Way of the Blade [Training]

Trials and tribulations at the Thunder Grounds brought much joy to Izo's person, the excitement it brought him made him have different thoughts about being a shinobi, here lately it's been rather boring what with nothing going on and all that jazz. He told Sachio that he would be around and if he decided to allow Izo to be the sensei in question then he should just find him. Today, Izo would be training his sword style, the blade arts, he always had an affinity with swords yet never really concentrated his ability with them. Izo is standing atop a mountain and how he got there was a simple trek, a set of stairs were located on one of the sides of the mountain. The thing about this island is that it was meant for people to train kenjutsu and their own styles and as such there is a rack off to the side with numerous amounts of swords sealed in a generic sealing formula, each formula has it's own specific feature for what type of sword you're choosing. The cloud village is known for two things, kenjutsu and raiton ninjutsu.

The rack may have been there but Izo had already picked his weapon of choice. A five foot katana is in his right hand leaning downward diagonally to the ground as he has already done some a little bit of training. It was a simple technique in which the user simply moves his hands at the last possible moment to redirect the direction of the slash with the quick movements of the hands. One who has mastered the way of the sword can do this with ease just as he has done. Izo's anbu torso piece would be covering nothing but his red fishnet shirt today while he was definitely wearing his Anbu mask as well as his Anbu wrist guard with his generic sealing formula on his right wrist guard. His name was called by Sachio and so he turned around to face his student, "Hey Sachio how's it goin bud?" he asked in a calm tone, one wouldn't even know he was training if you hadn't been here to see him do it.

Once Sachio got close enough to have an actual conversation Izo would begin speaking, "Okay Sachio today we're gonna work on kenjutsu, I trust you know what that is?" Izo said with confidence that his young student knew exactly what Kenjutsu was but with a questioning tone to allow Sachio to explain it to make sure he had full knowledge.

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Izo snapped his hand upward in a gun like position after Sachio's answer to his trivial question. Izo's thump would fall down onto the top of the side of his hand signalling a gun shot from a gesture as he spoke, "Bingo boy!" he smiled and winked at the same time like those cool ass anime characters do sometimes with that reassuring look they always give. Sachio stretching at the time might not notice but it wouldn't stop Izo from doing the silly hand gesture along with the face that he just did. Izo would roll his eyes as he brought them to the weapons rack, pointing at them he would say, "Yessir we got em all. We have a kunai knife here, a kunai blade here..." Izo would go on to name several different weapons for your weapon of choice ending it all with, "And which one would you choose?" Izo then looked at Sachio to notice the blade sheathed at his hip. Izo put his own blade in the sheath with his left hand looking onto Sachio for an answer.

The answer to this question is more than a trivial piece of retarded questionings, the answer to this question could potentially give Izo an insight on how he decides to battle. Izo has spent many a years learning kenjutsu and mastering certain types of things but there are still a lot of things he has yet to learn himslef and he is happy to share the experience with his younger counterpart. "I've read around about a Cloud village kenjutsu style known as the Issen Stance" Izo said looking off into the clouds that surround the island that the two were standing on, "do you know anything about that Sachio?" Another question would come directly at the student. Why so many questions? It would seem that the reason the two were up here is for a survey, or at least that's what Izo is making it out to be. Izo would put his right hand on his hip awaiting answers from his younger student counterpart.

The gaze of the Genin only faltered back to Izo for a moment, this moment lasting as long as the man spoke about the weapon rack. Eventually Sachio felt he was droning on for a bit too long, so his eyes went back tot he rack and he casually approached it. True he had his Kusarigama on his hip for use, but he wanted to become well rounded and versatile in more weapons than one. The Kanji for "Wakizashi" inscribed on the odd weapon rack, Sachio utilized the academy taught Generic Sealing Jutsu.

Flashback wrote:

Sachio Kazan, Age 9

The sound of hardwood floors of the Kumogakure no Sato Ninja Academy floors echoing from lone footsteps fed Sachio's ears. Nervous and developing a light sweat on his brow, the Academy Student stopped at the end of the hallway. What lied ahead of him was the Exam room, in there he would execute the basic jutsu that would make him eligible to pass the ninjutsu section of the Genin Examination and proceed to the other test. When he gripped the bronze doorknob he could feel his hand turn before the knob did due to the moisture making his grip slip. Taking a breath before he entered and put on a smile, the young Kazan stood before his three proctors. Each of them teachers that he was familiar with and one of them a teacher very involved in his growth as a ninja. "Ah Sachio. Ok, for your first test, unseal the box in front of you using the Generic Sealing Technique." The box was only a foot off the ground and had a rather expensive looking appearance. Eyes coming off the box and back to his teachers, Sachio nodded and formed a single hand sign. Success was the result.

Generic Sealing Learned.

Out from a plume of smoke a single Wakizashi was summoned in a sheathed form. "How about this Izo?" Sachio held the sheathed weapon in one hand examining it first, before turning and showing Izo -eyes still on the sheathed weapon-. Satisfaction and a small glare lit his face as he slid the weapon slightly out from its sheath. Soon enough the whole blade was out and exposed and held before him in one hand while the sheath was held nonchalantly in the other, forgotten by the student. Turning his wrist left and right to analyze the weapon from both sides, safely of course, Sachio also gave it a few swings in the air testing the weight. "A wakizashi . . . right?" He lifted his eyes up to Izo for the first time in a while.

