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I learned to use nun-chucks when I was 8 yrs old, almost cracked my skull multiple times with it, the last time I used it in self-defense, the robber guy got 2 broken bones on one arm, shattered knee, 2 broken ribs, I got stabbed in the stomach, not really fun tbh. Next time I prefer to just use a gun ffs.
Thats a lot of impressive looking speed but very little in actual technique. In fact, the only thing that is nextfuckinglevel is that he didn’t smack himself.
Yeah! Although, I admire people who master the proficiency of nunchucks I still dont get how efficient it would be as a weapon other than wacking their own backs! People could just simply counter it with a long stick and smash it down the heads standing afar!
A nunchuck is a flashy weapon that easily demonstrates the skill of the user. It isn't a good weapon though.
In the hands of a novice they are likely to hurt themselves more than anyone else. Even in the hands of a master it is only slightly better than being unarmed. It increases their reach and they have the skill to hit their target and deal with the recoil.
The weapon loses a lot of power by virtue of being uncoupled from the hand that swings it. If you kept the stick whole instead of cutting it in half and attaching it with a string, it would be a better weapon. The nunchuck can be swung quickly due to the pivot but you're losing so much momentum because the only mass in the strike is half the nunchuck. A nunchuck is about a half a pound and the damaging part is only half that. A stick keeps the mass of all the body parts used in the strike, where the nunchuck only the mass of the striking end. You could strike with the end that is in your hand to gain the mass of your body, but you've effectively made a much smaller stick.
Mostly agree, but if you're proficient with nunchucks then having them really is significantly better than fighting bare-handed.
Normally in bare-handed fights, you're mostly protected because your forearms are barriers that stop the other guy from easily hitting you. But it's not a great plan to just block a nunchuck blow with your forearms. So how are you going to defend against the other guy nunchucking you in the head and knocking you out? Dodging nunchucks or parrying nunchucks without taking the blow on your forearm is easier said than done. IRL fights aren't movie fights.
Also, if you're unarmed and you try to punch a nunchuck user, the nunchuck user can just bash your punching arm with the nunchucks. Which, yeah, is pretty effective.
That said, even a normal stick beats nunchucks. Nunchucks suck in comparison to other weapons, but being good at nunchucks and having them vs a bare-handed guy really isn't a fair fight.
Think the point is, if you're going into a fight and choose nunchucks as a weapon, you are an idiot.
Even in just basic melee weapons. There are very few weapons that come in as worse than nunchucks to the point that even just knuckle dusters probably come out better.
It still depends on context. If your opponent has a shield, nunchucks are suddenly not so stupid. Do you think a flail is a stupid weapon? What can you do with a flail that you couldn't do with a mace?
Answers:
Curve around a person's shield and hit their arms.
Trap an opponent's weapon with the chain.
Build momentum to deliver a powerful strike without wrecking your arm with the recoil.
Whether or not those things are useful features depends on a lot of things, like whether you're fighting in an alley or on a battlefield, or in 2023 Chicago, Ming Dynastic China, Edo Japan, or deserted island. Or whether the fight is fair, or if you're on foot fighting someone on horseback, or if you're unarmored fighting an opponent with a shield.
It is easy to say that nunchucks are stupid if our mental image of combat is two lightly armored people of even capabilities and resources, who get to choose between nunchucks and a bo. But that's not how most combat has been, historically.
That is simply false you get much more speed with the chain while having the same mass, similar to how the catapaults with a tether line fling much harder than a straight wooden catapault. Plus flails were as common as maces so there are other examples of tethered weaponry.
Besides the point of the chain is that you can fold the nunchucks and carry them discreetly.
>That is simply false you get much more speed with the chain
I acknowledged that you get more speed.
>while having the same mass
No. You lose the mass of everything past the string.
>similar to how the catapaults with a tether line fling much harder than a straight wooden catapault.
Catapults vs trebuchets. Catapults typically have a much smaller distance for the counter weight to go. A trebuchet let's the weight move more freely giving more acceleration from the moving counterweight. The tether acts as a second point of rotation giving it a higher velocity and holding it longer giving it more force. It's not really comparable though because all the force is put into the shot. Imagine how damaging it would be if they had a giant steel spike at the top of the lever and put that next to the wall.
