TenTen said:
Sharingan and Byakugan are kakkei genkai (did I spell that right?), not techniques...
* A technique is a way of efficiently accomplishing a task in a manner that is not immediately obvious or straightforward. Hence
1. Technology, the study of or a collection of techniques
2. Anything that can be done employing tools or algorithms
3. In art technique includes tools, processes, structures, forms, and details, as well as the manner in which those are used and put together, one example being collage
4. In music, technique refers to the manner of playing an instrument, as well as the tools and manner of composition and precomposition, see also: extended technique
I believe both fall under this deffinition. Don't try and correct me little girl