If you think about it, Naruto's clones actually give him all of the experience they've learnt to him when they go away. So since he's using his clones to fight hand to hand mostly, he's exponential training in taijutsu every fight with all of his clones added experiences.
Yeah I was thinking that to, narutos taijustsu is exactly were I thought it was, even that he didnt know he was getting experience before the exploiting the shadow clone method of training, subconsciously he most likely picked up from using them in combat to improve his taijustsu he just didn't realize it
Not only that Sasuke points out that Naruto’s shadow clone is where he is the most pain the in the ass for anybody. Which made me think that Naruto is so proffiecent with Shadow Clone’s and taijutsu that it is not common. Almost anyone can use physical clone jutsu but nobody is good at fighting with taijutsu with multiple themself.
Seems like he never learns anything from them. 99% of his clone fights is them just running into an enemy and getting destroyed without even doing anything, literally. They just run. Doesn't even dodge or even throw a punch at times.
Baryon Mode Naruto vs Isshiki was such beautiful Taijutsu. From the time when Naruto entered Baryon Mode to the time he started to run out, Isshiki didn’t land a single hit on Naruto.
Maybe, but for Kuramas send-off, I kinda expected something more god-like/showy than a glorified fist fight. He didn't even warp space like Guy did against Madara. I have no problem with the fist fight itself, but it took Kuramas life to reach that power, and he *only* threw hands.
@@neroisntdead3681 kuramas power translated into speed and reaction time and raw strenght and also life steal. since the bigger the attack the easier for ishiki to dodge some god like jutsu. also guy ran like 10 miles before hitting madara, naruto could not move that much hence the boxing style and letting ishiki attack
I like how Naruto's Taijutsu progression acually improved gradually yet some what subtly. Early on it and for most of his fights he relied on outpowering, or a heavily reliance on clones to out number or bait out openings to attack, to straight up throwing hands with actual finesse.
Yeah its great that we can clearly see the significant progression and evolution in Naruto's hand to hand combat between he first part of the manga and Boruto in both the anime and the manga 😃 For example at first I thought that Naruto didn't learn much under Jiraya's teaching but he actually was a lot LOT better at taijutsu after that 2.5 years training, and after his training on mont Myuboku Naruto was totally on another Level 😅
funny how when he was developing his affinity to nature into his rasengan, Kakashi said good thing his clones amplify his experience, makes sense why his Taijutsu improved drastically as he fought himself
One of the things I don't see discussed enough about Naruto is just how suited he is for close quarters combat, like it is where most of his "stat"points are. He is a hell of a tank with or without the Kurama, dude has taken some insane blows and kept fighting, I would honestly say he is one of the best human tanks in the series if not the best human tank by the end of the series. As mentioned here he also has amazing taijutsu skills. He is also just a hell of a brawler. He also has insane buffing skills and his leadership skills are top notch. Bro is basically a Paladin in everything but name.
You are not wrong but the way it's executed in the series is quite poor and cliched, especially in part one, where his endurance doesn't stem from insane physical attributes and training but more of a "I can't give up, that's my ninja way" kind of speeches...
@@sheyarjames4904 you're kidding right? There's literally an episode where adult Kiba finds himself at the tree which was their finish line at the top of the hill they were racing to as kids where he used to be fastest so everyone stopped trying and seeing a whole bunch of naruto's attempts (he carved in every time he got) until he beat Kiba's record. And it rattled Kiba so much he had to race the hill as an adult to beat kid Naruto's time. If that doesn't show Naruto's dedication and training from the earliest age I don't know what does...
I'm a martial artist. Naruto's style is very eastern-inspired. Lots of wing chun and kung-fu in his style. Other styles that stand out would be Rock Lee, his style seems like it has a lot of Taekwondo. Lots of kicks.
Wing Chun and Baji-Pigua, to be precise. Baji-Pigua for explosive power and to get in close, Wing Chun for close quarters once he has invaded enemy space.
Pitty that nonses such as wing chun are bullshit IRL. and most chinese martial arts. Unless they are fighting someone that play along with the same fighting style they will get their asses kick. One chinese MMA fighter proved it and the CCP got so mad that he is now banned from planes, trains, buses, teaxis, restaurants, and maby other things.
Bro, Naruto improved drastically during the time skip. Everyone is sleeping on the proof and the improvement he made, it's so annoying lol. Yes out of the 3 he improved the least. Sasuke got the biggest power up, Sakura became a doctor and for the 1st time relevant in a fight. However Naruto increased alot as well. This was made clear with his tag team fight against Kakashi. Pre-time skip Kakashi could man handle all of team 7 without his sharigan. After the time skip Kakashi thought he could man handle Naruto again but then found a Kunai at his throat. Yes Kakashi used a shadow clone to escape but one could say he was forced to. Kakashi quickly realized he would need to use the sharigan to fight off naruto and Sakura. Jiraiya also warned Kakashi about taking naruto seriously and he knew kakashi's strength. Even if it's 2 on 1 its still very impressive to push non MS Kakashi to his limits. Mind you this was Base Naruto. Base Naruto honestly might have been able to take Kakashi in a fight without his sharigan at this point. That might be a little high balling but being in non sharigan Kakashi league is still very impressive. Naruto improved in 4 main areas. 1. Taijutsu 2. Base Speed 3. Chakra Control 4. Kurama Chakra Control Taijustsu and Speed were demonstrated with his fight against Kakashi that I already covered. Chakra control was shown when he launched the big ball rasengan which is no small feat. That's a lot of Chakra while taking shape transformation to the highest level. This also demonstrated his increased control over kurama's Chakra because he tapped into it hence the red eyes. During the time skip Jiraiya determined that Naruto could control the nine tails cloak up to 3 tails and at 4 he loses control. Naruto was able to use this mode of his own free will. Any time he got mad it started coming out but thats only because he knows how to use it. It wasn't just the seal weakening. Naruto was just scared to use it because of what happened to Jiraiya but he knew how to use it at will. That alone took a lot of his time skip and for the power boost it was well worth it. My point is don't sleep on how strong Naruto got from the time skip. From being dogged on by Kakashi to forcing him to use his sharigan, Base naruto mind you, is no small feat. Just in case I didn't have enough time to finish the video just yet, ill do that later today after work.,
Most people failed to realize that Naruto had a sannin master way before Sasuke and Sakura. They had their own sannin master at the end of part 1. So I guess it's no wonder why people think Naruto seemed "less improved" compared to those two since he already learned how to tap into kurama's chakra, learned the summoning jutusu, and the rasengan thanks to Jiraiya in part 1 while the others just got their improvements during the time skip. If Naruto didn't learned any of those things when he first met Jiraiya but instead during the time skip I think people's opinions about it would be different.
Great analysis 😃 I was unfortunatelly among those who didn't acknowledged Naruto's improvement after the time skip at first and thought that Jiraya did the bare minimum with him 😅 (even though I noticed how much stronger Naruto became at Taijutsu after his long training with him) so today I'm glad to be better at seeing the fruits of Naruto's training under Jiraya 🙃
@@facundogonza5740 exactly! When I saw he still needed a clone to form a rasengan, i was deflated. The clone was supposed to be a shortcut or training tool till he mastered the jutsu. And i think people expected him to have mastered at least one more jutsu. Heck, he didnt even knoow what elemental nature was and they expected him to go up against s-level threats 😂😂😂. His taijutsu & more experience is his most remarkable growth, but we all saw what might gai did with rock lee in 1 year so....
For those who aren't martial arts practitioners themselves, or do not know what Wing Chun is I'll help explain: Wing Chun is a style of Chinese Kung-Fu, shown extremely well in the movie series Ip Man (HIGHLY recommend). Wing Chun is also called Sticky Hands, cause you're basically so close to your opponent, you try and almost picture them as a box in front of you, and you use your different limbs to counter their attacks before they can connect with you, and then counter attack yourself. It's honestly fucking AWESOME for Six to point this out, cause I didn't realize it exactly till he said that, but he's 100% right.
Boruto movie version of the Momoshiki fight is directed by Hiroyuki Yamashita which shows naruto using a grown up power-based moveset we know him for. Episode 65 of the Boruto anime on the other hand, was directed by Chengxi Huang wherein Naruto uses a wing chun style of fighting. In any case, both were portraying Naruto bitch slapping an Otsutsuki with either style.
To add, it's an extremely flash style that looks awesome but if you look at what actual combatants have to say... Wing Chun is probably the most dunked on and poor performing style out there. A single shot from a boxer can kill a person, wing chun is basically baby slaps in comparison.
I dont remember where I read this but it was said that Naruto trained more with the hyuga clan which also grew this taijutsu capabilities when he got with Hinata and her clan. I recognized wing chun off naruto because it's another fighting style close to Bagua which is used in "gentle fist" and also Bagua was used as a basis for Airbending in Avatar the last airbender. It's interesting to see the boxing stance on Naruto, because it strikes the question, "where could he have learned that?" I feel it was sort of a contemporary add in to show how Naruto kept up with his taijutsu training of all sorts.
Naruto stopped using Shadow Clone spam as his main fighting style after training on Mt. Myaboku. I think that was intentional by Kishimoto to show Naruto really was different after that.
I love that he eventually got smarter about how he used his clones moving forward. Instead of mindlessly surrounding opponents so his clones can get bodied. He uses them to quickly close gaps, create pincers, store senjutsu, and support his allies in actual meaningful ways.
