Sanda ( Thunder )

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Martial Arts ( hand to hand )

Name: Sanda ( Thunder )

Used and created by the Stormcrow family and used almost exclusively by them with the exception of a few unnamed practitioners as unless you have immense strength, speed and or the ability to create afterimages or have the stormcrow genetic semblance and the necessary dust infused equipment this is a hard martial art to use.

Emphasizes a combination of hard and rigid power techniques that pit your strength against that of the enemy's, even his defensive techniques hurt the enemy. and fast and fluid soft techniques that deflect and reflect enemies attacks and strength using it against themselves, utilizes knife hand,palm strikes, kicks, punches, feints, blocks. And utilizes lighting dust infused gloves used by Iro

Based off of a real life Okinawan martial arts I train in called Goju Ryu which translated literally means Hard/Soft. Though with the obvious RWBY elements attached to it.

Used if Iro is disarmed as the thin armor plate on top of each glove allows for limited protection against weapons.

Techniques

1# Storm Palm

A sweeping leg followed up by a lighting dust double palm. That sends the enemy flying back and numbs their senses.

2# Grazing Gale

Activate 2# Chikara: Strength/Power and do a spinning back kick that sends a shockwave of energy outward generated by the force of your kick and by the wave of powerful icy wind released from the wind/ice dust woven into Iro's boots. This shockwave does not deal much damage but it will knock back/down your enemy and cause a icy wind burn

( Wind burn is not fatal but is extremely painful I know from experience =/ )

3# Whirlwind technique

Step forward with the leg on the side of the blocking arm, block a wide punch to the side of the head with the forearm and bicep, front leg step back while wrapping your raised arm around the enemies extended arm and punching them in the face with a double cross, followed up by a short leg sweep, and a 180 degree spinning throw.

Numbs the senses in the arm grabbed as well as in the face

( based off a real technique I know )

4# Shocking Bite

Attack the empty basin pressure point( actual pressure point ) located just below the neck and above the shoulder, hold it, paralyzing the opponent attack with a rising elbow to the face with your free arm, let go of the pressure point and kick them with a spinning back kick to the chest.

5# Flowing Water

Take a defensive stance and withstand the enemies onslaught deflecting their attacks away from you with soft techniques, before simultaneously grabbing the enemy's fist and forearm mid punch and turning, using the enemies force agaisnt them as you throw them over your shoulder and away from you.

Numbs the senses in the hand and forearm

( actual real life technique )

6# Storm Wall

Take a defensive stance again withstanding the enemy's attacks but this time defending with the rigid hard techniques aiming your blocks at the most vulnerable spots on the enemy's arms and legs while hitting with force hurting the enemy with your blocks before attacking fast lighting dust infused double punch, followed by a side elbow strike and ended with a shoulder bash hit with enough force to knock the enemy back several feet.

Numbs the senses in the face.

( shoulder bash is an actual technique )

7# Lighting Blast

Shoots bolts of lighting from gloves or handwear that has lighting dust woven into them.

8# Cloud Walk

Using blasts of wind from your wind/ice dust boots you can do a degree walk/run on air, release a constant stream of wind to propel yourself off the ground from walls or high places, can make you glide to an extent.

9. Maelstrom

Activate 3# Sokudo: Speed quick barrage of punches from your lighting dust gloves/hand-wear followed up by a series of kicks from your ice/wind dust boots or footwear when an opening is present.

Numbs and lowers the bodies temperature.

10. Earth Cracker

Activate 2# Chikara: Strength/Power to deliver a single slow but powerful palm strike capable of breaking a boulder, or cracking the earth immediately below and around you.

The only way to learn this style of hand to hand martial arts is to seek out a Stormcrow and ask to be trained, maybe, they'll say yes, maybe not.

Practitioners Stormcrow family Unnamed outside hunters

Known practitioners

Iro-Stormcrow ( last known location Beacon )