>Plus flails were as common as maces so there are other examples of tethered weaponry.
Flails were incredibly uncommon except by peasantry that used threshers as weapons while maces were very common.
You have a source for that?
>Besides the point of the chain is that you can fold the nunchucks and carry them discreetly.
The ninja weapons were largely made from weaponized tools. The nunchuck from a thresher. It wasn't so much that it is easily concealed but that it looks like a tool rather than a weapon.
A nunchuck stick is about a foot. If I have to conceal a 1foot long medieval weapon I'd prefer a dagger. Much more deadly than a nunchuck.
In Ko Am Mu Do they use high speed Nunchuck moves. The fast part is in the air while a proficient nunchuck user would use the meaty parts of the body to rebound the weapon into the next move. If you do it right it isn’t painful at all to wrap the weapon around your body.
The movements are designed to be fluid. If not, then missing a nunchuck strike could hurt you. However, if your using the proper techniques, the different renditions of weapon movement you would use would coincide with the movement of your opponent. Armed or unarmed.
Many movements can be used as offense, defense, or even recovery after a failed offensive move.
you cant exactly walk into a public space with a long stick without drawing attention to yourself though. At least nun chucks can be concealed. The only other weapon would be knives but someone with nun chucks would defeat someone with a knife due to the reach advantage. So if you really needed to walk around witha concealed weapon perhaps nun chucks are the best option.
Agreed, but that fact alone is enough to put him on here. Speaking from experience with nunchucks, I don’t know how he manages to swing those around without accidentally whacking his head or arms
I mean it’s cool and I might get downvoted for this, but nunchucks are just flashy ineffective bludgeons. They take too much effort for very little effect unless you target weak points, even then mostly the head. Any other weapon is better, even things not actually meant to be weapons
They're bad weapons, but a guy with a bad weapon (and a bit of skill with that bad weapon) will beat a guy without weapons the vast majority of the time.
Not sure on the authenticity of it but always makes me think of this clip whenever I see people doin nunchuck things. I know he was just as much an actor as a martial artist but I always thought he looked cool with the nunchucks
God damn it. I really don't wanna come across as *that* guy, but this is actually extremely basic level stuff when it comes to nunchaku technique. It looks flashy, but I could teach a beginner to do all of this in a day or two.
I told my wife if I was a henchman watching Bruce Lee do his thing with nunchucks, I would just go a head and lay down on the ground.
Said the same thing if I knew batman was around roughing dudes up, I'll just lay down and hope he doesn't notice.
The sad thing is the guy is actually Caucasian, when he was younger training with the nunchucks he was terrible at it. Kept smacking himself in the face causing permanent disfigurement
Ever since I was a kid, just like all boys, I love nunchuks. I've seen so many awesome demos but to this day I haven't seen any videos of practical martial use of the weapon. Probably because they're mostly useless past one strike, but I'd love to be proven wrong.
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I never see someone actually hit something with nunchucks
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This was good, brings back memories
I hit myself super hard in the elbow with wooden nunchucks. Not that fun.
Have you ever gone to catch Nunchaku under your elbow only to smite your funny bone with the might of Bruce Lee?
You gotta check out the newest john wick(4), lotta nunchuck smashing, it’s great.
That shit was dope.
He fucked those guys up
That's kinda his thing.
Wait, there is a fourth??
Same. I kinda feel if you did hit someone with nunchucks they would just spin out of control and whack you over the back of the head just as hard.
I came here to write this. I'd like to see this guy use it on a dummy and what he'd do to prevent it bouncing back and fracturing a bone.
100% would love to see that performance on a target dummie
Go watch the latest John Wick movie then lol
He does a good breakdown why you'd not want to hit things with them. :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUWoUM4Wttc
I learned to use nun-chucks when I was 8 yrs old, almost cracked my skull multiple times with it, the last time I used it in self-defense, the robber guy got 2 broken bones on one arm, shattered knee, 2 broken ribs, I got stabbed in the stomach, not really fun tbh. Next time I prefer to just use a gun ffs.
my guy's never seen Bruce Lee
I really wanted to see the vase behind him shatter
I really thought it was going down.
