Nunchaku: cord or chain?

[Big Nasty Edison]

I just picked up a new set of practice nunchaku for sparring and such and this pair is the chain/ball bearing kind. I've never used them before and I'm kinda on the fence. I like the weight of them and the length of the chain, but I like the smooth and silent motion of corded ones better.

Opinions? I don't know if I'll get many here; this forum seems to be more gun oriented than traditional weapons.

 

[Roaming East]

this forum seems to be more gun oriented than traditional weapons.

cause we like useful weapons

 

[hunto]

I've never messed with nunchaku but the chains jingling on my heavy bags drive me bananas so I replace them with nylon webbing, it's silent.

 

[supernova]

NunchakuTutorials.com

 

[exHeavyHippie]

What is nontraditional about firearms?

 

[Protectandserve]

Some PD's in SOCAL allow you to carry them instead of an ASP. They work great for compliance holds and striking suspects during foot pursuits. They use corded ones and te cord makes for some awesome take downs.

 

[Senshi]

chains are much better than chords

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

What is nontraditional about firearms?

I mean traditional in the aspects of Traditional Martial Arts.

 

[MadSquabbles500]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiBSrocGagM

Brings back memories of that. Why not just get a collapsible baton, if those are legal? It is even more concealable than a pair of nunchuks, and is basically a stick, so it is easier to use effectively.

 

[Roaming East]

NunchakuTutorials.com

 

[Ninja Realist]

In a home defense situation a nunchaku won't cause collateral damage to your family or neighbors, and if you can use them they can easily kill with one shot.

I'm sorry but there are much better impact weapons than Nuchaku. The best impact weapon of all is also the simplest one: the stick or pole. It's fast, has long reach, and most importantly, it is easy to use well. A modern variation is the ASP (telescoping baton) and a more traditional variation is the quarter staff or the kali stick.

If you really want something that looks cool, or has an exotic East Asian flair, a much better choice than the Nunchaku would be the Kanabo:

Basically a hard wood club studded with rivets. Surprisingly light (comparable in weight to a wood baseball bat but a little heavier) and devastatingly effective.

Forget about maybe, if you score a power shot on the domepiece with a Kanabo you would definitely kill someone and could probably even stop a helmeted foe.

 

[supernova]

I'm sorry but there are much better impact weapons than Nuchaku. The best impact weapon of all is also the simplest one: the stick or pole. It's fast, has long reach, and most importantly, it is easy to use well. A modern variation is the ASP (telescoping baton) and a more traditional variation is the quarter staff or the kali stick.

If you really want something that looks cool, or has an exotic East Asian flair, a much better choice than the Nunchaku would be the Kanabo:

Basically a hard wood club studded with rivets. Surprisingly light (comparable in weight to a wood baseball bat but a little heavier) and devastatingly effective.

Forget about maybe, if you score a power shot on the domepiece with a Kanabo you would definitely kill someone and could probably even stop a helmeted foe.

Oh I agree that there are far better weapons than nunchaku. I study kenjutsu, have for 20+ years and sleep with a sword by the bed. However, I also own several bokken (wooden swords) and they could kill easily and with less training and skill.


Asps are great weapons for self defense in the streets.



My sword and a couple bokken:

 

[Fearnight]

Home defense with nunchaku, now I've heard it all :icon_lol:

 

[Da Crusha]

Home defense with nunchaku, now I've heard it all :icon_lol:

that's right.

 

[YellowFury]

slightly unrelated, but i didn't want to start a whole thread about this...

can anyone tell me what the hell this is?

i was reading an article about the ban in california, and this was the photo they used. Can anyone give me any indication about what the hell it is? It's like... an 8 section staff.

 

[bowlie]

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[bowlie]

slightly unrelated, but i didn't want to start a whole thread about this...

can anyone tell me what the hell this is?

i was reading an article about the ban in california, and this was the photo they used. Can anyone give me any indication about what the hell it is? It's like... an 8 section staff.

I think its from bullshito....

 

[YellowFury]

yeah i figured the guy made it up himself, but i won't lie, i was hoping for some hilarious videos of it in action.

 

[supernova]

You realize that nunchaku arent traditional weapons? it was a farming tool. Peasants sometimes used it simply because it was there, similar to how European peasants would use a pitchfork, but its not a weapon, and there is no real tradition of it being used as such. I think that the link with martial arts is a western invention helped by bruce lee films.

Guy I am well aware of the origins of Japanese weapons. Your post is stupind. if a peasant stabs and kills a knight with a pitchfork does the knight care if you think that the pitchfork isn't a weapon?

Also nunchaku come from the Chinese two section staff as indicated by the translation of its name. The rice thrasher theory is just that- a theory.

A ball point pen is a weapon if you are stabbing someone with it.

 

[Roaming East]

Guy I am well aware of the origins of Japanese weapons. Your post is stupind. if a peasant stabs and kills a knight with a pitchfork does the knight care if you think that the pitchfork isn't a weapon?

Also nunchaku come from the Chinese two section staff as indicated by the translation of its name. The rice thrasher theory is just that- a theory.

A ball point pen is a weapon if you are stabbing someone with it.

but is there a school of martial arts tradition of ball point pen-jutsu?
i think he was talking more of it being a traditionally instructed weapon rather than an ad hoc one. a pitch fork makes a fine weapon if you need it but nobody runs a pitchfork centric training course you know?