Which Weapon/Weapons Do You Favor?

[beauty_in_the_sai]

I was wondering what everyone's favorite weapon/weapons is/are? Any that you hate? My favorite is the sai (hence the name), but I also enjoy the fighting fans, the nunchuks, shuriken, and the whip chain. I've only found one weapon I don't like, the bo staff, as I did it for 4 yrs and still couldn't get the hang of it. It's hard for me to manuever. Plus, I like the weapons that not everyone in martial arts does. Ever notice when you go to a tourny, during weapons division, nearly everyone's got a bo staff? No offense to you bo staff people, as you're good at something I'm not. :)

[arnisador]

The stick and dagger, of course! I also love the samurai sword.

[Flying Crane]

In the context of Chinese martial arts, I practice sword, broadsword, long staff, and spear. My sifu also teaches many things that I have not learned, including double sword, double broadsword, chain whip, rope dart, three section staff, gwan do, double daggers, deerhorn knives, and I expect a few others I cannot remember at the moment.

I also play with the bow and arrow.

[Rich Parsons]

My Favorite weapon is the weapon at hand that I can use to equilize the danger. ;)

Although I am partial to sticks and daggers as well.

[Bigshadow]

No particular weapon. Whatever it takes during the situation. Anything can be a weapon. I firmly believe if you favor a weapon, that is a weakness to be exploited. That is like having favorite techniques. IMHO, They all should be equally unimportant (weapons and techniques).

[TonyM.]

Double steel whips are my favorite with wooden flute as a second.

[searcher]

All of the Okinawan weapons: Kon, Kama, Sai, Eku, Tonfa. I also love messing with double baston, knife, bokken, and suburi-to. The only weapon that I cannot get the hang of is My Wife's fan. She studies Mu'Lan Ch'aun and I cannot get the hang of using the darn thing.

[mj_lover]

escrema stick and swords ...so cool... %-}

[BushidoUK]

I am always drawn to tonfa as my fave weapon closely followed by the yawarra.

Personally I hate to see the Nunchaks being twirled and flailed like a whirling dirvish, show me an Okinawan Nunchuka stylist and I start to like them just a little bit!

[Southwell]

I also like the Tonfa. I had little success in tournaments with the tonfa,but maybe it was me . I am now learning the Saber,which I just love.

[Jerry]

The knife and the pistol.

I once saw a Jujitsu group do an excellent demonstration routine that included some good shotgun work.

[OC Kid]

Single escrima stick and the Japanese bow

[arnisador]

I once saw a Jujitsu group do an excellent demonstration routine that included some good shotgun work.
Jukendo (http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1208), maybe?

[Grenadier]

I enjoy the use of all weapons. I don't really hate any one of them, although there are many that I am terrible at using. I never really could attain a decent proficiency with the three section staff, so I donated it to the old dojo before I left.

I prefer the katana / bokken / shinai, followed by the sai, then the bo and jo. This follows a trend that I simply prefer the solid weapons of the flexible ones (such as nunchaku, etc). Some of the folks at the dojo refer to myself and one other instructor as the sword fanatics / sword freaks because we spent a good deal on decent katanas, and not some SLO...

[Eternal Beginner]

I LOVE sparring with two sticks...nothing more effective for me personally. I HATE the three sectional staff. Could never get it to work for me and have never seen anyone do it well or effectively.

[karatekid1975]

I don't really like using weapons (I perfer empty hand techniques against weapons). But I'm getting used to the bo. Actually handling it isn't bad, it was my dang form that took forever to learn.

[Satt]

I love ALL weapons. But lately I have been attracted to the Kusari Fundo. (weighted chain) :whip:

[Sapper6]

i like the staff and the yawara stick. i'm learning double sticks now, so that currently has my attention.

as for the most powerful one...well, that's gotta be the human mind. that's my favorite. :)

:asian:

[KenpoEMT]

Spitting and biting.

Or, more acurately, human spit and teeth. :lol:

[tradrockrat]

The Kukri and the cane. I love 'em both. I also love the staff, but I find the cane techniques to be more applicable to found weapons. Also, as any Kukri guy will tell you, a short stick substitutes very well.

What do I hate? I don't know, I never met a weapon I didn't like.

[Phoenix44]

I don't like nunchaku. I refuse to train with any weapon with which I can knock MYSELF unconscious.