There's a pretty gradual escalation of this through the manga with him creating feints vs neji, performing simultaneous attacks to break through the stronger defenses of characters like Gaara and Kiba and then using clone constructs to extend his range vs Sasuke. Then in the start of part 2 he's using them for stuff like dodging attacks while mid air or extending his range to parry Chiyo's attack on Kakashi. And after Kakashi teaches him about the memory storage of clones all hell kinda breaks loose lol. It's literally one move but he gets better at it with every single arc.
In the second Naruto v Sasuke fight at the end of Shippuden, he just casually whips out a rasengan with one hand. It's the first time I saw it, although others mentioned he accomplished this earlier. Regardless, it was a really cool nod to just how far he's come, in my eyes. No large dialogue or backstory accompanied the feat; in fact, no character mentions it at all. His signature move which he trained several weeks/months to learn, and had to accomplish by creating a clone originally, he perfected enough to be able to do single handedly without thinking about it at all.
@@BlackoutdmcNaruto was always smart with clones. The 1 and only fight where he “spam clones mindlessly with no plan” was when he was enraged against kimimaro. Any other time, all his clones have always served its purpose as distractions to get him a win. They never just mindlessly did anything without any bigger plan behind it. He never won a fight like that before.
I always thought that Naruto’s stamina and sheer will makes him a force to be reckoned with. The one thing I loved about the last fight between Naruto and Sasuke is the fact that it showed Naruto’s true power, attrition.
@@fernandosalas4634 boruto deserves no credit. Naruto deserves all the credit. If naruto never existed boruto wouldn’t be nearly as popular as it is now.
Naruto has his own unique style of taijutsu used in that’s only appreciated if you watch every episode. Using clones in-between strikes and blocks, throwing them, transforming them into weapons for deception. He lost this somewhat in boruto but his overall one on one style has improved immensely, shown against momoshiki and isshiki
@@adrianxx22 incorporating ninjutsu to be sure, so not pure taijutsu like guy. But others incorporate other jutsu or kekkei genkais. Such as the sharingan or naruto various jutsu. Speaking on more overall style
What made Naruto so hard to deal with was his unconventional approach to a lot of stuff. He wasn't the fastest or strongest, but his battle IQ and creativity are off the charts. Like when he popped out the ground to give Neji a wallop....who does that? That's the kind of stuff that makes him tricky to beat.
💯 Facts. Naruto not only throws hands but tanks hits as well. Always loved that about him. Underrated moment is when he knocks Gaara out beaten to all hell at the end of the Chunin Exams arc.
One of my fav hand to hand feats has to be from Naruto vs Momoshiki. While everyone was practically take down easily, base Naruto was actually swapping hands with Momoshiki for a while.
Naruto taking down the two kage as a clone is so crazy I don't know how I didn't think more of it earlier, his power was split in half so much from all the clones and he was still easily taking down kage level shinobi. Plus they have unlimited energy or chakra or something like that if I remember correct
I think that people also ignore how physically strong Naruto is, like he looks like a body builder compared to Sasuke, his punches look like they hurt more than Sasuke’s or anyone else for that matter
If you go by the manga Naruto managed to literally KO Neji with one punch. Like that was the first clean hit he got on Neji and it knocked him out. Pretty impressive.
Naruto is faster. I’ve never seen sasuke dodge a light speed attack at point blank range. It also seemed as if he struggled to keep up with Kaguya, Momoshiki, and Isshiki a lot more than Naruto did.
@@cortezdaniels1997 naruto never dodged a light speed attack. That's a common error, both the manga and anime show that attack sweep from right to left, so he at best avoided madara rotating his head around 45 degrees. More realistically based off how justsu works and that naruto was fully able to detect chakra due to sensory abilities he also was on guard to the attack because he would have seen chakra gathering into his tooth.
Frog Kumite is an OP Taijutsu technique and yet, he never used it against Sasuke It allows him to extend his reach using senjutsu chakra, that not even the Sharingan or Byakugan can see it, only other sage mode users can see it The precognitive abilities is very strong too, allowing him to compete against the Sharingan’s three tomoe
Naruto never used the Kata because he didn't have the time to use Sage Mode. Heck, Sasuke kept preventing Naruto from using the Clones, so what chance Naruto had on using Sage Mode.
@@KristoforusBagaskara He wouldn't have needed to. Naruto's shown to be capable of entering and maintaining sage mode infefinitely via Kurama gathering the chakra for him, even while he's moving.
Me too. I'm so glad that he is seen as someone who is a genius when it comes to battle strategies and that he has the aggressiveness inside him that makes him such a formidable opponent
I think his brief conflict against Karui and Omoi best shows of his newfound skills. He doesn't even have the sage mode activated, but he can predict the enemy so well, it almost seems like he can see the future (stopping a sword attack by blocking the hilt with his elbow while forming seals at the same time to create a clone to stop another sword attack from another ninja by catching a katana with bare hands, and catching Sakura afterwards by predicting where she's gonna be thrown towards, moving there in advance; all done seemingly effortlessly). That's at least Sharinganless Kakashi level taijutsu right there with neither sage mode nor Kyuubi mode activated.
I think Taijutsu fights are one of the best parts of Naruto. No massive jutsu blasts and explosions, just a good old fashioned down to earth brawl. Knives, blades, punches, kicks, blocks, creative sort of maneuvers mixed in, Naruto does its brawls very well imo.
Yep taijutsu is the best part of naruto yet somehow kishimoto did everything except taijutsu in the manga there's only 30 percent hand to hand combat other is mostly megazords and big bombs fights and they are boring asf
@@JustAsh001 i feel the difference in DB fights and Naruto fights is: DB fights are like going to a football game, just hyped to see big hits in the game. while Naruto fights are like going to a football game, being hyped to see playmaking moments like 1 handed catches and trick plays.
Really wish we could have seen an extended taijutsu clash between naruto and pain. It would’ve been awesome seeing the full extent of Naruto’s and the deva paths taijutsu especially since we don’t really know what a less fatigued pains taijutsu looks like
Naruto was always known to be naturally physically strong, known for abundant stamina, and to be very durable This natural proficiency for prolonged hand to hand combat and his shadow clones made him adopt a strategy where he simply overwhelmed and out endured his enemies when they got into physical combat. This made for a very hard hitting, but simplistic brawling fighting style that mixed some skilled move sets with more simple fighting techniques. As he got older and started learning techniques that allowed him to better control his chakra like the nine tails control and sage mode he stopped relying on using sheer numbers and his own endurance for onslaught and started using very strategic fighting methods done in very fast aggressive manners to accomplish the same goal of overwhelming the target.
I like to think that the reason Naruto became so good at hand to hand was all the shadow clone spam. He was basically doing his shadow clone training method accidentally the entire series
@ryuubagubutai he's referring to naruto's ability to summon thousands of shadow clones to throw the exact same punch at once. As opposed to one person who throws the same punch a thousand times.
I have a question. If Sasori somehow managed to turn Hashirama or Madara into his puppets, how strong would they be compared to their original counterparts? Will they be significantly weaker (like Orochimaru Edo Tensei in the Hiruzen fight) or just slightly weaker (like Kabuto's Edo Tensei)? And is it possible for Sasori to become one of the main villains in the 4th Shinobi War alongside Obito and Kabuto? Let's say Sasori survived and gathered the dead Akatsuki's corpses and turned them into his puppets. And how strong Sasori would be if he doesn't need his core and can just regenerate infinitely and endlessly like an Edo Tensei?
Im not sure but i think they would be glass cannons they would have the normal doll durability but with the amount of jutsu they have it would be difficult to beat
There's filler where orochimaru tested this out against sasori. His puppets are slightly stronger than orochimarus edo but with limited durability. No hashirama cells n all that
You also have the Boruto movie, where Naruto uses Sasuke’s sword to effectively clash with multiple of Fused Momo’s attacks. Fused Momoshiki most likely has the same skills as Kinshiki, and Kinshiki is stated in the movie guides to have equal skill to Sasuke. It’s not exactly taijutsu, but should speak highly of Kishimoto’s original idea of Naruto’s kenjutsu abilities
Also remember that quick fight against the Kumo ninjas looking for Sasuke in Konoha during the kage summit arc ? And when Naruto used Sai's sword/tanto ? It was short, but to me it made it clear that even though Naruto never use a sword in fight, he is also quite skilled in kenjutsu, and its a shame we never seen him use more of that in his fight s or against Sasuke
I'm surprised you covered the Pain Arc but didn't show when Naruto's SM ran out and he swapped hands with the Deva Path. He was holding his own really well in base while he waited to get back into SM.
First time we see any of Narutos Taijutsu skills was in the last opening for the original series showing his silhouette training with Rock and Neji after some single person practice. Great work overall keep it up!
Naruto Ending 15 is where he really starts to take his taijutsu seriously in my opinion. At the very least, it highlights how proficient he is in it, and the training he puts into improving, even if it's not touched on much by the story itself.
Yeah, about the paths of Pain, think of them as puppets (which they are, by the way) You might not completely destroy the puppet, but the damage could be more than enough for them to no longer function. Also, taijutsu is the best thing to counter otsutsukis.
Also Naruto's broken Sage Mode taijutsu abilities prove to me that Naruto was greatly nerfed even with Kurama. Not necessarily in raw power, but Kishi and his assistants clearly forgot the abilities he gave Naruto that would really have come in handy against his future opponents. Those attacks would have made fighting Momo and Ishiki far easier.
