#Baquazhang

[kungfuwushuworld]

Grandmaster Wang Shujin Master Wang Shujin (1904-1981) was known for being an innovator and the first teacher to teach the Taijiquan, Xingyiquan, and Baquazhang in the country of Japan (1959). He established the Cheng Ming School in Taiwan and Japan.

[thehugwizard]

Since I know you study Drunken style Kung Fu I was wondering if you know anything about Chinese Philosophy, like about the five Chinese elements or the concept of Qi. I only ask because, picking up Tai Chi, I ended up learning a lot about this stuff and was curious if this applied to other forms of martial arts.

As i do drunken but also baquazhang, xingyequan, northern shaolin, tai chiquan, hung gar, iron fist, wing chun, and a few others, the subject of qi is super important

[blue-scorpion-king]

“Keishiki u, Kaki Taka Kosa Shita Fuyu no Kame!!” - Kiyone Kotetsu

//This is a detail-riddled excerpt from the silly self-insert Bleach thing I have made, but slightly tweaked to not including me, who is Captain of the 4th Division in that thing, that is about the zanpakuto of Kiyone Kotetsu, sister of Isane Kotetsu, including a reimagined sealed form, its own Shikai, and shockingly, Bankai too. I know this is out of the blue. But, I have worked on all day and figured that it need to be in a separate post for all to read, if you so choose. ovo Also, this fleshed out fan interpretation of Kiyone’s zanpakuto is set after Bleach’s ending time skip, but with Unohana alive, retired though; Even with no mention of her besides here.

So, I hope you like this and I am heading off to sleep, by the time of this post's creation being completed.

=Owner of this Zanpakuto: 4th Division Lieutenant Kiyone Kotetsu =

Zanpakuto: “Shuiro Kaki Odan Suru Kuro Fuyu” (Vermilion Summertime crossing over with Black Wintertime).

The Zanpakuto spirit of Shuiro Kaki Odan suru Kuro Fuyu is unknown at this point. Sealed form: An double-edged katana, with that being one of the only 3 'unorthodox’ things about it, the other being the tsuba/handguard size and its baskethilt. Entire katana length: 32.9 inches long. Blade length: 25.6 inches long. Length of the Nakago (Tang of the sword): 15.7 cm/6.2 inches. Tsuba width: 27 inches by 23 inches. The Tsuba (Guard) design is shaped like a turtle’s octagonal shell, while having an octogonal turtle shell shaped baskethilt over one half of the handle, both black in color. 2 Mekugis (Handle pins). Squared Tsuka (Handle) length: 7.3 inches. The tsuka is Puce (Dusky Pink) in color and the vermilion Same-kawa (Wrapping), in an hawk feather pattern, makes the pattern of an silhouette of a octagon. The Kashira (Pommel) design is shaped like an hawk’s head. The saya’s (Scabbard) is 2-way colored in a spiralling way, made out of vermilion & black. & the Sageo (Cord) is light red in color.

Shikai: “Keishiki u, Kaki Taka Kosa Shita Fuyu no Kame” (Form Up, Summer Hawk Crossed Winter Turtle). When Kiyone’s zanpakuto becomes unsealed, it splits into seven, forming an naginata polearm, an octagonal shield, a puce colored helmet, 2 puce colored gauntlets, & 2 puce colored greaves. The naginata’s tsuba’s width is 34 inches by 30 inches, shaped like an full black metal basket, like the sealed zanpakuto’s baskethilt, the vermilion colored tsuka is 6 feet, 2 inches long, as a part of the naginata’s entire length being 8 feet, 3 inches/254 cm long, and the pommel remains the same with its hawk head design, expect that it is fiery and scowling now. The black shield, 6 feet wide, 6 feet tall, has vermilion-colored brushed Kanji, one Kanji above the other, the smaller Kanji are of the bigger numbers, the bigger of the smaller numbers, while having 8 pairs of numbers; 143/144 (百四十三/百四十四), 149/160 (百四十九/百六十), 161/344 (百六十一/三百四十四), 203/255 (二百三/二百五十五), 192/213 (百九十二/二百十三), 135/338 (百三十五/三百三十八), 79/308 (七十九/三百八), & 58/318 (五十八/三百十八), all around, clockwise, the front of it. The inside of the shield has the puce colored Kanji of eight 'natures’; Sky/Sora (空), Marsh/Numachi (沼地), Fire/Kasai (火災), Thunder/Kaminari (雷), Wind/Kaze (風), Water/Mizu (水), Mountain/Yama (山), & Earth/Tsuchi (土), counterclock wise, all around. The gauntlets are bishamon-gote, or forearm armor, with brass knuckles, with four stubs on each gauntlet, the helmet is an cabasset namban-kabuto, and the greaves are bishamon-sune-ate, or foreleg armor. Special abilities: The naginata is embedded with a simple wildfire-like heat, which surges to whatever Kiyone strikes, along with simple high octane, electrified wind-like force to the attacks, and being able to harm shadows of enemies. But, nothing else regarding shadows. Kiyone’s shield is embedded with a simple coldness that goes to whoever strikes at it, can shrink down to 2.5 feet wide, 2.5 feet tall, as well as get charged up with a opponent’s attack and repel them back after 4 seconds. The gauntlets & greaves can 'sanding’ up the knuckles and palms of Kiyone’s hands for opponents like water/liquid manipulators, or get wet with actual water for opponents like sand/dust manipulators, and is embedded with more grip to pick up & crush rock, soil, & stone. Also, her skin is embedded with an iron-like 'coating’, 1.5 times more than her own normal skin in her non-Shikai state. -Kiyone also throws & spins both the shikai naginata and shield. Bankai: “San sen ni hyaku Bosatsu-te Kosaten Kaki to Fuyu” (3200 Bodhisattva Hands Crossing Summer & Winter) Kiyone does not want its existence to be really known, so she wouldn’t have to worry about the possibly notion of her being a extremely burdened captain in her future and is settled on being a lieutenant. She will go Bankai if she has no other choice though.

