Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms

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Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms[1]
Name
Kanji	八卦六十四掌
Rōmaji	Hakke Rokujūyon Shō
Literal English	Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms
English TV	Gentle Fist Style: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms
Other	Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms
Debut
Manga	Chapter #101
Anime	Naruto Episode #61
Data
Classification	Kekkei Genkai, Taijutsu
Class	Offensive
Range	Short-range
Directly Derived jutsu Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms Eight Trigrams Spirit Sixty-Four Palms Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms
Users Neji Hyūga

The Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms is a maneuver of the Gentle Fist fighting style. It is reserved only for the Main branch of the Hyūga clan. This technique is used to close off the flow of chakra through sixty-four chakra points of an opponent's Chakra Pathway System. This eliminates their ability to use chakra for quite some time and makes it difficult for them to move.

Once someone is within range of Neji's field of divination, he assumes a Gentle Fist stance and begins to deliver the attack:

• First, two consecutive strikes to make two.
• Second, another two consecutive strikes to make four.
• Third, four consecutive strikes to make eight.
• Fourth, eight consecutive strikes to make sixteen.
• Fifth, sixteen consecutive strikes to make thirty two.
• Sixth, another thirty two consecutive strikes in succession to make a total of sixty four strikes.

Each set of strikes is done at an exponentially increasing pace and strength. The attack not only disables the enemy but also knocks them back with every set of strikes. In the anime, a minor version of this technique is called the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms technique, and the doubled version of this technique is called the Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms technique.

[edit] References

1. ↑ First Databook, page 217