Feels and reality are not the same thing. Naruto wasn’t nerfed just because you feel like it but the reality is that he’s fighting stronger opponents and is still beating them
@@nishnishbishb8918 You didn't debunk anything I said, you just whined that somehow the author not remembering the abilities he gave his own character don't count as a nerf. Either come back with an actual argument or don't come back at all.
@@bluhmer1990 What is there to debunk when you don’t understand what your talking about? Naruto can’t use any of his abilities against the otsutski because they literally full on counter all his abilities. You can even watch Naruto explaineds video on sasuke vs madara, he goes into depth about their abilities and Sasukes strongest rinnegan ability was shown to be useless against momoshiki. Sasuke has better abilities than Naruto yet they don’t even work on the opponents and you expect Naruto to use his? Did you not see BASE momoshiki absorb a tailed beast bomb attack from killer B? What attack could Naruto use better than that? People like you don’t even pay attention to the details of what you’re watching. Boruto even said in the momoshiki fight that ninjutsu is useless against momoshiki and kinshiki. Naruto would simply waste chakra by using ninjutsu and earn nothing out of it
@@nishnishbishb8918 You really are dense. You completely ignored that this video is about his taijutsu. You went on a complete spiel about something that wasn't said.
If memory serves, Temari did actually do some pretty nasty damage on 3rd Raikage, with that fishnet looking wind attack of hers. Problem just was she didn't have main character levels of chakra, so she wasn't able to spam it fast enough to outpace the edo tensei regen.
Naruto has an extremely unorthodox and creative style. He's great at thinking on his feet and keeping his opponent on their toes. Add in senjutsu and the speed and power boosts from that and kcm he becomes an absolute demon.
Pre-time skip, taijutsu specialists always tried to get close with Naruto to smother his ninjutsu, and he usually only got into with when he has shadow clones or kurama's chakra. But especially after he gets senjutsu, they can no longer really do that, which is insane considering they're usually the product storied clans with hundreds of generations of knowledge and he's just some orphan kid with no special formal training in it.
His talents in hand-to-hand combat are greater than most people realize. The first time he was taught hand-to-hand combat in school. He was taught wrong specifically to handicap him. Later, no one actually teaches him technique. All they do is spar with him. This includes the sage frog. He is self-taught entirely. Every bit of technique he learned through observation. He spars with somebody or he sees somebody use a technique then later when no one else is around. He spams, clones and practices what he observed until he eventually gets it right or creates his own version. Not only is he entirely self-taught. He had to unlearn everything wrong. That was originally taught to him.
11:00 I’m glad someone else brings up my thought of all those years- if Naruto can make at least 3 other arms, that gives him 5 to punch with. Always thought it was weird he NEVER used those extra arms for taijutsu
I think Naruto shined most when it used both, tbh, especially when it showed finesse with hand signs like that of Haku, or Obito and Sasuke using Kakashi/Naruto's hands to finish off their own jutsu... think back to the Kakashi vs Obito fight, one of the best if not the best fights in the series. The hand to hand was incredible, but the trickery, fire style jutsu, mud wall, lightning clones... all of those things served to enhance the taijutsu portions of the fights without detracting from them. Also keeps things from getting stale, if every fight was just taijutsu, we'd very quickly lose appreciation for the choreography, and the animators/artists would have an increasingly hard time creating good choreography without constantly repeating themselves... though they've been doing that a lot in Boruto on purpose.
The part where you say the pain's have the same durability as normal people goes out the window when the preda path gets hammered into the ground by six tails slamming him with enormous block of stone, literally turned him into a nail and only his head was sticking out the ground. The preda takes a few more insane hits that would kill a large amount of people in naruto verse.
This is just an assumption but I think the Deva path has a lot more durability compared to the other paths given that it's the main path and most powerful one, I assume Nagato channels most of the chakra to him (not sure how that makes him more durable but I can't find another explanation)
IMO Neji and Rock Lee are the best taijutsu/hands users, but Naruto certainly is underrated, like imagine coordinating all of your clones to jump somebody with nothing but your hands, especially when there were 2000 against Gaara, like, how do you even fit 2000 people to punch all at once 💀
Yeah I totally missed this aspect of Naruto's fighting style, but then at some point this question indeed came to my mind : "how does Naruto keep up with fighting in multiple places at the same time when he uses clones ? How does he fight with more than one pair of eyes witth such speed and quick thinking ? How does he actually coordinate his clones attacks so that they never get in the way of each others during a fight ?" To think I often complained about the canon characters not acknowledging Naruto's potential and strong fields eough, I was actually also underestimaring him this whole time too 😅
His clones are literally the reason why he's such a proficient front line fighter and can almost instantly utilize new tactics. It makes sense that his Taijutsu would get better over time when he uses his clones to help fight. Then absorbs their memories afterward. That's how he also became so proficient in Ninjutsu as well.
I think you missed the battle in the anime where Naruto goes against the Hidden Storm ninjas the first time. Where he draws Sais blade and uses it quite well. Thats some fine fighting he does too
I actually in the anime fight of Naruto vs sasuke in shippuden Naruto was actually playing really good defense like mad solid. Naruto’s defense makes him a menace. Like if you rewatch that fight and analyze their hand to hand section it’s very clear Naruto isn’t getting thrown around but just more of Sasuke having a lot more essentially (map control) for when he’s pressing him so he can’t use the clones. And this is full base Naruto against sharingan at that point which is just amazing. Naruto playing on the defense definitely didn’t help him in making any true advancements on sasuke but it just really showed how much he is able to keep up in base alone. Which I also feel that if Naruto went full on just sage mode he would’ve just clapped sasuke on the spot with frog kata and the extra strength he gains he could’ve just threw sasuke and lowkey obliterated him but all in all it is nice seeing his taijutsu progress throughout shippuden. Great video my guy 👌🏾
Naruto trained with Lee in the filler. I know some people don’t count the filler. So, the fact he learns everything that his clones learn…. He could easily pick up some skills from every fight he has ever been in.
Naruto's broken ass should have had a clone train with all the high-level Ninja he knew so he could grind multiple skills at the same time, while he goes about his daily life. They go poof, the knowledge returns to him.
@@stevendemayo3631 you just restated what I already said, but he does learn everything his clones learn… that’s canon. Which includes taijutsu and strategy.
Me and the homies love talking about topics like this. And this is def true. Naruto's hands are crazy... I'll never forget the uppercut he hit Sasuke with in their final fight. He hit him so hard, man had a mental breakdown lol
That's what I have been telling people for years now , Naruto's taijutsu is criminally underrated . I don't know yet if it's mentioned in the video but personally I think the fact that he keeps up with people with visual abilities like sharingan Byakugan and rinnengan alone shows how good he is . People are forgetting that just by unlocking the third tomoe in his sharingan , Sasuke was able to keep up with 1-tail Naruto that was considered a huge buff for him at the time . Now consider him mastering the sharingan , unlocking the mangekyo and the rinnengan on top of that and Naruto can still somehow keep up with him at base . Not to mention adult Naruto swapping hands with fused momoshiki in base form ,In the manga especially
Keeping up is a reach, Naruto’s chakra is what levels it out, he’s not keeping up in taijutsu, he’s actually getting ran around in circles and then claps back with his own hax
One of my favorite headcannons of naruto is naruto being a direct rival of one of the best sharingan users in the series, and having to keep up with the skill and dexterity of Sasuke in many direct encounters gives him a significant edge in most other taijutsu encounters, especially when you mix it with Sage Mode. His taijutsu skill really shines in the Shippuden: Power Arc (filler arc) when he no-diffs the faux nine-tails and of course when he and Sasuke jump momoshiki.
I mean, not really headcannon, it's just facts. Even in early Naruto, in his and Sasuke's rooftop fight, he was fighting a Sharingan user with enough speed to match weightless Lee, and was actually landing hits. He may not have that much finesse, but his raw reaction times can be ridiculous given the opponents he's fighting... which, to be fair, makes sense given that he's Minato's son, and Minato had high enough reaction times to teleport in front of Eighth Gate Guy charging at full speed, turn around, catch truth seeking orbs with his back, and immediately teleport back, all while Guy and the orbs were moving in slow motion compared to him, all in base form while a weakened Edo Tensei. At least some of those genetics are bound to have gone through to Naruto...
It's great to watch and listen to a video explaining and acknowledging Naruto's great skills to hand to hands combat when I acrually never really heard the fans or even the canon characters of the story praising Naruto for this Myself I only realized how strong in taijutsu Naruto truly was after watching his fight in Baryon mode against Ishiki 😅 and then when I rewatched some episodes of Naruto and Naruto Shippuden and paid more attention to Naruto hand to hands fighting style, I realized that me and maybe many Canon character in the story actually underestimated how strong Naruto is in taijutsu 🙃
It was stated that disappearing shadow clone transfers his knowledge to the main body. Considering the shadow clone spam Naruto did all throughout the series, he got soooo much taijutsu passive experience that. Every clone that got his ass kicked gave him vital information on how not to fight. Until eventually, he learned how to. Naruto taking parallel machine learning to a whole new level.
@@lamjeri Actually, I think that was stated to be the case. Naruto just seems to somehow power through it. If anything is inconsistent here, it is how insanely resilient (mentally) you would have to be to experience all that and not even flinch (or get a trauma).
