Tessen Proficiency

Tessen Proficiency
The Kyoshi Warriors' (Avatar: The Last Airbender) main weapon of choice are war fans.
Power/Ability to:	Possess mastery over tessen.

The ability to possess mastery over tessen. Combination of of Fan and Bladed Weapon Proficiency.

Also Called

• Bladed/Edged/Razor/Sharp Fan Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Gunbai/Gunsen Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Japanese War/Iron Fan Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Tessen Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Skill/Specialism/Talent
• Tessenjutsu Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery/Proficiency/Skill/Specialism/Talent

Capabilities

Users, either innately or through training, are masters of wielding a tessen, weaponized Japanese hand fans designed for use in warfare. They are known as a whole as Japanese war fans and are split into several variants, like the gunsen and gunbai, with the main type being the tessen, thus users' proficiency might also extend to them. Unlike normal handheld fans, Japanese war fans' sole purpose is for combat, and are usually made of harder materials, like metal.

Users would be incredibly skilled in a special style of combat similar to kenjutsu known as tessenjutsu, being able to take on multiple aggressors at once, expertly defending from incoming physical attacks, and dominating in overall melee combat. They also possess greater capabilities in a tessen, like being able to divert air around it to generate huge gusts or winds or slice/slash extremely precisely.

Applications

• Aesthetic Activity with tessen.
• Attack Movement Manipulation
• Cutting
  • Bisection
  • Decapitation
  • Multi Slash
  • Speed Cutting
    • Dicing
• Dancing Mastery
  • Dance Combat
• Defense Bypassing
• Deflection
  • Parrying Mastery
• Dual/Multi-Weapon Wielding
• Elemental Manipulation
  • Air Manipulation
    • Air Attacks
      • Air Cutting
      • Air Vortex Creation
      • Air Wave Emission
    • Aerokinetic Combat
    • Wind Generation
  • Elemental Attacks
  • Elemental Combat
• Encyclopedic Knowledge in tessen.
• Enhanced Potential with tessen.
• Enhanced Precision
  • Precise Strike
• Enhanced Throwing: The tessen could be thrown.
  • Enhanced Accuracy
  • Targeting
  • Trajectory Curving
• Martial Arts Mastery - Limited to tessenjutsu.
• Physical Attack Reversal
  • Countering Mastery
• Pressure Strike
• Severing
• Showmanship Mastery
• Slash Effect/Projection
  • Cutting Wave

Variations

• Dual Tessen Proficiency

Associations

• Enhanced Combat Mastery
• Fan Proficiency
• Knife Proficiency
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Manipulation
• Weapon Proficiency
  • Bladed Weapon Proficiency
  • Melee Weapon Proficiency
  • Throwing Weapon Proficiency

Limitations

• May require a degree of training or exposure.
• May take time to achieve mastery.

Known Users

See Also: Combat Hand Fan

• Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Kyoshi (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Kyoshi Warriors (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• General Fang (Around the World in 100 Days)
• Yumi Ishiyama (Code Lyoko)
• Doma (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Miyabi (Higanjima)
• Kagura (InuYasha)
• Master Bat Li (Juken Sentai Gekiranger)
• Retsu Fukami/Geki Blue (Juken Sentai Gekiranger)
• Ariake no Kata (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger)
• Sakura Igarashi/Kamen Rider Jeanne (Kamen Rider Revice); via Lovekov Kujaku Genome
• Kitana (Mortal Kombat)
• Hagoromo Gitsune (Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan)
• Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4)
• Bat Spirit Ranger (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Master Swoop (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Theo Martin/Jungle Fury Blue Ranger (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
• Badonna (Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel)
• Yumi (Senran Kagura)
• Lotus (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow's Descendant (Shadow Fight)
• Widow (Shadow Fight)
• Arachne (Soul Eater)
• April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)

Gallery

Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Yumi Ishiyama (Code Lyoko)

With over a century of tessenjutsu experience under his belt, Doma (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) can dual wield his Japanese war fans at such high caliber that he can effectively fight at super speeds while optimally utilizing them for both offense and defense.

Miyabi (Higanjima) is a master with the tessen, being able to deflect swords and counterattack.

Kitana (Mortal Kombat)

Hagoromo Gitsune (Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan) using her Iron Fan of the Two Tails to fend off attacks and counterattack.

Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4) uses a hand fan as her main weapon.

Shadow (Shadow Fight)

Shadow's Descendant (Shadow Fight)

Widow (Shadow Fight)

Ariake no Kata (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger)/Badonna (Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel) is skilled at using her Jurisen/Metal Fan.

April O’Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)