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Kyotouryuu Techniques List

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Episode 1
-Kyotouryuu, First Stance: Lily of the Valley- left foot front, right foot back-side, right hand forward, left hand at side
-Kyotouryuu, Second Stance: Daffodil- left foot forward, right foot back, arms at your sides bent at the elbows with palms facing upward.
-Kyotouryu: Chrysanthemum- Draws/catches the opponent's weapon between the user's back and arms, snapping/breaking it. Primary sword-breaking technique.
-Kyotouryuu: Peony- A powerful kick with the right leg straight out, the left at an obtuse angle from the ground.
-Kyotouryuu Ultimate Secret Technique: Shichika Hachiretsu- the opponent takes 7 hits, getting ripped apart in the blink of an eye and divided into 8 pieces.*

Episode 2
-Kyotouryuu: Lily- A kick attack that can move a person out of the way of an attack or otherwise. (From appearance)
-Kyotouryuu, Seventh Stance: Iris- Gets into a "race start" position (either with your fingers or the bottoms of your hands on the ground). Rushes forward in a phantom illusion using a feint. Chains into other techniques.
-Kyotouryuu: Rose- A powerful flying kick with the right foot.
-Kyotouryuu, Seventh Hidden Art: Rakka Rouzeki (Scattered Blossoms)- Left leg axe-kick. (Is shown to split the opponent in half down the middle)

Episode 3
-Kyotouryuu: Kyouka Suigetsu- Left palm at heavens, right palm at side, left foot forward, and right foot back. Palm strike with right palm to the heart. Been shown to damage heart and bloody palm.

Episode 4
-Kyotouryuu: Patrinia- Disarmament technique. (No visual data available aside from the quotation.)
-Kyotouryuu: Poppy- An upward right hand palm strike (bearing an after-image effect) to send the opponent high into the air. Air pressure utilized.
-Kyotouryuu: Dandelion- Close-range thrust into the heart with right hand. Nails sharpened. Shown as a "Finishing" technique.
-Kyotouryuu, Zero Stance: Fig Tree- No stance at all. Intent is to predict the enemy's next move by their stance. Because of this stance, your opponent cannot determine your next movement, and you are granted maximum versatility.
-Kyotouryuu, Eighth Secret Technique- (Is never actively shown in the anime.)

Episode 5
-Kyotouryuu's Fourth Secret Technique: Ryuuryoku Kakou (Red blossom and Green willows)- A powerful punch directed at the opponent's body. An armor-piercing technique that can hit behind armor, shields, barriers, etc. Targets the skin, muscles, organs, bones, etc. being hidden behind barriers. (Ineffective against the Fifth Deviant Blade: Zokuto Yoroi while it's in contact with the ground/walls.)

Episode 6
-Kyotouryuu: Violet- A double palm strike to the opponent's chest (hands slightly apart). Right knee forward, feet close together.
-Kyotouryuu: Plum- A powerful kick with the right leg to the opponent's left shoulder, vice versa.
-Kyotouryuu: Hikara Kyuyou (Falling Blossoms, Scattered Leaves)- Lets the opponent get up close, then parries backwards and claps hands together (FMA style). Next strike at the left and right shoulders consecutively. (Was shown to be able to separate spirits possessing a body from its host. Is quoted to be able to attack specific points, but is unknown whether its meaning is literal or not.)

Episode 7
-Kyotouryuu "Red Poppy" and "Daphne" Hybrid Striking Technique- Thousands of super-fast strikes that can't be seen by the unaided eye. Can kill a person 272 times before they hit the ground. (Utilizes Maniwa Ninpou: Ashigaru (Light Feet) to remove weight from the body to deliver blows.)
-Kyotouryuu Ultimate Technique: Shichika Hachiretsu Kai- A perfected version of Shichika Hachiretsu utilizing the Kyotouryuu Technique Ryuuryoku Kakao first. Was designed in a way that it had the fewest holes in it that could be exploited. Only achieved after testing the 720 potential combinations of the 7 component techniques that make up this move, isolating those 720 combinations form the 5040 total combinations.**
-Kyotouryuu Ultimate Move- Hundreds of super-fast strikes. (Only visual information available. No other data.)

