Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25124448-20140630200132/@comment-24757127-20140703104016

Did you guys forget that it does't matter if an Uchiha can read the movements and copy Gentle Fist. If the Uchiha is physically unable to do the technique then coping is useless. Sasuke had to train a lot just to copy Lee's agility and Lion Combo. Gentle Fist requires near perfect to perfect chakra control. If an Uchiha doesn't have that then they can't utilize Gentle Fist. Remember not every Uchiha is as smart and gifted as Itachi or Shisui. (Sasuke was either a baby or wasn't born yet, stop mentioning him!)

Forget the Sharingan vs. Byakugan argument. Focus on the actual war. Wars are not won by a few like Shisui and Itachi, and Hiashi and Hizashi. Wars are won by the ordinary soldier, in this case ordinary ninja. The notables help in a big way because of there battle and leadership skills but can't win a war single-handedly.

I still think this war is determined by the Hyuugas clan main house and branch house getting along. We know that Hizashi hated the main house and hated to be born a couple seconds after Hiashi and doomed his son to branch family. Also Hiashi wasn't afraid to use that sealing jutsu on branch members. Remember that flashback scene during the Chunin Exams arc where a young Neji and Hizashi was watching Hiashi train Hinata and Hizashi made a tiny movement towards Hinata? There is obvious distrust back then. Who says a branch member doesn't betray the main house and go help the Uchiha?

Gentle Fist is a way to damage the chakra points, each strike is starting 8 trigrams 32 palms which is only known by main branch members. I assume Hizashi knows these techniques because he is the leader of the branch house and brother/bodyguard to Hiashi. So we can assume the other branch members don't have much byakugan prowess since all the techniques are unavailable to them. Having the branch family knowing the Gentle Fist could lead to a civil coup against the main house.

Since we know that the Uchiha actually get their sharingan activated by intense love instead of hate what happens when some of them start dying? More Uchiha with more powerful sharingan. The longer the fighting the more powerful the sharingan gets. Also back in the warring clans days every Uchiha knew about Izanagi and Izanami. Those are obviously last resort techniques, but if there is one Uchiha left then he can "resurrect" more Uchiha and take the Hyuuga by surprise.

Uchiha are not fighting themselves like Hyuuga are at this time period. Uchiha actually have fierce compassion towards clansmen. The clan stuck together in kicking Madara out of the clan! The Uchiha are united and very deadly when they have a universal goal.