[ You know what, it's not actually a bad title all things considered, even if he can't believe someone would call him that. But still, he actually might be kind of impressed that he's trying to learn the lingo, and he sees no reason to dissuade him from it. ]

Handling the weapon properly first of course, followed by learning which moves work best with such a weapon.

[ Meng Yao does have on his person a fancy-looking dagger he's procured from a weapon shop around here. Sure he's got his normal sword with him, but he thought it couldn't hurt, and now he's finding that once again his sense of being overprepared is coming in handy. ]

And you're right that weapons have names. Including my own.

So, you're of course free to name your weapon; though of course something relatively suitable works. Whenever you're ready, please let me know, and I'll get us to somewhere with an open space to start.