Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20160424135023/@comment-24534644-20160517022414

Indeed. Stopping a blade that someone else is swinging toward you with nothing but your bare hands - THAT would cost Aura. But as Fiend says, half-swording is a viable combat tactic. So long as you aren't a dumbass and gripping the sharp part of the blade so hard that you damage yourself, it is very posible to hold a sword by the blade portion and smack someong with the hilt.