Which weapon to choose

[TheNerfingNanja10]

I'm 15 years old and im home alot. And i was thinking about learning to use a weapon. (staff, nunchucku, etc) And i was wondering what is a good begginer weapon to try

[bushido_man96]

First off, do you have someone to help you out? Just trying to learn on your own can be a chore, and having someone to work sparring and applications with will help your learning ten-fold.

I have always had a soft-spot for the Quarterstaff. If not that, then the stick or knife. The knife may be the most practical.

[Neo Dragon]

First thing is to find an instructor. If not I would recomend you take up an empty hand style since a lot of the same rules for weapons apply to empty handed fighting as well.

I would recomend the bo staff. Its a well versitile and common wepon. Its also very easy find information on and a lot of the techniques can be used with other weapons as well (such as the sword, spear, oar..etc).

[lordtariel]

I've always enjoyed the Chinese Broadsword(Dao). It was the first weapon I ever learned. I agree with everyone else though, find an instructor to get started. Better to correct any mistakes you make now than to break any 2-4 year old bad habits you might develop by doing it on your own.

[TigerCrane]

For a beginner, I would strongly recommend the staff. It's a good prerequisite for lots of other weapons.

[Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim]

Staff and knife are fairly beginner things, but do you study a martial art??? if so you might want to do something that pertains to your style.

good luck

in tang soo,

k.chuilli

[Leopard claw]

I would go with the bo/staff, With the bo/staff you can learn to do a figure eight (a basic technique) which you can later apply with other weapons.

I strongly recomend that you find a teacher to help you out.

[bushido_man96]

Staff and knife are fairly beginner things, but do you study a martial art??? if so you might want to do something that pertains to your style.

good luck

in tang soo,

k.chuilli

I think that the nice thing about learning weapons is that they don't have to be ratcheted to a style in particular. My TKD school doesn't teach weapons, so I do SCA combat, and do a lot of research on Medieval Combat to supplement it.

[Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim]

Staff and knife are fairly beginner things, but do you study a martial art??? if so you might want to do something that pertains to your style.

good luck

in tang soo,

k.chuilli

I think that the nice thing about learning weapons is that they don't have to be ratcheted to a style in particular. My TKD school doesn't teach weapons, so I do SCA combat, and do a lot of research on Medieval Combat to supplement it.

yes that is indeed one perk, but i personally love to attatch the weapons to specific art because i can learn their forms which in turn means i learn their bunkai, and then when i cross train i can see how other styles use them, so im the type who would like to learn about it through a style, then maybe create some creative weapon froms on my own. but yes that is also the lovely thing about weapons, their weapons, not a specific style.

in tang soo,

k.chuilli

[Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim]

Staff and knife are fairly beginner things, but do you study a martial art??? if so you might want to do something that pertains to your style.

good luck

in tang soo,

k.chuilli

I think that the nice thing about learning weapons is that they don't have to be ratcheted to a style in particular. My TKD school doesn't teach weapons, so I do SCA combat, and do a lot of research on Medieval Combat to supplement it.

yes that is indeed one perk, but i personally love to attatch the weapons to specific art because i can learn their forms which in turn means i learn their bunkai, and then when i cross train i can see how other styles use them, so im the type who would like to learn about it through a style, then maybe create some creative weapon froms on my own. but yes that is also the lovely thing about weapons, their weapons, not a specific style.

in tang soo,

k.chuilli