13:28 I feel like Naruto was “losing” because he wasn’t trying to kill him, but Sasuke was definitely trying to kill Naruto. If he wanted to kill Sasuke, he believe he could of did so without taking as much damage as he did holding back
This may be filler but I will always remember seeing one random episode from Shippuden where Naruto and Konohamaru are fighting against each other in some tournament and Naruto absolutely VIOLATES him in hand-to-hand combat.
honestly he probably doesnt use frog kumite often because its just straight up lethal and naruto always tries to talk some sense into whoever he's fighting. another important thing to note is he's also the fastest shinobi in the ninja world by the end of the show, for him to be able to surpass his father's "speed" without using flying raijin puts him on par with someone releasing the 8 gates in terms of speed. its kind of another thing they basically forgot about/dropped for his future fights
This dude better be god-tier at taijutsu because he didn't have any long-ranged jutsus for a lot of the series lol. Most of his attacks were literally close-range up until rasenshuriken
His taijutsu definitely is nice and his insane speed helps a lot but there are handful of characters including Sasuke who have shown to be more skilled at taijutsu
In the past, sure. Sasuke isnt better than Naruto now lol. The only thing people have to cling on for him is “b but hes always been better as kids” and he aint anymore so. 🤷🏾♂️ Sasuke is better than lee and guy tho.
Unpopular opinion: Naruto is the best taijutus user and it's not even close, he's a brawler that mixes so many other fighting style it's crazy boxing, Muay Thai, jiu jitsu, frog kata, Aikido, karate, and knug fu, that just makes him unpredictable
You have to remember in every Sasuke VS Naruto, Sasuke intent was to go all out and kill Naruto. On the other hand Naruto's only intent was to defend himself and bring Sasuke back. Naruto never went 100% power while Sasuke was going above and beyond to kill. It was the same with Hashirama 90% VS Madara 100%.
the difference is hashirama was actually that stronger than madara and actually succeded in beating madara without killing him, that's what naruto intended and failed almost all the time, and you can't really tell me going into rabid mode 1 tail kyuubi is not going all out c'mon man
Kata is pronounced with the same inflection of a like is used in Kara or “gotta” but with a k and a short t sound. Love your videos and only trying to be helpful. If you search Kata videos you’ll see a bunch of people practicing a specific form of moves almost like shadow boxing and I’m sure you could get a spoken example of how it should sound instead of dragging out the tah sound
I never understood why in the Naruto series that they show good ideas and but never use them again. Like element chakra. Naruto hasn't used the wind element that's rarely anyone had except for rasengan. They even showed that adding it to a weapon pierced like 10 trees with no problems. Same with Sasuke with his lightening sword. Used it once, but never again. It's like everybody has 1 unique ability and that's it.
Dude his biggest feat and no one ever mentons it is when he copies a move without having no training. Rock Lee does this incredible combo against Gara. Then in the next fight Sasuke uses his Sharingan copy ability to do the same combo and gets high praises from Kakashi. But THEN Naruto does the same combo and no one cares, Kakashi even mentions that it's a copy of a copy and thus dull. But bro, Rock is the the Taijutsu master, Sasuske used his super eye power to copy that Taijutsu skill but Naruto doesn't need any eye power, he just straight up does the same combo no explanation.
As someone who enjoys practicing martial arts, I must admit hearing "Ka-tahw" rather than _Kaht-ta_ was... _an experience-_ ( ；∀；) That aside it's _really_ nice seeing someone taking notice of this and giving it some highlight...! ✧(・o・ )
He isn't just absolutly filthy in taijutsu, but he also has a certain style to it that makes the fights look nasty and hype like almost all of his hand to hand fights are some of the best and most enjoyable fights in the series, Naruto vs Sasuke p1, the pain fight, Naruto vs Sasuke p2, Sasuke and Naruto vs Momoshiki, and ofcourse Baryon mode vs Isshiki......, all of these were an absolute treat to watch all because of his way of throwing hands.
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@@sxvthzxe8255 shit, you might be right
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If you think about it, Naruto's clones actually give him all of the experience they've learnt to him when they go away. So since he's using his clones to fight hand to hand mostly, he's exponential training in taijutsu every fight with all of his clones added experiences.
Yeah I was thinking that to, narutos taijustsu is exactly were I thought it was, even that he didnt know he was getting experience before the exploiting the shadow clone method of training, subconsciously he most likely picked up from using them in combat to improve his taijustsu he just didn't realize it
Not only that Sasuke points out that Naruto’s shadow clone is where he is the most pain the in the ass for anybody. Which made me think that Naruto is so proffiecent with Shadow Clone’s and taijutsu that it is not common. Almost anyone can use physical clone jutsu but nobody is good at fighting with taijutsu with multiple themself.
I was just thinking if someone was going to comment on this
Seems like he never learns anything from them.
99% of his clone fights is them just running into an enemy and getting destroyed without even doing anything, literally. They just run.
Doesn't even dodge or even throw a punch at times.
I just said this. Glad others are paying attention.
Narutos hacks and rasengan spam definitely overshadowed how nice he was with the hands 😂
I feel like Sasuke had better hands. But that’s probably because he also used a katana, which Naruto didn’t.
Naruto vs fused momoshiki is probably one of his best showings of just hands, and he wasn’t even going all out at that point
Well he wasn't holding bad against sasuke that has sharingan that can predict hard movement
@GamingJustForFun976 Baryon Mode Naruto Vs Isshiki is Arguable the Best showcase of Prime Taijustu Naruto
Just in term of pure power but the drawing were underwhelming like usual
Baryon Mode Naruto vs Isshiki was such beautiful Taijutsu. From the time when Naruto entered Baryon Mode to the time he started to run out, Isshiki didn’t land a single hit on Naruto.
And he was trying to move as little as possible, which was a huge handicap given his fighting style.
Yup also The Momoshiki fight in the anime Naruto pulled out Wing Chun taijutsu I was impressed
Bruh his nerfed fighting in Boruto is garbage
Maybe, but for Kuramas send-off, I kinda expected something more god-like/showy than a glorified fist fight. He didn't even warp space like Guy did against Madara.
I have no problem with the fist fight itself, but it took Kuramas life to reach that power, and he *only* threw hands.
@@neroisntdead3681 kuramas power translated into speed and reaction time and raw strenght and also life steal. since the bigger the attack the easier for ishiki to dodge some god like jutsu. also guy ran like 10 miles before hitting madara, naruto could not move that much hence the boxing style and letting ishiki attack
I like how Naruto's Taijutsu progression acually improved gradually yet some what subtly. Early on it and for most of his fights he relied on outpowering, or a heavily reliance on clones to out number or bait out openings to attack, to straight up throwing hands with actual finesse.
Yeah its great that we can clearly see the significant progression and evolution in Naruto's hand to hand combat between he first part of the manga and Boruto in both the anime and the manga 😃
For example at first I thought that Naruto didn't learn much under Jiraya's teaching but he actually was a lot LOT better at taijutsu after that 2.5 years training, and after his training on mont Myuboku Naruto was totally on another Level 😅
Very true and it’s even more evident during that short skirmish between base naruto and fused momoshiki. I was like damn my boy Naruto got hands 😂😂😂😂
funny how when he was developing his affinity to nature into his rasengan, Kakashi said good thing his clones amplify his experience, makes sense why his Taijutsu improved drastically as he fought himself
His shadow clone always throw hands, of course he gets extremely good at close combat.
@@RongDMemer It's more about the observation of the progression of his fighting style in terms of finesse.
One of the things I don't see discussed enough about Naruto is just how suited he is for close quarters combat, like it is where most of his "stat"points are. He is a hell of a tank with or without the Kurama, dude has taken some insane blows and kept fighting, I would honestly say he is one of the best human tanks in the series if not the best human tank by the end of the series. As mentioned here he also has amazing taijutsu skills. He is also just a hell of a brawler. He also has insane buffing skills and his leadership skills are top notch. Bro is basically a Paladin in everything but name.
You are not wrong but the way it's executed in the series is quite poor and cliched, especially in part one, where his endurance doesn't stem from insane physical attributes and training but more of a "I can't give up, that's my ninja way" kind of speeches...
@@sheyarjames4904it’s both you clown lol. He has unwavering fortitude that stems from the physical attributes that he’s not aware of at the time.
@@sheyarjames4904 you're kidding right? There's literally an episode where adult Kiba finds himself at the tree which was their finish line at the top of the hill they were racing to as kids where he used to be fastest so everyone stopped trying and seeing a whole bunch of naruto's attempts (he carved in every time he got) until he beat Kiba's record. And it rattled Kiba so much he had to race the hill as an adult to beat kid Naruto's time. If that doesn't show Naruto's dedication and training from the earliest age I don't know what does...
His post shippuden taijutsu is nasty, he was catching everyone with the combos
He even pulled out the iconic 5 piece on Isshiki to epic effect
Are you people joking? His taijutsu skills are poor and naruto is pathetic.
@@Thankuforsubing sure blind hater .
@@ThankuforsubingBait used to be believeable
Emphasis on Post-Shippuden.
@@Thankuforsubing one pice fan talking 😂😂
His Taijutsu in "The Last" against the puppets was out of this world, its crazy that you didnt mention it
That movie be slippin my mind because I really don't like it.
