, but cannot move your chakra beyond your body, you will never be able to perform Ninjutsu. And finally, being able to adapt is essential for when you begin to learn more powerful techniques; it allows you to adjust your chakra output correctly so that your techniques have sufficient, but not overwhelming supplies of chakra.
Sitting down, with a staff planted in the ground, Mystogan held the staff at about it's mid-point as he looked up towards his student. The leaves in the tree above him rustled slightly in a calm breeze as he composed himself to continue.
The first two stages will be completed in a single training exercise. I want you to clap your hands together, and try to clear your mind...
Standing from his seated position, Mystogan reached up to the tree above his student and plucked a leaf from the tree, before walking back to the young man.
Chakra is formed when you can combine your Physical Energy, the energy your body has and that exists in every cell of your being, and your Spiritual Energy, which can also be called your "life force", your mental strength, your emotional state, your determination... Essentially, any source of energy within yourself which is not tangible. One can measure Physical Energy in push-ups, or laps, but Spiritual Energy cannot be measured; that is what makes it special. Handseals are useful when molding chakra as they help to concentrate the chakra being molded, and limit the chakra being manipulated when performing techniques; it's all about concentration.
So, with your hands clapped together like that, I want you to focus on your mental determination, your Spiritual Energy, and relax your body so that your Physical Energy can mix in with it. In your solar plexus, right about here, Mystogan jabbed his student in the gut with the butt-end of his staff, there should be a flame-like sensation as your chakra is molded and forms. Your Solar Plexus is the base of all chakra, and from there it travels along your Chakra Circulatory System to your 361 Tenketsu; your "chakra points". But that's theory which isn't relevant to your concentration right now.
Finally, once you have begun to feel your chakra build, you are to being focusing your chakra. Bringing your chakra from your Solar Plexus to a point of my choosing.
Taking the leaf he had plucked earlier, Mystogan placed it on his student's forehead.
Your chakra is an extension of your body, and just like a child learning to walk, you are going to learn how to move and manipulate your chakra. I want your chakra to be concentrated behind this leaf, on your forehead. Focus in any way you can, but once you've built up some chakra, focus on your forehead, and moving your chakra to that point. After a bit, I shall check on your progress.
