Talk:Slicing Feathers/@comment-72.237.4.142-20180124101545/@comment-89.133.81.190-20180909155254

HAL0420

fans were sometimes actually used as weapons

in japan there were quite a few areas where bearing weapons were forbidden to guests, or even guards (for example in Edo-yo)  where blood would've "dirtied" the hallowed ground, and blunt weapons alone were allowed even for the guards

but fans were allowed everywhere

its used for blocking, blade-disarming, and applying hard-hits for single small areas (like in the ankle, collarbone, and the inner part of the elbow)