New Village Training (Open) (NK)

Zak had gone first, and he had done his best, but he felt like he did not have a complete grasp on the technique. He was happy that Han went next. He always learned better when he could watch. He had watched Kots, and it had helped. However, now that he got to watch the demonstration after he had already tried it, Zak was able to make some more sense of it. If he wanted to succeed in it, then he was going to have put more force in the spin. He was not worried about balance. Due to his earlier attempt, he had a good understanding of that part.

He stood up from his spot when Han finished. He focused his breathing, trying to calm himself down. Taijutsu was different that doing ninjutsu. It was more external, and he liked it like that. He performed the more again, and just like the time before he completed the spinning kick, but their was no force behind it. He remembered how Han had done it, and decided on that. He had been jumping from a standing position, and he was not getting enough force, but if he took a running start then he could use the energy from that. He broke into a run, and while in his run, he jumped into the air. The energy he created from running carried over into the kick. He made sure to generate plenty of force when he spun, and finish with a strong kick. This time when he landed after the kick, it felt better. He had made a nice sound, and if he connected with that then he could definitely do some damage. He did not want to lose his momentum, so he practiced it a few more time. Once he had managed to do it four time in a row, on his fifth try he suddenly feinted the high kick and dropped into a low kick that would have taken out the ankles. It looked good, and after two more tries he could transition the fake high kick into a smooth low kick at the ankles. After that, he mix up his low kick at different height. Mainly switching between the stomach, knees, and ankles respectfully. Sometimes he would just focus on the high kick again trying to making the kick even faster.

WC: 392
TWC: 3369

625/625 for Leaf Whirlwind

Kotsuzui stood there as he and Han watched Zak practice the Leaf Whirlwind. It seemed Han was going to wait until Zak had finished practicing the move before he attempted it, which was fine with Kotsuzui. It would allow him to analyze each one individually and see what he could help out with or point out to help them. But from what he saw, he wasn't really needed to help out. It only took Zak a few tries to get the rotation down although there was still strength and speed lacking. But once you got the rotation down the rest came with simple practice. After having worked on it for a bit but not yet perfecting it, Zak took a little break which provided Han the opportunity to practice it himself. He moved away from Zak and Kotsuzui, probably to have sufficient room to practice without worrying about hitting the others. But before he did so he practiced the spins making sure he was comfortable with it. Even with Han Kotsuzui felt he did not need to point anything out. Through trial and error they would both figure it out. With Han's first attempted he landed flat on his face which caught Kotsuzui off guard. But with basic medical jutsu he was fine and back at it. Within moments he had perfect both ways of performing the taijutsu.

"Well done" Kotsuzui would say to Han as he completed the taijutsu, looking over towards Zak for him to finish it. And surely he too finished the taijutsu. "Perfect" he'd say to Zak, who was still practicing his kicks. "Through many repetitions and practice, it'll become like second nature. Now for the next one. This one will be easier to perform now that you both have the rotation down packed. It's called Leaf Gale. All it is is a spinning back kick to your opponents lower body, usually aimed at the gut. If you have enough strength you can knock the person off his feet and away. Even if you aren't the strongest person, it's a good taijutsu to knock the person off balance. It looks like this" he added as he spun on his left foot while raising his right. Once his back was pointed towards his imaginary opponent, he extended his right leg backwards with full force and speed. Coming back to a standing position, he give a few more pointers to help them out. "The trick is to bend whichever leg you're kicking with as much as possible. Once you complete the rotation it'll help get the kick off quicker. Then you fully extend your kicking leg for maximum power and speed. Any questions?" he'd ask. If not, the two could go on to practice, meanwhile he watched in case they needed help. But having just learned Leaf Whirlwind, they would probably have no difficulty with this one. 

It'll take 500 words to learn Leaf Gale

Kotsuzui watched as Han went first this time. Since this taijutsu wasn't as hard as the one before, Kotsuzui guessed that Han would catch on to this one pretty quick. The Kaguya crossed his arms as he silently observed Han practice. As he guessed, he was getting the hang of it pretty quick. Kotsuzui was even impressed to see that Han had performed both Leaf Gale and Leaf Whirlwind together, showing he had fully grasped the use of both taijutsu fairly well. "Nicely done" Kotsuzui said to Han with a grin, he was showing promise. However it seemed learning the taijutsu were taking its toll on Han's body as he was both sweating and breathing heavily. This was only the easy stuff. It would only get harder from this point if he planned on learning more advanced taijutsu.

Kotsuzui watched with a raised eyebrow as Han froze his own sweat into ice pellets and being eating them to cool himself down. "strange" Kotsuzui thought to himself, but placed his focus back towards Zak. At that moment he had a thought. It made sense for Kotsuzui to watch Zak in case he had questions, but why make Han have to watch also? It would be better to have him keep learning instead of just standing around. Unless of course he wanted to have a little break before continuing again. "If you have any questions Zak don't hesitate to ask me. I'm going over here to show Han some more taijutsu" Kotsuzui spoke as he pointed over to a section of the training grounds where there were a set of training logs planted into the ground. With that he'd make his way over to the three logs expecting Han to follow.

Once arriving at the logs, Kotsuzui grabbed a hold of one with both hands. With little effort, he ripped the log out of the ground and placed it on top of one of the others. This was done to properly represent the height of a "human" as the logs weren't tall enough on their own. "I'm about to show you two more taijutsu. These two go hand in hand with one another and are also more difficult to learn than the last two. They also take a larger toll on your body, so take your time with learning them. The first is Leaf Rising Wind. With this one you're getting up close and personal. You first get down low to the ground and use your body almost as though it's a spring. You use this "spring" motion to launch your foot directly under a person's chin sending them into the air, like so." Kotsuzui would get low to the ground, placing his right hand down on the ground behind him as he bent his upper body backwards almost being parallel to the ground. He make sure to make every movement slowly so that Han could properly study them. Then he slowly lifted his left foot into the air using his right bent leg to push up just slightly, like a spring. 

"Once the opponent is in the air, it leaves him vulnerable to a multitude of options" he began again, getting back up to his feet. "That's where the next taijutsu comes in, Dancing Leaf Shadow. This one in of itself does not hit the opponent, but rather it gives you the opportunity to do significant damage to your opponent in the air. Like the shadow of a falling leaf, you jump into the air directly behind the opponent. It takes a considerable amount of strength and skill to get directly behind them. I'll demonstrate it now." With that he turned back to the double stacked log. In one swift motion he got low to the ground as before and launched his left foot into the air kicking the log on top right into the air, sending a few splinters with it. Quickly, Kotsuzui got into a kneeling position with both hands on the ground. Pushing off with both legs he would quickly vanish from his spot reappearing behind the log at the peak of its ascent. Normally from here he'd perform Lion's Barrage, but since it was too high of a skill to teach Han he instead would show something more basic. He'd wrap his left hand around the log almost as if choking it before pulling out a kunai and stabbing it into its would-be chest. Then he quickly fell down back to the ground and dropped the log. "Once in the air, the possibility and endless. But be careful, if you mess up on the way there the fall back down isn't a very pleasant one." With that he uprooted a second log and placed it on top of the other one again. "Give it a try" he said as he backed away to observe, giving a quick look back at Zak to see how he was fairing. 

1000 words for each Leaf Rising Wind and Dancing Leaf Shadow

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