From what I can gather the staff appears to be the first weapon for TCMA practitioners. What was your first weapon(other than a "sharp" wit [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img])and how soon did you start to learn it. If it was a staff set was the staff used as a two ended (like the okinawan bo) or a one ended weapon (more like a spear). I'm assuming you are a southern sytlist unless you say otherwise.

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