[Open] Morning Training! - February 16th

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Characters: Everyone!

Location: Training Grounds, Shibusen

Rating: PG-13 for violence

Time: 5am to 10am

Description: Every morning in the city, Morning Training takes place to prepare the guests of the city for the war. It's handwaved most days, but approximately once a month this gets played out in a log. This log takes place on February 16th.


FAQ: Questions answered by Maito Gai
Breakfast: Run by Cinderella, Katakura Kojurou, Saya Tagaki, Yugo
Batch One: Beginners under the age of 15. Run by Prussia, Auron, Steve Rogers
Batch Two: Adult beginners. Run by Kaoru Kamiya, Maito Gai, Tifa Lockhart
Batch Three: Intermediate fighters. Overseen by Hyuuga Neji and Ling Yao. Please see list of random sparrers.
Batch Four: Experienced fighters, for sparring with each other. Overseen by Haruka.
Weapon Transformation: How to find your form. Run by Yuuri, Ishida Mitsunari, Spirit.
Soul Perception: If someone doesn’t know by now. Run by Luna Lovegood, Azusa
Partner Training: How to work together as partners. Run by Tassadar; Maka and Soul; Shizuo and Motochika; Eve.
Weapons Handling Training: Run by Genesis Rhapsodes, Tenten.
Shooting Range: How to Shoot. Run by Grit, Leon, Naoto.
Meister Ability Helpers: How to find it out. Run by Death the Kid, Edgeworth.
Finding a Partner: Run into others looking for partners and see if you can work together! Run by Sasame.
Fighting Witches: Speak to an actual Witch and learn some of what you're facing. Run by Cybele.
Medics (And First Aid Training): Training run by Naomi Kimishima, also a place for medics to gather and talk. (First Aid Training may need to be handwaved, player is on hiatus.)
Audience: For people to just gather and talk.
Watch: For Watch people (and prospective new members) to gather and talk.

For training via sparring:
Katakura Koujurou
Uchiha Itachi
Hyuuga Neji
Chosokabe Motochika
Steve Rogers
Maito Gai
(Various NPCs available upon request)
Partner vs Partner sparring is also good!

Feel free to start your own threads in the official groupings as well as elsewhere!



Breakfast
Lau [Open]
Clare [Open]
Loki [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]
Bakura [Open]
Stan [Open]
Dylan [Open]
Yuuichi [Open]
Saya [Open]
Sheena [Open]
Taiyou [Open]
Duo [Open]
Luna [Open]
Utena [Open]
Nagi [Open]

Batch One
Taiyou [Open]
Utena [Open]

Batch Two
Clare [Open]
Yami Bakura [Open]

Batch Three
Sapphire [Open]
Sophie [Open]
Hinata [Open]
Sheena [Open]

Batch Four
Amateresu [Open]
Raidou [Open]

Weapon Transformation
Clare [Open]
Shindou [Open]
Yuuichi [Open]
Lee [Open]
Kariya [Open]

Soul Perception
Naruto [Open]
Stein [Open]
Stan [Open]

Partnership Training
Haruka and Cinderella [Unknown]

Weapons Handling Training
Taiyou [Open]

Shooting Range
Bakura [Open]
Yoichi [Open]
Aion [Open]
Saya [Open]
Re-l [Open]


Meister Ability Helpers
Gamzee [Open]
Loki [Open]
Sophie [Open]
Yugo [Open]
Touma [Open]
Demona [Open]
Chika [Open]
Misa [Open]
Raphael [Open]
X [Open]
Mitsuba [Open]

Finding a Parther
Clare - Weapon [Open]
Sapphire - Meister [Open]
Bakura - Weapon [Open]
Amateresu - Meister [Open]
Yami Bakura - Meister [Open]
Leo - Meister [Open]
Takasugi - Weapon [Open]
Hades - Weapon [Open]
Ryoki - Weapon [Open]
Demona - Meister [Open]
Chika - Meister [Open]
Steve Rogers - Meister [Open]
Nagi - Meister [Open]

Medics and First Aid Training
Yuuichi [Open]
Clovis [Open]
Taiyou [Open]

Audience
Yuuri [Open]
Stan [Open]
Leo [Open]
Rokudo [Open]
Ryoki [Open]
Duo [Open]
Nagi [Open]

Watch
Sasame [Open]
Duke Pantarei [Open]
Roy [Open]
Aion [Open]
Stripp [Open]
Re-l [Open]
Jules [Open]

Other
Gai [Open]
Clare [Open]
Chrono [Open]
Kenshin [Open]
Mithos [Open]
Auron [Open]
Kratos [Open]
Stein [Open]
Takasugi [Open]
Rokudo [Closed]
Dylan [Open]
Hades [Open]
Keroro [Open]
Naoto [Open]
Duke [Open]
Allen [Open]
Demona [Open]
Sendo [Open]
Bumblebee [Open]
Saya [Open]
Tenma [Open]
Chika [Open]
Kanji [Open]
Yugo [Open]
Jules [Open]
Ed Elric [Open]
Hitsugaya [Open]
Lee [Open]
Raidou [Open]
Kaoru [Open]

Comments

[toukakoukan]

Not bad. [He shrugs a little, then gestures to Neji a little bit.] What kind of fighting style was that?