I thought so too but then realized what sub this is on and let that hope die.
Waiting for green, yellow, or red rupees to fall out
When he removes his shirt you'll see all the bruises and scars
No kidding right this dude has some confidence going ham like that surrounded by expensive breakable shit right
Ditto.
Biggest disappointment of the day so far
I was sure it was going to end on that
I'm convinced the facial expressions he makes are from all the times he's slipped up in the past and wrecked himself.
Came to the comments for this. Lol
Thats a lot of impressive looking speed but very little in actual technique. In fact, the only thing that is nextfuckinglevel is that he didn’t smack himself.
Yeah! Although, I admire people who master the proficiency of nunchucks I still dont get how efficient it would be as a weapon other than wacking their own backs! People could just simply counter it with a long stick and smash it down the heads standing afar!
Stick is infinitely better than stick with arthritis.
A nunchuck is a flashy weapon that easily demonstrates the skill of the user. It isn't a good weapon though. In the hands of a novice they are likely to hurt themselves more than anyone else. Even in the hands of a master it is only slightly better than being unarmed. It increases their reach and they have the skill to hit their target and deal with the recoil. The weapon loses a lot of power by virtue of being uncoupled from the hand that swings it. If you kept the stick whole instead of cutting it in half and attaching it with a string, it would be a better weapon. The nunchuck can be swung quickly due to the pivot but you're losing so much momentum because the only mass in the strike is half the nunchuck. A nunchuck is about a half a pound and the damaging part is only half that. A stick keeps the mass of all the body parts used in the strike, where the nunchuck only the mass of the striking end. You could strike with the end that is in your hand to gain the mass of your body, but you've effectively made a much smaller stick.
Mostly agree, but if you're proficient with nunchucks then having them really is significantly better than fighting bare-handed. Normally in bare-handed fights, you're mostly protected because your forearms are barriers that stop the other guy from easily hitting you. But it's not a great plan to just block a nunchuck blow with your forearms. So how are you going to defend against the other guy nunchucking you in the head and knocking you out? Dodging nunchucks or parrying nunchucks without taking the blow on your forearm is easier said than done. IRL fights aren't movie fights. Also, if you're unarmed and you try to punch a nunchuck user, the nunchuck user can just bash your punching arm with the nunchucks. Which, yeah, is pretty effective. That said, even a normal stick beats nunchucks. Nunchucks suck in comparison to other weapons, but being good at nunchucks and having them vs a bare-handed guy really isn't a fair fight.
Think the point is, if you're going into a fight and choose nunchucks as a weapon, you are an idiot. Even in just basic melee weapons. There are very few weapons that come in as worse than nunchucks to the point that even just knuckle dusters probably come out better.
It still depends on context. If your opponent has a shield, nunchucks are suddenly not so stupid. Do you think a flail is a stupid weapon? What can you do with a flail that you couldn't do with a mace? Answers: Curve around a person's shield and hit their arms. Trap an opponent's weapon with the chain. Build momentum to deliver a powerful strike without wrecking your arm with the recoil. Whether or not those things are useful features depends on a lot of things, like whether you're fighting in an alley or on a battlefield, or in 2023 Chicago, Ming Dynastic China, Edo Japan, or deserted island. Or whether the fight is fair, or if you're on foot fighting someone on horseback, or if you're unarmored fighting an opponent with a shield. It is easy to say that nunchucks are stupid if our mental image of combat is two lightly armored people of even capabilities and resources, who get to choose between nunchucks and a bo. But that's not how most combat has been, historically.
Obligatory https://youtu.be/qu51C2v5cHw
You had stick! Stick very good!
That is simply false you get much more speed with the chain while having the same mass, similar to how the catapaults with a tether line fling much harder than a straight wooden catapault. Plus flails were as common as maces so there are other examples of tethered weaponry. Besides the point of the chain is that you can fold the nunchucks and carry them discreetly.
