Wind Breathing

Wind Breathing (の) is one of the five Breathing Styles derived directly from Sun Breathing.

Description
Wind Breathing is a Breathing Style that mimics wind, specifically powerful torrents of air or tornados and whirlwinds, and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques and abilities. Most, if not all, known techniques and forms involve purely offensive attacks, most of which using rotating movements to generate swift whirlwind-like slashes that greatly increase their striking potency or utilizing the air around them to deliver sharp sickle-shaped attacks. Users that have mastered Wind Breathing visualize themselves seemingly creating and manipulating wind when unleashing its techniques.

This Breathing Style was originally developed and taught by Yoriichi Tsugikuni to an unknown student, who could not master the Sun Breathing and was instead trained in a specific alternative breathing style to better suit his student's specific strengths and weaknesses eventually becoming an independent breathing all together. The same is applicable for all the other main Branch Breathing Styles.

The Beast Breathing, despite being independently developed by Inosuke Hashibira, is a derivative of the Wind Breathing, so it can be assumed that both styles use an enhanced sense of touch in their techniques.

This Breathing Style is extremely reminiscent of the real life swordsmanship style, Jigen-ryū.

Known Techniques
Wind Breathing as a minimum of 9 known techniques and forms.


 * First Form: Dust Whirlwind Cutter (ノ ・ぎ) - The user dashes forward at blinding speeds and slashes continuously in a horizontal cyclone pattern.


 * Second Form: Claw-Purifying Wind (ノ ・) - The user lifts the sword upwards towards the right, above their head and unleashes four vertical slashes at once down on the enemy resembling claws.


 * Third Form: Clean Storm Wind Tree (ノ) - The user unleashes a whirlwind of slashes around their body that can defend them from incoming attacks and slice up their surroundings.


 * Fourth Form: Rising Dust Storm (ノ) - The user releases several slashes above them from below their target.


 * Fifth Form: Cold Mountain Wind (ノ らし) - The user creates several circular arched slashes that increase in size from above their target.


 * Sixth Form: Black Wind Mountain Mist (ノ) - The user rotates their body in an uppercut movement, creating a tornado of slashes.


 * Seventh Form: Gale - Sudden Gusts (ノ ・) - The user leaps into the air while swinging their blade which generates gale-force winds to shred their opponent apart.


 * Eighth Form: Primary Gale Slash (ノ り) - The user leaps into the air and swings their blade which generates circular torrents of wind that slices up the opponent instantly.


 * Ninth Form: Idaten Typhoon (ノ) - The user backflips into the air and while upside-down, unleashes a powerful gust of circular wind that slashes apart anything below.