NUNCHUCKS, but BETTER!

[@Punched_Kuze]

"From the moment I understood the weakness of nunchucks, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of sticks.”

[@rhivan6921]

"and the frail string you consider so useful will tear and you will try to fix it. But my stick is already fixed. For the Stick is immemorial"

[@ProcyonDei]

"Even in death I serve the Shadissiah..."

[@ginnyjollykidd]

This is a good reason bartenders have a baseball bat under the bar. A good ash or maple bat would do well. A Louisville Slugger, please. Oooh! Make a nunchucks out of two souvenir bats! The short ones about half the length of a professional bat. You can get them with famous signatures on them like Ernie Banks or Ralph Garr. Companies put their logos on them to hand out. I got one from a company picnic one year.

[@kelvinsantiago7061]

"Your kind clings to your Nunchucks as if they will not break and fail you"

[@ASpaceOstrich]

Even in death, I serve as two sticks. Stick win every time.

[@HexenProzess]

They rediscovered the Flail, but with a worse handle

[@TheMelnTeam]

That's what I was thinking too. You don't need a hammer on the other end...make the handle a little longer...and hey! A situationally viable weapon! That people thought about over a millennia ago, but still!

[@KoljaWolfi]

i thought morningstar in bad, but basically the same line of thought

[@fadingjedi]

A true fail is probably better

[@preachrem7182]

Double sided flail or morning stars xD

[@lml55]

Nunchucku are not Flails, they were used in Self Defense and never built to kill Also unlike a Flail, you can hold both sticks and grapple an enemy really easily as you catch their sword or hammer with the middle and easily control the fight from there

[@EpicRandomness555]

Not having enough handle for the Mjölnirs is actually ironically hilarious

[@theonedux157]

Loki messed with the forging process and made the handle too small for Thor to use with both hands.

[@somerando1073]

Thematically on point.

[@Grandwigg]

I guess they couldn't handle a real weapon? XD

[@ASpaceOstrich]

@@theonedux157 This actually raises the question. Is there any efficacy to swinging a mjolnir style hammer by the pommel strap?

[@yokai1235]

@@ASpaceOstrich kinda is like a flail you are getting more acceleration but sacrificing kinetic force in the process

[@duffthimblespork]

"The only way to make nunchucks more dangerous to your opponent is to make them more dangerous to yourself." -a rare Confucius/Sun Tzu collab

[@TheWhyme01]

Nunchucks can cause concussions

[@RedDragon412]

I understand why this is coming out now: You had to wait for Shad to be half a world away in order to get away with bringing Nunchucks into work.

[@marthahawkinson-michau9611]

For real.

[@lemonlefleur6236]

Everyone loves to hate on the Nunchucks but no one ever has the decency to pay their respects to the brave Nuns who chucked.

[@grahck4391]

Sooo ... How many nuns could chuck nunchucks if nunchucking nuns could chuck nunchucks?

[@lemonlefleur6236]

@@grahck4391 100% of them, as they’re all “nunchuncking Nuns” and thus would all be capable of chucking nunchucks

[@lml55]

Nunchucku are not Flails, they were used in Self Defense and never built to kill Also unlike a Flail, you can hold both sticks and grapple an enemy really easily as you catch their sword or hammer with the middle and easily control the fight from there

[@TheEternalPheonix]

@@grahck4391 How many nuns could a nun-Chuck chuck, if a nun-Chuck could chuck nuns? Note: Chuck makes for a really odd looking nun!

[@billcynic1815]

Ok, but have you considered...chainsaw chucks?

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

Yes I have and I would tell you that you must not value having any arms.

[@mattw6705]

We goin wacky? How about bowling ball chucks

[@TheSteam02]

(Chainsaw Man OP plays)

[@BaileygaskellGaskell]

Someone get hold of the prop departments for mad max I think there is someone they need to talk to

[@MinnesotaCouchpotato]

Chainsaws are pretty cool, but there's no beating... GOPHER CHUCKS!

