Sai Proficiency

Sai Proficiency
Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is skilled in the use of his sais, being able to use them for the kobudō to trap his enemies' weapons within their prongs as well as use the pommel of his sais to increase the effect of his punches.
Power/Ability to:	Be a master of wielding sai

The power to be a master of wielding Sai. Variation of Weapon Proficiency. Sub-power of Ninjutsu Mastery.

Also Called

• Sai Aptitude/Combat/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery
• Jutte Aptitude/Combat/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency
• Enhanced Saimanship

Capability

The user, either innately or through training, is a master of wielding sai, blunt melee weapons that consist of two lateral, curved prongs (the yoku) and a central shaft (the monouchi). The weapon is primarily used to strike opponents, but masterful use of a Sai consists of various techniques such as trapping, parrying, and capturing opponents.

Application

• Enhanced Agility
• Enhanced Combat
• Enhanced Speed

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Demonic Weaponry
• Divine Weaponry
• Empathic Weaponry
• Enhanced Combat
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Knife Proficiency
• Magic Weaponry
• Sentient Weaponry
• Soul-Bound Weapon
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Manipulation
• Weapon Physiology
• Weapon Proficiency Touch
• If the user possesses energy capabilities, they may be able to perform:
  • Energy Blast via swings
  • Energy Infusion
  • Ergokinetic Blade Construction
  • Sai-shaped Energy Beam Emission
  • Spatial Slicing
  • Temporal Slicing

Limitations

• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

• Cyan Sung-Sun (Bleach)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Wang Yi (Dynasty Warriors)
• Raphael (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Elektra Natchios (Marvel Comics)
• Lester/Bullseye (Marvel Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Zaran (Marvel Comics)
• Mileena (Mortal Kombat)
• Users of the Thorn of Thunderbolt (Xiaolin Showdown)
• Smoker (One Piece)
• Billy Cranston/Blue Ranger (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers)
• Inspector Ishida (Usagi Yojimbo)
• Cheshire (Young Justice)
• Monsoon (Metal Gear)
• Camille (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Antonio Garcia/Gold Samurai Ranger (Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai)
• Rygore (Power Rangers Ninja Steel)
• Ninja Salamander (Beyblade Shogun Steel)
• The Guardian (Samurai Jack)

Gallery

Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Smoker (One Piece) uses his signature Nanashaku Jitte, a giant one-pronged blunt Jutte sai.

Lester/Bullseye (Marvel Comics)

With his formidable fighting skills to call upon, Inspector Ishida (Usagi Yojimbo) wields the standard police jutte with skilled proficiency.

Camille (Power Rangers Jungle Fury) is a master martial artist and sai fighter able to defeat Casey the Red Ranger in a one on one fight....

overwhelms all three main Rangers in a fight...

hold her own against Naja in their first fight...

match him in their second brief clash...

pressure him in their final duel and...

ultimately defeat him after her power up from fighting the Rangers.

Rygore (Power Rangers Ninja Steel)

Mileena (Mortal Kombat)

Elektra Natchios (Marvel Comics)

Ninja Salamander (Beyblade Shogun Steel)

Antonio Garcia/Gold Samurai Ranger (Power Rangers Samurai/Super Samurai) while mainly using a his tanto the Barracuda Blade to fight is shown to be incredibly skilled with a jutte that he uses with the Light Zord able to cut through a attack from the second strongest Nighlok Serrator...

and damage him enough that he choose to retreat....

take down a large number of mooger foot soldiers and hold his own against the strong Nighlok Eyescar on his own...

and easily overwhelm a long-range fighter Nighlok like Malden in a one on one fight.

Elektra (Daredevil 2003 film)