History Main / ClothingCombat

** Aizawa, whose [[PowerNullifier power]] still requires him to FightLikeANormal, often immobilizes opponents with a scarf made from steel wire alloy woven with carbon nanofibers; using it apparently took him six years to master.

* UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu are performed in the gi (traditional martial arts uniform), and practitioners are allowed to grip nearly anywhere on their own or their opponent's gi. This results in a wide variety of creative controlling holds, collar chokes, lapel chokes and arm traps, sleeve chokes, and other techniques that are dependent on the user's, or his opponent's, clothing.

* During Ryouga's first appearance in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Creator/RumikoTakahashi gave him this particular gimmick: he could spin his bandannas as a DeadlyDisc[=/=]shuriken hybrid, snap his belt into a blade, and wield a tremendously heavy umbrella. After that one fight he abandoned all these gimmicks and became a much more "pure" hand-to-hand fighter, and only used the spinning bandannas one more time (and even then, only the one instead of a volley of them) in the whole of the manga.

* In ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise'', Modesty often uses her [[ActionDressRip tearaway skirt]] as a weapon to wrap round her opponents' heads.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': sure, make fun of [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Linus]]' SecurityBlanket, but be aware that he can use it as a whip.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'': In the flashback of the FinalBattle of Sir Francis Haddock against Red Rackham, the latter uses his BadassCape ''[[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]'' as another weapon against Haddock apart of his own sword.

* The Cloak of Levitation in ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' has a mind of its own and is fully capable of using itself as a weapon against some hapless mooks.

* In ''Film/Hero2002'', Flying Snow uses her sleeves to knock down barrages of arrows.
* In ''Film/TheHeist1989'', Neil uses a bar of soap in a sock to defend himself against three thugs who jump him the morning he is supposed to get out of prison.

* In ''Film/TheKarateKid2010'', [[Creator/JackieChan Mr Han]] uses one kid's jacket sleeves to tie up two other kids who are beating up Dre.

* ''Series/MacGyver1985'': In "To Be a Man", Mac uses a scarf and a stone as a sling to drop a bad guy off of his horse.

* ''Series/Supergirl2015'': Supergirl learns to use her cape as a weapon thanks to training from Mon-El.

** 1st Edition supplement ''Oriental Adventures'': one martial arts ability was Steel Cloth, which allowed a character to use a piece of cloth as if it were a spear.
** In 3.5e, the ''Oriental Adventures''-derived Wu Jen class gets a spell called Iron Scarf, which turns a thrown scarf into a deadly blade. At higher levels, they also get a spell called Decapitating Scarf, which does pretty much [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what you think it does]].

** On a wider basis, [[ExtraOreDinary metalbenders]] wearing metal armor - Republic City police, Zaofu guards, etc. - can use that armor as a weapon if needs be. Lin Beifong turns her sleeves into [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Blades Below The Shoulder]] on one occasion, and her sister Suyin bends her breastplate [[spoiler:around [[HavingABlast P'Li]] to block her combustion bending, killing her via YourHeadAsplode in the process.]]

* The Cloak of Levitation in ''Film/DoctorStrange'' has a mind of its own and is fully capable of using itself as a weapon against some hapless mooks.

* The SerialKiller in ''Film/SerlockHolmesAndTheCaseOfTheSilkStocking'' strangles his victims with a silk stocking.

* In ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfTheMachineGunWoman'', Panguinao kills Shadeline with one of his spurs: attaching it to [[WhipItGood the end of his whip]].

* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' Tim eventually modified his cape so that he could easily detach it and have it wrap itself around anyone holding on to it which he uses to temporarily hold criminals while dealing with their friends before tying them up for the police to pick up.

* ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} (Ororo Munroe) does this in ''ComicBook/XMen'' #170 when the X-Men first meet the Morlocks and she has to fight Callisto.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: While ComicBook/{{Huntress}} is fighting Pat Pending she discovers that his many belts are part of a system that allows him to electrocute people who try to grab him by his clothing.

* In ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', Auriel the Archangel of Hope has the holy sash Al'maiesh as her weapon, which she pretty much uses to wrap enemies and obliterate them with it (or wrap allies and heal/buff them). She didn't get to use them in the game she appeared in (she had to play the DistressedDamsel routine), but she gets to use it during a promotional animated video Wrath, depicting the Eternal Conflict where she fought, and in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm''.

* n ''Film/BeforeIHang'', Garth uses his handkerchief to strangle Victor and George.

* ''Literature/WiroSableng'': Anggini's WeaponOfChoice is the Purple Silk Sash, which can [[RetractableWEapon change its length]].

* In ''Film/{{Torso}}'', the killer's WeaponOfChoice is a black-on-red scarf, used for strangulation.