Friday, August 18, 2006

   Sasuke's fighting style
Sasuke
Sasuke is the last surviving member of the Uchiha Clan, along with his brother Itachi. Sasuke's goal in life is to revenge his parents death by killing his own sibling, and he will do anything to reach this target. This young leaf Genin is one of the most skillful shinobis in Naruto. He has a very big stamina and chakra capacity in his body, which allows him to perform many different Jutsus. His chakra control is also pretty good, although not as good as Sakura's.

Among his many diverse abilities, this fiery Uchiha has a sharingan which he uses as skillfully as his sensei, Kakashi also does. Sasuke prefers using more offensive techniques than defensive ones, so it results that his TaiJutsu and NinJutsu are far stronger than his GenJutsu; and as the old saying goes, the best defense is a good offense.

Early in the series, Sasuke seems like a very powerful ninja -which is totally true– but he doesn't posess any extraordinary abilities. Later however, his Sharingan surfaces, adding a lot to his strength; Orochimaru's seal, however, is what changes Sasuke as a whole person.

The seal Orochimaru gave Sasuke makes him use up his own chakra quickly, but once Sasuke has no more chakra, the curse supplies him with huge amounts. This gives Sasuke an edge in fights; however, he also loses control, turning into a fearless demon who kills almost anything in it's path. As a result, Kakashi seals the curse, but still gives Sasuke a choice; if he wants the power of it, he may use the Chakra from his seal, but if not, he can still fight normally in a battle.

Seals and curses aside, Sasuke is a very potent fighter without them. He has the incredible skill to learn high level NinJutsus such as Katon Goukaryuu, Katon Ryuuka, Katon Housenka, and other Taijutsus such as his own Shishi Rendan. Sasuke also has some skills with his Sharingan, such as Sofuushashen no Tachi, a technique unique to the Uchiha clan. However, Chidori would be his most powerful technique. He uses it only when in great danger, and he has to be pretty sure before using it, since it uses up a lot of Chakra. Chidori is described below.

Chidori:
This technique is shown to Sasuke by Kakashi, during the training before the Chuunin exam. It is also known as Lightning edge, or the Thousand birds. The latter nickname was given due to the sound it creates. The excessive chakra gathered in the palm of the user creates a chirping sound so loud it creates the sense that one thousand birds are chirping. Lightning edge was given as a name to the technique because Kakashi had used it once to cut a tree. This technique is so strong, that when Kakashi plunged his hand inside the tree, it instantly fired up just like if lightning had struck it.

Now lets go into some more details. Chidori is a really powerful technique which requires a series of hand seals to be performed, along with great chakra concentration. The ninja then places his hands in a position crossing them, palms toward the opponent or upwards. The following stage is what takes the longest of the technique; chakra is gathered in enormous amounts in the hands.

So much chakra is gathered that it is clearly visible by the naked eye as blue electricity at the ninja’s hands. After gathering his strength, the shinobi starts running towards the opponent at a great speed; once near him/her, the lightning ball is plunged in the stomach or heart, or any other vital organ. This almost always causes death, but it is also really risky to use.

All that powering up creates an opening for an attack, so the ninja must first be sure that the opponent cannot attack, and also that the strike will land successfully and not miss the target. Besides that, a lot of Chakra is used up for this technique, so it will most likely be of the last attacks in a battle. Given those few disadvantages, it is obvious that the Chidori is a great attack.

Sasuke's skills don’t stop here. This Uchiha has also many great talents with weapons, along with his TaiJutsu, as told before. He uses many types of shuriken, both normal and Fuuma (large) for his attacks. His accuracy is almost perfect, and he even knows a couple of Jutsu's for his weapons, such as Kage Shuriken. Sasuke's Taijutsu is commendable, as it is almost as good as Rock Lee's. His speed is incredible, and his most famous combo is his Lion combo, which he invented on his own during the Chuunin 3rd exam prelims.

ShiShi Rendan (Lion Combo)::
Sasuke's own TaiJutsu combo, which includes a series of punches and kicks to create a lot of pain to the opponent. First up, Sasuke uses Rock Lee's Konoha Repuu, to send the opponent towards the sky. He then jumps after the flying ninja, and places himself beneath him/her, Sasuke does Kage Buyou( Shadow Leaf dance). This leaves the opponent motionless, and creates an opening for an attack from Sasuke.

As a result, Sasuke first grabs the opponent's back, and then quickly releases it while kicking the opponent's rib with his left leg. The enemy will probably block that strike because it is a very obvious strike. Next, Sasuke will do a 360 degree flip in the air, creating the illusion that he will strike with his right leg. However, while he is rising from the flip, he raises his left hand and smacks the enemy in the face, sending him down.

Sasuke follows with another punch in the stomach, again with his left hand. Now his opponent is nearly touching the ground, so Sasuke delivers the final blow; a frontflip towards the enemy, striking his face with his left foot, and smashing him onto the ground.

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