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Butterfly Style
A martial arts style born from desperate farmers who needed to protect themselves against anything from bandits to foreign warlords, Butterfly style makes use of two common farming sickle (kama) and sleight of hand movements to control and strike in a devastating manner. The unique trait of the style is all movements come from the constant rhythmic sway from an open (arms wide) to closed (arms closed) state, changing the pattern of attack/defense at any given moment.
Floating Butterfly
C-Rank Stance Technique
The core stance of Butterfly Style has the practitioner's neutral stance with their feet a shoulders length apart, their back slightly curved forward, and their shoulders loose, their arms held out wide with their sickles. The stance focuses on diagnol and pivoting footwork, but is mainly recognizable by the way the arms rotate and move rhythmically, as if flapping open and closed like a butterfly. To those without [Sleight of Hand] or a [Speed] stat of within at least 5 of the practitioner, it is easy to mistake the timing of this and they will suffer a -3 speed check on the timing of their attacks/defenses.
Kata: Timing
D-Rank Discipline Technique
The practitioner has impeccable timing over their footwork and sickle work; they are able to perform complex movements where parts of their body move unnaturally in different directions and rotations yet still sync and time them perfectly for defense or attack, making their complex movements seem almost simple.
Kata: Opening Block
D-Rank Maneuver Technique
During the opening phase, the practitioner has learned to swat with blinding speed at an incoming opponent attacks away with tremendous force by stepping back diagonally to the direction of the incoming attack and swatting at it with the haft of their sickle closest to the attack.
Kata: Closing Riposte
C-Rank Maneuver Technique
When the sickles are in the processes of crossing (with the blades pointed inward), the practitioner baits a strike from the opponent, catching their weapon in the crossing point of their sickles as they lean back on their foot to create spring. As this happens, they immediately rotate the top of one sickle, hooking the opponents weapon and giving them clear control, the natural leverage providing an edge when similar strengths are matched. With their controlling sickle they will push the opponents weapon off and to the side, opening them up and allowing their free hand to move to strike the opponent at the head or neck in the same motion.
Kata: Opening Riposte
C-Rank Maneuver Technique
When the sickles are open and at their widest (with the blades pointed outward), the practitioner baits a strike from the opponent. When the opponents weapon extends the practitioner pivots in on their foot moving slightly backwards as they slam the closer and outward sickle into the opponents weapon, rotating on impact to bring the hook of their sickle around the weapon before pulling to downwards with immense force, driving it towards the ground. As this happens, the practitioner rotates on their back swing bringing their other arm to the now open head/neck of the opponent.
Kata: Disarming
B-Rank Maneuver Technique
Starting from a closed position the practitioner catches the opponents strike on the cross-point of their sickles, then rotates their off-hand and brings it down onto the opponents wrist hooking it and pulling it to the ground with the tremendous lever and body-weight behind the attack. For those strong enough to keep their hand, the force is still usually strong enough to make them drop their weapon, unless they are stronger than the practitioner.
Sting like a Bee
B-Rank Maneuver Technique
Starting from any position where the opponent's weapon or limb has been hooked, the practitioner will spin
inwards around the opponent while exerting force down, taking the opponents upper body out of balance and nearly flipping them to the ground. As this happens, the practitioner can bring their free arm swiftly down onto the head, back, or neck of the opponent.
A martial arts style born from desperate farmers who needed to protect themselves against anything from bandits to foreign warlords, Butterfly style makes use of two common farming sickle (kama) and sleight of hand movements to control and strike in a devastating manner. The unique trait of the style is all movements come from the constant rhythmic sway from an open (arms wide) to closed (arms closed) state, changing the pattern of attack/defense at any given moment.
Floating Butterfly
C-Rank Stance Technique
The core stance of Butterfly Style has the practitioner's neutral stance with their feet a shoulders length apart, their back slightly curved forward, and their shoulders loose, their arms held out wide with their sickles. The stance focuses on diagnol and pivoting footwork, but is mainly recognizable by the way the arms rotate and move rhythmically, as if flapping open and closed like a butterfly. To those without [Sleight of Hand] or a [Speed] stat of within at least 5 of the practitioner, it is easy to mistake the timing of this and they will suffer a -3 speed check on the timing of their attacks/defenses.
Kata: Timing
D-Rank Discipline Technique
The practitioner has impeccable timing over their footwork and sickle work; they are able to perform complex movements where parts of their body move unnaturally in different directions and rotations yet still sync and time them perfectly for defense or attack, making their complex movements seem almost simple.
Kata: Opening Block
D-Rank Maneuver Technique
During the opening phase, the practitioner has learned to swat with blinding speed at an incoming opponent attacks away with tremendous force by stepping back diagonally to the direction of the incoming attack and swatting at it with the haft of their sickle closest to the attack.
Kata: Closing Riposte
C-Rank Maneuver Technique
When the sickles are in the processes of crossing (with the blades pointed inward), the practitioner baits a strike from the opponent, catching their weapon in the crossing point of their sickles as they lean back on their foot to create spring. As this happens, they immediately rotate the top of one sickle, hooking the opponents weapon and giving them clear control, the natural leverage providing an edge when similar strengths are matched. With their controlling sickle they will push the opponents weapon off and to the side, opening them up and allowing their free hand to move to strike the opponent at the head or neck in the same motion.
Kata: Opening Riposte
C-Rank Maneuver Technique
When the sickles are open and at their widest (with the blades pointed outward), the practitioner baits a strike from the opponent. When the opponents weapon extends the practitioner pivots in on their foot moving slightly backwards as they slam the closer and outward sickle into the opponents weapon, rotating on impact to bring the hook of their sickle around the weapon before pulling to downwards with immense force, driving it towards the ground. As this happens, the practitioner rotates on their back swing bringing their other arm to the now open head/neck of the opponent.
Kata: Disarming
B-Rank Maneuver Technique
Starting from a closed position the practitioner catches the opponents strike on the cross-point of their sickles, then rotates their off-hand and brings it down onto the opponents wrist hooking it and pulling it to the ground with the tremendous lever and body-weight behind the attack. For those strong enough to keep their hand, the force is still usually strong enough to make them drop their weapon, unless they are stronger than the practitioner.
Sting like a Bee
B-Rank Maneuver Technique
Starting from any position where the opponent's weapon or limb has been hooked, the practitioner will spin
inwards around the opponent while exerting force down, taking the opponents upper body out of balance and nearly flipping them to the ground. As this happens, the practitioner can bring their free arm swiftly down onto the head, back, or neck of the opponent.