Your Favorite "Martial Art" Weapon

[OneManBand]

Ok, so I'm at my Tae Kwon Do school looking at our "wall-o-weapons" with the staffs, practice swords, nunchucks, you name it we got it. Anyway I was wondering, no, pondering what is everyone elses favorite weapon? (Given you know anything about martial art weapons) And no there is no martial art of the hand and gun...that only exist in the movie "Equilibrium"

So to start things off Mine is a tie between the staff and escrima sticks (the most basic and easiest things to whack your opponent with)

You don't know very much do you?

As per Wikipedia:

Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for combat.

Let's see....yeah, military training qualifies.

As per Webster's dictionary:

Main Entry:martial art
Function: noun
Date: 1928

: any of several arts of combat and self defense (as karate and judo) that are widely practiced as sport

Judo is an unarmed martial art where you use equilibrium as a weapon. There are martial arts built around ranged weaponry as well. And seeing as target shooting is a sport, and using a gun with any efficiency is an art form I will present my martial art weapon of choice:

My rifle. It's a semi-automatic M4 carbine with a gas-tube powered extraction system; safe, semi and burst capability; fires a 5.56mm ball round that tumbles when it penetrates soft targets, and can be loaded with a 5, 20 or 30 round magazine. And if you don't agree with it I'll let you argue it out with Mr. Bullet.


Alternatively: One of my many, many, knives.

Oh and before anyone gets upset about my definition of weapon:

weap·on
Pronunciation: \ˈwe-pən\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpen; akin to Old High German wāffan weapon, Old Norse vāpn
Date: before 12th century

1 : something (as a club, knife, or gun[/b[) used to injure, defeat, or destroy

 

[SquirrelPants]

Bo Staff.
Or any other kind of staff, so long as it is tall enough to get to the top of my head. I just love staffs...Is that right? Staffs? Staves? Something like that...Anyway, I just love [plural of staff] in general. They're fun, they're durable, they're nonlethal. Awesome sauce.

 

[zen5887]

My gun. And if you don't agree with it I'll let you argue it out with Mr. Bullet.

All the kung fu in the world can't stop a bullet!

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

If there is one thing that nerds on the internet will fiercely proclaim to be experts on, it's weapons.

 

[sheic99]

My fist.

Read the post, please.

Anyway.

The three-section staff is where it's AT, son! That weapon doesn't get nearly enough coverage, dammit.

As boxing is a style that appears in mixed martial arts, I would have to disagree. Not mention Judo another martial art doesn't use weapons, and they would also disagree.

Excuse me, did I write something in invisible letters?

Never did I say that weapon-free combat styles were not martial arts. But the damn post is not about your favorite martial arts style, it's about your favorite martial arts weapon. The OP even specifically stated that fists do NOT apply in this situation.

Read the OP and all posts before posting your own reply. Because I've already explained this.

And if I got the wrong drift, let me use my invisible letters to write an apology.

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Then he should have actually said "other than your hands" because there clearly are styles that focus only on hands or body movements. After learning a martial art, you can be charged of an assault with a deadly weapon.

 

[OneManBand]

If there is one thing that nerds on the internet will fiercely proclaim to be experts on, it's weapons.

Yes, but some of us can back it up to. Namely since it's part of my job to carry said rifle.

 

[SquirrelPants]

If there is one thing that nerds on the internet will fiercely proclaim to be experts on, it's weapons.

Yes, but some of us can back it up to. Namely since it's part of my job to carry said rifle.

Really? What do you do? You in the military or something?

Also, extension on my last post: My shotgun is only second to my bo staff. 12-Guage pump action. It's hard to beat, but I prefer my staff as a weapon.

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

If there is one thing that nerds on the internet will fiercely proclaim to be experts on, it's weapons.

Yes, but some of us can back it up to. Namely since it's part of my job to carry said rifle.

Of course, obviously. Obviously.

 

[Soigieoto]

Since I'm Kendo kid I'd have to say a shinai.

 

[Jenkins]

flamberges are cool.

I also like shortswords.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Then he should have actually said "other than your hands" because there clearly are styles that focus only on hands or body movements. After learning a martial art, you can be charged of an assault with a deadly weapon.

Really? Because he specifically stated, once again, IN HIS ORIGINAL POST, that fists do not count for the sake of this argument.

If you have a problem with the wording of HIS post, bug HIM about it. I fail to see what you hope to accomplish from this argument other than a massive ego boost, which you'll not get from me. Get over yourself.

 

[kommando367]

i'm partial to bo-staves

 

[SinisterDeath]

If there is one thing that nerds on the internet will fiercely proclaim to be experts on, it's weapons.

Yes, but some of us can back it up to. Namely since it's part of my job to carry said rifle.

If your talking about fighting styles, the 8-limb fighting style is the most lethal/best/ fighting style in existance.

 

[OneManBand]

If there is one thing that nerds on the internet will fiercely proclaim to be experts on, it's weapons.