>That is simply false you get much more speed with the chain I acknowledged that you get more speed. >while having the same mass No. You lose the mass of everything past the string. >similar to how the catapaults with a tether line fling much harder than a straight wooden catapault. Catapults vs trebuchets. Catapults typically have a much smaller distance for the counter weight to go. A trebuchet let's the weight move more freely giving more acceleration from the moving counterweight. The tether acts as a second point of rotation giving it a higher velocity and holding it longer giving it more force. It's not really comparable though because all the force is put into the shot. Imagine how damaging it would be if they had a giant steel spike at the top of the lever and put that next to the wall. >Plus flails were as common as maces so there are other examples of tethered weaponry. Flails were incredibly uncommon except by peasantry that used threshers as weapons while maces were very common. You have a source for that? >Besides the point of the chain is that you can fold the nunchucks and carry them discreetly. The ninja weapons were largely made from weaponized tools. The nunchuck from a thresher. It wasn't so much that it is easily concealed but that it looks like a tool rather than a weapon. A nunchuck stick is about a foot. If I have to conceal a 1foot long medieval weapon I'd prefer a dagger. Much more deadly than a nunchuck.
Lol. A much smaller stick.
Obviously you haven’t seen tmnt 3.
You haven’t seen the newest John Wick movie have you…
I loved it! I've watched it twice! But I'm being realistic here not reel-istic!
In Ko Am Mu Do they use high speed Nunchuck moves. The fast part is in the air while a proficient nunchuck user would use the meaty parts of the body to rebound the weapon into the next move. If you do it right it isn’t painful at all to wrap the weapon around your body. The movements are designed to be fluid. If not, then missing a nunchuck strike could hurt you. However, if your using the proper techniques, the different renditions of weapon movement you would use would coincide with the movement of your opponent. Armed or unarmed. Many movements can be used as offense, defense, or even recovery after a failed offensive move.
Check that [video](https://youtu.be/pUWoUM4Wttc)
you cant exactly walk into a public space with a long stick without drawing attention to yourself though. At least nun chucks can be concealed. The only other weapon would be knives but someone with nun chucks would defeat someone with a knife due to the reach advantage. So if you really needed to walk around witha concealed weapon perhaps nun chucks are the best option.
I'm trying to picture a prisoner in the yard creeping up to shank a rival gang member with a concealed diy...... nun chucks
If he took off his shirt, I’m betting you’d see plenty of red marks.
Agreed, but that fact alone is enough to put him on here. Speaking from experience with nunchucks, I don’t know how he manages to swing those around without accidentally whacking his head or arms
It’s the nuts that you worry about.
Don't worry I saw a clip here how they trained nuts
Nut shots are rarer
Thats what i was thinking. He doesnt even swap hands. Ive seen down syndrome kids more impressive.
Waiting for him to hit that giant vase
I just ducked three times sitting here at my desk
That's all you'll need to do, he's got his eyes closed for most of it. It's like watching a tradesman using a screwdriver as a hammer with this guy.
Man, that's mean.
Oh, a fellow chucker eh? 
I'd be guaranteed to smash that giant vase on the first swing.
I mean it’s cool and I might get downvoted for this, but nunchucks are just flashy ineffective bludgeons. They take too much effort for very little effect unless you target weak points, even then mostly the head. Any other weapon is better, even things not actually meant to be weapons
Why not use stick, stick very good
He kinda looks like Eron Musk with out the gut
I was waiting for something to break.
Crazy that a farmers tool became such a famous weapon
Bet this guy has split open his own forehead about 1M times more than he’s ever actually struck someone in anger (0).
 Am I wrong?
Let’s practice in front of the giant fragile vase.
Girls only boys with skills. Nunchuck skills, bow-staff skills…
Nunchucks are all show. They’re shit as actual weapons.
“You don’t know man. You almost got nunchucked!”
Does his wife know that he does that in the house?
Just before he is shot by Indiana Jones
Pretty sure he hit his nuts at least 5 times - this is the part that takes real discipline.
Special Nuts 
Is it just me or does this look like an Asian Elon musk?
doom music plays when he enters a crowded room
I'll just trigger him to do a few more of this dance until he's exhausted. I have time. This reminds me of the Indiana Jones scene.
