Ninja scroll number 20

Chakra Guide

Chakra is the source of energy used by every Shinobi in the world. In fact, there are two energy sources used by them; Stamina, which could also be called physical energy, and Chakra, which could be called mental energy. As a result, each ninja style uses a different energy source; Taijutsu uses pure stamina, while Ninjutsu and Genjutsu use Chakra. However, chakra has many more uses; it can be concentrated on the user's feet for a boost of speed, or a higher jumping capability. There are also several other things that somebody must acknowledge to fully understand how techniques are executed. First of all, stamina converts to Chakra for many techniques, but not vice versa. This means that once stamina is converted, it cannot be converted back. Also, a hand seal is needed to perform the conversion. One of the toughest parts of using Chakra is controlling it and using it wisely. In this guide, we explain how Chakra should be properly used, and how it is often used improperly.

First of all, everybody only starts out with Stamina. Stamina is the energy we use everyday to run, breath, walk, exercise, even think. Every time we rest, our stamina recovers. Food, rest and fitness are the three most important factors in Stamina capacity and usage. As long as a person sleeps a sufficient amount of time, eats healthy, and exercises daily, there will be no problem with his stamina. This is very important, because stamina creates Chakra; as a result, if there is no stamina, there can be no Chakra, so the shinobi cannot fight. Now, Taijutsu uses stamina, while ninjutsu and genjutsu use Chakra. Overall if a person has all of his stamina he can perform any Tai, Gen, or Nin jutsu he knows.

All ninjas are capable of converting their stamina into Chakra, and with a successful result. This needs a lot of training, however, and it is the part where most of the stamina is lost. That is, because the user needs to know the exact amount of Chakra he needs in order to execute the technique in mind. As a result, if the ninja doesn't know how much Chakra he needs to use, he cannot convert correctly. Besides that, the ninja must also be able to concentrate just enough to convert the Chakra, which is pretty hard to do while in a heated battle. This is why ninjas who are disadvantaged and rushed are the ones that waste most of their Chakra and stamina. However, note that this only applies for Nin and Gen Jutsu, because Taijutsu needs absolutely no conversion.

When an amateur ninja attempts to convert stamina into chakra there is more often then not a waist when it is used. To explain: if he has converted 30 of his stamina into Chakra that leaves him with 70 of stamina left. Now in order to successfully use his Chakra, a ninja must divide it accordingly. As a result, he first wastes 10 of his overall Chakra to do Bunshin no Jutsu. This leaves him with 20 of Chakra left. Now if he was successful, he would use 20 of his remaining Chakra to do Henge no jutsu. However, he uses up only 10, leaving him with 10 of Chakra left, and thus, wasted.

Now we will explain how a proper and well trained shinobi uses his Chakra. First, he gathers up his Chakra, and converts 30 of his stamina into Chakra. This leaves him with 70 of his stamina left. Now, since he can properly use his energy, he has it all calculated. Since his goal is to create 4 Bunshins, he performs the Hand seal, and then focuses his Chakra into creating 3 additional self images, for a total of four. In order to confuse ninjas even more, he equally divides his 30 of Chakra by dividing 10 into each Bunshin, and by that he uses all of his accumulated Chakra, not wasting any energy at all.

For our last example we have an elite Taijutsu user. Since a Taijutsu user has absolutely no need to convert stamina into Chakra, he can just perform his techniques without concentrating into conversion. This gives Taijutsu users an edge, because they do not have to mold up their Chakra in order to attack. It is also beneficial due to the fact that a Taijutsu ninja has a complete control over his movements and energy. As a result, he just focuses his stamina in his feet and uses his Leaf Spinning wind (Konoha Repuu) He does not have to worry about loosing Chakra into conversion.

As a last note, if a Shinobi cannot create any more Chakra, which means he has 0 stamina, he or she dies, or at least gets knocked out. This posses a great danger, because ninjas unskilled at controlling Chakra can easily get killed if they don't watch out. This wraps our Guide of Chakra use up.

Kaliea: This was really hard to do 'cause on Narutofan they have pictures of characters. So I had to go through and delete the pictures and then erase all mention of specific characters while still trying to make it make at least a little sense. I hope I succeeded. If not…gomen. Please review! Till next time, ja ne!

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