Shadow of the Dancing Leaf

The user moves close behind a target and carefully matches their movements, following them in the same way that a leaf is followed by its shadow. Simply mimicking a target in this way does no harm to them, but it's useful as a setup for other techniques, such as the Front Lotus or the Lion Combo . The tracking technique boosts the accuracy of the follow-up move. Because of how difficult it can be to use this technique, most genin are unlikely to be talented enough to perform it.

## Trivia [ ]

- Rin no Sho claims Neji Hyūga is skilled enough to use Shadow of the Dancing Leaf, though he never actually tried to perform the technique.
- This is a Leaf-Style Taijutsu ( 木ノ葉流体術 , Konoha-Ryū Taijutsu , literally meaning: Tree Leaf-Style Body Technique).

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