@@sixfromtokyo because kishimoto can't write romance, but the fighting was still dope tho
@@silverhetch3383That's why he hired Shoujo writers and it still ended up being mid
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I'm a martial artist. Naruto's style is very eastern-inspired. Lots of wing chun and kung-fu in his style.
Other styles that stand out would be Rock Lee, his style seems like it has a lot of Taekwondo. Lots of kicks.
I wish you commented this earlier. I would've pinned it.
@@sixfromtokyo Its all good man. I saw your vid in my recommended but didn't have the time to watch it.
Could naruto be and underrated kenjustu as well?
Wing Chun and Baji-Pigua, to be precise. Baji-Pigua for explosive power and to get in close, Wing Chun for close quarters once he has invaded enemy space.
Pitty that nonses such as wing chun are bullshit IRL. and most chinese martial arts. Unless they are fighting someone that play along with the same fighting style they will get their asses kick. One chinese MMA fighter proved it and the CCP got so mad that he is now banned from planes, trains, buses, teaxis, restaurants, and maby other things.
Bro, Naruto improved drastically during the time skip. Everyone is sleeping on the proof and the improvement he made, it's so annoying lol. Yes out of the 3 he improved the least. Sasuke got the biggest power up, Sakura became a doctor and for the 1st time relevant in a fight. However Naruto increased alot as well.
This was made clear with his tag team fight against Kakashi. Pre-time skip Kakashi could man handle all of team 7 without his sharigan. After the time skip Kakashi thought he could man handle Naruto again but then found a Kunai at his throat. Yes Kakashi used a shadow clone to escape but one could say he was forced to. Kakashi quickly realized he would need to use the sharigan to fight off naruto and Sakura. Jiraiya also warned Kakashi about taking naruto seriously and he knew kakashi's strength. Even if it's 2 on 1 its still very impressive to push non MS Kakashi to his limits. Mind you this was Base Naruto. Base Naruto honestly might have been able to take Kakashi in a fight without his sharigan at this point. That might be a little high balling but being in non sharigan Kakashi league is still very impressive.
Naruto improved in 4 main areas.
1. Taijutsu
2. Base Speed
3. Chakra Control
4. Kurama Chakra Control
Taijustsu and Speed were demonstrated with his fight against Kakashi that I already covered. Chakra control was shown when he launched the big ball rasengan which is no small feat. That's a lot of Chakra while taking shape transformation to the highest level. This also demonstrated his increased control over kurama's Chakra because he tapped into it hence the red eyes. During the time skip Jiraiya determined that Naruto could control the nine tails cloak up to 3 tails and at 4 he loses control. Naruto was able to use this mode of his own free will. Any time he got mad it started coming out but thats only because he knows how to use it. It wasn't just the seal weakening. Naruto was just scared to use it because of what happened to Jiraiya but he knew how to use it at will. That alone took a lot of his time skip and for the power boost it was well worth it.
My point is don't sleep on how strong Naruto got from the time skip. From being dogged on by Kakashi to forcing him to use his sharigan, Base naruto mind you, is no small feat.
Just in case I didn't have enough time to finish the video just yet, ill do that later today after work.,
Most people failed to realize that Naruto had a sannin master way before Sasuke and Sakura. They had their own sannin master at the end of part 1. So I guess it's no wonder why people think Naruto seemed "less improved" compared to those two since he already learned how to tap into kurama's chakra, learned the summoning jutusu, and the rasengan thanks to Jiraiya in part 1 while the others just got their improvements during the time skip.
If Naruto didn't learned any of those things when he first met Jiraiya but instead during the time skip I think people's opinions about it would be different.
Great analysis 😃 I was unfortunatelly among those who didn't acknowledged Naruto's improvement after the time skip at first and thought that Jiraya did the bare minimum with him 😅 (even though I noticed how much stronger Naruto became at Taijutsu after his long training with him) so today I'm glad to be better at seeing the fruits of Naruto's training under Jiraya 🙃
What people can't forgive. Is that NAruto still needs clones for the Rasengan. That tends to eclipse all of what you say.
@@facundogonza5740 exactly! When I saw he still needed a clone to form a rasengan, i was deflated. The clone was supposed to be a shortcut or training tool till he mastered the jutsu. And i think people expected him to have mastered at least one more jutsu. Heck, he didnt even knoow what elemental nature was and they expected him to go up against s-level threats 😂😂😂. His taijutsu & more experience is his most remarkable growth, but we all saw what might gai did with rock lee in 1 year so....
For those who aren't martial arts practitioners themselves, or do not know what Wing Chun is I'll help explain: Wing Chun is a style of Chinese Kung-Fu, shown extremely well in the movie series Ip Man (HIGHLY recommend). Wing Chun is also called Sticky Hands, cause you're basically so close to your opponent, you try and almost picture them as a box in front of you, and you use your different limbs to counter their attacks before they can connect with you, and then counter attack yourself. It's honestly fucking AWESOME for Six to point this out, cause I didn't realize it exactly till he said that, but he's 100% right.
Love the Ip Man movies.
Boruto movie version of the Momoshiki fight is directed by Hiroyuki Yamashita which shows naruto using a grown up power-based moveset we know him for. Episode 65 of the Boruto anime on the other hand, was directed by Chengxi Huang wherein Naruto uses a wing chun style of fighting.
In any case, both were portraying Naruto bitch slapping an Otsutsuki with either style.
To add, it's an extremely flash style that looks awesome but if you look at what actual combatants have to say... Wing Chun is probably the most dunked on and poor performing style out there. A single shot from a boxer can kill a person, wing chun is basically baby slaps in comparison.
I dont remember where I read this but it was said that Naruto trained more with the hyuga clan which also grew this taijutsu capabilities when he got with Hinata and her clan. I recognized wing chun off naruto because it's another fighting style close to Bagua which is used in "gentle fist" and also Bagua was used as a basis for Airbending in Avatar the last airbender.
It's interesting to see the boxing stance on Naruto, because it strikes the question, "where could he have learned that?" I feel it was sort of a contemporary add in to show how Naruto kept up with his taijutsu training of all sorts.
It’s also pretty ineffective irl
Naruto stopped using Shadow Clone spam as his main fighting style after training on Mt. Myaboku. I think that was intentional by Kishimoto to show Naruto really was different after that.
I love that he eventually got smarter about how he used his clones moving forward. Instead of mindlessly surrounding opponents so his clones can get bodied. He uses them to quickly close gaps, create pincers, store senjutsu, and support his allies in actual meaningful ways.
There's a pretty gradual escalation of this through the manga with him creating feints vs neji, performing simultaneous attacks to break through the stronger defenses of characters like Gaara and Kiba and then using clone constructs to extend his range vs Sasuke. Then in the start of part 2 he's using them for stuff like dodging attacks while mid air or extending his range to parry Chiyo's attack on Kakashi. And after Kakashi teaches him about the memory storage of clones all hell kinda breaks loose lol. It's literally one move but he gets better at it with every single arc.
In the second Naruto v Sasuke fight at the end of Shippuden, he just casually whips out a rasengan with one hand. It's the first time I saw it, although others mentioned he accomplished this earlier. Regardless, it was a really cool nod to just how far he's come, in my eyes. No large dialogue or backstory accompanied the feat; in fact, no character mentions it at all. His signature move which he trained several weeks/months to learn, and had to accomplish by creating a clone originally, he perfected enough to be able to do single handedly without thinking about it at all.
We he learned Sage style, that was when I like Naruto again.
Kurama mode almost over shadows it. I wish we got more time with just Sage mode.
@@BlackoutdmcNaruto was always smart with clones.
The 1 and only fight where he “spam clones mindlessly with no plan” was when he was enraged against kimimaro. Any other time, all his clones have always served its purpose as distractions to get him a win. They never just mindlessly did anything without any bigger plan behind it. He never won a fight like that before.
I always thought that Naruto’s stamina and sheer will makes him a force to be reckoned with. The one thing I loved about the last fight between Naruto and Sasuke is the fact that it showed Naruto’s true power, attrition.
He constantly healing so he is also like his Body has infinite ability of improvement Physical constitution .
And he is also fresh from the war, dude have been carrying the whole shinobi alliance behind his back.
@@patrickcarnate882it was actually Kurama carrying the alliance on his back providing chakra to Naruto and EVERYONE else the entire fight.
Yeah. What I like the most about him is his natural body fighting agility, he really reflects so much of ninja vibes!
Boruto really deserves credit when it comes to really showing how greatly skilled Naruto is at taijutsu.
Nah boruto wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for naruto
@@yaketsukuzu6478he is talking about Naruto.
@@fernandosalas4634 boruto deserves no credit. Naruto deserves all the credit. If naruto never existed boruto wouldn’t be nearly as popular as it is now.
@yaketsukuzu6478 o....k all bro said was naruto in boruto showcases how good he has hands.
Idk who is Boruto. Even if you told me I’m not caring
Naruto has his own unique style of taijutsu used in that’s only appreciated if you watch every episode.
Using clones in-between strikes and blocks, throwing them, transforming them into weapons for deception.
He lost this somewhat in boruto but his overall one on one style has improved immensely, shown against momoshiki and isshiki
using weapons and clones doesn’t mean it’s taijutsu anymore
@@adrianxx22 incorporating ninjutsu to be sure, so not pure taijutsu like guy. But others incorporate other jutsu or kekkei genkais. Such as the sharingan or naruto various jutsu. Speaking on more overall style
What made Naruto so hard to deal with was his unconventional approach to a lot of stuff. He wasn't the fastest or strongest, but his battle IQ and creativity are off the charts. Like when he popped out the ground to give Neji a wallop....who does that? That's the kind of stuff that makes him tricky to beat.
