Bad player hitting a wall, easiest weapon to pick up?

I am a bit bummed. I knew this game was going to be tough for me as a bad player, but the combat looks so fun wanted to give it a shot. I took the advice to just play what looks fun, so I got started with kusarigama, and was doing well for the first bit of the game, but now hitting a wall pretty hard, not very far into the game. I was definitely trying to learn too much at once with stances and stuff, but even trying to limit that, i am on the struggle bus.

I reset and started trying to use sword, before reading that it's actually one of the more complex weapons. I saw axe recommended alot as "just hit high strong attack", and that has worked decently, but hoping for something just with a tad less big commitment.

Any other weapons besides axe recommended as "easiest", or at least something I won't get lost in commands right away?

Thanks!