Kanzaki Clan

The **Kanzaki Clan** (神崎一族 Kanz*aki Ichizoku*) is an ancient family of hunters and warriors that developed a reputation for their elite assassination unit during the Kamakura Period.

## History

The Kanzaki Clan (神崎一族 *Kanzaki Ichizoku)* is a family that descend from the original inhabitants of Hokkaido, the Ainu.

### Kanzaki Clan Style

The **Kanzaki Clan Style** (神崎一族流 *Kanzaki Ichizoku-ryū*) refers to the martial arts style used by the Kanzaki for combat and assassination. The martial arts combines the traits of Motobi Udundi, Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, Judo, Tenshin Aikido and Shinshinkai Karate. Similarly to the Kure clan, it is said that there is no move the Kanzaki Style cannot combat.

* **Copy** (し, *Utsushi*) as the name implies, allows the user to replicate and mimic an opponent's technique for their own benefit.

* **Stream** (そ流, *Soryū*) is a technique which revolves around the use of swift and powerful strikes to block and repel the weapons of an opponent, and focuses on disarming or destroying enemy weapons.

* **Wave** (波動, *Hadō*) is a technique that focuses on maximising damage output while keeping a consistent flow of damage. It uses twisting motions of the body and its parts to maintain or increase the damage of attacks and involves shifting the center of gravity of the user for offensive and defensive purposes. It is also used to repel the attacks of opponents, nullify them or redirect them with twice the power.

* **Shinken** (神拳, *Divine Fist*) is a technique where power is focused into a single blow and struck into the **Keiraku Hikō** (経絡秘孔, "Hidden Channeling Points") points in the human body (also known as pressure points). These pressure points destroy opponents from within, and causes them to move involuntarily or otherwise become incapacitated, leaving them paralysed momentarily. When trying to destroy or immobilise a target, a pressure point must be struck with great strength and accuracy.

* **Shaorii** (消力, Power of Disappearance) is one of the secret techniques of the Kanzaki Clan Style, known only to few members of the main family. Shaorii is broken down into two forms: Defensive and Offensive Shaorii. Defensive Shaorii is a form of bodily control that allows the user to completely relax their body to a feather-like state, allowing him to present zero resistance to oncoming blows. It also produces hyposthenia, which allows the user to absorb all their attacker's body weight and attacking force. With that, the user can't take damage from punches, kicks or slashes, as the attack would meet no resistance from the Shaorii users body, and they would simply flow with the attack like a blade of grass in the wind. Offensive Shaorii allows person to then put their opponent's entire body weight and attacking force into their blows. With this technique, even a punch from a weak individual can become amazingly powerful. The relaxation of the muscles right before the moment of the impact is a critical key factor for the use of Shaorii.

### Renewal Taekwondo

Renewal Taekwondo was developed by the current clan head, Satoru Kanzaki, and involves a wide variety of kicks aimed at the upper parts of the body using the rotation of the body as a source of power along with continuous punches. The martial art has many takedowns that often start with the "hook" kick snaring the victim with the back of the leg in the limbs or the head making them lose balance. Renewal Taekwondo also allows the user to be able to execute any move perfectly by focusing all their energy into a single point without wasting any movement. Every single Renewal technique gets a recoilless upgrade which amplifies the user's striking power and together with the infamous Kanzaki speed, it makes one of the deadliest martial arts in the world.

## Base of Operations

The clan settled in the modern-day town of Sobetsu and were its original founding members. They own several large plots of land and built a large temple and family residence known as Sobetsu Falls, overlooking Lake Tōya.

## Trivia

* The name **Kanzaki** comes from 神 *(Kan)* meaning "god" and *崎 (saki)* meaning "cape, peninsula".
* Six was arranged to marry into the Kanzaki clan and upon being taught the the clan martial art, developed the martial art known as Formless, prior to his betrayal of the clan.