Okay.... It has come to my attention that someone has asked about the 
Bakusai Tenketsu.  Far be it from me to not say anything...

The Bakusai Tenketsu is an ancient Amazon technique used mainly by males 
in the quarry.  Originally designed to aide in the breaking of stones, 
it was adapted by Cologne to train one Hibiki Ryoga in the hopes that he 
would defeat Saotome Ranma and win the heart of Tendo Akane, leaving 
Ranma free to marry Shampoo, great grand-daughter to Cologne.

It is based on the principle that all objects have one point that, when 
touched, causes said object to explode.  This may be achieved by 
striking with enough strength to send out ripples of force that resonate 
throughout the structure, causing said object to literally, and 
violently, shake itself apart.  That theory would also explain why the 
Bakusai Tenketsu only works on rigid structures, such as rock and wood, 
and fails on non-rigid structures, such as flesh.

The training, as evidenced by Cologne, is perhaps the more useful part 
of the Bakusai Tenketsu.  As was seen, the matriarch had Ryoga slam his 
person repeatedly into boulders far more massive then any normal human 
could endure.  Due to the repatition of this training, it made Ryoga 
nigh invulnerable to impact, to the point that even Ranma's much vaunted 
Katchu Tenshin Amaguriken technique failed to work at first.  It wasn't 
until Ranma applied the Chestnut Punch to a concentrated area that it 
even seemed to have any affect at all.

Next week class, I will be explaining Ranma's Hiryu Shoten Ha, as well 
as doing a comparison of the Hiryu Shoten Ha to Ken Master's Hado Sho 
Ryu Ken.

Class dismissed.  Enjoy your recess....
-- 
JD Farber
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