What is a good beginning weapon for martial arts?

I%26#039;m thinking about doing Martial-arts and I was wondering what weapon to use. I%26#039;m not too strong physically and weapons appeal to me. I was thinking: two tiny swords or a staff or throwing stars. I stopped at an Orange belt which was the 3rd level. I still know how to do a couple of good kicks like the hook kick.





Also, I have long arms and legs. What is a good style for me?|||You should first master your empty hands before moving to a weapon. It is more likely in the real world that you will not have a weapon when you are attacked.





I like the bo as beginner weapon. It is large and heavy. It builds strength and respect for a weapon. It is also widely applicable to real world objects. If you can properly wield a bo than you can use shorter objects as well.





Also, you traditionally shouldn%26#039;t choose your weapon. You should find a good instructor and what he trains you in is what you learn. If you go looking for a master in a particular weapon I am sure a thousand will appear to take your money. It should be the teacher who leads the student, not the other way around.|||chainsaw|||depends what you%26#039;re hoping to gain from weapon training.. to me, weapon training is mostly just a way to improve my hand-to-hand ability.. for example, staff thrusts can increase the power of your punches due to the added weight..|||no|||Hi, I%26#039;m Mahesh if your thinking of weapons then you should learn Silambam the Indian Martial Arts, You will be a specialist in few years to handle all kind of weaponry. Silambam mainly deals with staff. and its has splits in it where you will be trained with different weapons and free hand combat. I hope this lead will help to succeed in your ambition.|||First off I think maybe you should focus on yourself, and maybe think more about a weapon when you become a little more advanced. As a Kyoshi, my thought on this is to learn to use your arm before placing an extension onto it, then as you become more experienced you will probably have a good idea of what weapon best fits you.|||You didn%26#039;t say what martial arts you wanted to take up. If it%26#039;s a Japanese style then I would suggest the Tonfa or the regulation club that police officers use. Why? because it%26#039;s the easiest to learn. If you learn Karate empty hand forms, you have actually already learned how to use the tonfa. Most of the Karate techniques can be performed with a tonfa in your hand, and instead of using your knuckles to make contact with the opponent%26#039;s body, you use the tip of the tonfa which is harder and more painful, same with elbow strikes. You can also block with the long wooden part that protects your forearm. All you need to learn is how to manipulate the grip to change the tonfa%26#039;s position during combat. But if you are planning to learn Chinese martial arts, then a staff would be the most practical since it is the most common weapon available, you can use a lot of substitutes for it like a rake or a floor mop, even a stand lamp. Other than that, a knife or stick fighting art like Kali, Eskrima/Arnis or the french martial art called La Cane would be the most practical.|||I, myself, study martial arts and my weapon of choice is the bo, or staff. I think with your long arms and legs, the staff would be a good weapon for you. That said, a good martial artist must be proficient with all weapons. Good luck with your martial arts.|||Buy a gun..........|||Well... for practicality I%26#039;d go with the han-bo. It%26#039;s a half staff, about the length of a cane. Practical in today%26#039;s world. But for fun I%26#039;d go with the bo staff.


Regardless, you might want to get back into shape again with it before you start trying to learn weapons.|||if you want weapons i%26#039;d go with bo staff or knife or short[kali] sticks because IF you had to use/or defend a weapon on the street for self defense if would be a something along the lines of a stick or short blade. i dont see too many now-a-days weilding a sword, nunchakus, sais etc....if you want to go with staffs and knives i%26#039;d go with kali/eskrima





but its all up to you if you are just taking it up as a hobby bo staff is still a good choice, fencing is fairly popular and is offered at most colleges...if you wanna learn a bunch of weapons i%26#039;d go with wushu