I’m saying. People tend to mix iq and biq together
Naruto's fight with the 3rd Raikage was so cool and clever, I'm glad it got some spotlight!
Naruto vs sasuke in storm 3 is literally the pinnacle of cutscenes😭 the fight and ost is BEAUTIFUL
Bro when I found it like a year ago I couldn't believe how insane it was.
@sixfromtokyo it deadass might be better then any naruto vs sasuke IN the anime😭😭 just 5 minutes of peak
Fr like the chorography and the 1st person view of sasuke swinging his sword was so dope
Literally
💯 Facts. Naruto not only throws hands but tanks hits as well. Always loved that about him. Underrated moment is when he knocks Gaara out beaten to all hell at the end of the Chunin Exams arc.
One of my fav hand to hand feats has to be from Naruto vs Momoshiki. While everyone was practically take down easily, base Naruto was actually swapping hands with Momoshiki for a while.
Naruto taking down the two kage as a clone is so crazy I don't know how I didn't think more of it earlier, his power was split in half so much from all the clones and he was still easily taking down kage level shinobi. Plus they have unlimited energy or chakra or something like that if I remember correct
I think that people also ignore how physically strong Naruto is, like he looks like a body builder compared to Sasuke, his punches look like they hurt more than Sasuke’s or anyone else for that matter
If you go by the manga Naruto managed to literally KO Neji with one punch. Like that was the first clean hit he got on Neji and it knocked him out. Pretty impressive.
Naruto has more physical power and endurance than Sasuke whole Sasuke has more speed and skill
@@aceclover758speed is arguable
Naruto is faster. I’ve never seen sasuke dodge a light speed attack at point blank range. It also seemed as if he struggled to keep up with Kaguya, Momoshiki, and Isshiki a lot more than Naruto did.
@@cortezdaniels1997 naruto never dodged a light speed attack. That's a common error, both the manga and anime show that attack sweep from right to left, so he at best avoided madara rotating his head around 45 degrees. More realistically based off how justsu works and that naruto was fully able to detect chakra due to sensory abilities he also was on guard to the attack because he would have seen chakra gathering into his tooth.
Frog Kumite is an OP Taijutsu technique and yet, he never used it against Sasuke
It allows him to extend his reach using senjutsu chakra, that not even the Sharingan or Byakugan can see it, only other sage mode users can see it
The precognitive abilities is very strong too, allowing him to compete against the Sharingan’s three tomoe
Frog Strike should be able to bypass Susanoo as wel
Naruto never used the Kata because he didn't have the time to use Sage Mode. Heck, Sasuke kept preventing Naruto from using the Clones, so what chance Naruto had on using Sage Mode.
@@KristoforusBagaskarahe didn't need clones anymore. Kuruma could gather sage mode chakra for him
Forget Sharingan and Byakugan... even the Rinnegan can't see that shit.
@@KristoforusBagaskara He wouldn't have needed to. Naruto's shown to be capable of entering and maintaining sage mode infefinitely via Kurama gathering the chakra for him, even while he's moving.
Yo this vid is doing numbers, I'm glad people are giving Naruto some more respect on the taijutsu front
Yea same
Me too. I'm so glad that he is seen as someone who is a genius when it comes to battle strategies and that he has the aggressiveness inside him that makes him such a formidable opponent
I think his brief conflict against Karui and Omoi best shows of his newfound skills. He doesn't even have the sage mode activated, but he can predict the enemy so well, it almost seems like he can see the future (stopping a sword attack by blocking the hilt with his elbow while forming seals at the same time to create a clone to stop another sword attack from another ninja by catching a katana with bare hands, and catching Sakura afterwards by predicting where she's gonna be thrown towards, moving there in advance; all done seemingly effortlessly). That's at least Sharinganless Kakashi level taijutsu right there with neither sage mode nor Kyuubi mode activated.
Nah that whole lil fight was so underrated. He was too clean, it was almost unrecognizable. He was on some kakashi type shi
This scene lives rent free in my mind. Naruto would be so cool if he carried a sword.
I think Taijutsu fights are one of the best parts of Naruto. No massive jutsu blasts and explosions, just a good old fashioned down to earth brawl. Knives, blades, punches, kicks, blocks, creative sort of maneuvers mixed in, Naruto does its brawls very well imo.
Yep taijutsu is the best part of naruto yet somehow kishimoto did everything except taijutsu in the manga there's only 30 percent hand to hand combat other is mostly megazords and big bombs fights and they are boring asf
That’s why guy and Lee are loved and guy can create bombs and shockwaves with his fist
To me, the taijutsu alone is what puts Naruto above DB fighting.
@@DameionDismuke yeah I love naruto fights but dragon ball fights are just pure hype 🔥
@@JustAsh001 i feel the difference in DB fights and Naruto fights is:
DB fights are like going to a football game, just hyped to see big hits in the game.
while Naruto fights are like going to a football game, being hyped to see playmaking moments like 1 handed catches and trick plays.
I think anyone who watches/read Naruto realized he is a beast at Taijutsu. Not just Taijutsu but Shurikenjutsu as well.
Shurikenjutsu God maybe next to Itachi and Sasuke
No . Sasuke was the very best in whatever had to do with aiming.
Really wish we could have seen an extended taijutsu clash between naruto and pain. It would’ve been awesome seeing the full extent of Naruto’s and the deva paths taijutsu especially since we don’t really know what a less fatigued pains taijutsu looks like
You people need to stop, naruto's taijutsu is not good and naruto is pathetic
Let me explain.
@@Thankuforsubing I'm waiting....
@@grizz8217 Keep waiting, I lost interest
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I think the Pain that specializes in Taijutsu is the long-haired one whose ability is to extract soul
Naruto was always known to be naturally physically strong, known for abundant stamina, and to be very durable
This natural proficiency for prolonged hand to hand combat and his shadow clones made him adopt a strategy where he simply overwhelmed and out endured his enemies when they got into physical combat.
This made for a very hard hitting, but simplistic brawling fighting style that mixed some skilled move sets with more simple fighting techniques.
As he got older and started learning techniques that allowed him to better control his chakra like the nine tails control and sage mode he stopped relying on using sheer numbers and his own endurance for onslaught and started using very strategic fighting methods done in very fast aggressive manners to accomplish the same goal of overwhelming the target.
I know it's kinda out of context, but you're so good at English! I've learnt quite a few words just by reading this :)
I like to think that the reason Naruto became so good at hand to hand was all the shadow clone spam. He was basically doing his shadow clone training method accidentally the entire series
People may say fear the man who practices a single punch a thousand times but what about the man who can throw one punch a thousand times
Say the REAL quote. Put respect on the GOAT
Buddy you literally just said the same thing. L
@ryuubagubutai he's referring to naruto's ability to summon thousands of shadow clones to throw the exact same punch at once.
As opposed to one person who throws the same punch a thousand times.
@@BlackoutdmcIt's basically the same thing when you consider Naruto gains battle experience from his clones, lol
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times"
Get it right
I love kakashi vs Obito because of the choreography. The movement is so clean and the fights between 2 of my favorite characters.
I have a question. If Sasori somehow managed to turn Hashirama or Madara into his puppets, how strong would they be compared to their original counterparts? Will they be significantly weaker (like Orochimaru Edo Tensei in the Hiruzen fight) or just slightly weaker (like Kabuto's Edo Tensei)?
And is it possible for Sasori to become one of the main villains in the 4th Shinobi War alongside Obito and Kabuto? Let's say Sasori survived and gathered the dead Akatsuki's corpses and turned them into his puppets. And how strong Sasori would be if he doesn't need his core and can just regenerate infinitely and endlessly like an Edo Tensei?
I wanna see a video on this lol
Im not sure but i think they would be glass cannons they would have the normal doll durability but with the amount of jutsu they have it would be difficult to beat
They wouldn't be that strong
There's filler where orochimaru tested this out against sasori. His puppets are slightly stronger than orochimarus edo but with limited durability. No hashirama cells n all that
@@xavmanisdabestest Orochimaru edos are much stronger though
I think I've been waiting for a video on this subject for at least 10 years. Thanks!
Was on vacation but I'm back now always glad to see a new six video on the line
You also have the Boruto movie, where Naruto uses Sasuke’s sword to effectively clash with multiple of Fused Momo’s attacks. Fused Momoshiki most likely has the same skills as Kinshiki, and Kinshiki is stated in the movie guides to have equal skill to Sasuke. It’s not exactly taijutsu, but should speak highly of Kishimoto’s original idea of Naruto’s kenjutsu abilities
Also remember that quick fight against the Kumo ninjas looking for Sasuke in Konoha during the kage summit arc ? And when Naruto used Sai's sword/tanto ? It was short, but to me it made it clear that even though Naruto never use a sword in fight, he is also quite skilled in kenjutsu, and its a shame we never seen him use more of that in his fight s or against Sasuke
@@maellesaliou5871 yeah my friend reminded me of that yesterday. Really does show he can run someone’s fade with a weapon
What Boruto? Why people talking about title that don't exist?
Watching Naruto box Ishiiki was so damn awesome! I was like “BEAT HIS ASS” and he did 😂
I'm surprised you covered the Pain Arc but didn't show when Naruto's SM ran out and he swapped hands with the Deva Path. He was holding his own really well in base while he waited to get back into SM.