[@grogc6942]

To be honest, I feel the attempt to make deadlier nunchucks is gonna end up at the peasant flail... which I want to see. Cause two handed stick with metal nunchuck on the end is, like, the highest class chuckery.

[@kirbyis4ever]

Funny enough the nunchuck was originally a set of clappers for patrolling night watch and by making them thicker you got the chucks. Hitting people with what is basically two rulers just pisses people off.

[@TornadoCreator]

So what you've established is, Nunchucks are still awful and are just a broken stick, but the Light Flail was actually a fairly usable weapon, albeit a bit unweildy. Great video, well done.

[@foldionepapyrus3441]

Would have liked to see the dumb-chuck vs a normal stick on the same targets under the same conditions myself - as the dumb-chuck clearly has still got control issues, durability is perhaps also going to remain a problem even with a more refined version. So to be 'Fairly useable' may be accurate, if you limit your targets to the brainless, not reactive targets that will sit there while you drill a new hole in the backup hammer. But actually calling them a weapon... For that title I think they would have to out damage the stick pretty substantially (which I really don't think they will). Against a resisting opponent getting a good hit in would be rather more challenging with the very short broken stick nature, so it would have to be a really really good hit. Ultimately the winning move is clearly to make it longer stick one side, heavy head the other, giving you some reach again. At which point you do just have a flail...

[@counterstrike89]

He hasn't established anything, because he doesn't know how to use nunchucks and he's using an old cumbersome style of chucks, there's different chucks, with different advantages, they like to not tell you that.

[@Niskirin]

@@counterstrike89 Oh please enlighten us, o disciple of Broken Sticks, what pray tell is the proper way to use a broken stick?

[@counterstrike89]

@@Niskirin I'll have to upload a video on it, but yes, most people do not understand how to fight with nunchucks, you have a lot of people flipping them, that's good, but its not the same thing as fighting with them. For a start, you use lighter wood, most of the performance chucks now you see people whipping around really fast, that's light thin wood, but its still a strong wood and will do damage. If you use, say a rattan or bamboo wood, its quite light, so its speed is going to be very fast when striking, but it won't break, very strong.

[@TornadoCreator]

@@counterstrike89 Sure, you keep telling yourself that you know the mystic art of the broken stick. The rest of us can see reality for what it is, and see these "weapons" for the weeb-only novelties they actually are.

[@carrott36]

One problem with dum-chucks - they’re still worse than a hammer on a stick.

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

I mean, they're easier to conceal

[@minhducnguyen9276]

​@@mr.cauliflower3536 That's the whole point of it. Shad is just trying to force the nunchuck to perform the roles that it isn't meant to do.

[@soup-flavored-soup6613]

@@minhducnguyen9276smacking people?

[@pavelmorozov6599]

@@mr.cauliflower3536 how ? one hammer is easier to conceal than 2 hammers tied together.

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

@@pavelmorozov6599But you get much better reach and mechanical advantage

[@ramzen89]

That's why the two handed flail was the more viable and widely used option. You still get plenty of damage output, while keeping the user safe and maintaining the benefit of being able to get around shields or other forms of guarding.

[@ezrafaulk3076]

All you have to do is *follow through* , which these guys *didn't* ; they *stopped* their swings with their arms still out in *front* of them; in other words, they stopped *mid* swing!

[@sixpathskaiokentv]

@@ezrafaulk3076 And "You Gotta MOVE"

[@strider7008]

I wouldnt consider any, or really all, flails widely used except at medieval times maybe.

[@JarieSuicune]

Seriously, why would you block the stick-part of a flail and not the head? A flail only gets past a shield if the shield is placed conveniently so that the head can clear it AND it only matters if the head is able to reach far enough down the back of the shield to hit the arm/shoulder/head of the person behind the shield. I'm no expert, but if you were a soldier (not some untrained commoner, like me) and saw an opponent swinging a flail at you, would you just put the shield in a static position and wait for the flail to come over it OR would you actively be blocking the damaging flail head to negate it altogether, the same as you would any other weapon?

