Sōjū-ryū

Nomura Zaidan-ryū (埜村財団流, Nomura Foundation Style) is the aptly named technique which acts as the foundation for the Nomura Clan's ninjutsu. Through the utilization of the, practitioners of the Nomura Zaidan-ryū gain the ability to create and manipulate various forces; some even reminiscent of gravity itself. These forces have a large range of magnitude and ultimately consist of a variety of "pushes" and "pulls". It is to be noted that mastery over this particular technique, and its subsequent derived ninjutsu, does not entail the creation of complex or pinpoint forces that may reach subatomic levels; as the very nature of the Nomura Zaidan-ryū focuses nearly exclusively on the aforementioned "pushes" and "pulls". However, masters of this technique have the capacity to utilize these "pushes" and "pulls" with overwhelming power. The Nomura Zaidan-ryū is, in a sense, a rite of passage for members of the Nomura Clan. Furthermore it is the basis from which their Nomura Kōdo-ryū stems.