"Are there kinds of clones other than 'wood'?"

"Yeah. The basic clone is actually just yin chakra, but they're not solid and don't last long if you aren't focusing on them. They're essentially semi-autonomous illusions. It's theoretically possible to do a more advanced clone with yin and yang chakra combined, but if anyone's figured it out they haven't shared. There's variants using nature chakra, like earth and water clones, that're more solid and usable."

"What's the difference depending on element?"

"Well, water clones are more easily destroyed, but they're more - intelligent? So better for fighting. They also require a decent-sized body of water to make. Earth clones are slower and less mobile, but fairly durable, and require less chakra to maintain. I don't think fire, lightning, or wind clones are a thing; you'd have trouble getting them to remain in the right shape. Wood clones should be durable, mobile, and low-maintenance, but I haven't created the jutsu yet. I've heard somebody from the Land of Water uses ice clones, but I'm not sure about their properties."

"What about water makes them more intelligent?"

"I'm actually not sure. I think more fluidly active or faster might be a better way to word it? The difference is really only noticeable on a battlefield."

"I see. ...perhaps I should get back to doing the meditation thing so I can start learning the basics rather than asking all questions that pop in my head."

Tetsuma shrugs. "If you want. Though I'd also recommend setting some time aside for physical exercises at some point."

"You're the teacher."

"Usually I exercise in the morning, but what time's best for you probably depends on your energy levels. When do you focus best in the day? Would a morning or afternoon run work better? That sort of thing."

"I'm not really a morning person or a night person or an afternoon person. Might be better to just get used to your schedule."

"The forest isn't really a good place for a run, though I can scout better locations. Probably best to stick to stationary exercises for now."

Nod.

So Tetsuma leads Dayo through a series of stretches, then push-ups, sit-ups, jumps, lunges, practice punching, that sort of thing, with stretches at the end as well. Exactly how long they spend on each thing, and how many breaks they take, mostly depends on Dayo. Tetsuma will exercise until lunch if left to her own devices, though a few repetitions of every exercise can be gotten done in an hour and a half or so.

Dayo: is actually pretty physically fit. Not shinobi-levels of fit, but definitely on the right tail of the normal human distribution.

Then they can work up to more advanced exercises as they warm up, including proper 'how to fight hand-to-hand Senju style' instructions, and some tips on monitoring chakra flow while exercising. Also: it's possible to do moving meditation, if Dayo wants to try, though it can make you clumsy if you're moving fast and not used to it.

...he's bad at stopped meditation, he's not gonna try moving meditation yet. He's also not very good at anything to do with it and detecting chakra, apparently.

Some people actually find moving meditation easier, though 'tire yourself before meditating' also generally works for that subset (generally the 'can't sit still' group). And, yeah, usually takes way more than a day to be able to identify your chakra and sense what it's doing with any regularity. Tetsuma finds her chakra easier to sense when moving, but Dayo might find it easier when still.

...he's in the 'can't sit still group,' yep, he'll give that a shot.

Moving meditation's kinda different. How you breathe's still important, but so is how you move every muscle - it takes up a lot more active attention to start. It's best to start with what's essentially stretches, though you can also do repetitive motions if the stretches are too slow. Like, punching. Punching is very meditative, though not quite so good for visualization. 

He's not good at all at visualisation yet anyway, so he can start with the punches.

It probably takes a while to fall into the rhythm, especially if he doesn't have previous experience with hand-to-hand, but the meditative state should, once it settles, be a lot less cluttered with thoughts. (Running's Tetsuma's favorite way of meditating, though really not something you want to do where there's anything to trip over.)

Oooh okay this is way better than the sitting kind.

Chakra moves and swells when you're exerting yourself, and it's hard to notice over your heartrate and breath and the soreness of muscles, but differently hard than getting a response out of the soft quiver of still chakra.

Tetsuma meditates on her own chakra, flowing through each kata while 'listening' with her inner self, breathing and with each breath expanding her wood-sense, trying to get a better feel for smaller plants, for the soft pulse of nature chakra - 

She makes some progress by lunchtime, to her delight. 

Dayo does too! Kinda!