{"id":"sesenta-cuatro","name":"Sixty-Four Palms","japanese":"八卦","category":"techniques","subtitle":"A precise sequence, not a guaranteed hit.","summary":"A Gentle Fist sequence aimed at the opponent's chakra points. It depends on precision, distance and execution.","facts":[["Estilo","Gentle Fist"],["Objetivo","Disrupting the chakra network"]],"lvl":1,"sections":[{"h":"The Gentle Fist in action","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-80","t":"Before showing the full technique, Neji demonstrates in his fight against Hinata how the Hyūga's Gentle Fist works: with the Byakugan he sees the rival's chakra network and, with precise palm strikes, closes their chakra points. Hinata is left unable to mold chakra and ends up badly hurt, because the blows also damage the inside of the body. That foundation is what the sixty-four strikes take to the extreme. The diagram of points that usually accompanies these entries is a visual aid, not a real anatomical chart.","pos":80},{"h":"How it works","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-104","t":"The Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms are performed from a fixed stance within the rival's range. The user strikes in a progressive sequence, two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty-two and finally sixty-four points, leaving the opponent unable to use chakra. Neji shows it in the final against Naruto and seems to win, but Naruto taps into the Nine-Tails' chakra, which his strikes did not manage to close off, and turns the fight around. The technique requires closing in, holding the stance and seeing the network with the Byakugan; it does not guarantee victory if the rival has another source of chakra.","pos":104},{"h":"One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms (anime)","lvl":0,"ep":"naruto-116","t":"In the anime, during Neji's fight against Kidōmaru, an extension appears that doubles the sequence to one hundred twenty-eight strikes. It is an extension of the same principle: more strikes in less time and more points closed, at the cost of demanding even more precision and speed. Since it does not come from the chapters, it is best read as a variant of the adaptation. The underlying idea is the same: the technique is not a fixed number but a scale the user can extend according to their mastery of the Gentle Fist.","pos":195},{"h":"Variants and Hinata","lvl":1,"t":"In the second part, the Hyūga show other forms of the Gentle Fist. The Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm fires a chakra wave at range, useful when the distance cannot be closed. Hinata, for her part, develops a style of her own: when she steps in to protect Naruto during the attack on Konoha, she forms two lion heads of chakra around her fists. It is not a copy of Neji's technique but an answer suited to how she fights. During the Fourth Ninja War, Hinata also performs the sixty-four strikes sequence."},{"h":"Inheritance in the new generation","lvl":2,"t":"In the Boruto era, Hanabi and Himawari belong to the Hyūga family, and this entry does not take for granted that they master the technique because they were born there: the Byakugan lets one see the chakra network, but the sequence is learned through years of practice. The story presents the Gentle Fist as a tradition that is trained, taught and adapted to each user. Reading it as an automatic power of the lineage leaves out what its first fights made clear: precision, distance and the rival's endurance define the outcome as much as the eye."}],"characters":["neji","hinata"],"related":["juken","byakugan","kaiten"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 101–105 and 633: Neji and Hinata's development.","sources":[{"title":"Neji: Hizashi, la rama secundaria y su propia elección","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1817"},{"title":"Hinata: linaje Hyūga, Byakugan y familia","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1668"}],"figures":["
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Sixty-Four Palms · Original diagramThe progression of the Gentle Fist sequence. The points are decorative, not an anatomical map or every tenketsu in the body.
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