I like to use hjkl for very short moves, wb for most moves in a sentence, "IA" for insert moves to the start or end of a line. I don't find f to be that useful because I don't like the thought required to figure out what letter I want. I guess it's just a personal preference though.

larger moves are a mix of the {}() and /\v if I know what I am looking for by name. c-f c-b is nice if I am just browsing the code.