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Post by D.Ram on Jul 20, 2015 5:41:42 GMT
I'm just beginning to pick up some weapon training to supplement my karate training. And the nunchaku was too popular to ignore :-) A few queries in this context - A) To start, I got myself a copy of Nunchaku - Dynamic Training by Kanazawa ( link). In this, I find he emphasizes the use of the wrist; however, in a Youtube video ( link), the trainer seems to indicate that the wrist should essentially never be used! Any thoughts? B) I could not find a very satisfactory beginners' video on Youtube despite some hunting - any leads, or pointers to other text/video sites which could offer good guidance? C) The popular rope versus chain query - several sites indicate that the rope version is better, so I made myself a piece (since it's not easily available for purchase). Surprisingly though, Kanazawa uses a chain! From that I concluded that it does not really matter, especially for a beginner...thought? Thanks! ______________ More sweat in training, less blood in battle
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Post by jimlukelkc on Jul 21, 2015 9:16:55 GMT
The best basic tutorial I have seen is sensei Nishiuchi. You can get his kobudo site on learnkobudo.comYou have chosen a slightly impractical weapon to begin with but I understand the appeal. My recommendation would be tonfa or /and sai. Backed up with bo and jo.
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Post by D.Ram on Jul 21, 2015 11:44:58 GMT
Hello Jim, Thanks for your link! Sensei Nishiuchi, it turns out, is the same Sensei whose YouTube video I was referring to. Very detailed videos on Youtube, and I see that the site has several as well - thanks!
My main issue is that I don't have Kobudo classes anywhere near where I stay...and since I already had a pair of Nunchaku's lying at home, it was an easy starter-choice! ______________ More sweat in training, less blood in battle
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Post by garage on Jul 26, 2015 10:28:08 GMT
The kanazawa book concentrates on the health giving properties and makes it a bit boring. It is easy to hide under a coat although some have complained that when they have hit someone it has bounced and not been effective.
If you hold the chuks near the middle the go faster and look better. Obviously when you hit something the path changes and you might be interested in Bruce lee book "controlling the bouncing nunchaki" The one's with chains tend to be heavier where as the octagonal with string are lighter and seem to be ineffective.
Sai are a wonderful wrist exercise and sparkle in the sun light. Bo's are unwieldy and it is difficult to make it travel smoothly and rare to see anyone using it well. The Jo seems more effective and easier to use, and a broom handle is a good stand in.
Tonfa's don't seem a s straight forward as escrima sticks. Depends what you want them to do if you treat them like karate them become a fanatasy exercise.
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Post by D.Ram on Jul 27, 2015 4:02:14 GMT
Thanks, Bert. Frankly, the idea was simply to add variety to my Karate training, and Nunchaku was just a convenient choice. A) I agree that the abilities of the nunchaku are very likely overstated, and claims like "A single strike is enough" would be very difficult to achieve. More likely, a strike from a nunchaku will simple hurt a lot, nothing more.
B) I could not find any reference to Bruce Lee's Nunchaku book you refer to (I simply googled the name) - please help me with a link?
Thanks! ______________ More sweat in training, less blood in battle
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Post by garage on Jul 27, 2015 17:59:48 GMT
www.amazon.com/Bruce-Lees-Nunchaku-Hong-Kong/dp/B00917SMM6To be honest I never had much money, I used to stand in the shop read a bit and go and do it, I think the above book was most likely to be the book I was looking at. I do not find the octagonal ones with string much use. I use heavy black one joined by chain, use the end to get maximum radius therefore speed. I have hit myself and lost all feeling in my face for hours. Others have reported waking up after hitting themselves. Try hitting a bottle it will drop into a pile of glass if you have it traveling fast enough. I have smashed one set in two, the same with jo and bokken. Without confessing to anything if it going fast enough I do not think that it's abilities are over stated. Also it scares people when they appear, you can hide them down your sleeve. The techniques are circular and you have to get the arcs right, where as karate has more straight lines.
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