Philip C. Mak wrote:

On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Kyo Kusanagi wrote:

Hmm, i may have to change the bit about the Bakusai-Tenketsu a little, ok,
it doesn't work on living objects, what if there was a barrier between
Ryoga's fist and the target? Say gloves?

The Bakusai-Tenketsu only works on rocks/concrete. If Ranma was wearing a
suit of concrete armor it would work. :)

    As best I can figure out the technique, it draws on your ability to sence chi
deposits and nexuses. Then, applying a burst of chi to the location, you cause the
energy inside to surge through out the "webbing" of chi lines in the substance,
forcing the item to explode under the power of it's own energy flows. Rock,
concrete, brick, earth, all make perfect <and only really viable> targets for
this. They contain the chi energy, Chi energy IS Earth energy, that's where you
draw strength from when you stand on the ground, calling the force into you <like
fuel> which you then alight with your own catalyst... your energy, your Chi or Ki
or whatnot. That's why certain rock formations have such power and why boulder
gardens/symetric articture is important to so many.

    The important thing to note though is it's stagnant energy, given off by the
Earth itself. It stays in it's pools and does little actual flowing unless enacted
apon. That's why the technique works on them, their Chi sits in the same spot.
Living materials have their chi flowing, pumping, throbbing rythmically through
their system, it doesn't pool, it feeds, feeding life itself. To irriate it enough
to cause the nessicary reaction, you'd have to hit ALOT of different spots at
once. Heavily proscessed materials <steel, ceramics, plastics> lack the chi to
exploit.

    So... what to do? Two possible options. One, wait for your opponet to gather
his Chi energy into one spot <like when powering up a blast> then hit before he
gets a chance to complete it. Dangereous though as the effect won't be well
contained, it'd be less of a human breaker and more of a special move destroyer.
Note that having your opponet get hit with the backlash of his own Bakuha that's
still internally connected in some ways, might be worth the shot regardless. Watch
out though, as you'll take a beating on the explosion yourself.

    The other is to add the Breaking Point with the Chestnut Fist. With said
technique it is possible to hit all the nexus points at once, this even works on
low chi containing objects if the blows are all on the same area <creating your
own pool of energy before exploding it>. Realize though, that this is a technique
that'll be done only once by anyone who's not a homicidal maniac. It's one thing
to beat your opponet, quite another to be drenched in his gore as he explodes from
the inside.

    I think, it's all vapid speculation, go with what suits ya ^_-

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