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[Kazimaru]

Boxing began simply enough when unskilled men began fighting one another, using simple but effective punches to deal damage or knock the other man out. As it evolved rules and equipment were developed for it, and eventually it was turned into a sport.

Here, however, things are simpler. While in some villages people box for sport and profit, in most places it is simply a martial art. There are no boxing gloves, people wrap their hands in bandages or coat their hands in chakra. Following are the different degrees for this taijutsu and the techniques and training required to achieve them.

First Degree- 1,000 CP

Strength Training
The first thing a boxer needs is power, and to get this they go through rigorous strength training to build up their muscles, especially the upper body and arms. To do this they lift weights, punch trees, and preform other such actions which will build up the body. The focus here is to obtain muscle, no more, no less.

Stamina Training
The second thing any boxer needs is the energy to keep going even after they've given it their all, and for this they do stamina training exercises daily. Running, jogging, sprinting up hills, jumping rope. These are just a few activities they preform, normally doing so for as long as they possibly can each day.

Basic Punch One: Jab
The first punch a boxer learns to throw is called the jab. It is a simple technique with a variety of uses if one knows what they're doing. The user simply throws a quick punch, usually with their less dominate arm, sometime to deal damage, but other times to judge the distance between them and their opponent or test their guard.

Turtle Guard
Another basic, the user keeps their hands close to their head, guarding their face with their fists and their body with their elbows. This can be used defensively to block an attack, or strategically to ware the opponent down and make them waste their energy. One must have the proper arm strength to use this, however, because if they do not then the opponent could easily punch the user and cause them to be hit by their own fist.

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Second Degree- 2,000 CP

Shadow Boxing
The idea of this training method is to allow the user to practice their skill both physically and mentally, without the need for actually using the moves. The user clears their mind and focuses on an opponent standing before them, except the opponent is only in their mind. They then play out a fight, throwing punches, guarding, etc., as if the fight were actually happening.

Basic Punch Two: Straight Punch
This can be a powerful weapon for a boxer, a punch that is directed forward at the opponent, imparting the full strength of the user in a single blow. While anyone can throw such a punch, in boxing the user learns how to throw one that uses full advantage of their strength as well as the right places to land the blow.

Long Uppercut
There are two versions of the Uppercut, the Long and Short, the Short version being a more advanced move and so taught later on.
To use this technique the user must be standing before the opponent, knees bent and fists near them, ready to throw a punch. The user steps forward, towards the user, and while doing so they draw themselves upward, raising their fist as well, aiming for the chin of the opponent. This movement ensures a powerful thrust of the fist, so that even if the punch barely touches the opponent it can still cause damage by hitting the nerves of the chin, causing the a shock to the brain which results in a loss of feeling in the legs.

Dash Training
The best way to defeat your enemy is to get up close and personal so that you can land a hit and they can't escape from the damage of it. Dash training teaches the body how to move very quickly over a short distance, and with the proper training this can be done without the user losing much energy in the process. This means that, over time during a fight, the user can make quick moves and steps to keep near the opponent while keeping up his energy for powerful punches.

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Third Degree- 3,000 CP

Counter
For every punch thrown a counter as been created to defend against it. There is no exact method to this technique, the user simply goes through enough training and sparring that they naturally develop this on their own. The key, however, is knowing they have learned it, then further mastering it so that they can consciously use it to their advantage whenever the need arises.

Short Uppercut
This has also been called the Motionless Uppercut, or the 1 Centimeter Punch. The idea is to deliver the power of the full Long Uppercut technique without having to go through the motions, which makes the attack quicker and harder to dodge when thrown. Basically the user gets in front of the opponent, ducks down, then delivers a powerful punch upwards to the chin.

Flicker-Jab Technique
A more advanced version of the simple jab, the user needs speed as well as power because with this move they throw several false, 'flickering' jabs towards the opponent, distracting them with the missing hits before landing an actual, very powerful jab.

Chakra Glove Technique
This technique allows the user to coat their hands in a layer of chakra, making so that they take less damage when they hit something, and depending on the concentration of chakra, it can make their own punches more powerful.

Elemental Glove Technique
This is an advanced version of the Chakra Glove, where the user infuses their elemental chakra into the glove, giving them an affect as well as strength.
Fire- punches can also burn
Water- punches splash chakra on the enemy to deal small amounts of damage
Earth- punches hit more solidly
Wind- punches can also cut
Lightning- punches send jolts into the body, causing nerves to misfire

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Additional Boxing Techniques and Training Methods

Shotgun
600 CP
For this technique, a barrage of punches are thrown at the opponent, rapid-fire style, but all at full strength. In doing so the user creates a guard of punches, making it incredibly hard for the opponent to make a move of their own because if they let their guard down even for a moment they take a hit, and should their guard fall completely they can take upwards of 20 punches in the course of a few moments.

