Goken (Strong Fist)

Goken is a step forward in taijutsu, it grants the user an increase of their strength and gives them the ability to freely use chakra to perform techniques and acrobacies and release a massive surge of chakra to add more extra damage. Goken can be combined with staffs, maces/kanabo and blunt weapons.

## **What are the principles of Goken:**

***Chakra repulsion:*** the sudden release of chakra alongside your attacks to cause more damage, repel upcoming threats or even launch your body with ease to perform acrobatics.

***Chakra guard:*** the user focuses chakra around their limbs to create a partially strong field to parry attacks and even blades without suffering considerable damage.

***Metahuman strength:*** by investing chakra on their attacks the users gain strength that surpasses the human limits.

### **D - rank spell unlocked = grasshopper**

***(Requires Tai-Jutsu Damage, Energy Regen, Chakra Control of 2 to Perform)***

You’re a novice in advanced taijutsu, though your acrobatics may be clumsy, they're impressive to ordinary martial artists.

Your chakra repulsion and guard is wasteful of chakra, can cause some nausea and sometimes it backfires. The power is enough to crack wood and cause injuries in the long term of combat.

The strength of the user while performing Goken allows them to lift 150 kgs while using Goken, though the strength principle of this martial art is expensive and it should be used with certain reservation. It won’t be instant, it will take at least 10 seconds for the user to gain this strength.

### **C - rank spell unlocked = initiate**

***(Requires Tai-Jutsu Damage, Energy Regen, Chakra Control of 4 to Perform)***

Your acrobatics and precision are above average, your natural strength is also above the average which means you may perform strength and endurance feats easier than shinobi that share your rank.

The charka repulsion and chakra guard won’t consume high amounts of chakra, however, the user will have to use them quite briefly and intermittently, timing them midway through their attacks or acrobatics in order for them to be totally effective or to not get accidentally hurt. The power of the goken strikes are enough to break planks with ease and even break bones when the hit is direct and critical.

The range of the repulsion is better, allowing the user to shoot projectiles of concentrated chakra , though their speed won’t be paired to the attack speed (meaning the punching motion will be faster than the traveling speed of the projectile), they are quite powerful in close range, but the longer the range the less damage it’ll deliver.

The strength of the user allows them to lift up to 200kgs while using goken.

### **B - rank spell unlocked = Warrior**

***(Requires Tai-Jutsu Damage, Energy Regen, Chakra Control of 5 to Perform)***

You “float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee”, your moves are impressive yet propense to failure when trying to change very long combo of attacks, though you’re capable of chaining kicks, jumps and punches quicker and with precision to overwhelm your target. Your endurance has improved even more and your strength is above the regular shinobi kind, the difference of those who do not possess goken and the rest starts here, the Goken user is naturally more envirgorated for hand to hand combat and has some physical advantages. **This does not imply the user will always be victorious, but implies that the user is specialized in taijutsu.**

Chakra repulsion and guard can remain active for longer and continuously, but if the user wants these techniques to be more powerful or durable they will need to add extra quantities of chakra. The power of the strikes can break defenses, and can even shatter through bricks and walls, for now on Goken can be used for lethal purposes in critical strikes.

The projectile’s speed is improved, the user may release a circular repulsive wall in their attack to create an improvised shield against projectiles or ninjutsu attacks, though it won’t perform ideally against high rank ninjutsu it will reduce the overall impact of an upcoming technique.

The user can lift up to 400kgs while using goken.

### **A - rank spell unlocked = Dragon fist**

***(Requires Tai-Jutsu Damage, Energy Regen, Chakra Control of 6 to Perform)***

The user moves like an artist, they adapt to combat “like water”. Their combos are persistent and the variation of strikes and attacks make fighting a user of this level a focus exercise. Your endurance is the one of an athlete, without the aid of chakra you can perform difficult feats and your natural strength is now paired with the first level of Goken.

Chakra repulsion and guard have more natural power for less chakra, the repulsion now capable of producing minor burns on the targets and the guard more resistant against ninjutsu threats. The strength of the strikes can even break concrete and go through it if the attack is chained.

The user can now use the projectiles in a sort of stream release to send a wave of chakra towards the targets to launch them away, though this application of Goken wastes chakra.

The user can lift up to 600kgs while using goken.

### **S - rank spell unlocked = Sensei**

***(Requires Tai-Jutsu Damage, Energy Regen, Chakra Control of 8 to Perform)***

Master of not only martial arts but Goken, you’re in peak human form and physically above in regards to strength and acrobatic feats in comparison to Goken-less veterans. You’re naturally almost a metahuman, you have the strength of the B-rank Goken tier naturally.

The strength of the strikes can even go through metal and concrete, even burning through surfaces when chakra is concentrated in high amounts.

Both chakra repulsion and guard can pair high rank ninjutsu attacks and defenses, but they require a generous expense. Same applies to the projectiles, which the user can use more frequently and now chain them in their combo attacks.

The user can release chakra while slamming their attack on a surface to cause a repulsive force to lift or launch anything or anyone on the radial proximity of the strike at high speed and be hurt by debris and the kinetic force.
The user can lift up to 1 ton while using goken.