Everytime I bring that up it's SUPER controversial. I just wanted to chill when I was writing this video it's why I included non canon stuff as well.
@@sixfromtokyo never knew that was a controversial one tbh, but I did also see a dude say the Sharingan doesn't amp taijutsu so that's fair lol.
First time we see any of Narutos Taijutsu skills was in the last opening for the original series showing his silhouette training with Rock and Neji after some single person practice. Great work overall keep it up!
Naruto Ending 15 is where he really starts to take his taijutsu seriously in my opinion.
At the very least, it highlights how proficient he is in it, and the training he puts into improving, even if it's not touched on much by the story itself.
I think they did that ending on purpose to showcase Naruto's current level of taijutsu
Yeah, about the paths of Pain, think of them as puppets (which they are, by the way) You might not completely destroy the puppet, but the damage could be more than enough for them to no longer function.
Also, taijutsu is the best thing to counter otsutsukis.
Also Naruto's broken Sage Mode taijutsu abilities prove to me that Naruto was greatly nerfed even with Kurama. Not necessarily in raw power, but Kishi and his assistants clearly forgot the abilities he gave Naruto that would really have come in handy against his future opponents. Those attacks would have made fighting Momo and Ishiki far easier.
Fk that would’ve epic
To see momoshiki
Smugly “dodge” a punch by a cm and then get rocked by thin air with gamakichi smiling proudly in the background
Feels and reality are not the same thing. Naruto wasn’t nerfed just because you feel like it but the reality is that he’s fighting stronger opponents and is still beating them
@@nishnishbishb8918 You didn't debunk anything I said, you just whined that somehow the author not remembering the abilities he gave his own character don't count as a nerf. Either come back with an actual argument or don't come back at all.
@@bluhmer1990 What is there to debunk when you don’t understand what your talking about? Naruto can’t use any of his abilities against the otsutski because they literally full on counter all his abilities. You can even watch Naruto explaineds video on sasuke vs madara, he goes into depth about their abilities and Sasukes strongest rinnegan ability was shown to be useless against momoshiki. Sasuke has better abilities than Naruto yet they don’t even work on the opponents and you expect Naruto to use his? Did you not see BASE momoshiki absorb a tailed beast bomb attack from killer B? What attack could Naruto use better than that? People like you don’t even pay attention to the details of what you’re watching. Boruto even said in the momoshiki fight that ninjutsu is useless against momoshiki and kinshiki. Naruto would simply waste chakra by using ninjutsu and earn nothing out of it
@@nishnishbishb8918 You really are dense. You completely ignored that this video is about his taijutsu. You went on a complete spiel about something that wasn't said.
I’d say it comes from the fact that while most rely on their gadgets, powers, and weapons, Naruto relies mostly on his rasengans and his brawling.
Nah he rely on clones the most
If memory serves, Temari did actually do some pretty nasty damage on 3rd Raikage, with that fishnet looking wind attack of hers. Problem just was she didn't have main character levels of chakra, so she wasn't able to spam it fast enough to outpace the edo tensei regen.
One of my favorite fights in the entire series is the Rock Lee vs Shira filler fight.
2 FIghters who know nothing but taijutsu was amazing to witness
Naruto has an extremely unorthodox and creative style. He's great at thinking on his feet and keeping his opponent on their toes.
Add in senjutsu and the speed and power boosts from that and kcm he becomes an absolute demon.
My favorite fight in Naruto is Kakashi and Team Asuma vs Hidan and Kakuzu. It's such a tense, h2h, highly intelligent and down-in-the-dirts fight.
Pre-time skip, taijutsu specialists always tried to get close with Naruto to smother his ninjutsu, and he usually only got into with when he has shadow clones or kurama's chakra. But especially after he gets senjutsu, they can no longer really do that, which is insane considering they're usually the product storied clans with hundreds of generations of knowledge and he's just some orphan kid with no special formal training in it.
His talents in hand-to-hand combat are greater than most people realize. The first time he was taught hand-to-hand combat in school. He was taught wrong specifically to handicap him.
Later, no one actually teaches him technique. All they do is spar with him. This includes the sage frog.
He is self-taught entirely. Every bit of technique he learned through observation. He spars with somebody or he sees somebody use a technique then later when no one else is around. He spams, clones and practices what he observed until he eventually gets it right or creates his own version.
Not only is he entirely self-taught. He had to unlearn everything wrong. That was originally taught to him.
11:00 I’m glad someone else brings up my thought of all those years- if Naruto can make at least 3 other arms, that gives him 5 to punch with. Always thought it was weird he NEVER used those extra arms for taijutsu
I always thought the traditional hand to hand fights were so much cooler than jutsu battles.
I think Naruto shined most when it used both, tbh, especially when it showed finesse with hand signs like that of Haku, or Obito and Sasuke using Kakashi/Naruto's hands to finish off their own jutsu... think back to the Kakashi vs Obito fight, one of the best if not the best fights in the series. The hand to hand was incredible, but the trickery, fire style jutsu, mud wall, lightning clones... all of those things served to enhance the taijutsu portions of the fights without detracting from them. Also keeps things from getting stale, if every fight was just taijutsu, we'd very quickly lose appreciation for the choreography, and the animators/artists would have an increasingly hard time creating good choreography without constantly repeating themselves... though they've been doing that a lot in Boruto on purpose.
Same Kakashi vs hidan and kakazu made me appreciate hand to hand squabbles again
His sage mode hands are unrivaled.
Is frog kumite a multiplier?
Waiting for our GOAT to return to GOD status after his "vacation" in the daikokuten. Hopefully
10:00 “They could easily be applied to hand to head combat”. The only combat I know. 😎
Storm 3's Naruto vs Sasuke fight had me in awe, glad you mentioned it even though it's filler.
The part where you say the pain's have the same durability as normal people goes out the window when the preda path gets hammered into the ground by six tails slamming him with enormous block of stone, literally turned him into a nail and only his head was sticking out the ground. The preda takes a few more insane hits that would kill a large amount of people in naruto verse.
That was the Deva path
@@Splishy27 I'm not familiar with all the different path's name so thanks for correction.
They're all dead? weren't they?
This is just an assumption but I think the Deva path has a lot more durability compared to the other paths given that it's the main path and most powerful one, I assume Nagato channels most of the chakra to him (not sure how that makes him more durable but I can't find another explanation)
@@sheyarjames4904 Would make sense because it's Yahiko's body. Even though he is dead Nagato most likely still cares for his body.
IMO Neji and Rock Lee are the best taijutsu/hands users, but Naruto certainly is underrated, like imagine coordinating all of your clones to jump somebody with nothing but your hands, especially when there were 2000 against Gaara, like, how do you even fit 2000 people to punch all at once 💀
Yeah I totally missed this aspect of Naruto's fighting style, but then at some point this question indeed came to my mind : "how does Naruto keep up with fighting in multiple places at the same time when he uses clones ? How does he fight with more than one pair of eyes witth such speed and quick thinking ? How does he actually coordinate his clones attacks so that they never get in the way of each others during a fight ?"
To think I often complained about the canon characters not acknowledging Naruto's potential and strong fields eough, I was actually also underestimaring him this whole time too 😅
His clones are literally the reason why he's such a proficient front line fighter and can almost instantly utilize new tactics. It makes sense that his Taijutsu would get better over time when he uses his clones to help fight. Then absorbs their memories afterward. That's how he also became so proficient in Ninjutsu as well.
I think you missed the battle in the anime where Naruto goes against the Hidden Storm ninjas the first time. Where he draws Sais blade and uses it quite well. Thats some fine fighting he does too
You made me want to play the Ultimate Ninja Storm game again with that clip of Naruto and Sasuke! That fight was my FAVORITE!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Great video!
I actually in the anime fight of Naruto vs sasuke in shippuden Naruto was actually playing really good defense like mad solid. Naruto’s defense makes him a menace. Like if you rewatch that fight and analyze their hand to hand section it’s very clear Naruto isn’t getting thrown around but just more of Sasuke having a lot more essentially (map control) for when he’s pressing him so he can’t use the clones. And this is full base Naruto against sharingan at that point which is just amazing. Naruto playing on the defense definitely didn’t help him in making any true advancements on sasuke but it just really showed how much he is able to keep up in base alone. Which I also feel that if Naruto went full on just sage mode he would’ve just clapped sasuke on the spot with frog kata and the extra strength he gains he could’ve just threw sasuke and lowkey obliterated him but all in all it is nice seeing his taijutsu progress throughout shippuden. Great video my guy 👌🏾
15:28 ok BYE!!!
Naruto trained with Lee in the filler. I know some people don’t count the filler. So, the fact he learns everything that his clones learn…. He could easily pick up some skills from every fight he has ever been in.
Naruto's broken ass should have had a clone train with all the high-level Ninja he knew so he could grind multiple skills at the same time, while he goes about his daily life. They go poof, the knowledge returns to him.
No one counts the filler. Because it's not canon. That's why it's filler.
@@stevendemayo3631 you just restated what I already said, but he does learn everything his clones learn… that’s canon. Which includes taijutsu and strategy.
Father Pucci: AHEM.. *MADE IN HEAVEN!!*
I always wondered why Naruto never used Frog Kumai on Ishiki. By all means its an unknown energy that SHOULD work on anyone
I haven’t even watched the video and I already know Six is cooking🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
I appreciate the faith gang!