Ball Method
300 CP
This training method helps to increase the strength of the toes, allowing the boxer to more easily move from side to side during a match and dodge the strikes of the opponent. For this training the coach will take a bucket of tennis balls and toss them at the boxer, to their left or right, and the boxer must catch the balls before they hit the ground. This will also make it easier for the boxer to move on other terrains, such as sand and mud.

Clenching
250 CP
During a match a boxer may need to catch their breath or disrupt the timing of the opponent, and so they will clench. This is simply when the you move in close and tangle your arms around the opponent, making it so that neither of you can throw any punches.

Hitman Stance
600 CP
This is a stance that better allows for certain types of punches to be thrown, most notably the Flicker Jab. For this the boxer lowers their left arm so it makes an L before them, while keeping their right arm up and a bit closer towards their center. In this stance the left arm is used primarily for sudden attacks while the right arm is used to guard and potentially counter punch.

Shouldering
300 CP
During a match it is legal for the boxers to use their shoulder in certain situations, like to deflect a punch, take a punch instead of letting it hit a more vital area, or to butt in closer. This is normally used by In-Fighters when they need to avoid a punch and get in deep to deliver their own attack.

Smash
800 CP
This is a power punch also known as a Three-Quarter Uppercut. For this, the fist is drawn back, as if drawing a weapon from your side, then brought around wide, rather than just upwards as with a normal uppercut, aimed for the chin. At the last moment the direction changes upward and the momentum delivers a 'smashing' blow. This is a mid-range upper and using it often leaves the guard down.

Low Altitude Smash
1,000 CP
An advanced version of the regular Smash, this one need a great deal of lower body strength and flexibility. As with a normal Smash the fist is drawn in close, but the boxer will then lean sideways as the punch is being thrown, so that their fist nearly touches the canvas, pulling their bodies up along with the fist to give it even more power. This is still a mid-range punch, but used under the right circumstances against someone who can't protect themselves, it could easily break a neck.

Link to video for Smash and L.A. Smash The Smash!

Corkscrew Punch
500 CP
Similar to a normal straight punch, for this technique the boxer pulls their fist back, holding it so that the palm is upward, as if they were going to deliver an uppercut, but instead they throw it straight, and midway through the punch they begin to rotate the arm, so that at the point of contact the palm is downward like a normal punch. This punch is harder to learn, but it allows for more accuracy, and also makes it harder to completely block the hit due to the spin.

Heartbreaker Hit
1,000 CP
Technically this technique can be used with any punch so long as there is enough power behind it, but it takes a boxer with a high level of skill, precision, and accuracy to accomplish. For this punch, the user strikes the chest, rather than the head or body, more precisely, they aim for the heart. If one can hit the heart square on, then the force behind the blow can stop it for a second, enough to disrupt the rhythm of the body and paralyze the opponent for about 10 seconds, enough for a count out usually.

Link to video for the Corkscrew and Heartbreaker Heart Break Shot

Peek-A-Boo Guard
200 CP
This is a guarding technique where both arms are held up side by side in front of the face so that the gloves come together. This allows the boxer to look out over the top of the gloves while still defending himself from a head shot, and if used with ducking, and help to block body blows as well.

Dempsey Roll
800 CP
Unlike most techniques in boxing which focus on either offense or defense, this combines the two, making it harder for the boxer to be hit while allowing him to throw powerful punches. To begin, the boxer begins to weave back and forth like anyone would to make themselves harder to hit, but on top of this they begin to swing their heads around, so that with each pass back and forth they make a figure 8. This builds up left to right momentum, then it's just a matter of timing their punches so that all the momentum moves from their body through their arms, and into their fists. It was developed by a smaller man to take on his larger opponents.

Link to video for Dempsey Roll First Dempsey Roll

Gazelle Punch
900 CP
This is a powerful lunging uppercut that requires the boxer to get some distance between himself and his target. It starts with ducking low, as if to dodge a punch, then right after the boxer lunges forward quickly, readying their fist. At this point it's a simple matter of physics and aim. The boxer, now in close, brings their arm up for a powerful uppercut delivered from down low to up high.

Link to video for Gazelle Punch Gazelle Punch

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Boxing Notes.
These aren't needed per se, but they will help to develop a boxing character more, and have some helpful terms that will let you simplify some things.

In-Fighting:
An In-Fighter is a boxer who tends to get up close and deliver several powerful punches.

Out-Fighting:
An Out-Fighter uses what is known sometimes as the 'hit and run' method, where they stay away from their opponent, only moving in close to deliver a specific strike, then move back to avoid getting hit.

Hard Puncher:
These are boxers who put a great deal of power into their strikes, relying on dealing general damage to whatever they hit. These tend to be In-Fighters more often than not.

Solid Puncher:
These are boxers who focus more on delivering precise strikes to a certain body part, having less power behind their punches usually but better aim. These tend to be Out-Fighters.

Fighting Spirit:
Put simply, this is the determination all fighters have to keep going, their passion and willingness to win no matter what. Some people have little to no real skill, but because of their Fighting Spirit they can step into the ring and come out with a victory just because they wouldn't allow themselves to give up or get knocked down.