[No one likes him for what he does. Why should he care about that.]

It's not showmanship, dammit. It's psychology. The fluttering movement draws the eye, and the bulk the coat gives me changes perceptions of my size and position. Makes people attack the wrong places or misjudge when a strike should hit, meaning that I'm avoiding the most dangerous point in the arc of a blow. There's a reason for everything.

[Not to mention the personal money he put into getting his damn vest some extra defensive padding to it.]