Internal Family Boxing

"Might Guy, you practice the Eight Gates, don't you?" Standing by the river, Sandaime asked Might Guy.

Might Guy nodded vigorously.

There was nothing to hide.

Besides, the Eight Gates was a Taijutsu displayed right in the open, yet one that many people were unwilling to practice.

Quite a few people understood the principle behind it: removing the body's restrictions on Chakra and releasing its excess energy!

To many, it was plainly a suicide technique!

Training one's body until it could withstand opening the Eight Gates was already an extremely difficult task.

It could be said that anyone even slightly rational would not practice this Taijutsu.

"This technique is quite good," Sandaime assessed. "It opens the limits of the human body, touching upon its many vital hidden treasures and pointing directly at the fundamental nature of the human body in this world."

Sandaime had studied this technique carefully as well.

Setting aside the fact that using it inflicted excessive damage upon the body, to the point where it was nearly a method of mutual destruction—

The various vital aspects involved in this technique truly fascinated Sandaime.

Without question, the Eight Gates were eight barriers. Opening each one was like releasing a savage beast from within the body.

But since these were beasts that came from within the body—

For martial artists, it was not impossible to truly subdue them. It was simply extraordinarily difficult, not something that could be accomplished easily.

Barring any surprises, to subdue the "Eight Gate Beasts" as much as possible, one needed not only a physique capable of enduring the Gates' opening, but also a powerful will in order to wield that strength to its fullest.

Thinking of this, Sandaime looked at Might Guy, at those clear yet resolute eyes of his.

The determination shining from those eyes seemed enough to subdue any savage beast.

Without such determination, if one showed even the slightest fear when facing the power erupting from opening the Gates within one's body... Sandaime, who had studied the Eight Gates, could imagine what would happen. One would surely experience what it meant to lose control and die from one's body exploding.

This had never been a technique for people who sought shortcuts or wished to get something for nothing.

The more someone coveted this technique's power and yearned to become strong in a single stroke, the less capable they would be of controlling that power.

How could such savage beasts be driven by shallow, wavering petty fools like you?

But Might Guy possessed the resolve to command these Eight Gate Beasts.

And he held a spirit that would press forward without hesitation.

Perhaps this was Might Guy's ninja way.

Sandaime smiled.

"Might Guy, your training all this time has still been somewhat superficial."

"Superficial?"

Might Guy lowered his head somewhat blankly, looking at his body and his hands—more precisely, at the surface of his body.

Then he thumped his chest and said,

"I think I've trained very deeply!" As he spoke, he gave a thumbs-up, grinning as his teeth gleamed.

"Hehehehe, hahahaha!"

After another burst of hearty laughter, Sandaime raised a hand and patted Might Guy on the shoulder.

"That's right, that's right. Your training has already gone very deep. Both your body and your heart have been tempered to become strong enough." Sandaime smiled, his eyes full of appreciation.

"However, you still have some shortcomings."

"Please instruct me, Lord Third!"

"Your methods of training your body are still too crude. Not only crude, but rather extreme. It is fortunate that you are exceptionally gifted, but there is ultimately still a certain degree of wear and tear. Your physical training should be more internal."

"Training my body more internally?"

"That's right."

Sandaime stood with his hands behind his back.

"There is Yin, and there is Yang in this world."

The concepts of Yin Release and Yang Release gave Sandaime more than enough to explain.

"To bear Yin and embrace Yang is the true principle of the Great Dao."

That was the essential outline.

"Yin and Yang must communicate with each other. Likewise, spiritual energy and physical energy must also communicate with each other. Within the human body are many vital apertures and nodes where spiritual energy and physical energy are closely linked. Therefore, you need more internal cultivation, allowing your spiritual will to better command your body, while allowing your body to better bear and harmonize with your spirit."

Might Guy listened thoughtfully.

He still possessed an exceptionally keen instinct for Taijutsu. He could tell that Lord Third's words made great sense and had opened up a new line of thought for him.

So he asked,

"Lord Third, then how can I cultivate more internally and allow my spiritual energy and physical energy to communicate more closely?"

"That is why I will teach you Internal Family Boxing."

"Internal Family Boxing?"

Might Guy knew Konoha Hard Fist and had heard of Hyuga Soft Fist.

This was his first time hearing of Internal Family Boxing.

"That's right. Internal Family Boxing is a style of boxing that focuses on internal cultivation."

It was also something Sandaime had painstakingly recreated in this world. Drawing upon the core ideas of Internal Family Boxing through his realm as a Hua Jin grandmaster, combining them with the various hidden treasures of the human body contained within this world's Ninjutsu, secret techniques, and forbidden techniques, as well as the original Sandaime's experience with Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, he had created an Internal Family Boxing better suited to this world—or rather, one more compatible with the human body in this world.

Without all those conditions, Sandaime would not have been able to produce something presentable so quickly.

Of course, in Sandaime's view, the Internal Family Boxing he had recreated was still somewhat crude. Only by continually refining it until he once again stepped into the realm of Hua Jin could it be considered complete.

But even without being truly complete, it was already enough to teach Might Guy and guide him through the doorway.

"Lord Third! Please teach me!"

Might Guy bent over in request without the slightest hesitation.

He was simply that straightforward.

Sandaime smilingly pulled him upright.

"I already said I was going to teach you."

Hearing that, Might Guy seemed to think of something. His eyes sparkled as he asked, "Does that mean that once I learn Internal Family Boxing, I can use boxing techniques to cast Genjutsu?"

"More accurately, you can use the will of your boxing techniques to create spiritual interference and impact through Chakra released outward. Of course, conversely, if you can manifest Fist Intent, you can also break the interference that another person's Genjutsu has on you."

"A fist that breaks Genjutsu!"

Might Guy's eyes shone even brighter.

He raised a hand and clenched it into a fist.

"This is exactly what I want!"

For Taijutsu ninja, Genjutsu was truly too troublesome!

Perhaps once Taijutsu became strong enough, one could fight enemies even with one's eyes closed, but Might Guy had not reached that level yet.

Being able to break Genjutsu with his fists would undoubtedly allow him to praise youth even more freely!!!

"A fist of such youth!"

Might Guy could not help but exclaim.

"I must master it, Lord Third! I will use my youthful passion and hot blood to nurture this great boxing art!!!"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

So excited that he could not contain himself, Might Guy threw two punches through the air.

"Hehehehe, hahahaha!"

Seeing him so beside himself with excitement, Sandaime once again laughed heartily.

Before long, Might Guy put his hands on his hips and joined in with loud laughter.

A flock of birds in the nearby woods cawed as they took flight.

Everyone, please stop talking about the title. It has already been changed. The previous title was so awful it broke through the center of the earth, and the current title was changed based on readers' suggestions. Want to know just how awful the old title was? I'll put it right here: <National Martial Arts Grandmaster Transmigrates into the Third Hokage and Becomes the Strongest>. One of my friends even mocked it, asking what era that title was from. He looked at me as if I were an alien, and I said I was an old man from a bygone era who could not board the ship of the new age. Even the current title was the result of everyone's combined effort. Sure enough, after changing it, bookmarks increased dramatically. For someone as hopeless at naming things as me, please do not expect me to come up with any great titles. Even this current title is thanks to all of you!