History Main / SheathStrike

* Guy from TalesOfTheAbyss does this as part of his fighting style
** Same for Asbel from TalesOfGraces, as part of his alpha arte moveset

* Vergil in ''DevilMayCry'' does this as the first two strikes of his main combo, and does it to Dante during a cutscene.
* ''AfroSamurai'' often uses his sheath as a weapon as well, particularly in the videogame where most of your combos involve a combination of sheath-strikes and cuts - and some of the niftier finishers involved steadying your opponent with the sheath to launch a pin-point strike through his skull.

* In ''UsagiYojimbo'', Genosuké the bounty hunter dual wields his katana and scabbard from time to time. However, that seems to be more a result of him always casually carrying his sword dangling over his shoulder, rather than a specific technique. Since he never tucks the sword into his belt in the conventional manner, he has to keep the scabbard in his off hand even with the sword drawn.

* The Ronin's Sayageki ability in ''EtrianOdyssey 2 Heroes of Lagaard''.

* Kanda from ''[[{{Ptitlej8ixspaskltm}} D.Gray-Man]]'' when he gets serious.

* This is common to samurai-themed characters in ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers'':

Use of a sword's sheath as a weapon. If you still have the CoolSword, then you can [[DualWielding wield them both]], or just leave the sheath on to pack an extra punch.

* ''PowerRangers'': the [[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Green]] and [[PowerRangersSamurai Gold]] Samurai Rangers have been known to do this.

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* PowerRangers. The [[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Green]] and [[PowerRangersSamurai Gold]] Samurai Rangers have been known to do this.

Use of a sword's sheath as a weapon. If you still have the CoolSword, then you can [[DualWielding wield them both]], or just leave the sheath on.

* In ''UsagiYojimb''o, Genosuké the bounty hunter dual wields his katana and scabbard from time to time. However, that seems to be more a result of him always casually carrying his sword dangling over his shoulder, rather than a specific technique. Since he never tucks the sword into his belt in the conventional manner, he has to keep the scabbard in his off hand even with the sword drawn.

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* In UsagiYojimbo, Genosuké the bounty hunter dual wields his katana and scabbard from time to time. However, that seems to be more a result of him always casually carrying his sword dangling over his shoulder, rather than a specific technique. Since he never tucks the sword into his belt in the conventional manner, he has to keep the scabbard in his off hand even with the sword drawn.

* HouseOfFlyingDaggers: Mei manages to defend herself rather well against 4 mounted spear men using only a sword scabbard for a weapon while [[spoiler: pretending to be blind]].

* ''{{Inuyasha}}'' used the scabbard of Tessaiga/Tetsusaiga as a weapon when he fought the Thunder Brothers.

* Mitsunari in ''SengokuBasara'' uses his sheathed sword against opponents he doesn't want to kill, such as knocking Kanbe unconcious by hitting him in the face with it.

* The SoBadItsGood film Blood and Bone has the hero, Bone, fight the BigBad in front of the BiggerBad. The BigBad being armed with a sword, the BiggerBad has his henchmen give him one as well. TheHero just throws away the sword and fights with the sheeth.

* In ''Corsair'', Canale, a former assassin [[TheAtoner now afraid of killing]], is challenged to a duel and fights mostly with his sword sheathed as a result.

* Kanda from ''DGrayMan'' when he gets serious.

* ''Bleach'': when Ikkaku isn't fighting with shikai / Bankai, he [[DualWielding dual wields]] his sword and sheath.

** Hiko Seijuro XIII does use the "sheathed sword as a shield" version--then he draws, while still blocking, and absolutely pwns Kenshin.

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