Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-1251315-20150219132354/@comment-1512913-20150219173120

I don't think he simply shrugged them off, that's impossible. Gentle Fist works by expelling chakra through tenketsu into the opponent's chakra circulatory system. If I were to guess, he nullified the attack simply by doing the same, expelling chakra through tenketsu hit by Neji.