Thread:DazzlingEmerald/@comment-4961229-20150123170550/@comment-25152698-20150123173218

CyberianGinseng wrote: Shinobi use more than one tenketsu at a time every single time they walk on water or climb a wall. Hyuuga are unique only in that they can use all 361 tenketsu simultaneously. Even that doesn't necessarily require a kekkei genkai. Tsunade's technique affects her entire body simultaneously. If you perforated her entire body with water bullets she'd heal all of the wounds simultaneously. For this to be the case her entire chakra network must be activated at the same time. I could accept that she's not using all 361, but it's asinine to believe that she's accomplishing this technique using one or a few tenketsu.

"Though ninja use chakra regularly, very few ninja possess any great control over their tenketsu. Even of jōnin, the vast majority are only capable of releasing a small amount of chakra through their hands or feet to increase the power of punches, jumps, or kicks." - Mother wiki Tenketsu article

"It has been noted that this clan possesses more than one kekkei genkai,[6] one of which grants them the ability to expel chakra from every tenketsu in their body, allowing them to fully utilise chakra with attacks such as the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven and the Gentle Fist Art One Blow Body techniques." - Mother wiki Hyuga article

Pay attention to these excerpts, especially the second one, which provides us with information that the Hyuga possess a kekkei genkai to manipulate their tenketsu, which in turn gives them the ability to utilize them as if they were second nature.

Now, that aside, we will move on to the next paragraph, which I actually inserted here first. Jonin are known to be able to use them to a certain extent, and seeing as though your three examples: A, Tsunade, and Sasuke, are all above kage level in terms of combat strength, it can reasonably be inferred that they would also be better at controlling their chakra in comparison to the average jonin.

To counter your argument, which is basically 100% assumption, since Kishi never bothered to elaborate on tenketsu past the chunin exam arc, sure. You can say Tsunade was using "more than a few" of her tenketsu to do what she did. (Keep in mind, Tsunade and A are both renown for their chakra. Tsunade obviously for her healing, and A for having it be as fearsome as a tailed beast or what have you)

But who knows how much power a single tenketsu holds? The Hyuga's revolving heaven is noted to be a perfect defense for a reason. A few tenketsu being used simultaneously could perhaps allow Sasuke to utilize his chidori stream. Actually, what if the tenketsu were stronger in some people?

The Uchiha are known to have powerful chakra. (Sasuke)

The Senju are known to have powerful chakra. (Tsunade)

The Raikage are known to have powerful chakra. (A, A, A, A)

So since this is an argument over theories, I will tell you my own theory. Tenketsu vary in terms of strength.

Tsunade using 3 tenketsu may even be better than a shinobi using 20. Do you get my point?