Muay Thai (Altered)

Muay Thai (ムエタイ, Muetai) is uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This physical and mental discipline which includes combat on foot is known as "the art of eight weapons" because it is characterized by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees, shins and feet, being associated with a good physical preparation that makes a full-contact fight very efficient.

Defense
Defensively, the concept of "wall of defense" is used, in which shoulders, arms and legs are used to hinder the attacker from successfully executing techniques. Blocking is a critical element in Muay Thai and compounds the level of conditioning a successful practitioner must possess. Low and mid body roundhouse kicks are normally blocked with the upper portion of a raised shin. High body strikes are blocked ideally with the forearms and shoulder together, or if enough time is allowed for a parry, the elbow, or shin will be used. Midsection roundhouse kicks can also be caught/trapped, allowing for a sweep or counter-attack to the remaining leg of the opponent.

Offense
Muay Thai is often a fighting art of attrition, where opponents exchange blows with one another. Almost all techniques in muay Thai use the entire body movement, rotating the hip with each kick, punch, elbow and block.

Ichiro Kurosawa took up this style as an Academy student, striving to improve his physical condition so that he could deliver as much damage in his offensive techniques and take as much damage in his defensive techniques as well. As he grew older and learned his nature affinities, he began experimentally using lightning and water jutsu to enhance his attacks, making him far more stronger and difficult to deal with.