Sōjirō is also well versed in the "Battōjutsu" style like Kenshin, as is evident when he decides to use a stance similar to Kenshin's and when he destroys Kenshin's first "sakabatō". Combining the true speed of "shukuchi" with the Battōjutsu, he has created his only named technique, , meaning "immediate killing by heaven's sword". It is named this because the speed behind the attack is so swift that the opponent not only dies before falling to the floor, but there isn't even time to experience pain. Judging by its appearance in the anime, it appears that the Shuntensatsu is very similar to Kenshin's Amakakeru Ryu no Hirameki, except that it uses speed rather than strength.