kawarimi no jutsu

[TeLeKiNeSiS]

anyone notice how no one ever does hand seals for a kawarimi no jutsu??? i dont get it...i thought you have to make hand seals to perform a technique??? its like...the hokage, when he gets bit by the snake and then all of a sudden he turns to mud...in other eps same things happen...in the beginning during the team 7's survival training naruto attacks kakashi and then all of a sudden it becomes a naruto...! i dont get it

[Uzumaki Kakashi]

hand seals are used to control chakra but since these ninjas like hokage and kakashi are so bad ass they can control the chakra much easier especailly in such easy jutsus

[Hatake Kakashi]

well we haven't really gotten a clear explanation on when hand seals are used and when they are not.

I think that they just use them when it doesn't disrupt the flow of the fight or whatever.

[SirCharlesIII]

wasn't sakura shown performing seals in her little battle thing in the second chunin test, when she attacks zaku in the forest of death? i cant remember for sure, i just vauguely remembering watching her do the signals for the technique.

[KakashiSensei]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Uzumaki Kakashi @ Feb 11 2004, 11:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> hand seals are used to control chakra but since these ninjas like hokage and kakashi are so bad ass they can control the chakra much easier especailly in such easy jutsus </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
that is true but i think naruto has done that as well. And if you had to use hand signals for that move you would just be giving it away and then there would be no point to it.

[Noir]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (KakashiSensei @ Feb 11 2004, 11:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Uzumaki Kakashi &#064; Feb 11 2004, 11:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> hand seals are used to control chakra but since these ninjas like hokage and kakashi are so bad ass they can control the chakra much easier especailly in such easy jutsus </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
that is true but i think naruto has done that as well. And if you had to use hand signals for that move you would just be giving it away and then there would be no point to it. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I was gonna answer it but you beat me to it. Yeah basically if you had to perform handseals for that move then your move would become pointless and you&#39;ll be frozen in fear, like this guy ====&gt;

[Hatake Kakashi]

I still don&#39;t think there is anything more to it than the mangaka and animators not wanting to animate them all the time. They only do it in some dramatic fights I think.

[villin]

That move makes no sense at all. Even Naruto did it to Moegi when she was tied to a tree. Also, when Sasgay hit Kakashi with those shurikens during the bell thing you could clearly see blood before he turned into a log. And why does the log always look the same no matter who does the move. Its bullshit.

[villin]

Noone has even come close to explaining why the log always looks the same. They don&#39;t have time to cut down a tree and make the log. They certainly don&#39;t walk around with a big honking log strapped to their back. And the log is always the same shape with the little piece sticking out, do people share this mysterious log. Bah

[nark]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (villin @ Feb 12 2004, 02:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Noone has even come close to explaining why the log always looks the same. They don&#39;t have time to cut down a tree and make the log. They certainly don&#39;t walk around with a big honking log strapped to their back. And the log is always the same shape with the little piece sticking out, do people share this mysterious log. Bah </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
the do the summoning no jutsu and the log appears. They then replace the log with themselves. So easily explained sheeesh.

[Superman]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (villin @ Feb 12 2004, 01:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Noone has even come close to explaining why the log always looks the same. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Obviously, they keep a few of those logs in their little bags. The logs go in there along with the never ending suply of knifes and throwing stars, food, scrolls, and other stuff. &quot;bigger inside than outside-no-justsu&quot; is probably the first thing they teach at the ninja academy.

Duh...

[BakaShinji]

They just move reeelly fast that their residual image is still left behind - like in the road runner cartoons where Wily&#39;s eyes have to catch up with the rest of his body when he falls.

They had logs cuz they were in the forest.
They have mud - because mud is EVERYWHERE&#33;

That&#39;s the point of kawarimi. You replace it with something so the opponent, if he&#39;s not paying attention, and from the point of view of the audience - it looks like you hit the actual person.

29.87 fps could also be a reason why. The animators can&#39;t animate fast enough the 1337 speed that it takes to do a kawarimi. So the image is left over.

HAPPY? No hands too, cuz it doesn&#39;t need chakra molding ... just do it.

[Beautiful Green Beast]

I wonder if you can do handseals with your feets??? feetseals???

[Everon]

That would be an advanced bloodline maybe... after all the feet are the hardest place to gather chakra....
I can just picture it:

Kakashi gets his arms pinned to wall.
Kakashi pulls of his booties and begins seals
&quot;Rabbit, Dog, Rat...ah damn...its so hard to do that one with FEET&quot;

Oh yeah kawarimi, well best not to think about it too much. Its a pretty cheap skill that everyone seems to know (except Lee) so I guess it all evens out. It would be nice if there was some way to detect when someone is doing it.

[Power PMV]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Everon @ Feb 12 2004, 03:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> That would be an advanced bloodline maybe... after all the feet are the hardest place to gather chakra....
I can just picture it:

Kakashi gets his arms pinned to wall.
Kakashi pulls of his booties and begins seals
&quot;Rabbit, Dog, Rat...ah damn...its so hard to do that one with FEET&quot; </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I think you have to have a weird body like the guy who fought against Kankuro in the preliminaries to do that.

[Everon]

The stretch armstong guy? Yeah probably, but he got so easily taken out by Kankuro that the sound probably killed him off.

[itachi_]

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (KakashiSensei @ Feb 11 2004, 11:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Uzumaki Kakashi &#064; Feb 11 2004, 11:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> hand seals are used to control chakra but since these ninjas like hokage and kakashi are so bad ass they can control the chakra much easier especailly in such easy jutsus </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
that is true but i think naruto has done that as well. And if you had to use hand signals for that move you would just be giving it away and then there would be no point to it. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Shouldn&#39;t you start hunting me, kakashisensei?

[XwingRob]

Wow, who really gives a shit?
Anyways here&#39;s my take on it.
Seals just make the justu more effective and uses less stamina. Some justus require seals, however. I could tell you more why I got this idea but then I would be spoiling.

[Kyuubi_Rage]

Kakashi doesnt like you itachi, You&#39;re devil&#33;

[Assertn]

hey, i like the log....it shows that its the konoha style replacement technique. In fact, it may be a basic level technique that only konoha ninjas and high level ninjas not from konoha can perform. Zabuza needed a rabbit to do it that one time, so maybe its not as easy for those from other villages. That mud thing that orochimaru does obviously seems like a technique that you&#39;d have to be hella advanced to perform too. Gaara did it once when lee fought him, but thats just cause he&#39;s got them crazy sand powers. Does anybody know of any time when someone other than a konoha ninja or a really high level jounin-sannin performed the move?