His ability to combo off himself is unmatched. Uzumaki barrage and similar moves are top tier. He's his own gank squad.
The animation and use of smears is what makes the hand to hand combat in naruto so good
Me and the homies love talking about topics like this. And this is def true. Naruto's hands are crazy... I'll never forget the uppercut he hit Sasuke with in their final fight. He hit him so hard, man had a mental breakdown lol
That's what I have been telling people for years now , Naruto's taijutsu is criminally underrated . I don't know yet if it's mentioned in the video but personally I think the fact that he keeps up with people with visual abilities like sharingan Byakugan and rinnengan alone shows how good he is . People are forgetting that just by unlocking the third tomoe in his sharingan , Sasuke was able to keep up with 1-tail Naruto that was considered a huge buff for him at the time . Now consider him mastering the sharingan , unlocking the mangekyo and the rinnengan on top of that and Naruto can still somehow keep up with him at base . Not to mention adult Naruto swapping hands with fused momoshiki in base form ,In the manga especially
What other naruto opinions have you been telling other people for years now? (Genuine)
Keeping up is a reach, Naruto’s chakra is what levels it out, he’s not keeping up in taijutsu, he’s actually getting ran around in circles and then claps back with his own hax
W vid as always
One of my favorite headcannons of naruto is naruto being a direct rival of one of the best sharingan users in the series, and having to keep up with the skill and dexterity of Sasuke in many direct encounters gives him a significant edge in most other taijutsu encounters, especially when you mix it with Sage Mode. His taijutsu skill really shines in the Shippuden: Power Arc (filler arc) when he no-diffs the faux nine-tails and of course when he and Sasuke jump momoshiki.
I mean, not really headcannon, it's just facts. Even in early Naruto, in his and Sasuke's rooftop fight, he was fighting a Sharingan user with enough speed to match weightless Lee, and was actually landing hits. He may not have that much finesse, but his raw reaction times can be ridiculous given the opponents he's fighting... which, to be fair, makes sense given that he's Minato's son, and Minato had high enough reaction times to teleport in front of Eighth Gate Guy charging at full speed, turn around, catch truth seeking orbs with his back, and immediately teleport back, all while Guy and the orbs were moving in slow motion compared to him, all in base form while a weakened Edo Tensei. At least some of those genetics are bound to have gone through to Naruto...
That spar was cool.
Bee vs Ataka or whatever that offbrand akatsuki was 😂 Bee went crazy with the 8 swords
It's great to watch and listen to a video explaining and acknowledging Naruto's great skills to hand to hands combat when I acrually never really heard the fans or even the canon characters of the story praising Naruto for this
Myself I only realized how strong in taijutsu Naruto truly was after watching his fight in Baryon mode against Ishiki 😅 and then when I rewatched some episodes of Naruto and Naruto Shippuden and paid more attention to Naruto hand to hands fighting style, I realized that me and maybe many Canon character in the story actually underestimated how strong Naruto is in taijutsu 🙃
It was stated that disappearing shadow clone transfers his knowledge to the main body. Considering the shadow clone spam Naruto did all throughout the series, he got soooo much taijutsu passive experience that. Every clone that got his ass kicked gave him vital information on how not to fight. Until eventually, he learned how to.
Naruto taking parallel machine learning to a whole new level.
Yeah, but that should also mean every blow landed on a Shadow Clone Naruto should feel too.
@@mongooseunleashed In a more consistent world, maybe. But in the way it's written, this is not the case.
@@lamjeri Actually, I think that was stated to be the case. Naruto just seems to somehow power through it. If anything is inconsistent here, it is how insanely resilient (mentally) you would have to be to experience all that and not even flinch (or get a trauma).
He forgot to mention Naruto’s use of the sasuke combo
He literally mentioned it early in the video.
You forgot to add that nasty combo naruto did to toneri and delta
Naruto used to throw uppercuts from underground. I always wondered how strong and fast he needed to be to accomplish that without being noticed.
For me it's the reconstructive jaw surgery he gave Sasuke and Ishiki.
Would’ve liked this one to be longer, but great video as always. Keep it up, bro
It's crazy, he and luffy have actually similar fighting styles. The internal destruction and the extending of the limbs.
13:28 I feel like Naruto was “losing” because he wasn’t trying to kill him, but Sasuke was definitely trying to kill Naruto. If he wanted to kill Sasuke, he believe he could of did so without taking as much damage as he did holding back
You know whats crazy.... we never really seen him taijutsu training
What I loved is that he used his ninjutsu to further his already amazing prowess in taijutsu
I remember they showcased his Taijutsu training in a few openings and endings. Yura Yura in OG series and U Can Do It ending in Shippuden.
This may be filler but I will always remember seeing one random episode from Shippuden where Naruto and Konohamaru are fighting against each other in some tournament and Naruto absolutely VIOLATES him in hand-to-hand combat.
It was the chunnin exams
honestly he probably doesnt use frog kumite often because its just straight up lethal and naruto always tries to talk some sense into whoever he's fighting. another important thing to note is he's also the fastest shinobi in the ninja world by the end of the show, for him to be able to surpass his father's "speed" without using flying raijin puts him on par with someone releasing the 8 gates in terms of speed. its kind of another thing they basically forgot about/dropped for his future fights
Naruto's taijutsu is under-rated
This dude better be god-tier at taijutsu because he didn't have any long-ranged jutsus for a lot of the series lol. Most of his attacks were literally close-range up until rasenshuriken
I'm glad somebody finally said it. That fight in Storm 3 was fire
His taijutsu definitely is nice and his insane speed helps a lot but there are handful of characters including Sasuke who have shown to be more skilled at taijutsu
In the past, sure. Sasuke isnt better than Naruto now lol. The only thing people have to cling on for him is “b but hes always been better as kids” and he aint anymore so. 🤷🏾♂️
Sasuke is better than lee and guy tho.
@@LimmeLimbo You got me in the first half, Sasuke aint better than lee&guy when it comes to Taijutsu
Unpopular opinion: Naruto is the best taijutus user and it's not even close, he's a brawler that mixes so many other fighting style it's crazy boxing, Muay Thai, jiu jitsu, frog kata, Aikido, karate, and knug fu, that just makes him unpredictable
Yeah. Even sasuke can't read his movement.
@@Nobodysurvivesevenonebitand sasuke has foresight and still can't read all his movements
@@kingiflawentertainment9253 yeah if it's sasuke without his sharingan he would not stand a chance against naruto in hand to hand combat
You have to remember in every Sasuke VS Naruto, Sasuke intent was to go all out and kill Naruto. On the other hand Naruto's only intent was to defend himself and bring Sasuke back. Naruto never went 100% power while Sasuke was going above and beyond to kill. It was the same with Hashirama 90% VS Madara 100%.
the difference is hashirama was actually that stronger than madara and actually succeded in beating madara without killing him, that's what naruto intended and failed almost all the time, and you can't really tell me going into rabid mode 1 tail kyuubi is not going all out c'mon man
Kata is pronounced with the same inflection of a like is used in Kara or “gotta” but with a k and a short t sound. Love your videos and only trying to be helpful. If you search Kata videos you’ll see a bunch of people practicing a specific form of moves almost like shadow boxing and I’m sure you could get a spoken example of how it should sound instead of dragging out the tah sound
Bro the unlockable green jumpsuit Naruto in Ultimate Ninja was crazy!!! I definitely used to go nuts on with that shit.
I never understood why in the Naruto series that they show good ideas and but never use them again. Like element chakra. Naruto hasn't used the wind element that's rarely anyone had except for rasengan. They even showed that adding it to a weapon pierced like 10 trees with no problems. Same with Sasuke with his lightening sword. Used it once, but never again. It's like everybody has 1 unique ability and that's it.
Dude his biggest feat and no one ever mentons it is when he copies a move without having no training. Rock Lee does this incredible combo against Gara. Then in the next fight Sasuke uses his Sharingan copy ability to do the same combo and gets high praises from Kakashi. But THEN Naruto does the same combo and no one cares, Kakashi even mentions that it's a copy of a copy and thus dull. But bro, Rock is the the Taijutsu master, Sasuske used his super eye power to copy that Taijutsu skill but Naruto doesn't need any eye power, he just straight up does the same combo no explanation.
Fax I’m rewatching Naruto and shit pisses me off how Kakashi used to glaze Sasuke
As someone who enjoys practicing martial arts, I must admit hearing "Ka-tahw" rather than _Kaht-ta_ was... _an experience-_ ( ；∀；)
That aside it's _really_ nice seeing someone taking notice of this and giving it some highlight...! ✧(・o・ )
This was killing me
He isn't just absolutly filthy in taijutsu, but he also has a certain style to it that makes the fights look nasty and hype like almost all of his hand to hand fights are some of the best and most enjoyable fights in the series, Naruto vs Sasuke p1, the pain fight, Naruto vs Sasuke p2, Sasuke and Naruto vs Momoshiki, and ofcourse Baryon mode vs Isshiki......, all of these were an absolute treat to watch all because of his way of throwing hands.
I loved Narutos Part 1 Taijutsu. So raw. I liken his flips and swinging movements to Kurama's combat experience shadowing over ever so slightly.
Garaa threw 0 hands 😭
That's why rock Lee boxed the shit out of him😂😂😂😂