Originally posted by: kAi
yeah im just thinking gaara has never been scratched before...but 3 genins could get past his defenses and punch him around a bit..
Yeah, this puzzled me too. Maybe it has to do with the fact that Gaara has only had to fight people from his own village before. He would have grown up knowing these people and probably knowing some of the ways they fight. The Leaf style attacks would be completely new to him, and perhaps he doesn't think on his feet well enough to come up with new strategies to counter that. If we follow this train of thought, then we can assume that Gaara MIGHT be able to go against a Sand jounin, but would be at an extreme disadvantage against jounins from any other village.