Kitoujutsu

refers to a line of techniques that predates the creation and classification of ninjutsu and incorporates the use and affinity for light and external power covering a wide variety of abilities. It's practitioners often challenged the users of Majutsu for a difference in ideology. Healing techniques such as the Mystical Palm Technique are just a single example of direct ninjutsu derivations based off prayers once used. It should be noted that while this techniques utilize what may be misunderstood as a light release it is not a form of nature manipulation. Instead techniques placed under this category utilize mostly yang (as opposed to yin) and external energy for different effects. An inability to fully control the most powerful of these techniques can result in a user taking heavy nervous system damage, that practitioners would blame on the wicked ways of Majutsu users. In reality it is the result of large amounts of energy being held away the body and that leaks violently into the body damaging the nerves. In a worse case scenario a user could become crippled for life or completely paralyzed. It is possible for nearly anyone to use these techniques. Unfortunately, Kitoujutsu isn't performed with hand seals, since it was developed before the Sage of Six Paths created ninjutsu, and require incantations, called, to activate. Similarly to ninjutsu and hand seals, a skilled user of the prayer arts can skip or shorten an incantation. It should be noted that while these techniques may appear light in nature they are not benevolent or good, simply one half of the ancient set of skills that chakra users employed.