Taijutsu

* Taijutsu (Judo, Aikido, Karate, Kenpo) and Taidō

**China**

* Bajiquan, Tai Chi, Tongbeiquan, Baguazhang and Touch of Death

**Africa**

* **West Africa**
	+ Dambe (from the Hausa people)
* **Southern Africa**
	+ Musangwe (from the Venda people)

**Taijutsu** (体術, *Taijutsu*?, lit. "Body Techniques") is a fighting style where apparitions and sorcerers use their superhuman physical abilities in martial arts.

## Description

Physical fighting techniques optimize the natural strength of an individual's body and are executed by exerting the user's stamina. Martial arts are systems of traditional combat practices and fighting techniques. Their applications differ greatly from person to person, depending on the way they execute the techniques of Taijutsu.

Capable Taijutsu combatants can use a variety of different styles and disciplines to physically overwhelm an opponent. This includes the ability to throw combinations of punches, kicks, knees, grappling throws, and other moves due to it be a combination of several martial arts.

Unlike the other abilities apparitions and sorcerers possess, executing physical techniques does not require any Qi and is sufficient for defeating humans. However, no matter an individual's level of strength although they can harm and injure demons, they cannot kill said demon without any Qi. Due to individuals having trained immensely, they can apply their Qi to combat in order to increase their physical abilities. This makes individuals capable of killing and exterminating demons with pure hand-to-hand combat and Qi manipulation.

Said aforementioned application of Qi is also used to fight other Umoya as long their elemental attribute hinders their opponent's. Fiends have learned how to use qi in the same manner that apparitions and sorcerers use. In most instances, there is a majority of cases where both Elements and Shamanic Arts or Sorcery are employed by apparitions and sorcerers are utilized in tandem with Taijutsu.

## Usage

Taijutsu is employed by nearly all apparitions and sorcerers but composes less than twenty percent of what is considered their general skillset. Most apparitions and sorcerers rarely rely on their other abilities so very many utilize close-quarters combat as their main fighting style.

Despite possessing high levels of Qi and other abilities, apparitions and sorcerers at the highest level still employ Taijutsu with great efficiency to some degree. Examples of these are in the following:

* Busayo Popoola (the most-skilled user of Dokyu of the Popoola Clan and Loyiso Sango's mother) knew that her skill with most supernatural abilities was high but focused to train her physical body to its limit and reinforce it with Reiqi to its limit as well.
* Dumisani Mavundla, considered to be the strongest Apparition known for his immense abilities, was able to overwhelm Yuzuha Kijin with physical strikes alone during the first half of the rematch without his abilities activated.

In most cases, close-quarters combat can be coupled with an Umoya's supernatural abilities. This is through the following examples:

* Loyiso Sango, in Elemental Manifestation plus his proficient use of Kasai, relies mainly on close-quarters combat as his main form of engagement and combines his fire, wind or lightning with his Qi-enhanced punches and kicks.
* Toshihisa Fujita and Mandla Sango combines their speed enhanced with Raimei, the lightning Element, plus their physical abilities to overwhelm adversaries and strike them with a quick succession of close-ranged hits.

Although during the olden days of the Apparition world where familiar users were vulnerable to attacks by demons, from the early Edo period to nowadays, familiar user are now skilled in utilizing Taijutsu while their familiar creating abilities are considered one of the valuable Spiritual Talents in the Umoya world. This example is through this:

* Themba Sango who was able to fight and defeat both Hokori and Yokubo simultaneously with not only Taijutsu, but also his Moku Element and his Shikigami Arts.