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Eternal Style of the Broken Sword [Hateshiganai-ryu no Kujikeruken]

Official taijutsu style of the Village Hidden Among the Stones




The Eternal Style of the Broken Sword is one of the oldest and most respected fighting styles in the Earth Country. It is considered to be one of the greatest fighting styles because little has changed in the style since its conception back before the shinobi ever existed.

The style has two main principals to it:

•Power without focus is not power, it is arrogance.
•Your weapon is your body, nothing else.

The creator of the style actually gained the idea through watching a star fall from the sky. When he saw a star fall he went to its crash site to examine it. Once he got there he noticed the raw power the star had in the crater left but it had no accuracy and missed a city by only a few miles.

This star seemed like a sign from the gods. It told him one of the main principals of his future fighting style; Power without focus is not power, it is arrogance.

Taking this concept and another one of his own creation the creator manifested all of his knowledge of fighting into one physical form known as the Style of the Broken Sword, later to be renamed the Eternal Style of the Broken Sword because of the length of it's existence.

The Eternal Style of the Broken Sword relies heavily on three different physical attributes; Strength, Agility, and Accuracy. Strength and Agility are obvious attributes in a fighting style but not so much Accuracy.

Unlike other styles that focus on pure power and speed or pain tolerance the Hateshiganai-ryu no Kujikeruken focuses on power, speed, and the delivery system.

According to the creator there are parts of the body that will always be weaker than others because they cannot be trained (groin, neck, joints, etc.) and if you deliver a powerful attack that is too quick to be blocked that hits dead on to one of the weak points you will do much more damage than you would with a hundred wild and random attacks that are equally as powerful. The practitioner also believes that with only speed and power the user will be an enemy to be reckoned with but one that can also be easily beaten because at high speeds it gets much harder to hit someone just right.

Though this seems odd for a power hungry country like Rock to adopt such an offbeat style as their official style it has proven itself time and again that it is not to be underestimated.

Stage 1
Academy

The Bound Wolf that will Devour God [Chouyouookami Kurau Jouten]
The name of the style refers to an ancient legend in the Earth Country that one day a giant wolf will devour the creator of the earth. This legendary allusion makes reference as the wolf being the practitioner foreshadowing the future power that they will have at their fingertips. The significance of this first stage is to put the practitioner one step in front of non-practitioner by training their speed at a young age. This speed also gives the practitioner a better stage to which they can start training their accuracy so that the attacks will be much more exact than normally.

Stage 2
Genin

The Giant Slayer is Born [Kiritateru no Kyojin Bo-n]
Due to the speed of the user being trained in the previous stage this stage trains the two other attributes essential to the style; strength and accuracy. The practitioner goes under several different tests that push their strength to the limit then force them to be delicate and accurate with it like throwing a heavy rock into a certain goal. Strength is emphasized more than accuracy in this stage so many times mistakes in hitting targets dead on will be forgiven while mistakes in feats of strength will not be.

Stage 3
Genin

The Hanged Man Who Became God [Jin no Hangunai Omomuku Jouten]
More skilled genin level practitioners can move on to this stage in which the focus of the style is temporarily switched. With a new found strength and accuracy in battle the practitioner begins to focus again on their speed so that it doesn't fall behind their other attributes. The practitioner will now don weighted armlets and leglets to train their speed. The weights hold back the practitioner's natural speed making them push their bodies in fights to compensate for the lost. To help make up in the difficulty of training the practitioner begins learning how to make their punches more devastating by working out the accuracy of their punches. To train this special targets are usually thrown at the practitioner, which burst open with a red corn syrup when hit in a particular spot marked with a bulls-eye. These are thrown at the practitioner at a relatively slow pace because instead of trying to train over all accuracy they are trying to train putting a lot of strength behind a punch but keeping it accurate as well. To be officially recognized at this level the practitioner must take a chip out of granite slab, which is actually very difficult.

Stage 4
Chuunin

The Condemned Moon and the Damned Sun [Shikeisutsuki Bachiataridainichi]
Continuing on the focuses from the last level the practitioner continues to train their speed and their accuracy. Lightweight rocks are tied down to all over the practitioner's body. While these are not heavy enough to weigh the practitioner down much they are placed in certain awkward positions that force the practitioner to try and avoid them while moving or be struck by it. To make this more of a challenge some of the rocks may be sharp. The accuracy of the practitioner is also trained. Instead of being trained to make a decisive hit to a certain spot though they are instead learning to make their average hits more accurate. So when they go to hit the targets this time their goal is to not bust it open but to knock it back at the thrower and to do so as many times as possible.

