In Chinese martial arts, the Staff is recognized as the Chief of Weapons, because that's where you get your weapons foundation from. How you swing a Staff can be transferred to how you may swing a sword. The Shaolin Staff manual 少林棍法闡宗 (shaolin gunfa canzong) contains 55 stances which will provide you with the foundation for using all kinds of weapons. What about something very specialized, like the Samurai's art of drawing the sword, known as Iaijutsu? I believe we can even