Ninja scroll number 12
Training scroll 3
Taijutsu: partner forms
There are hundreds of taijutsu forms ranging from the simplest stance to the highly advanced clan forms, and about one in every five of these forms is a partner form. One of the most basic formations is one taught to academy students almost as soon as their training starts. It is a simple defense stance created especially for the younger students. It allows them to work together just close enough to be useful but not close enough to get in another's way. From this form they advance in both power and difficulty. The most difficult form to learn is the yin/yang style. In it there are two different stances: heaven and earth.
The heaven style mostly concentrates on aerial attacks while the earth style is more ground based. Individually these stances are relatively easy to learn but only together do these two forms create a nearly invincible attack and defense that could drive back even an opponent far stronger then the individual partners. The true power of this style, however, does not lie in the physical prowess of the fighters as much as it does the mental. What makes this form unique is the state of mind in which it must take place. In order to be able to truly excel in this form a partnered pair must reach and advanced state of mind known as the 'Symmetry Plain'.
This plain is simply a group of hundreds of threads that connect all living beings one with another at a below subconscious level. In order to be reached one must clear their mind of everything and focus all attention on the one single thread that is connected to their partner. This connection must be held throughout the entire battle if the partners are to succeed.
Seeing as the Symmetry Plain is practically impossible to achieve, only those who are connected much deeper then most understanding have ever been able to master this taijutsu form. In fact only four partner pairs have ever achieved complete mastery of this form and presently only one still remains. A young jonin pair from Konohagakure no Sato: Uchiha Itachi and Haruno Hikari.
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