Wind Release

The area of elemental nature transformation are offensive-type techniques that allow the user to manipulate wind by shaping their chakra to be as sharp and as thin as possible, very much like the blades of a pair of scissors. The ranged techniques work by the user causing movement in the air. This can be done via blowing the air from ones mouth (the most common), moving the air with an object, controlling the air currents, or even just from the burst of air made from clapping ones hands.

The rarest of the five basic elemental chakra natures (though the affinity appears to be common among ninja of Sunagakure), wind release techniques are suited for short-to-mid-range combat, and combine brute force and precision to deal cutting and slashing damage. Users can even channel wind-natured chakra into blades to increase their range and cutting power. Naruto achieved wind manipulation by learning how to split a leaf in two with chakra and then learning to halt the flow of water. Wind is naturally strong against lightning techniques, and likewise naturally weak against fire techniques. In the case of a combination, it augments the strength of a fire technique as well as increases the concussive power of a water technique. Wind-natured chakra, when combined with water-natured chakra, produces the ice release kekkei genkai.