To activate this bankai, besides calling its name, Kiyone first had to put her Shuiro Kaki Odan Suru Kuro Fuyu, in shikai naginata form, on her lap, while sitting down, or horizontal on the ground while standing up, put her shield on her back, do a routine of 16 hand signs in quick succession, within 357.8 milliseconds, or 0.3578 seconds; The tips of the thumb and index fingers touching (Lam), Left hand on top and the right at bottom, interlocked, as the extended pinky fingers touch at the tips (Kuma [Bear]), Hands on the lap, palms up, on top of each other, with the left hand underneath the right one, the left palm touching the back of the fingers of the right hand, & the tips of the thumbs touching gently (Vam), the hands are interlocked, with the thumbs side by side (Hebi [Snake]), straightening the fingers, joining at the tops, where they are all pointing away from her, while crossing the thumbs, left over right (Ram), the middle and pinky fingers are straight, the tips touching, while the rest are not and the thumbs are inside the hands (Kyoi [Phoenix]), letting the tips of her index fingers and thumbs touch (Yam), Like the Unicorn hand sign/mudra, expect for all of the fingers interlock, without the hand palms touching at all, and the thumbs are pointing upwards (Ondori [Rooster]), crossing the fingers on the inside of her hands, without the thumbs, letting the thumbs touch at the tops, and pulling them slightly up (Ham), the left thumb on top of the right one, the first three set of fingers interlocking, & the straight pink fingers’ tips touching while pointing forward (Ryu [Dragon]), the middle fingers are straight and touching at the tops, pointing forward, with the other fingers bended and touching at the upper two phalanges, while the thumbs point towards Kiyone and touch at the tops (Aum), the right hand is on top of the palm of the left hand, while the left thumb on the back of the right hand, inbetween the pinky and ring finger (Saru [Monkey]), besides the index fingers touching at the tips, rest of the fingers, curled by the 2nd joint, are on top of one another, the palms of the hands not touching at all, while the thumbs are curled (Ikkakuju [Unicorn]), letting the ring fingers point up, touching at their tops, while crossing the rest of the fingers, with the left thumb underneath the right (Ng), the hands are pointing downwards, with one hand open and the other having fingers curled by the 2nd finger joint, but not the knuckle, with the thumbs side by side of each other (Shishi [Lion]), & ending it at the hands interlocked, the left thumb on top of the right thumb (Om); Thus, the Bankai becomes fully active.

After a split second of a reiatsu burst, and the shield becoming an literal octagonal turtle shell that encases her whole torso & back, an 67 foot tall vermilion colored steel statue of a sitting female Bodhisattva, wearing an kasaya/kesa robe made out of cloth and hawk feathers, mimicking Kiyone’s movements, and having 3200 arms, with black hands, 1600 of them wielding a naginata, & the other 1600 of them being empty, all around in an concentric matter, 360 degrees behind the statue, in an hexadecagonal, or 16-gonal, fashion, with an inner octagon inside that, which an set of 2800 arms would be connected by forearm & bicep cuffs, leaving only 200 hands wielding naginatas & 200 empty, open hands, 400 in total, depending on which 'Circle Animal Methods’ (Based around the Yin Style Baquazhang (Circle Walking) martial art) are being used. The statue itself also has 8 faces; The main one being of an lion, two more being on the sides of the head (Bear, right, & Monkey, left), two more on top of the head (Rooster, left, & Dragon, right), one on the forehead (Snake), and last 2 on the middle of each side of the collar area (Phoenix, right, & Unicorn, left).Kiyone though, first has do the Om hand sign/mudra and then strike at her opponent every time she splits her hands apart from the mudra.

“Yunikon to Jishin o Hikiokosu Hidzume no Chijo no Ha” (Earthly Blades of Unicorns & Quake-causing Striking Hooves)

Linked element to the fury of this 'level’ of Kiyone’s shocking bankai: Earth.

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“Kuma to Yama no Suberi Tsume no Yama o Yaburu Chuto” (Mountain-Breaking Polearms of Bears & Mud Sliding Paws)

Linked element to the fury of this 'level’ of Kiyone’s shocking bankai: Mountain Metal Ore.

