Can You Believe This?

yes it comes in Yoga too. I knew this before naruto but did not know the name. It has something to do with auras. And it's a very deep topic my friend.

Naruto has a more supernatural approach to chakra though. It would have been cool if our chakra in real life could be applied the ninja way.

Yeah..that's why it is more interesting. I have read somewhere that producing a ball of chakra in our palms would require 100 years of meditation.

*chakra :) yeah that might happen too.. People might get even stronger using various jutsus and even bullets will be a waste if someone with Itachi level comes with a Susano'o.

@Hanyouyomi That's good! :)

@nitinnair89 Yeah, but whereas in Avatar The Last Airbender chakra is utilized as it is practiced in Hinduism, Chakra in Naruto is more like "chi," with a single chakra pool. The Japanese also have their own understanding of Buddhism/Hinduism which some elements in Naruto are derived from. For example The Sage Of Six paths is arguably revived from the Japanese Buddhist "Six paths Of Reincarnation." i.e. six stages of life one experiences upon being reincarnated Naraka,(i.e. a living Hell where one experiences torture and aggression throughout their life) Preta-Gati,(where one suffers a life of poverty and famine for lack of a better term) the path of animals(where one spends a live of stupidity and servitude much like that of an animal), Asura(if you know what an "Asura" is in Hinduism this is self-exclamatory as it's one of wrath, and destruction) Human(the live a mortl free to live as you wish) and finally Deva(Deava meaning "Heavenly Deity," this is reached upon obtaining enlightenment upon following Buddhist practices.). And while Masashi Kishimoto is alleged to have gotten the "ninja hand signs and ninjutsu" from playing Japanese Role playing games, the ninja hand signs that inspired him are arguably derived from Kuji-in i.e. the nine syllables uttered when channeling "mantra" which is another form of spiritual energy like chakra and chi. These syllables are accompanied by hand signs:" Rin, Pyo, To, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, and Zen." I suggest looking up these hand signs, you might be surprised as how similr they are to the ones used in Naruto.

Very correct. But i guess that they meant energy by using the term chakra and not prana. But the chakra flow concept used is correct. It happens. Although we cannot bring chakra out of our body as shown in naruto.

Hahaha. Yes really. I had too known of this long before but could not get the right time to share it with anime lovers. Lol. And i am happy that people do research instead of fooling others with non-sense. :)