Uchi no kawanonagare no hon

## Introduction

Uchi no kawanonagare no hon Or the book of river flow within Was Once haze fighthing style. it is a light stancing style that base itself on Fluid And Precise Grounded Movements, it mainly focus on grounded movements but sometimes make use of aerial movements. Haze Claim that his fighthing style require near-perfect execution and that it's difficulty only make up for its utility. Uchi No Kawanonagare has multiple techniques, More than 70% of them use the ground. Talking About Techniques let's get to them.

(NOTE: Player Tsukiyoshi teach All the techniques discussed in here.)

## Ugoku kawa(Moving River)

The Moving River Technique is an juggle techniques that require A series of very unique instant slashes. the techniques use a reflection strikes type of pattern (back and forth /) But under the form of an instant slash. the technique require you to do the / back and forth as usual but Extremely low on the screen, low enough so your character launch, but never leave the ground. (known as: instant launch) just rinse and repeat this as a form of juggle. For more information and some demonstration for this and all the other techniques, ask tsukiyoshi in game.

## Kanketsusen(Geyser)

A evasive techniques that go from the ground all the way to the sky (Top of the screen). This technique require you to first launch, then do rising back and forth horizontal slashes, all the way until you're decently high in the air then you slash away from your opponent finally landing with a slash. this is a illusionary techniques. since this technique look like a juggle but is in fact made for evasion.

## Taki(Waterfall

An evasion technique used after a smoke bomb, while still in mid air, falling from a smoke bomb, Slash away and imediatly down from your opponent, similar to how a waterfall start from the top and constantly flow down.

## Oseanikkuburēdo(Oceanic Blade)

an aproach technique that consist of doing an horizontal with a /\ slash, imediatly following up with another horizontal slash toward your opponent (If your opponent is still within your range) Then Doing another /\ slash.

## Supirichuarushī(Spiritual Sea)

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Supirichuarushī ''one cannot perfectionate something if he has no patience, determination, or a open spirit'' -Haze

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The Spiritual Sea Technique Is Not Made for battling, but is actually made to get used to the fighthing style itself, this technique serve training/praticing purposes, The Entire Technique Is using rising slashes from the ground all the way to the sky, then you fly to a certain point (You etablish the end) after this you use horizontal slashes to go down. finally you slash back and forth on the ground as fast as you can without missing a single slash. You rinse and repeat until you can pull off the entire setup consistently. this was created to make it easier for players to pratice their movements and make them more fluid.

## Saisho no suteppu: Kaiyō keimusho (First Step:Oceanic Prison)

The point of this technique is to juggle using some kind of strange /-\ slash, Or a inverted triangle. technique is better with the /-\ slash althought is much harder to pull off that way, this technique create a room of slashes (And desynch) to try and make a opponent unable to escape. not guaranted to work all the time.

## Ribāsuribā(Reverse River)

Same Thing as Ugoku Kawa (Moving River) But In the opposite direction. basically the technique work in both direction. Combine Both To Make X jikei no kōri no hahen (see technique below)

## X jikei no kōri no hahen(X Shaped Ice Shard)

Combine Ribāsuribā(Reverse River) And Ugoku Kawa (Moving River) To make some kind of instant launching off-shaped X. Hard to pull off, but reward a lot.

## Sōdaina kōri no tori(Magnificent Ice Bird)

This technique is an aerial prowes. The technique itself require you to move fluidly throught the air, In no real pattern or form, the entire technique is based on reaction and instinct, in which you counter each options/attack by doing aerial ''Strike-Throught'' or rising slashes throught your opponent in a precise and fluid manner so that not only do it actually land, but allow you to follow up quickly. Serve As A Base/Core To A Stronger Technique.

## 2-Banme no suteppu: 4Tsu no kōri no hahen(Second Step: Four Ice Shards)

this technique require you to Strike your opponent Four times, 3 strikes are done on your opponent critical points. aka the chest the throat and the head. The last strike is usually a critical hit (via focus) or anything you want and got the time to use. First launch someone throught the chest, then slash throught its throat By using aerial movements (slashes) then imediatly slash backward throught your opponent head. finally end with whatever you want. this technique overall is the simplest Of Book. And one of the less-useful one.

## 3-Banme no suteppu: Kuikkufurō(Third Step:Quick Flows)

This technique is extremely difficult to do. the technique itself is 3 triangles into 3 rising slashes (horizontal slashes that go upward,)

## Saishū suteppu: Yūdaina shinka shita kōri no tori(Final Step:Majestic evolved ice bird)

This is the evolved form of magnificent ice bird and is the ULTIMATE technique of the fighthing style. this technique is a bunch of instinctively done reactive slashes that ALL happen in mid air and then end on the ground before going back to the sky. just like how a bird land rest and fly again later on. there is no true pattern, no forms. just reactive Rising slashes (Horizontal slashes that go upward) and a few triangles. This technique require perfect movements throughout the entire technique, for it to work properly. perfect fluid movements are a must.