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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
Users

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
Facts about Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four PalmsRDF feed
Anime debutNaruto Episode #61  +
Jutsu class typeOffensive  +
Jutsu classificationKekkei Genkai  +, and Taijutsu  +
Jutsu mediaAnime  +, and Manga  +
Jutsu rangeShort  +
Manga debutChapter #101  +
NameEight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms  +
UserNeji Hyūga  +
Uses kekkei genkaiByakugan  +