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TheNerfingNanja10
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 Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: Which weapon to choose |
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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
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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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.
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Neo Dragon
Yellow Belt
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Posts: 78
Location: North Carolina
Styles: Shito-ryu Karate, and Rex Kwon Do
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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). |
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lordtariel
Black Belt
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Oregon
Styles: (Past)Judo, Yang Family Tai Chi, (Current)Shito-Ryu Karate, Kobudo(Tonfajitsu)
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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.
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TigerCrane
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For a beginner, I would strongly recommend the staff. It's a good prerequisite for lots of other weapons.
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Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim
Orange Belt
Joined: 23 Apr 2007
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Styles: Tang Soo Do/Chinese Kempo
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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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
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Leopard claw
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Styles: White Lotus Kung Fu, Judo, Isshin-Ryu and Shorei-Ryu for life!
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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.
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bushido_man96
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim wrote: |
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.
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Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim
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Styles: Tang Soo Do/Chinese Kempo
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| Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim wrote: |
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 |
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Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim
Orange Belt
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Styles: Tang Soo Do/Chinese Kempo
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| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| Chuilli, Kyo Sah Nim wrote: |
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 |
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