since you have no real personal preference and no substantial knowledge on the subject currently, i'd suggest that you try and find a nice tae kwon do school. TKD can teach you how to use the weapons you mentioned and will probably be good for you. there will be 3.14 billion of them in your general area, so try and find a nice one via word of mouth, or drop by to see how some of them work. TKD can be a good springboard into other martial arts once you get your feet firmly planted and decide you wish to look around. my only gripe about TKD is that any school you likely visit will have the entire system hyper-commercialized. regular TKD schools (and other arts too, its just that TKD started the trend and its only really TKD and some karate schools) run their show a lot differently from other places.
p.s.: martial arts are divided into two styles: hard and soft (not offensive/defensive).
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