Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-24860855-20140430042530/@comment-1705651-20140717235028

Rachin123 wrote: Shadow Abyss wrote: AwesomeRaikiri91 wrote: Elveonora wrote: Gentle Fist isn't even a Byakugan technique pal, it just uses Byakugan to precisely land the blows. Byakugan doesn't have any techniques like Sharingan and Rinnegan do, at least none that we know of.

I agree, Gentle Fist is made easier to use because of the Byakugan. Especially higher level techniques which target tenketsu points. Seems to me that Hyuuga are born with above average chakra control which makes it easier for them to use the Gentle Fist style, or they train specifically for it. I still wonder though if a normal shinobi with very precise chakra control, and knowledge of locations of tenketsu points through intense study has the ability to use gentle fist? My guess would be a Medical nin like Kabuto. In fact Kabuto's taijutsu style resembles the gentle fist style very much.

Didn't Madara do this already when he used his Chakra Disruption Rods on Hashirama? He said he wouldn't move because he pierced his tenketsu if I'm not mistaken. So, my guess is if you already have enough knowledge of the human body to know the location of the tenketsu you can pull it off without the Byakugan. Which makes the eye even more useless. The eye allows you see nearly 360 vision, x-ray vision and the byakugan is like a short cut of learning the human body pressure points or in Naruto chakra points so how the eye useless?

Maybe I phrased myself badly there. It is only useless when compared to the Sharingan and the Rinnegan.

These eyes can already see the color of chakra, but can't read deep enough to see the tenketsu. Except you don't really need this power to strike them if you already are knowledgeable enough to know their locations, so one of the Byakugan's uniqueness when compared to the other eyes is taken off when you realize attacks on tenketsu can be performed without them. The only real advantage over the other Dojutsu then is the ability to see in a near 360 vision and telescopic zoom, but the vast arsenal of powers the others eyes have far outweight this. It is more of a spy thing, it can't catch up to the other eye powers in battle.