Just practice tai chi with your bare hands. See the teacher practicing taiji sword or something. To tell the truth, my teacher is already an expert. Ma Dianchen's disciple, Fan's younger brother, practiced with his bare hands. He wants a sword and so on. It's not good-looking, because it's too slow, and the sword is not strong enough or sharp enough. Anyway, it's lame. There is no Chu Liuxiang on TV.
It's better to be unarmed. There is a feeling of sage like type.
So I suggest you don't practice any fans either. It's probably not pretty.