Taihenjutsu

is a system of movement and positioning that allows the user to adapt to his or her environment through a series of postures and skills primarily relying on dexterity, coordination, agility, and bone alignment. Taihenjutsu translates roughly to "Body changing skill," and is utilized by various Ryus and systems throughout martial arts.

Taihenjutsu typically depends on skills that require the user to have a fair degree of spatial awareness as well as kinetic awareness due to the constant movement and placement via pinpointed pre-cognition based on muscle memory. Because of this, highly developed taihenjutsu specialists typically develop a high degree of awareness in their environment and bodies which allows them to escape injury from strikes, throws, pins, etc.

Taihenjutsu MAY include;

* Ukemi – recover from throws, locks, strikes, etc.
* acrobatics – tumbling, body manipulation while aerial, balancing, etc.
* Evasion – Muto Dori, slipping, parkour, etc.
* Leaping
* kamae