Fencing- what weapon is the most fun?

[Blarg]

I love the idea of any target being available and by any method. This seems to me much closer to any reasonable idea of combat. It also seems to fit my natural aggression more. Sorry, I thrive, in sparring, on seeking to exploit weakness, and though I think it is a terrible thing in life, it is an ideal regarding matters of life and death. The more opportunistic, maybe even crueler who knows?, the better. That said, in sparring or competing I'm not talking about cheating/purposely wounding in order to win. Strictly mean life or death, whose connection to fencing is a huge part of what I like about the idea of fencing. Everything completely on the line, all the time. Sweet jeebus! Awful, in the original sense of the word. And probably a bit in the present-day one.

The saber seems the most serious weapon to me. The foil and epee were never weapons of war, and would indeed be a laugh in war. They were the weapons of nobles and dandys. But I could see the appeal of other weapons too.

Could anyone tell me more about the role of leg strength and spring in fencing? I imagine it can be tremendously important, but wonder if my naturally slow legs and flat ass would be a bigger handicap in one type of swordplay than another? My hands can be brilliantly fast, but while with training my legs can be powerful in terms of kicking hard, and nicely evasive(I can dart from side to side and backwards very comfortably and fluidly) they are not particularly explosive in terms of speed. If the ass counts in propelling the lunge, how crippling is my abysmally flat ass?

P.S.: I'm not all that bad at deadlifting. So there's some power there. Just no speed in my gluteus flatimus.