Seikentsuki[]
I was reading through the description and I was brought back to a reading of Musashi's Book of Five Rings. While the analogy of "it is as different as a jab or a punch" may give some insight, I believe another analogy is better suited. Miyamoto described in some length the difference between a hit and a strike. That being a hit is something of chance, unintentional, while a strike had all of the intent and focus behind it that you would expect of a martial artist. In this vein, prior to reaching that state, all previous attacks were merely hits hurled at the opponent, but once you have mastered the strike... as Zangetsu put it, it is the difference between knowing the name of a technique and not knowing the name of a technique. The power between them is worlds apart, might as well be another form of attack altogether. I think that was what you were getting at, but had some trouble putting it into words. That or I'm reading WAY too much into this. --- Abysmal Shadows (Talk) 04:43, November 29, 2015 (UTC)
- I do know what you're getting at, but my intention was actually completely different. When I used the phrase, "it is as different as a jab or a punch", I meant in terms of power, not application. As you know, a martial artist's punch differs in the real world from a random street fighter's punch in that a martial artist trains to focus the strength of their entire body into a punch rather than just using their arm's muscle. Hips and body posture all factor into the punch, and 9 times out of 10, this is a defining difference between a trained martial artist and a normal person's punch. So, when you put that principle to work in Bleach, where reiatsu follows the strike of the body or the sword, a martial artist's punch, or as I said, the "Seikentsuki", becomes a strike that carries with it the tremendous force of reiatsu. I consider it to be the basic skill that Hakuda practitioners would learn to develop, so that's why I placed it under Hakuda Kihon. But I get what you're saying, and I had the same thought in mind as well, though more to the tune in what Morpheus said, "Stop trying to hit me, and hit me!" Less classy but well... Gets the job done, lol. Seikentsuki would evolve into the state you're talking about when one masters Hakuda Taisabaki, because at that stage, their movements no longer become attempts but become absolute. --Silver-Haired Seireitou (Dosvidaniya, tovarisch.) 04:57, November 29, 2015 (UTC)