Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20151211051732/@comment-26397825-20160103084129

Well, the user has to push a wave of disrupting aura away from themself, which means the disruption also touches their own aura first. That's how you can explain why it affects the user and makes it harder for them to use aura technicques as well. Sort of a double edged sword.

And an Aura EMP is exactly what it is, really.