Yes, but some of us can back it up to. Namely since it's part of my job to carry said rifle.

If your talking about fighting styles, the 8-limb fighting style is the most lethal/best/ fighting style in existance.

Can it dodge bullets? No? Then talk to me about best when it can.

There is no such thing as the best or most lethal fighting style. Each is designed for certain conditions and purposes. Your hand to hand style may work up close and personal but if I have a pistol or a rifle I'm going to shoot you not put down my weapon and fight you hand to hand.

 

[Shadow Law]

The problem by saying "Martial Art" weapon is that the wording is... well, its crap. Martial Arts simply means the art of fighting, so any melee weapon applies. So the weapons for this thread could be any European weapon as well. That said, I'll break it down because I like many weapons.

West: Zweihander
East: Katana
Two-Handed: Naginata
Stealth: Shinobigatana

Was that the nicest way you could put that, I mean really. Anyway I couldn't of just said weapon because thats been done hundreds of times before and people would go straight to guns, I hate guns. Guns have no fair play with them. A man can defend himself from a sword with many different basic weapons such as the staff and it also takes honed skills to use.

 

[SinisterDeath]

If there is one thing that nerds on the internet will fiercely proclaim to be experts on, it's weapons.

Yes, but some of us can back it up to. Namely since it's part of my job to carry said rifle.

If your talking about fighting styles, the 8-limb fighting style is the most lethal/best/ fighting style in existance.

Can it dodge bullets? No? Then talk to me about best when it can.

There is no such thing as the best or most lethal fighting style. Each is designed for certain conditions and purposes. Your hand to hand style may work up close and personal but if I have a pistol or a rifle I'm going to shoot you not put down my weapon and fight you hand to hand.

I was reffering to fighting styles in the 'mixed-martial arts' brand.

And you know what?
Can you and your gun, avoid my nuke?
Thought not.

How about, I put a black hole up your ass?
See if your gun could stop that in its track.

 

[asiepshtain]

]Chinese Broadsword. A real one, not the floppy shit they use for exhibitions. Of course, I'm assuming that no one would stare at me while I carry it around.
Image:

Same here, this is an awesome weapon, think axe and sword rolled into one.
My second favorite is the closely related da-dao

I imported a box of these to my country for my martial arts group, went to talk with the police to find out about what license I need to import them. Had a fun time explaining to the cops I'm bringing in a sword that can a horse in half.

edit: my pic isn't working, can anyone tell me why? it written like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fileadao_3D.jpg

 

[OneManBand]

The problem by saying "Martial Art" weapon is that the wording is... well, its crap. Martial Arts simply means the art of fighting, so any melee weapon applies. So the weapons for this thread could be any European weapon as well. That said, I'll break it down because I like many weapons.

West: Zweihander
East: Katana
Two-Handed: Naginata
Stealth: Shinobigatana

Was that the nicest way you could put that, I mean really. Anyway I couldn't of just said weapon because thats been done hundreds of times before and people would go straight to guns, I hate guns. Guns have no fair play with them. A man can defend himself from a sword with many different basic weapons such as the staff and it also takes honed skills to use.

There is no such thing as fair play in true combat, which is what martial arts train you for. I train in use of a rifle to save not only MY life but the lives of the people I deploy with from people who use bombs to attack us. You want to talk about fair? Tell that to the 31 people who didn't make it back from my last deployment because they were killed by roadside bombs. Tell them that using a firearm to protect yourself isn't fair.

That's what I thought.

 

[Shadow Law]

The Round Bomb.

I've just started my own martial art, Bomb Fu, which teaches the student the most elegant, graceful, efficient and deadly way of arming a high explosive and ensuring it goes off at the optimum position near the target to ensure the desired level of direct/collateral damage.

Is that not called demolition school? Hell on the 4th of july I'm a 5th degree blackbelt in that fu.

 

[OneManBand]

If there is one thing that nerds on the internet will fiercely proclaim to be experts on, it's weapons.

Yes, but some of us can back it up to. Namely since it's part of my job to carry said rifle.

If your talking about fighting styles, the 8-limb fighting style is the most lethal/best/ fighting style in existance.

Can it dodge bullets? No? Then talk to me about best when it can.

There is no such thing as the best or most lethal fighting style. Each is designed for certain conditions and purposes. Your hand to hand style may work up close and personal but if I have a pistol or a rifle I'm going to shoot you not put down my weapon and fight you hand to hand.

I was reffering to fighting styles in the 'mixed-martial arts' brand.

And you know what?
Can you and your gun, avoid my nuke?
Thought not.

How about, I put a black hole up your ass?
See if your gun could stop that in its track.

Are you a global superpower? No? Really? I guess that 'nuke' must your microwave.

And IF you could some how managed to shove a blackhole up my ass [which is logically impossible] I'd take you with me.

And that 'eight-limbed' style isn't MMA. It's called Muay Thai.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_Thai