[bignick]

yawara, baton, short sticks, expandable baton, mini-mag lite, kubotan

for fun I play around some nunchaku every once in awhile

[chinto01]

My favorite weapon would have to be the kama. As far as weapon that I work with the most would be the bo for the simple fact that it is closest to a pool stick.

In the spirit of bushido!

Rob

[CrankyDragon]

First, I perfer my mind... Next, I perfer my hip. :-partyon:

[MJS]

I've been doing Arnis for a while, so I'd have to go with the knife and sticks.

[Cryozombie]

Flamethrower.

[Sapper6]

Flamethrower.

LOL!

you got a kata clip you'd care to post?

[Flatlander]

My preference is a blade. Any blade, really. There are many weapons I haven't tried such as the 3-section staff and other more traditional stuff. I don't think there'd be one I wouldn't like. They're all the same, really. Except the flamethrower, that one's a bit different to wield....

[Cryozombie]

LOL!

you got a kata clip you'd care to post?
Sure.

http://user.mc.net/%7Etknopnk/bbs_gallery/animation2.gif

[mrhnau]

Sure.

http://user.mc.net/%7Etknopnk/bbs_gallery/animation2.gif
LOL! Thats awesome!

[Adept]

Barret .50

[Cryozombie]

LOL! Thats awesome!
Thanks. I stole the pic from the Website that had the plans for building the beastie out of PVC.

[arnisador]

"Build your own flamethrower...and win a Darwin Award at the same time!"

[Bigshadow]

"Build your own flamethrower...and win a Darwin Award at the same time!"
HAHAHA Especially when it is made from Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC)! HAHAHA

[searcher]

Barret .50
Very nice choice. Nothing in the world like 678 grains of justice.

[Cryozombie]

"Build your own flamethrower...and win a Darwin Award at the same time!"
Actually it looks pretty safe... (Reletivly speaking) I'll let you know monday.

:uhohh:

[Laborn]

I love bo staves, because you can find one in public easier then you can find a sword:D, broomstick, a stick in the yard, a pipe, poolstick. I also love the Fan, it's so graceful.

[RanaHarmamelda]

Heh -- while I will always have a soft spot in my heart for swords, Western, Chinese, and Japanese, my favorite weapon is the hanbo (3-foot stick). I'm also partial to knives.

But hanbo, really, is where it's at. Easy to carry in public (it's could be a cane or reinforced umbrella), devilishly effective, and it leaves non-lethal alternatives open. Always a good thing.

[masherdong]

I like the escrima sticks and bo staff. I would love to learn how to use the sai.

[beauty_in_the_sai]

I don't like nunchaku. I refuse to train with any weapon with which I can knock MYSELF unconscious.

Personally, I'm sure I could knock myself out with any weapon. I almost did it with the bo several times and almost with the sai once, and I'm sure the whip chain will get me someday. LOL

[searcher]

I love bo staves, because you can find one in public easier then you can find a sword:D, broomstick, a stick in the yard, a pipe, poolstick. I also love the Fan, it's so graceful.
Actually, if you know how to use a bokken/sword it is pretty easy to get a weapon that you can use in similar fashion just about anywhere. I teach my students what I have found to be the 4 lengths of weapons that can be found while on the street. Long, like bo. High middle, like jo and bokken. Short middle, like single and double stick. Short, like knives and short baton. So far they have had success with this meathod. I then have them specialize in one. JMO.

[Jerry]

Jukendo (http://www.martialtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1208), maybe? I doubt it. It was a pretty standard jujitsu routine, close to Akijitsu, that escilated to weapons.

[bluemtn]

I haven't started any weapons yet, but I do like the looks of the bo, (well- anything that's a "stick"). I'm somewhat fearful of the nunchuck- knowing my luck, I'll whack myself good on the head! When I was younger, I always enjoyed baton twirling and flag work in the band (I know- not weapons). I just seem more comfortable at that sort of thing, though.

[Solidman82]

I personally am a nunchaku guy but there's a few applicable reasons for it that I don't really wanna get into (let's put it this way, think twice the next time you're about to attack a guy with a long keychain). I also train in a very weird Kenjutsu (kind of like traditional iaido with some medieval techniques). A Shaolin style of Bo. I've got just a little bit of training in the estrella system of arnis. Dabbled in Sai, Tonfa (first weapon I ever owned) and throwing knives. I think my advice when learning weapons is to train in any and all types of shapes, weights, and flexibilities with weapons so you'll always be able to apply to whatever's at hand. (play baseball so you can throw rocks really hard into people's faces)