User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Volume 2 episode 5: Extracurricular./@comment-10380701-20140829033510/@comment-10380701-20140829041536

Oh, you're looking at it from a real life perspective. That is mostly correct, as the study of chi is mostly a method to focus and maintain a mostly "calm" state. But Chi actually works differently in fictionland, acting more akin to a non-magic MP. >_>

As an example, Ryu (Street Fighter) uses chi to perform hadoukens. If we block his chi, then he can't do that nonsense anymore.

So... yeah.

Aura blocking would be super frikkin' OP though. And that's why I want Cinder to be aware of it to make her a legitimate threat.