Rettetsu Ryuu

The ancestral Martial Art of the Mutou Clan.

History
The Rettetsu Ryuu is a style of martial art beyond comparison.

Specializing in assassination techniques, calculated to deliver the most power while using the minimum of strength it has always been kept away from outsiders. It is a complete combat form that does not limit itself to simple striking and grappling techniques, but also integrates other Chinese disciplines, like the “Shukkaku,” relying on projection technique; the ‘Sanda,” which concentrates attacks on the vital points and joints; or even the “Kushuda-So (to wrest a lance with bare hands),” made to face an opponent with a weapon barehanded.

Passed down from generation to generation directly from the chief of the clan to the heir each practitioner has an incredible knowledge of the human anatomy and in a more classical approach to martial arts training only the barest minimum of techniques are taught to the students and so they are left to discover their own personal fighting style through constant combat and practice with different martial arts schools.

Philosophy
Medicine and Martial Arts are intimately linked, it is because this that the Rettetsu Ryuu being an assassination art is able to restore life. The Rettetsu Ryuu is an art of war and in the warrior’s code, defeat means death. By experiencing death its practitioners learn to revere life. This is the true nature of the Rettetsu Ryuu at times, a way of killing. At times, a way of rebirth.

Special Techniques

 * Infinite Fortifying Armor: The ultimate technique of the Rettetsu Ryuu. It is based on the Art of War’s “Go No Sen” which means to react to an attack before it actually happens. The theory behind the technique is two fold. The first is a common case to every person, the healing of a wound or injury and the formation of new muscles through working out. The second it Kinesthetic learning allowing the body to physically memorize any damage that it takes. Infinite Fortifying Armor is the ability to regenerate cells at an increased rate, resulting in physical injuries healing instantly with no residual effects. It’s name comes from the fact the more their cells are damaged, the more they are stimulated, the faster and more completely user is healed and the stronger they get as instead of succumbing to damage their body gets stronger and more powerful, gaining an increase in strength and speed as well as new bodily functions for better physical reinforcement and capability. So the harsher his battle the more powerful user'll become to match while in combat.

Trivia
Rettetsu Ryuu is based off of the Nadashinkage-ryu from Tough. Its name comes from a style from Sumomom Momomo.

The ultimate technique is based off the one from that same style combined with elements from Kuro Momotaro, and Gozu.