Dragon Arts

The Dragon Arts is a rigorous fighting style developed within the Ryuujima clan making use of Yang chakra in conjunction with the users raw will & life-force to invoke great damages. Users must also implement their unique chakra network to augment the various martial arts forms within the Dragon Arts to produce their own unique Taijutsu techniques specific to each user. There are various schools of thought within the Dragon Arts pertaining to the 5 Chakras within the Ryusejo and an advanced series of techniques within the mutation Mugenryusejo. The Basics can be well crafted to the creativity of each individual user, but the core training and mechanics are relatively the same. The martial art is designed not only to cause external damage, but to dismantle them piece by piece, using superior skill, angling and precision. The Fighting style can be augmented by various elemental jutsu to create various branches and extensions of the Arts basic forms. The general philosophy of the **Dragon Arts** Is for the users very limbs to become the claws and talons of a dragon, striving to strike true with the full extent of ones will.

## Overview

It is a primal art that has been refined over the generations. As a martial art, it is characterized by various open palm strikes, chops and parries which leave room for heavier more potent blows that use close fists, kicks, knees and elbows. It is capable of fighting single targets, but shines its brightest when faced with multiple opponents. This does not mean that every practitioner of Ryūte will be capable of combating more than one opponent at once but that those who have mastered it will make it look simple to avoid being overcome by multiple opponents. The user must have a general knowledge of hand to hand combat, as well as the anatomy of the body in order to maximize this fighting styles potential. Wasting attacks on non vital areas ends up being a waste of energy and time in a battle. It is designed for the highest degree of lethality. Despite appearing untamed and animalistic, this fighting style has often been associated with an assassination art. Made for hitmen who may need to end a life in a number of ways. Thus is the way of the Yakuza.

Dragon Hand practitioners will need to use every aspect of their body to find success. They must command a certain control of their center of mass. They tend to motion themselves, rotating their torso to enhance their blows or to mitigate the nature of another's attack. Majin himself will almost always trade blows rather than take one, leaving no attack attempt unpunished. Though this fighting style has some formality, it can also reflect the characteristics of a brawling fighting style, inherently appearing animalistic and untamed. Wild does not mean savage though, rather it means natural and free of domestication. In that sense, The Dragon Hand style is highly adaptive and can incorporate various fighting styles within its core principle to become unique to each specific user.

Given that various Ryujima will be at different degrees of self awareness, the Dragon arts are designed to be utilized by all levels. But at its highest mastery, users can draw directly on the powers of their will and even life force so that they can increase their physical capability. The heart chakra, is said to be the "Seat of the Soul". It is the core of the chakra system and often believed the "one true chakra." It is from here that a Ryujima can tap into their very essence. The very source of their will and life-force. The heart chakra is associated with love compassion. Even those Ryujima who walk a path that can be considered "Dark" The purpose and drive behind it must come from a key understanding of this chakra and its meaning. They must do things for the love of it, not for small or selfish and petty causes. Doing so, being inauthentic, would only hamper their potential in the long run. By tapping into these special pools of chakra, they gain various physical advantages in combat. The Martial art was designed to be combined with other techniques capable of being manifested within the Ryusejo. This includes the Dragon Realm: Severing Blade. Which is crafted specifically to empower the users chopping strikes, effectively turning them into slashes and thrusts. Each student in the Dragon Arts school strives for their hands to strike like the claw of a dragon.

When they accomplish this, they better connect with their physical and spiritual self, and grow to a point where they can at times empowered themselves through a tangible expression of their will. in more dire situations, practitioners can draw from their life force as well. Some users may deviate from the heart chakra, with a focus on the root chakra, the Sacral chakra, or the solar plexus, though going beyond the throat chakra is said to be impossible unless a user specializes in one of them entirely. Only the user of the Mugenryusejo can use multiple of the higher chakras as well as all of the lower ones.

The resulting power generated from this process can make a Ryujima of lower rank a substantial issue for an enemy shinobi of a higher level, especially with the element of surprise on his side. A sudden attack can end up many leagues more powerful than what the user is normally capable of. Because each chakra is associated with a number of various organs in the body, this is an expression of the users entire being compacted into a martial art that only the true Ryujima can utilize at its maximum potential. It is what allows them to harden certain portions of their body, or to draw upon a sudden increase in overall chakra and power.