~About the Academy Rank and Lvling up from it...
You will be an academy student, until your recognized as being able to move on as a Genin.
The academy will be like a school area in each village with the basic rules of Sannin. This will explain some of the history of the RPG. We as staff don't expect you to come here an expert already, if your new then take your time, if your a skilled Rp-er then by all means prove it. The academy will cover how jutsu work ranging from attacking, supplementary, and defensive jutsu.
Then it will explain the difference between Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and Genjutsu. and how they should be used. Your unable to use an element of any kind at this rank (Sasuke,Haku Itachi, cannons etc were a special case in the show) Do not try and use them as an excuse to use an element at Academy rank.
The 5 Primary Based Elemental Chakra's are Fire,Wind,Lightning,Earth and Water. They all revolve in a circle so to speak as in the terms of what element over powers another element. Fire beats Wind so when Fire is used against Wind or Wind is used against Fire, Fire comes out on top and often grows stronger in power if wind is used on it. Water beats Fire head on, but it doesn't get a logical strength boost it just cancels Fire out by dousing it. Fire might turn Water into steam if its hot enough through the logical Law of the Water Cycle.
Lightning beats Water, but logically since Water conducts electricity the user manipulating the Water should get the power boost for their jutsu. If the Water user is only powered by water chakra, the lightning will neutralize them in place and weaken them. Lightning also beats Earth there's no power boost here just complete destruction through a weak Earth Style Defensive Move. Earth users when at a higher level may learn to ground lightning chakra before it strikes them directly. From these two prime examples of how even when an element is weak against another one head on. There is still way it can be used to stop it from being over powered by another.