Style de Poids

The Style de Poids is a style of Kanabō-jutsu which focuses on transference of weight to increase power.

Description
Traditional users of war clubs tend to boast obscene amounts of strength as well as massive blunt weapons to optimize damage. However, this method of combat sacrifices speed and agility as the heavy weapons tend to inhibit movement. Also, committing to an attack often leads the warrior open after the strike as they struggle to return to their stance. Instead, Style de Poids removes the burden of weight from the weapon by drawing power from the user's own body. Chateau states that his preferred weapon is a metallic club no heavier than fifteen to twenty pounds, made of thick metal. Without the addition of his Devil Fruit, he adds over a hundred pounds from his own body weight during his strike. Adding in the speed upon which his body is rotates during his attack increases the power exponentially. All without detracting from his overall speed and maneuverability. Although the damage lacks the overall power of the average club user who wields a massive weapon or boast bulbous muscles, Chateau strikes with enough power to cause extensive damage to targeted areas. It is a concept which utilizes weight transference to carefully take an opponent apart as opposed to utterly destroy them in one strike. By focusing on his own weight transference, Chateau can still maneuver as if he was holding a blade. Allowing him to gracefully find openings or weak points.

By focusing on a reasonable weapon, Style de Poids also allows for defensive maneuvers that resemble Ittoryu users.

Techniques
Most of Chateau's attack names are French words referring to different furnishings of a castle.