I'm not just trolling here, this is something I have been trying to understand.

In todays modern world why do people still train weapons? You can't carry a weapon on the street, this isn't fuedal Japan or accient China. I can understand if you trained weapons for fun but there is no other reason to train any of the old weapons. The only weapons I can see a person training for self defense is a gun or a small knife. Other than that people should only be training how to defend themselves against someone who has a weapon.

Now for the personal questions.
Does your style train weapons?
Do you see any (street) applications for the weapons your art trains?
Do you think your art should just train you to defend against weapons?

Use what works not what looks pretty.