Balancing Maple Leaves

The Balancing Maple Leaves (釣り合う楓葉, Tsuriau Fūyō) is a unique parry-based technique within the various techniques of the Leaf-Style Sword Art form. In order to initiate the technique, the user must be in a neutral stance. There is no predefined form of utilizing this technique, as it relies almost entirely on the user's instinct and physical ability. Therefore, this is an easy technique to learn, but difficult to execute. Upon making contact with another weapon, such as a Sword or Kunai; the user parries very lightly. This light parry is extremely easy to break through, but leaves the opponent off-balance for a brief moment. In this moment, the user pulls their sword back towards themselves, before using a greater amount of strength to intercept the following attack made by the opponent, effectively sending them back thanks to a sudden increase in pressure. This gives way for the user to perform offensive or sealing maneuvers with much more ease.