Izo stood with his right hand on his hip as he watched Sachio lean in before his feet caught up with his body to walk him to the weapon rack that was near the two. Izo himself stood parallel to the weapon rack just behind Sachio. Sachio turned and looked at Izo asking if this was a weapon that was good enough. Izo wouldn't say anything, only watch over the view of the young Sachio a cloud of smoke resonate just before the young lad. A smirk shown on Izo's face matched that of his younger student, Izo noticed the smiled when Sachio turned to face Izo after examining his chosen weapon the Wakizashi. Izo stood still watching as Sachio became familiar with his blade of choice, first pulling the blade out only slightly to see the edge of the Tsuba and then quickly pulling the metal blade fully from the sheath. Izo moved back slightly to make sure not to get hit but in a casual way leaning backward a bit before stepping for support. Sachio's vision still not leaving that of the Wakizashi as he held the sheath in his left hand allowing the right to make the sword dance like a puppet under the control of his right hand.

Hmm. This is his thing huh? Izo thought as he watched the young lad examine his own blade. "That one is perfect for you Sack, that's a nickname I'm calling you from now on, Sack, hope you like it." Izo laughed a little bit poking fun at the very serious Sachio at the time. Izo would then step back once more, the two now three meters from each other, Izo in such a stance that his right hand would hold the blade in an upward position in the center of his body while his left hand would be covering his right wrist. This is in case he had to pull a few projectile weapons if the case arises. "Sachio, I'm going to show you the Issen Stance. With this stance you can dodge an opponent's strikes or simply repel them before they injure you. The real usefulness of this stance is the aftereffect however, while in this stance you must gather chakra into your blade until your opponent strikes and then upon dodging or repelling the attack, you unleash your chakra into your blade and use that momentum on multiple opponents." Izo explained calmly while still in the stance. In the time that Izo was speaking explaining the Issen Stance he would be gathering chakra throughout his body.

With a confident smile and a proper posture Izo spoke once more, "Strike me with your sword, figure out this style. Lesson one: Survival." He gripped the hilt of his blade tighter than it was before the speech, his own speech gave him goosebumps. It was't like Izo to be all teacher like so this brought some determination into his life. He now has the opportunity to bring up the young Clouds of Kumogakure into the beasts that they will become within the village. Izo's feet are shoulder width apart, while his knees are bent just a small bit taking a ready stance for any strike that Sachio may bring forth.

Izo's eyes stayed fixated on his younger student as he gripped his own wakizashi that he chose from the weapon rack. The smile would never leave his face as he knew what Sachio is capable of doing, turning a boring training day into a fun day of adventure. Sachio's body aura became calmer as Izo looked upon his student he noticed that the young Genin of the Cloud would be controlling his breathing, doing so by calmly inhaling and exhaling a perfect amount of times just after re-sheathing his blade. His body became still after his breathing exercises and it was apparent that he was ready for the training to commence. Izo's knees were bent as well as his student's, they both are well versed in the arts of using the swords in combat situations and they knew that when facing another blade artist that staying lower to the ground may win the battle. Even though this was simply a training exercise, hits still matter.

Sachio would then look at Izo as if he intended to attack proving to Izo that he was ready for the training. Upon reaching the correct distance for his wakizashi Sachio would bring forth his right hand with which gripped the blade and would slice at Izo with the wakizashi that he grabbed from the weapon rack. Izo's saphire eyes stared upon Sachio's own stance as he marveled at the young genin's use of the Iado from the Samurai. How is he able to do that? Is he from the Land of Iron? Upon further inspection he noticed a few flaws that differentiated Sachio's own version from the original Iado.

Izo's mind kept calm cool and collected allowing him to be ready to repel any slice that Sachio was prepared to do. Izo's blade stayed in the center of his own body as Sachio's wakizashi was brought forth to clash with Izo's own blade. Izo angled the blade to meet Sachio's wakizashi at a correct angle to deflect it back to where it would feel as if the wakizashi was met with a buffering wall. The acrobatic way Izo reflected the attack is one that he hasn't done before, more practicing with the younger student. Izo's blade would arch Sachio's sword upward at the time of rejection and Izo's body would get lower to the ground where his head would be just below Sachio's belt while his left arm would reach up at Sachio's chest for a strike. At the time of the rejection Izo's blade would glow a beautiful blue almost the same color as his eyes. He knew he had to show the stance's abilities in full so he would quickly use his left hand which was holding the Anbu wrist guard as a taijutsu medium by striking at Sachio's chest palm forward gently. Not gently enough to where Sachio would be upset that Izo is taking it easy, but enough to know that the two are training.

The key in the stance is momentum, it's all about momentum, using the opponent's momentum against them is the strongest thing a swordman can do against another swordman. "A swordsman without balance isn't a swordsman at all, simply a man with a sword." This little saying would be the first piece of knowledge that Izo bestows upon his younger student counterpart. Izo shot a half grin at Sachio before saying, "Got that young Sack?" he laughed when he finished speaking putting his left hand in front of his mouth covering his own smile. He wasn't wearing his Anbu mask so his facial features are in full effect for this battle, not that it should matter, just something to note. "With this stance you must use your opponent's momentum against them, you can add chakra to your blade for more fun and with your lava shit, I bet it'll be crazy deadly young Sack." Izo gives the young lad some advice on deciphering the stance of Kumo known as the Issen Stance before allowing his blade to be sheathed once more.

"Now it's your turn. Attempt the stance I was just in or something similar, you only need to block my attack and use what you've gathered so far. Let's see how it works out." Izo said, grabbing his sheath, "I'll attack with my weapon's holster." Izo dropped his sword onto the ground for this portion of the training, it was time to see what the little one picked up from the small amount of practice he has gotten so far with the stance.