Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27162446-20151208003121/@comment-734582-20151208164746

Thatuserwiththenamethatislegendarylong wrote: As a side note, if Hinata mastered every Gentle Fist technique, why isn't she listed as a user of these techniques? gentle fist is listed under her techniques. The rest isn't shown, it's only said in the Databooks.

isn't the point of the Byakugan that you can see the attack coming from a mile away and prepare Rotation as a reaction?

Sakura's main abilities are that she's strong and heals a lot. But Hinata can use Vacuum Palm to disable her from afar, use byakugan so she has no blind spots and Rotation whenever Sakura is at risk of getting close to her. All that's left is to dart around her and keep striking her until sakura's disabled enough to finish with 64 palms. Only if Sakura has a bit of luck could she potentially brute-force through this Gentle Fist style, but every hit of Vacuum Palm should make healing and attacking more and more difficult for Sakura.

The Last shows that Hinata is indeed a formidable ninja in her own way. In a straight up fight she won't win, which is why she won't allow Sakura to straight up fight her. Considering that a punch to the ground is only brief and her Byakugan gives her full vision, she should have no problems dealing with devastated ground attacks, as her Vaccuum Palm can keep Sakura at bay while in the air and her Byakugan will prevent her from tripping.