Nunchucks anyone?



Last I saw Donnie Yen swinging 2 at the same time.

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Dark Cognitive said:
I do nunchucks, have done for years. There is basically 2 different styles of using them, one is doing crazy stuff like spinning them round your hands, wrists, neck, arms, legs etc, which once you've done them for a while, you can get really fast at doing it.

.... and it also looks cool as fuck when they become a continual spinning mass flying around your body, and feels great when you get into a flow with them.

The second style is to learn the combat techniques, using longer, heavier wooden (or heavy metal) chucks. Combat techniques are much slower, powerful moves and will cause you serious damage when you fuck up. Learning the grips and momentum of the nun chuck is key here.

They can be absolutely devastating weapons, especially when using the simplest of moves. If you hit somone full force, full swing with a heavy pair of chucks you will easily break an arm, wrist or leg etc. If you were to just swing them as hard as you could off someones head, cracking a skull and killing someone would be quite easy, and even if an attack is blocked, you're still going to seriously damage a limb.

Of course, using them as a weapon isnt that practical, it's not as if you can carry them around with you for self defence. You can get telescopic ones that are easier to carry, but they suck.

All in all, they are great fun, build up your muscle tone in your arms and upper torso, and increase your dexterity. Mastering 2 at a time is much harder, but looks and feels cool as hell when you eventually get it down.
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I am definitely gonna agree with you say, but still think they are nothing much more than spinning sticks.

Sure cool to learn though, but why wouldn't someone stick to kickboxing or some kung fu stuff instead?
 
thehobbster said:
You are crazy. Nunchucks can bust someone's melon apart in a heart beat.

Come at me bro. My Nunchucks are faster too. (I don't have any nunchucks, don't hurt me, bro.)
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Ha ha. Call me old school. Plus, I just don't have any nunchuck skills, but I was a hell of a baseball player.
 
thehobbster said:
Nah, the whole thing is a CGI + real people mix-up made by Nokia for their phone that was all about how bad ass the camera is.
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Well thanks for destroying my dreams and inspiration. I guess now you're going to tell me that Santa isn't real either?

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Michael_ said:
Well thanks for destroying my dreams and inspiration. I guess now you're going to tell me that Santa isn't real either?

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Santa's real, alright? Don't nobody be messing around with that beard!
Next you be saying your daddy be dressing up in a fat red suit stuffed with pillows.


Who you yolking, eh?
 
efeezy said:
I'll take a fucking Louisville Slugger over a couple sticks and twine any day of the week. When was the last time you saw some nunchucks destroy a guy's knee? Yeah, that's what I thought.
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I've never seen it, but i'm under no illusion that it could easily be done. Hard wood nunchucks are heavy, and generate a crazy amount of momentum, they aren't just "sticks and twine". If someone came at me in my house and i had the option to punch them or swing at them full force with heavy chucks, i know what i'd pick, because block it or not - they are going to get severly hurt.


alvito said:
I am definitely gonna agree with you say, but still think they are nothing much more than spinning sticks.

Sure cool to learn though, but why wouldn't someone stick to kickboxing or some kung fu stuff instead?
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Depends why you are learning them in the first place.

If you're looking for something to use for self defence, then i wouldnt recommend learning the nunchucks solely for that reason, as you're unlikely to have them on you when you need them. Learning a martial art would be a much better option. Learning both would be even better, many martial art schools teach nunchucks not for the fighting aspect, but for the dexterity side of things, they train your brain to use muscle memory and vastly increase your reaction times.

Personally i have a really bad knee (among other issues), so martial arts was out of the question for me. I needed something to strengthen my upper body while i remained stationary, nunchucks fit that profile perfectly for me, and i find them good fun & a stress reliever. I never learned them to use them in combat, but if i needed to use them in a situation and had them on me, i definately would.
 
When learning use foam nunchucks to get the moves down, otherwise you will end up with some nice bruises.
 
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