Episode 8
-Kyotouryuu: Orchid- Leaps into the air with the back facing the enemy (left leg and arm bent, right leg and arms straight down). Then twists in mid-air and delivers an overhead kick w/the right leg.
-Kyotouryuu: Pomegranate into Iris, Hybrid Combo- Starts out on right knee with right hand forward, left hand and leg bent back. Right palm strike, then a piercing strike with the left hand.
-Kyotouryuu: Magnolia- Swings right leg at enemy, then brings it straight up in a sudden motion.
-Kyotouryuu: Cherry- A series of powerful palm strikes, utilizing compressed air.
-Kyotouryuu: Wild Strawberry- 4 kicks while mid-air, then an axe-kick to down enemy.

Episode 9
-NA

Episode 10
-Kyotouryuu: Bellflower- Left extended hand strike. Turns around and crosses opponent's arms behind back over head, holding the opponents sleeves in a powerful grip.

Episode 11
-NA

Episode 12
-Nameless Kyotouryuu- Catches the sword between the hands. So simple a move it doesn't have a name.
-Shichika Hachiretsu: Revamp- (Is never actively shown in the anime.)

Ultimate Secret Techniques
*-Kyotouryuu Ultimate Secret Technique: Shichika Hachiretsu- the opponent takes 7 hits, getting ripped apart in the blink of an eye and divided into 8 pieces.
1. Kyouka Suigetsu- Right palm strike to sternum.
2. Kachou Fuugetsu- Left hand extended in an open handed jab below opponent's right peck.
3. Hyakka Ryouran- Right knee to chin, jerking head upward.
4. Ryuuryoku Kakou- Right fist strike above first strike. (Is this Ultimate Technique's greatest weakness, leaving the user exposed to counterattacks.)
5. Hika Rakyuou- Spread 2-palm strike  to pecks below collarbone. (Begins with the "Hadoken pose")
6. Tenka Kinjou- Double karate chop at the opponent's sides below their ribcage.
7. Rakka Rouzeki- Overhead axe kick with left foot to down the opponent.

**-Kyotouryuu Ultimate Technique: Shichika Hachiretsu Kai-
1. Ryuuryoku Kakao- Right punch to the stomach. (Armor-piercing technique)
2. Kyouka Suigetsu- Right palm strike to chest.
3. Hika Rakyuou- Double palm strike to chest.
4. Rakka Rouzeki- Axe kick with right leg.
5. Hyakka Ryouran- Right kick to the opponent's side.
6. Tenka Kinjou- Double karate chop at the opponent's sides below their ribcage.
7. Kachou Fuugetsu- Jab to the opponent's chest with the right hand extended.
Like the name implies, this is a list of all the Kyotouryuu (Swordless Style) techniques/stances that make their appearances in the anime Katanagatari.
The techniques are categorized according to which episodes they appear in, and are not repeated, but are only listed for their first appearances.
Descriptions of the techniques are how I have interpreted them after watching the anime, and are more or less correct.

Anyway, the reason I did this was mostly because when Katanagatari came out, there wasn't a list of the moves, and I wanted to have them for reference, so I made the list myself, and only now decided to post it, since I'm a fan of the anime iteration of Katanagatari.

-Disclaimer-
I do not own Katanagatari.

The Light novel iteration of Katanagatari belongs to:
Nishio Isin (Writer)
Take (Illustrator)
Kodansha (Publisher)


The TV anime iteration of Katanagatari belongs to:
Keitaro Motonaga (Director)
Taku Iwasaki (Music)
White Fox (Studio)
MBS (Network)
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I'm a bit late, but thanks a lot for compiling this list!