Sunagakure's School of Puppetry was founded by Kankuro no Sabaku. In efforts to restore Suna's long history of kugutsu, the school was created to both promote puppeteering and teach younger generations about the art. It also serves as a headquarters for the newly re-formed Puppet Brigade. The school is nicknamed the "Tinker Shop" because of the extensive amounts of tinkering and assembling puppeteers have to do.
This school was the old generation's dream. It is a center comprised of several buildings and is a puppeteering hotspot. They have their own curriculum and ways of training that is separate from the Academy. They are nearly self-sufficient and is puppet haven. It is symbol of revival of one of Suna's oldest arts. Later, the school grows to produce some of Suna's strongest shinobi and best puppeteers. The Puppet Brigade will eventually return to it's former glory and be even better than the previous generation.
Curriculum:
Students are taught the core curriculum of reading, writing, mathematics, science, geography, etc. These lessons are framed in a ninja-context referencing to how it is used in kugutsu. It is also used facilitate later instruction in tactics and strategies concerning how puppets are used in the battlefield, disadvantages and advantages of using puppets in battle, and basic and complex puppet maneuvers.
Students who attend this school also have to have a basic understanding of Shinobi Rules, how to strengthen their minds and bodies, how to applied different concepts to puppetry, and general knowledge that every shinobi is expected to have. They also learn about the history of kugutsu and even study puppetry as a performing art.
Chakra control is another thing they have to learn in order to be able to create chakra strings. Once they learn how to produce strings, they progress into learning how to control objects. Most of the curriculum is taught over the course of 4 years and range from genin level information to jonin level. S-rank kugutsu aren't introduced to students until they've reached a high level in mastery.
Curriculum Breakdown:
Taijutsu: This class isn't necessarily about fighting, but moreso physical conditioning. Puppeteers have to have incredible amounts of stamina and lots of strength to be to effectively manipulate their puppets. They also have to be flexible enough to adjust to their environment
Design and Construction: This class focuses on the basics of construction and design. Students here will delve in the world of engineering, carpentry, smithing, sculpting, and art. They will learn how to manipulate different materials and the effects certain materials can have on a puppet. They will also learn about structure, it's importance in puppet-making, and basic mechanics.
Anatomy and Physiology: An important aspect to puppet building and manipulation is how things move. In this class, students will not only learn about how humans move, but how other living organisms move as well. They will be studying different body systems and their functions, and learn about how they would apply in the context of puppeteering.
Dokujutsu: This class is all about poisons. Students will learn how to create and identify different poisons, and how to safely incorporate them in kugutsu. They will also learn about antidotes, and how to stabilize, imbue, and utilize poisons to their utmost efficiency.
Weaponry: This class is mostly dedicated to hidden weaponry and how they work. They also study bukijutsu to an extent. The main focus of this class is understanding how weapons work and how they are applied in battle. Student grow to understand advantages and disadvantages of different types of weapons, and how it would affect puppet models and designs. They also learn how to manipulate them (for utilization and forging) and design different weapons for specific purposes.
Puppet Construction: This class focuses solely on building and designing puppets of any types. It is practically a product of all the classes mentioned above. Students will learn how to make puppets according to their own preferences and style of combat. They will also learn about summonings and different ways in which puppets can be mobilized.
Puppet Maintenance: This class is basically about preserving and taking care of puppets. Students learn how to repair and clean their puppets to keep them functioning appropriately. They also learn how to modify their pre-existing puppets and tweak them.
Kinjutsu: This class is for more advanced puppet users. They study the forbidden jutsu of the kugutsu art and how to use them. This class is rarely taught and the students are small. Things like human puppet techniques and possessions are vaguely talked about and are only discussed as probabilities.
Graduation Requirements:
There's a saying that no one truly graduates from this school. For graduation, all students really have to do is create their own fully functional and battle ready puppet. Their puppet with be graded by effectiveness, design, creativity, combat, and manipulation. Each section is based off a 10-point scale and up to 50 points can be achieved. Students receive an extra five points for advanced knowledge and techniques, and the passing score is 40.
Because there are different levels to puppet mastery that can be achieved, alumni continue to study at the school for further advancement. Because the School of Puppetry also serves as a headquarters and puppeteering center, puppeteers of different levels and status are always near each other which is explains why even masters return to the school.
The graduating age is 12 and older. Students can choose whether want to go to the Academy first then transfer to the puppetry school or attend the puppetry school from the start. The youngest age of entry is 8 and it takes an average of 4 years to graduate.
When graduates pass, they are able to create their own costumes and wear war paint on their face, marking their status as a puppeteer. War paint changes as puppeteers advance in mastery. Once excepted into the Puppet Brigade, they get a special tattoo, marking them as official members.
Important Places/Locations:
The Forge: This is the place were puppet-users come to make or modify their weapons. They also use this place to make parts for their puppets. You have to be a chunin to have access to this area and staff here is limited.
The Work Lab: A large building were puppet users come to design and build their puppets. Different stations are created in this laboratory that cater to certain needs of puppet construction. It is basically a workshop.
The Library: This is a small building in complex that also works as a study hall. Here, you can find information about anything from kugutsu to smithing and engineering. Since Suna's alliance with Uzushio, fuinjutsu has been added to the kugutsu arts to make their puppets better and strengthen them, so scrolls on those techniques can be found here. Anything that the school teaches can be found here, and works and notes made by alumni can be found here as well.
The Chop Shop: A place where puppeteers can find parts of dismantled puppets that are no longer in use and can be used to repair or make other puppets. Puppeteers are encouraged to donate usable parts to recycle them. It keeps expenses of making new parts low and no material gets waisted.
The Ipaasha: The school owns its own garden house that is used for growing herbs to make different poisons. You have to be an alumni in order to gain access to this place.
Puppetry Supply Shop: A shop that sells things from basic wooden constructs to deadly poisons and stealth weapons. It's frequented by those who need quick materials and don't have time to make it themselves. This shop also caters to both shinobi puppeteers and regular puppeteers. Anything pertaining to puppetry, they have on stock.
The Puppet Brigade Headquarters: a building within the center that is designated for members of Puppet Brigade, a group of master and elite puppeteers. It is every puppeteer's dream to be apart of the Brigade and earn their place there. Meetings and gatherings are held here and some members live there. They also have an private work area to work on their puppets.
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