{"id":"juken","name":"Gentle Fist","japanese":"柔拳","category":"techniques","subtitle":"Precision before brute force.","summary":"The Hyūga combat style that applies chakra to the opponent's chakra network, supported by the Byakugan's perception.","facts":[["Tipo","Chakra-based taijutsu"],["Tradición","Hyūga clan"]],"lvl":0,"sections":[{"h":"Blows to the chakra system","t":"The Jūken, “gentle fist”, is the Hyūga clan's fighting style. With the Byakugan, the user sees the opponent's chakra network and strikes its points to inject chakra and damage it from within. In the Chūnin Exam, Neji uses the Gentle Fist against Hinata and closes her chakra points, leaving her unable to use techniques. Hinata uses it too, but without her cousin's precision. It is a style that breaks not bones, but the flow of chakra.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-79","pos":79},{"h":"Rotation and sixty-four strikes","t":"Against Naruto, Neji shows two main-house techniques: the Rotation, a spin that creates a chakra barrier, and the sixty-four strikes, which close the opponent's points in a single sequence. Neji learned them on his own, by watching, despite belonging to the branch house. Naruto gets past the Rotation by attacking from below, digging a tunnel. The story of the branch house seal and of Hizashi is told in this same fight.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-104","pos":104},{"h":"The blind spot","t":"Against Kidōmaru, Neji reveals the Byakugan's blind spot: a small area behind the nape of the neck that it does not see. Kidōmaru discovers it and attacks him there, but Neji compensates and wins. It is a key limit: the Gentle Fist depends on seeing the chakra network, so if the user cannot see, the strike is not precise. Neji wins at the cost of serious wounds. An easily missed detail: the Byakugan has an almost complete field of vision, which is why that small gap becomes so decisive.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-196","pos":196},{"h":"Hinata against Pain","t":"During Pain's attack, Hinata steps in to protect Naruto and uses the Gentle Fist with a technique of her own, shaping chakra lions around her hands. It is not enough to win, but it shows that Hinata developed her own style within the Gentle Fist. Later, in the war, Neji dies protecting Hinata and Naruto, and the clan's technique becomes associated with that sacrifice. Hinata's style puts protecting others ahead of attacking.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-614","pos":614},{"h":"The new generation","t":"In the Boruto anime, Himawari awakens the Byakugan and, in a fit of anger, strikes Naruto with the Gentle Fist and knocks him out. Later, also in the anime, Himawari uses her Byakugan to try to escape some kidnappers. Neither Boruto nor Himawari receives the full Gentle Fist repertoire just for being Hinata's children: what they use depends on the training they have. These are anime scenes, not manga ones.","lvl":2,"ep":"boruto-266","pos":758}],"characters":["hinata","neji","hiashi","hizashi","hanabi"],"related":["byakugan","hyuga","kaiten","sesenta-cuatro","taijutsu","chakra"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 78–80 and 101–104: Hyūga combat and techniques.","sources":[{"title":"Hinata: linaje Hyūga, Byakugan y familia","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1668"},{"title":"Neji: Hizashi, la rama secundaria y su propia elección","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1817"}],"figures":["
DISTANCE · MOVEMENT · RESPONSE
Shinobi combat · Original diagramA general example of distance and response in combat. It is not presented as a secret technique or an official scene.
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