[heavenly_earth]

[Neji looks to the training dummy and smiles a bit]

Jyuuken. Or rather, a modified version of it. A Hyuuga's fighting style focuses on shutting down an opponent and negating their effectiveness on the field..

We don't have chakra to accomplish that here. However.. using pressure points and hitting the vitals accurately will accomplish almost as much. They were the guiding principles for our clan's style development, so it wasn't too difficult..

[toukakoukan]

[Ed's eyebrows went up in interest as Neji went on with the explanation. He himself had never been able to figure out a fighting style that focused on that--mostly he was a brawler. But without alchemy to build up here, he's determined to focus on expanding his fighting skills.]

I've heard of using pressure points before, but I've never really had any instruction in it. Show me some stuff?

[heavenly_earth]

[He's surprised by the interest, but perhaps he shouldn't be. Although Jyuuken may be solely for Hyuuga, this modified version of it didn't require their vision or chakra- and so anyone could learn to shut down an opponent with enough training.

Neji nods and raises his fingertips to press against a specific point on Ed's abdomen] Most are familiar with the effects of targeting the solar plexus- knocking the breath from a target, making it difficult for them to breathe. It also has the potential for unconsciousness if hit correctly and can even damage internal organs.

[He takes hold of his metal arm, frowned and dropped it in favor of his good one. Curling his fingers into a fist, with the flat bottom laid against a place on his forearm just below his elbow] This is the radial nerve motor point- particularly useful when faced with an armed opponent, capable of disarming and temporarily rendering the limb useless. Best hit with blunt impact.

[His eyes lingered on the arm that had felt too weighted and dense to be natural] ..Of course, you seem better-suited than most to withstand some of these strikes.

[toukakoukan]

[Tensing just slightly when Neji touched the vital areas for demonstration, still not sure how much he trusted this guy in general. But his explanations were good, intriguing since Ed had only a vague education in a fighting style like this.

Watching Neji as he looks over his automail arm, he decides to level with him and removes his jacket, his automail now visible from the shoulder down. Of course, someone like this would pick up quickly on the fact that it wasn't a flesh and blood arm, someone who specialized in knowing parts of the body.]

It's saved me from a few bad blows, yeah. This too. [He bends to knock on his left leg, also automail.]

[heavenly_earth]

[He would've located the points on himself, but showing exactly where on someone's body their vital points were served as better demonstration. Neji looks over the metal curiously though he doesn't move to touch again, finding himself less interested in how Ed had lost the limbs as in the concept of functioning, artificial limbs themselves]

I can imagine.. How useful. Turning crippling weakness into strength.. Interesting. This type of capability would save many shinobi from an early retirement. Of course, there's a matter of whether or not chakra could be channeled through it, but they'd still be effective at least- particularly in Lee's case..

[Three years ago Lee's arm and leg had been crushed and if not for a risky, intensive operation, he would've lose the use of them entirely with no similar alternative.

After a few moments, Neji realizes that he's doing little more than muttering to himself and straightens]

At any rate, if targeting pressure points is something you decided to learn, I wouldn't mind offering instruction.

[toukakoukan]

[Ed's eyebrows went up a little bit at the mention of shinobi, remembering his talk with Obito and how the boy had mentioned something similar about how useful automail would have been in his world. The headband Neji wore... he must have been from the same world.]

It's surprising how some worlds have never heard of automail--after the civil war, a lot of people needed limbs so the demand for it went up. There's a lot of technology in a place like this that we don't have, but automail's been around for awhile.

[He nodded at the offer for instruction however.]

Yeah, picking up something new is always good. I'd take you up on that.

[heavenly_earth]

..It's unfortunate that Tsunade-sama isn't here to work out how to apply something similar in our own world. But then I suppose it would make Hyuuga's fighting style less efficient in the long run.

[He shakes his head and briefly considers how best to begin instructing Edward]

Teaching you the locations of each pressure point and how to hit them won't be difficult, but there's more to adapting such an offensive element than simply learning the theory. But I'll take you through the basics and you can decide how far you're willing to follow the training from there.

[toukakoukan]

[Ed nods, watching Neji fairly intently. When there's the possibility of learning new and important skills, he's willing to pay attention and put in the work.]

I'll take whatever instruction you can give me.

[ooc: we can maybe assume that they've been meeting up at morning trainings to do a little bit each day? And hopefully Ed is improving, though he's probably impatient during the training. XD;;]

[heavenly_earth]

[That answer seems promising]

In that case, report here tomorrow morning. I'll have something for you by then.


[ooc: Sounds good! Neji'll start by teaching him basic vital points, the effects of different types of force, and have him practice hitting them accurately on a regular person sized training dummy he'll have set up for him. It'll be fairly repetitive work at first until Ed starts hitting them with speed and accuracy]