That is exactly what i did for my martial artist, make Breath weapon based of fists.   The other thing to consider might be something like "Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki" (Heavens Gliding Dragon Flash), which is his ultra fast step in technique.

Stunt
Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki
You may move one zone as part of a weapons attack without taking a supplemental action. Take a one stress hit due to the extreme acceleration required.

something like that, though that might not be enough of a cost to do so... not sure.  but you get the idea
Or if you are going powered route anyway, remove the penalty. A -1 power to let you move one zone while attacking does not seem overpowered to me.  And this would be move in keeping with Kenshin type character, HE moves fast, never did anything at range i can remember.

Hey, thanks for the help.  Moved a bit away from the feeding dependency and just went with it as my trouble... seemed simpler to me....

If people are curious and want to help me out a bit.....character that came from these ideas is below.

Aspects            
High Concept   
    Guardian of the Temple of Light         
Trouble   
     Mysical Abilities Require Ki         
Background   
     Warrior Monk   Self Evident      
Rising Conflict   
     Guardian Dieties   Symbols of his being a “guard” of them temple, they enhance his offensive and defensive abilities      
The Story   
      Journey to the west   Sent out to travel and see the world, help people, etc      
Guest Starring   
      Vow of Poverty   Obvious      
Redux   
       Katsujin Ken    Oath not to kill      


Superb   Fists   
Great      Discipline, Alertness,  ??   
Good      Endurance, Might, Conviction   
Fair      Prescence, Lore, Scholarship   
Average   Resources, Empathy,    ??

What should 3rd great and 3rd average skills be? i can't figure out what would round him out....



Mortal Stunts      -8   2   
Unflappable                   -1   stunt, you may use discipline to defend against social attacks      
Return Strike           -1   As reposte, but for fists      
            
Powers            
Item of Power           1         
Guardian Dieties      Silvery Black skin tight metal guantlets, symbols of the guardians of the temple.       
Weapon: 2            
Ryozan Blast          -2   As Breath weapon, uses fist skill instead of weapons,  force effect      
            
Powers (his own, not items)            
Seikuken                  -1   You may use fists to defend against ranged  attacks in all situation where athletics would apply.                       Mysical Training          -1   Due to your training at the temple, you Attack and Defense rolls with fists are made at +1      

Ryuusei Seikuken          -1   2nd Level of Seikuken.  When taking a full defense action, gain an additional +2 to the Roll.  This technique requires a calm mind and as such can only be used when such an aspect is in place, this may be done through a declaration (either by spending a fate point or a discpline roll)   
   
Korui Nuki                   -1   By concentrating all his stength in his strikes, all attacks that rely on muscular force are done at +2 on a sucessful strike, this is raised to +3 when breaking an inanimate object
      
Inhuman toughness     -2         
inhuman recovery          -2         
catch                          3   Mortal Fists, Research-able   (idea is for the temple to be a known force, and the only time they seem to get hurt and take damage is from a better martial artist then them...)

How does this all look?  I am considering doing away with the toughness and recovery all together... not sure it fits.   

Pretty long and involved discussion here.

http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,19664.0.html

I would just go and say it is an "armored leather jacket"
http://www.leatherup.com/p/Fabric-Motorcycle-Jackets/Xelement-CF-624-Armored-Race-Motorcycle-Jacket/115632.html
Something like this maybe.

Yes item of power is unbreakable except for specific specific means and yes it can provide armor, that is covered under the it is what it is. 

Oops. Okay, that should be clearer now

Did i go wrong somewhere in this calculation?
I think part of the problem i have is that i think the catch really needs to be worded/worked a bit differently for recovery, since it is not Bypassing toughness per-say, but saying what he doesn't recover from...i could change it to magic perhaps, since as you can tell he is essentially a weapon user....


Catch Calculation
Protects against everything +0
Bypassed by something anyone could reasonably get access to.  Anything being removed/cut off the body won't heal, limb, ear, hair, finger, head, etc is my basic idea for the catch +2, and swords or something that can do that are pretty easy to get.
Something researchable, +1 (background for the character is he comes from a family of swordsmiths and enchanters, and they often make sword of healing and the like)

Edit: Would something like sword must be sheathed work as a catch also?? So the recovery won't actually be usable in combat unless he can sheath it?

Lol, none.  2 refinements, all to enchanted items.  and the ones from thaumaturgy also.
4*3 = 12 slots.

since it isn't an item that is carried, really fine for it to be a "workshop" focus items anyway, it's not like you need it in the field like you do for evocation foci.

Edit: and yes, entanglement is perfect for that, thanks.

edit2: sort of, this just applies the ASPECT right? it doesn't actually perform a block to prevent them from doing things? or am i misunderstanding something?