Saying the Hyuga have a seizable lead over the others is a bit of a stretch Vacuum Palm is not something that can't be avoided
Vacuum Palm repelled a limb from the Jubi, and its individual fingers were large enough to casually flick away a Bijudama from Gyuki. Successfully landing an undetectable wave of air on such a large target should be easy enough. It doesn't matter too much anyway The Akimichi clan typically relies on grappling and parries to defend themselves. They've never shown much in the way of physical grace or reflexive legwork.
and Kaiten can be penetrated or negated with brute force especially for an Akimichi
A simple blunt force attack without any applied chakra has yet to penetrate Kaiten. Moreover, the Akimichi individually were struggling to keep grasp of the Juubi's limbs with their strength amplified threefold by Kurama's chakra cloak. They did use two rotations to repel the Jubi's hand, but that still leaves an enhancement discrepancy which gives an advantage to the Hyuga.
also look at the Sarutobi's one was the Hokage and another in the making they have great potential what Hyuga lacks the most is strenght and power in their attacks which is not on the pair with some of the other clans .
Their strength lies in applying chakra to the internal organs. One strike to the heart and the enemy could be dead before they collapse. Sarutobi's hype and advanced skill had nothing to do with his clan affiliations though. From what little we know of them, the Sarutobi clan has shown a predilection for fire based jutsu. That's all they have to show for themselves however. Flames aren't going to be doing much of anything with the counters available to them.
At best to be fair here none is in advantage over the other clans at best they are equal and I say this only bc we know so much little of the rest of the clans and ultimately every clan has its own speciality and pros and cons but that the Hyuga's have advantage over the rest that's a stretch to say so imo.
What exceptional skills is there to know? The Nara clan poses a threat
chiefly for their habit of spawning out strategic geniuses. Sarutobi is one of the oldest and most recognised clans in Konoha, which is where my assumption of their incredible skill in battle is based. The only other clans that we know of are the Yamanka (combat's not even their specialty though), Aburame, and Inuzuka clans. None of which have any spectacular fighting accomplishments to show for themselves.
Edited by Atheck, 02 November 2014 - 01:15 AM.