=Attack methods, to add to the attack name: “-: Isogu” (Rushing), “-: Shinto Suru” (Penetrating), “-: Tettai” (Withdrawing), “-: Hakobu” (Carrying), “-: Katamuku” (Leaning), “-: Shokkingu” (Shocking), “-: Ubuge” (Soft), & “-: Ika” (Following).

“Hebi no Shita o Karitotte Mizu o Utsu Sutoraiku” (Reaping Blade Tongues of Snakes & Water-imploding Strikes)

Linked element to the fury of this 'level’ of Kiyone’s shocking bankai: Water.

=Attack methods, to add to the attack name: “-: Kata” (Shoulder), “-: Hiji” (Elbow), “-: Hiza” (Knee), “-: Hippu” (Hip), “-: Kensaku” (Searching), “-: Temochi” (Holding), “-: Hokatsu” (Entrapping), & “-: Shoaku” (Grasping).

“Kaze no Arashi no Gen'in to naru Fenikkusu to Pamu no Shugeki no Karitori Taron” (Mowing Talons of Phoenixes & Palm Thrusts That Causes Wind Storms)

Linked element to the fury of this 'level’ of Kiyone’s shocking bankai: Wind.

=Attack methods, to add to the attack name: “-: Yokeru” (Dodging), “-: Kakucho Suru” (Extending), “-: Choppingu” (Chopping), “-: Shokkingu” (Shocking), “-: Henkan Suru” (Transforming), “-: Jokyo Suru” (Removing), “-: Karu” (Curling In), & “-: Sasu” (Stabbing).

“Ryu’ Hamono no Ibuki to Sora no te no Ibuki” (Dragons’ Breath of Bladed Polearms & Thunderous Empty Hands)

Linked element to the fury of this 'level’ of Kiyone’s shocking bankai: Thunder.

=Attack methods, to add to the attack name: “-: Oshite” (Pushing), “-: Takameru” (Lifting), “-: Hakobu” (Carrying), “-: Sendo” (Leading), “-: Ugoku” (Moving), “-: Hokaku” (Capturing), “-: Choppingu” (Chopping), & “-: Hairu” (Entering).

“Ondori no ha to Hageshi te no Joka” (Bladed Beaks of Roosters & Fiery Hands of Purification)

Linked element to the fury of this 'level’ of Kiyone’s shocking bankai: Fire.

=Attack methods, to add to the attack name: “-: Yokeru” (Dodging), “-: Kakucho Suru” (Extending), “-: Shifuto” (Shifting), “-: Shiriagari” (Rising), “-: Hairu” (Entering), “-: Muchiuchi” (Whipping), “-: Isogu” (Rushing), & “-: Senshi” (Piercing).

“Saru no Te Furuu Naginatas Ekitai-ko no Numa” (Monkey Hands Wielding Reaping Swords & Marsh of Liquid Steel)

Linked element to the fury of this 'level’ of Kiyone’s shocking bankai: Liquid Metal.

=Attack methods, to add to the attack name: “-: Mage” (Bending), “-: Fumu” (Stomping), “-: Tobihaneru” (Springing), “-: Hippu” (Hip), “-: Choppingu” (Chopping), “-: Yureru” (Swinging), “-: Musubi” (Ending), & “-: Sutanpingu” (Stamping).

& “Naginata Raionzu to Kumo no Kiba sanzen ni hyaku Ton” (Reaping Sword Fangs of Lions & Clouds That Weigh 3200 Tons)

Linked element to the fury of this 'level’ of Kiyone’s shocking bankai: Metal Gas Cloud.

=Attack methods, to add to the attack name: “-: Haku” (Sweeping), “-: Tachi” (Cutting), “-: Choppingu” (Chopping), “-: Fukkingu” (Hooking), “-: Shokkingu” (Shocking), “-: Burokkingu” (Blocking), “-: Oshu” (Seizing), & “-: Shoaku” (Grasping).

Relative speed of each strike from each arm of this Bankai: 800.3 mph/0.3578 seconds.

-She chants a Japanese Buddhist opening chant/kai kyo ge (https://youtu.be/YuRp2zoKd2s?t=496 [8:16 to 12:04]), a mantra of purification/sho sai myo kichijo darani (https://youtu.be/YuRp2zoKd2s?t=1908 [31:48 to 35:33]), and a final prayer/ekomon (https://youtu.be/YuRp2zoKd2s?t=2270 [37:50 to 46:44]) which does not really add to her Bankai, expect that she does it in her state of mind while having her Bankai activated, reflecting that she Buddhism a bit more seriously than many other Shinigami, including her own fellow Seated Officers and her Captain, who is her sister.

~The Bat~

[theblindninja]

Grandmaster Wang Shujin Master Wang Shujin (1904-1981) was known for being an innovator and the first teacher to teach the Taijiquan, Xingyiquan, and Baquazhang in the country of Japan (1959). He established the Cheng Ming School in Taiwan and Japan.