“So, child, do you now understand the importance of taijutsu for us shinobi?”
After a thorough explanation, Uchiha Hiyakage finally confirmed with the young boy.
“I understand, Great-Grandfather.”
Shin-getsu nodded in understanding and summarized, “So, the training mainly focuses on taijutsu-related content, not Sharingan-related content. Great-Grandfather, are you trying to build a solid foundation for me first?”
“Yes.”
Uchiha Hiyakage said, “Without a solid foundation, you will only waste the power of the Sharingan. So, child, your top priority now is to build a solid foundation in taijutsu and ninjutsu before school starts. As for the application of the Sharingan's abilities, I'll arrange that after school starts.”
“I understand!”
Shin-getsu had no objections to the training content arranged by the old man. After all, he had arrived at a good time, and he wasn't eager to learn how to use the Sharingan’s abilities.
On the contrary, utilizing this ample development time to lay a solid foundation for his future was more in line with his wishes.
What truly made Shin-getsu somewhat concerned was the old man's mention of shinobi using taijutsu as the core of their fighting style.
“It seems that's indeed the case. While most shinobi use various flashy ninjutsu, in the end, they rely more on fists and blades to eliminate their enemies,” Shin-getsu thought to himself.
He couldn't help but recall a famous meme in the world of Naruto - fire jutsu that can't burn.
Of course, this was just a meme. In reality, many had been burned to death by fire jutsu. However, these were mostly just miscellaneous, nameless extras, and the shinobi who used fire jutsu to burn people to death were mostly renowned strong individuals.
The underlying meaning here, in fact, already indicated that to unleash the power of ninjutsu, one must possess extraordinary chakra. Otherwise, its power simply won’t reach the level of directly killing enemies, but instead, it will waste chakra needlessly.
In this case, for most civilian shinobi with less chakra, using kunai, ninja swords, and other weapons, and fighting with taijutsu, would be very reasonable.
However, combining the information from his previous life, Shin-getsu also felt that the taijutsu-centric fighting style his great-grandfather mentioned was more likely referring to the numerous ordinary shinobi in this world.
For powerful shinobi, taijutsu might still be important, but ninjutsu and genjutsu would likely be more crucial.
As for those who were Kage-level or above, their various overpowered abilities would be their ultimate reliance. For example, those Uchiha who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, their Mangekyo Sharingan’s dojutsu abilities, and the divine power of Susanoo, would be their trump cards.
The old man must have known this, but because Shin-getsu was still a child and was in the stage of building a foundation, he did not elaborate on these matters to avoid making the young boy feel overconfident.
“Alright, now watch my movements, I'll demonstrate first!”
After explaining the importance of taijutsu, Uchiha Hiyakage gestured, then slowly began his demonstration in front of Shin-getsu, who was still in a horse stance.
The movements were very slow, one after another, looking less like combat taijutsu and more like gymnastics movements.
Shin-getsu knew his great-grandfather was doing this intentionally so he could see clearly, so he immediately discarded his distracting thoughts and focused intently on the old man's movements.
Fist techniques, leg techniques, footwork, body techniques, kicking, punching, seizing, striking…
Various movements were displayed before his eyes as the old man practiced them.
“It's quite similar to the martial arts routines I saw in my previous life,” Shin-getsu thought to himself.
In his previous life, he hadn't learned any martial arts, not even military boxing during military training, aside from radio calisthenics. But, as the saying goes, “Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run, right?”
In the modern society with its flourishing social media, all kinds of martial arts routines were commonplace.
And the movements the old man was demonstrating now didn't seem much different from those he had seen online in his previous life.
Shin-getsu didn't find it strange. Even though this was a world with extraordinary elements like chakra, apart from that, various fundamental rules were actually no different from his previous life. Just like the basic taijutsu movements the old man was demonstrating now.
“Hmph, hah, huh… whoosh!”
With the completion of a twenty-four-move routine, Uchiha Hiyakage ended his demonstration. He smiled with contentment, watching the young boy who had been learning earnestly throughout.
“Long before the emergence of shinobi, various taijutsu techniques had already formed. After the appearance of shinobi, taijutsu wasn't eliminated. Instead, due to shinobi's powerful physical constitution and chakra, it exhibited even greater power.”
“During the Warring States period, shinobi modified the original samurai taijutsu into a taijutsu suitable for shinobi. It continued to evolve until the establishment of Konohagakure. After undergoing a series of integrations and refinements, this taijutsu was ultimately given the name ‘Konoha-ryu Taijutsu’.”
“And those twenty-four movements just now are the foundation of Konoha-ryu Taijutsu, the basic twenty-four forms.”
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