Order of the Vizards

"I told you that a Hollow Mask was more then just a weapon."

- Seireitou to Ryan

The Order of the Vizards is an ancient secret society that transcends the boundaries of the Soul Society, seeking philosophy, truth, and peace. They are devoted to the sharing of ancient knowledge across national and political divides, as well as martial art and spiritual art techniques.

Formed centuries ago by Yeshua, the Order began as a club where these ancient masters could challenge one another at a martial art they named Taekkyeon. The movements of Taekkyon are fluid and dance-like with the practitioners constantly moving, in this regard it resembles Capoeira and Shaolin Kung Fu but is unique in many ways. While some people see a certain similarity to the motions of traditional Shinigami martial arts, the techniques and principles differ a lot from those of other arts. For example, Taekkyon does not make use of abrupt knee motions. The principles and methods used to extend the kick put more emphasis on grace rather than strength.

Taekkyon uses many sweeps with straight forward low kicks using the ball of the foot and the heel and flowing crescent-like high kicks. There are many kicks that move the leg outward from the middle and inward from the outside using the side of the heels and the side of the feet. The art also uses tricks like inward trips, wall-jumping, fake-outs, tempo, and slide-stepping. The art is also like a dance in which the fighter constantly changes stance from left to right by stepping forward and backwards with arms up and ready to guard. This art requires traditional white robes.

Low kicks, frequent in Taekkyon, are used to block the opponents kick. These kicks include leg sweeps as well as direct blows to the knee. There are around 10 different basic techniques of this set of techniques called ddanjuk.

They derived their name from the Hollow Masks used in their fights, a key element in their strategy. They communicate membership through the game by placing their masks in a specific manner that identifies themselves to other members of the society.

Members
Seireitou, a master of the Hollow Mask, is a Grand Master and the Grand "Xiaochu" of the order and has always said, "Hollow Masks are more than just weapons." Despite their name, they are open to both Arrancar and Shinigami as well, as Yeshua intended.


 * Yeshua - Founder

List of Members

 * Seireitou Kawahiru
 * Jae Akihito
 * Byakko Kirisake
 * Kagetomou Sadow
 * Keigai Honrui
 * Koushou Takerami
 * Senka Kururugi
 * Minkai Zokatakei
 * Haizo Aoi

Unconfirmed Members/Non-Aligned Members

 * Bella Pelear
 * Ryan Getsueikirite
 * Hotaru Fujibayashi

Research and Projects
Being a secretive order, the order's members use all of their resources to uncover many different things, including new inventions and such.

List of Creations/Research

 * Project: Xiāochú
 * Inner Hollow Manifestation Research
 * Project HAFLEIRB