Of course these are all outdated weapons with barely a scrap of usefulness in the real world left over (Zombies and out of bullets?), but I'll still answer. Honestly, not every example of every weapon listed will have the same weight and feel to it. Personally, I would take a Naginata with as much reach as possible. I want a bit of a thinner blade with less weight to it that I can maneuver more quickly and enough distance to keep people at bay. It sort of comes down to "My stick is longer than yours" but in a much more deadly way.

Never underestimate range. Whoever controls the range controls the fight. It goes for unarmed styles and armed styles alike.

I owned a "three section staff" for a few years. It's my personal favorite, because if I really needed to use it in self defense. I could definitely deliver a nice strike to my attacker. As opposed to a blade that will cause a gory blood path. As far as I know, most three section staffs are the same length. I really liked the whipping motion it had. I could slap anything that steps within 8 feet of me. You're probably thinking,

"Well what happens if they are a few steps in front of you, does it become ineffective?!"

Wrong...

In that situation, you can use it like a baton.

It's very versatile.

I don't always put this much effort into answering a question, but I'm giving you a picture of me with my three section staff and I'm also going to add a YouTube video to 1 of my channels, so you can get a better understanding of it.