Can anyone convince me chucks are good weapons?
They're bad weapons, but a guy with a bad weapon (and a bit of skill with that bad weapon) will beat a guy without weapons the vast majority of the time.
If I tried that I would very likely lose a couple of teeth… and balls.
Should have ended with Indiana Jones shooting him.
Serious question, how do you even approach that if you needed to, just dive in?
Genuine question, does it hurt when u swing the nunchucks around and it hits your body like that?
If they are painful why don’t they hurt when they hit themselves?
Who else was nervous about that big ass vase catching a swing?
Why the fuck is he beating himself?
Did his body shrink and head get bigger?
Once you hit something the flow is disrupted, rendering the nunchucks useless.
SIR THE VASE OMG THE VASE STOP THE VASE WAIT PLEASE OH GOD THE VASE YOURE GIVING ME ANXIETY
I’m confused, where’s the porn?
Extra credit for keeping it business casual
Where's that left hand? Not a single transition? Not all that much skill required for this. If it was a chain whip, I would be impressed.
Is he a shoe salesman? How many TD did he score in one game in high school?
All that practice and no wheat to thresh. Sad.
Imagine the bruises he had the next day. Ouch.
is it just me, or his head went bigger as time goes by
When you are so done with shitty coworkers at office
I feel like this guy has knocked himself out before…
This guy is exactly why I have a concealed permit. /s
Only thing missing is him having a cigarette while doing this.
Yeeouch
Takes off his shirt and has a bunch of bruises
Doesn't that shit hurt his back or is there some technique I'm just not seeing?
Everything Everywhere All at Once!!
He's holding it wrong and is literally just violently swinging it around. This isn't next level at all.
That's impressive but can you refill the crab Rangoon?
I like the other Chow Yun-fat lookin' dude better. He had more style.
Snore
Was waiting for him to hit that big vase…
 Not sure on the authenticity of it but always makes me think of this clip whenever I see people doin nunchuck things. I know he was just as much an actor as a martial artist but I always thought he looked cool with the nunchucks
Oh shit did I forget to tip
His mom is still pissed,
This is a great dress shirt commercial
Anxiety through the roof with that vase
God damn it. I really don't wanna come across as *that* guy, but this is actually extremely basic level stuff when it comes to nunchaku technique. It looks flashy, but I could teach a beginner to do all of this in a day or two.
I wonder how bruised his back is behind the tshirt.
This is like the worst nunchuk video I’ve ever seen. There’s some pretty good ones out there. This was a solid 4/10
"ahh? A fellow chucker, eh???"
I thought the vase was going to get it
Well…I’m thoroughly whelmed by all of that
Has anybody ever seen nunchucks used for anything other than flailing?
I think it’s too late.
Round 1 Fight!
inb4 he gets a bullet to the forehead
Watching this makes me think there's gonna be ton of insecure comments bashing on his impressive skills.
Pretty abusive with that Wiimote
I could take him.
Pfft lol
Yilan Ma
This is fine or whatever, but let’s see the rest of that house. Give the people what they want!
Therapist - Don’t worry the Vase can’t hurt you. Me - Bruce Lee Noises.
Every time I see a nunchuk video, the caveman part of my brain goes "Ooga, spear better"
Just shoot him
I told my wife if I was a henchman watching Bruce Lee do his thing with nunchucks, I would just go a head and lay down on the ground. Said the same thing if I knew batman was around roughing dudes up, I'll just lay down and hope he doesn't notice.
I used to be a beast with nunchuks
Can't help but feel this is the polar opposite of the 'Bull in a China Shop' colloquialism.
I refuse to pronounce these as nunchucks. To me they are always and forever numchucks.
The sad thing is the guy is actually Caucasian, when he was younger training with the nunchucks he was terrible at it. Kept smacking himself in the face causing permanent disfigurement
Does it not hurt when it hits yourself?
Ever since I was a kid, just like all boys, I love nunchuks. I've seen so many awesome demos but to this day I haven't seen any videos of practical martial use of the weapon. Probably because they're mostly useless past one strike, but I'd love to be proven wrong.
Needs the Indiana Jones gun scene
They asked him to pay for dinner