Taijutsu

is a basic form of techniques and refers to any techniques involving the martial arts or the optimisation of natural human abilities with use of chakra. We could see that at preliminary rounds when Sakura battled Ino, although they used taijutsu only, they were left out of chakra. That way Ino failed to cast mind body switch technique correctly, thus both weakend and unable to continue the battle. Taijutsu generally requires no hand seals to perform, occasionally making use of certain stances or poses, and are far quicker to use than ninjutsu or genjutsu. Taijutsu is simply put: hand-to-hand combat with the use of chakra.

Although it is used by nearly all ninja, some characters use taijutsu almost exclusively like Rock Lee and his teacher Might Guy, are experts of many taijutsu techniques. Example of taijutsu techniques are Dynamic Entry and Leaf Whirlwind. The Hyūga clan's Gentle Fist, however, makes extensive use of chakra and demands great skill in its control. It can also be used uniquely in collaboration with ninjutsu to create nintaijutsu techniques.