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blossomedtwice) wrote2012-08-02 03:38 am
blossomedtwice) wrote2012-08-02 03:38 am
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Skill 02
Skill: Gouken-fu [Strong Fist/Hard Fist]
Type: Special
Regained: Day 165. Kitsune's Lying Game
Form: A single white peach
Notes: Gouken is basically the core of all of Lee's abilities, with a few exceptions. Everything he's built up, for the most part, relies on his skills with Gouken to function, so this is a very important, basic skill for him to have.
Gouken is a taijutsu, or hand-to-hand, style that is characterized primarily by high speed and agility, circular motions, and direct attacks. Practitioners focus on attacks that will cause their opponents bones and body to break with even a single good hit. As a result, when using Gouken, Lee is almost constantly in motion, using both grounded and aerial attacks while circling around his opponent to inflict damage. Unlike most other taijutsu styles, Gouken is a solely physical style, meaning that it depends on the physical conditioning of Lee to be properly used. The faster he can go, the more effective it is.
When using this, you can basically expect Lee to be very acrobatic, including doing flips and twists and curling in to a ball. The style places a heavy emphasis on kicks for power, typically involving spinning kicks. Circling around is also a feature, as is ducking low or jumping in to mid-air. Constant motion and attacks are the name of the game. This isn't a martial arts style in the most typical sense: there aren't really katas or anything like that, just attacking and speed. It does have a few special techniques, but those are reserved for their own skill slots.
It should be noted that Lee is, for all intents and purposes, a master at this style. He's practiced it for a good four years, canonly, and has only gotten better with it as time has passed. As a style, it has a lot of strengths, but it does have a few weak points. Most glaringly is that it's incredibly direct - there are no tricks or anything, just powerful attacks aimed exactly where they end up. It uses speed to make up for this, hoping to overwhelm an opponent and their defenses, but it can be defended against by a quicker opponents.
Type: Special
Regained: Day 165. Kitsune's Lying Game
Form: A single white peach
Notes: Gouken is basically the core of all of Lee's abilities, with a few exceptions. Everything he's built up, for the most part, relies on his skills with Gouken to function, so this is a very important, basic skill for him to have.
Gouken is a taijutsu, or hand-to-hand, style that is characterized primarily by high speed and agility, circular motions, and direct attacks. Practitioners focus on attacks that will cause their opponents bones and body to break with even a single good hit. As a result, when using Gouken, Lee is almost constantly in motion, using both grounded and aerial attacks while circling around his opponent to inflict damage. Unlike most other taijutsu styles, Gouken is a solely physical style, meaning that it depends on the physical conditioning of Lee to be properly used. The faster he can go, the more effective it is.
When using this, you can basically expect Lee to be very acrobatic, including doing flips and twists and curling in to a ball. The style places a heavy emphasis on kicks for power, typically involving spinning kicks. Circling around is also a feature, as is ducking low or jumping in to mid-air. Constant motion and attacks are the name of the game. This isn't a martial arts style in the most typical sense: there aren't really katas or anything like that, just attacking and speed. It does have a few special techniques, but those are reserved for their own skill slots.
It should be noted that Lee is, for all intents and purposes, a master at this style. He's practiced it for a good four years, canonly, and has only gotten better with it as time has passed. As a style, it has a lot of strengths, but it does have a few weak points. Most glaringly is that it's incredibly direct - there are no tricks or anything, just powerful attacks aimed exactly where they end up. It uses speed to make up for this, hoping to overwhelm an opponent and their defenses, but it can be defended against by a quicker opponents.