Stage 5
Chuunin

The Great Eye that Knows All [Omanako Unchiku]
After becoming thoroughly swift the practitioner begins to pick up on their strength training once again. They don the rocks once again but this time they are more conforming to the body and much heavier making even simple movements difficult to perform. As they grow stronger they continue to learn how to focus this power so that it doesn't become uncontrollable. To kill two birds with one stone a myriad of large rocks are found. Someone will look for the weak points on the rock and once found they will be marked and then thrown at the practitioner. If they miss the weak point with one of their attacks they are penalized with the pain of striking a rock that they are not yet strong enough to destroy. If they hit the weak point that is marked they are rewarded with a rock crumbling at their attack. While the rock throwing training obviously has its accuracy training down it also trains the practitioner's strength with a simple concept; have enough power to get the job done or get hurt trying. It is very good at convincing those that are too weak to break the rocks even when striking the weak point to work a bit harder. To be officially recognized at this level the practitioner must completely destroy a granite slab with one punch

Stage 6
Jounin

The Arrow of the Blind Brother [Burahakuya]
Taking the main focus of the last stage and putting it on the back burner the practitioner now focuses on their Accuracy and somewhat on their strength. This stage is very important to the development of the practitioner of the style. Instead of trying to train their eye sight trying to hit dead on the user is taught how to not rely on their eyesight so much and work their way around the need for it and using their trained eye sight along with this new training the user is more able to hit their target without mistake. They continue on with the practice of using a rock to train but instead of rocks being thrown at them they are brought to a very large rock where a weak point for them to exploit is created and the same concept of the last stage rings true; you miss you hits a solid rock that you can't break.

Stage 7
Jounin

Joy Hath Been Slain [Joiyaru]
True to its name this is the style in which the training becomes much more intense. In fact at this point the main philosophy is 'Do or Die' and it reflects in the newfound life risking training methods. This stage trains speed, reaction time, and how important being able to put a lot of force behind a single shot is. The way the practitioner is trained is that they stand at the bottom of a hill and large boulders are sent at him at a horrifying rate. The boulders have a white 'X' painted on them and when they are sent at the practitioner he has two options; destroy the boulder or get out of the way. The latter is anything but acceptable. Though it takes a while for the practitioner to get used to the training they are eventually able to run into the rolling boulders and hit the 'X' dead on because in layman terms their lives depend on it. The test for this stage is being able to bust through 5 consecutive boulders without fail.

Stage 8
Anbu

The Spear of the Fallen Valkyrie [Yari no Rakuvarukyrie]
At this point the practitioner takes a well-deserved break when it comes to their accuracy and instead goes on training the rest of their body in hopes of improving it. The practitioner begins going through several serious obstacle courses and training. One of their most infamous training methods is to try and stop boulders that are falling down a hill or if they are especially confident trying to stop rockslides. Unlike in the previous stages where they focused mainly on one attribute then sort of worked with the other both strength and agility are trained equally. Their agility is put to the test when they have to out run avalanches on some of the biggest mountains in the Earth country. They can also train their agility by working with several weight systems and training methods but outrunning the avalanches are the more favored.

Stage 9
Saanin

The Maiden Who Cried Red Gold [Tennin Ikkatsu Niirokogane]
This is the real deal. This is when it all comes down to the practitioner and his will. This is where the anticipated question is answered; 'When it comes down to it, will you swing the bat?' The practitioner spends a month doing nothing but training their strength and accuracy. Once that month has passed the test to end all tests comes. The practitioner stands in the middle of a rocky wasteland and awaits a fake meteor created by a higher up practitioner. The entire point of the test is to strike the meteor in just the right place before it hits the ground to completely destroy it. Needless to say not many survive.

Stage 10
Kage

The Blade Known as Balmung [Ittou Omotedatsu Barumungu]
Fast as a lightning bolt, Strong as a falling meteor, and a deadly accurate shot the practitioner has now reached the full epitome of the Eternal Style of the Broken Sword. Ironically the name of the style is based on a legendary sword wielded by an ancient pagan god from the Earth Country but it is named so for good reason. In his final battle throws the god died in battle by another god's hand but this was because his blade had been destroyed in the battle. This story is meant to teach humility to the practitioners that reach this level so they do not become too arrogant and fool hardy. In this final stage the practitioner works on all of the attributes that they were working on in the style trying to give everything one last balance out.

A shadow rose up from the ground, clutching the body of a shinobi. It was merely a boy, not past the age of 14. The man's face was black, it seemed as if his mouth and eyes had been drawn on with chalk. He opened his mouth to speak, but the lips did not match his words exactly. "I am the 14th, though I did not weild the blade to kill this boy I was present at the time. Ressurect him and he may service you in the future." He lay the corpse in front of Zean and took a step back waiting to hear his answer.

The 14th chuckled for a moment, it was a low scratchy laugh. The man stood up straight to face Zean. He was dressed in old english clothing, and every exposed part of his skin was covered in black chakra. "If you revive him, that is exactly what he shall become." the man proposed kneeling once more to lay a single hand on the boy's forehead. The man eyed Zean with his beedy white eyes,"So do we have a deal?"

The man walked over to the body and picked it up once more, handling it as one would handle a newborn child. He simply slinked back into the shadows, unwilling to walk the way the rest had. The permanent smile chalked onto his face was unwavering still as he headed for the Tshuchikage's office.