Thread:Silver-Haired Seireitou/@comment-24384232-20141211031805/@comment-24384232-20141211211406

Hmm I extraplorate along similiar thoughts, though my perception of the matter extends to the other three combat forms. Practitioners are rooted entirely in the physical, when they strike it is just that a strike. Experts however differ in that their attacks go into a realm considered superhuman. Their fist can smash boulders, cause entire structures to crumble, their kicks have the power to rupture the earth, etc. These are extraordinary feats of physical and martial prowess.

Masters or Grandmasters as you prefer (I use the terms interchangeably) approach the realm where their art is beyond the physical. Hakuda Masters have already reached the pinnacle of what their bodies can attain in terms of pure strength, speed and durability. The mind though has yet to be mastered. Masters bridge the gap between the physical and the mental, their martial arts takes on a conceptual quality. It enables them to use their physical abilities to interact at the metaphysical/conceptual level.

A Kido Master is capable of halting the flow of time, of changing one element into another. A Hakuda master could use the concepts behind their fighting style to combat such a thing. A stance that roots the practitioner, making them immovable could be used to "root" themselves against the manipulation of time, thereby making them immune or simply highly resistant to Time Stop. A Zanjutsu Master discovering they are under say Aizen's Kyoukasuigetsu could cut the illusion himself. A master of Hoho could keep outrun a curse meant to harm him through sympathetic magic (think voodoo spells).