I have two personal favorites. Hard style favorite would have to be the Sai. They bring me in a little closer than I would necessarily like to be to defend against a long bladed weapon but when I think about it, I would rather be closer to the hilt than out on the edge of the blade.

Soft style, it would have to be the Yang spear. It has a good reach and can be used as both a bladed or a blunt striking weapon. The red tassle on the end provides just enough of a distraction to give you a slight edge.

There are a few others I really like but those two would be my favorites.

Scottie

lol..we at my school we do ALOT of styles..and at a higher rank they tend 2 pull u in a certain style and train u fully in it..so u have basics at others...and master 1 or 2...
so i recently started kendo, and the basics seem pretty straight forward 2 me, i think it's something that i'd really like, so maybe it MAY BE a favourite in some years 2 come...but escrimas.....will always be 1st

My favourites are my Wax Wood Staff and wooden Nunchakus.

i dont have any formal traing, but my favorites are katana, bokken, bo-staff, and throwing stars. I like the katana simply because of all the hard work put forth to make a high-quality one. Bokken i like because it can be used as a sword, but is safer to train with, plus training with it also trains me for the katana. I like the bo-staff because of its many uses, for fighting and not. Throwing stars i simply like because they hurt the opponent before they get close enough to hurt you.

i guess i didn't see this earlier, i guess it's to late to take my post back, well any way i guess a reverse blade sword (don't like to cut open any one i guess it's closest in using a reverse blade and using regualr sword but on it's blunt side).

Sai, Bo Staff, and Bukkudo are my personal faves.
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bump...for Xibalba and new members

.... Nunchukus all good
sai is another
the mighty bo staff has to be the best