[@ProfX501]

@@JarieSuicune Compare a flail to a polearm of equivalent length (or a sword in the case of a one-handed weapon). With a polearm, parrying the haft would stop the head of the weapon. To block the head of a flail, you’d need to move your shield much further in the same amount of time, and into a very awkward position. It’s also not always easy to gauge the position of a flail head on a flexible chain as it’s travelling.

[@casthedemon]

The thing that gives flails an edge is the fact that they have a longer handle and thus at full extension even if the weight comes back full force its only gonna hit the handle and not your hand. Nunchucks don't have that advantage.

[@Dj.MODÆO]

I honestly believe those “Dumbchuks” are deadly AF.

[@EpicRandomness555]

To your enemies and probably you lol

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

​@@EpicRandomness555Precisely!

[@czkillz]

​@@EpicRandomness555I've actually done this with two rubber mallets before, and it's very painful to get hit, so 10/10 would recommend. 🤔

[@Psycorde]

​@@EpicRandomness555high risk high rewards, perfectly balanced

[@thekaxmax]

at both ends

[@taqresu5865]

The Nunchuck legacy lives on... Being the catalyst for fun Shadiversity videos like this.

[@kencoffman7145]

No matter what, Shad, please keep this format up! BS aside, you gotta keep up this form! All of you are priceless!

[@josepetersen7112]

If we really aren't concerned with the self harm from nunchucks, then we could maximize the offensive potential by attaching impact fused grenades.

[@Cptn_Fabulous]

The Ullapool Caber-chucks.

[@isaace436]

sounds like something that would appear as an enemy's weapon in serious sam

[@johndortheknight4802]

I like how you think friend

[@psy-fi64]

​@@Cptn_Fabulous"A sober man would throw it."

[@lml55]

Nunchucku are not Flails, they were used in Self Defense and never built to kill Also unlike a Flail, you can hold both sticks and grapple an enemy really easily as you catch their sword or hammer with the middle and easily control the fight from there

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

Time to up the challenge: The Three-section staff (aka Super Nunchuck). I hear if you spin it like a lightsaber you can fly.

[@PoserPosse]

Tyranth saying that Shad has a stick, "On you, IN you, whatever." That was a sneaky joke!

[@Real11BangBang]

Best way to fix nunchucks is to delete the chain and just use a stick😊

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

I'm yet to see proof of them being useful, but too man accident videos

[@K.B98]

Sticks*, two "halves" of the nunchucks. Double the stick energy!

[@jaywerner8415]

But then you just have 2 small sticks.

[@K.B98]

@@jaywerner8415 Its not the size of the stick that determines its energy, it's how you swing it

[@Grizzlox]

Deleting the chain just gives you escrima sticks, which like the nunchucks, are more about technique than raw power

[@Volper1]

Watching Tyranth go at the melons and coconuts with the hammer chucks, it makes me wonder if they wouldn’t be more effective with just a steel ball on the end. He seems to impact most of the targets with the flat, or side, of the hammer head, not the actual hammer or the pry on the back.

[@OMAGAICE122]

The funny part is that Proper (COMBAT) Nunchaku tend to have heavily weighed ends, either by wood or metal, so that being hit by them would actually deal significant damage. Most non-weighted variants are used as either toys or training tools.

[@mdexterc2894]

No matter what you do, you'll never outdo the champion of flexible weapons: a pummel on a leash

[@nikkibrowning4546]

End him rightly!

[@h0rk3d]

Or a whip with dumbchucks on the tip!

[@thekaxmax]

There's a reason they were made illegal in a lot of places

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

Pommel autogun or Pommels on a sack and chain.

[@milesmatheson1142]

Sock'n'Lock

[@TehRedBlur]

That intro was bloody brilliant, Shad. What fun!

[@Zetact_]

If you really want to maximize the danger of nunchucks, why not try the famous gun-chucks?

[@Ethan13371]

That would be illegal(in America)! Not because of the guns though…

[@HD-mp6yy]

​@@Ethan13371It would be illegal in Australia. Mainly because of the guns.

[@metabolic2057]

Gun-fu

[@tsiefhtes]

​@@Ethan13371you would have to register the string as a machine gun( yes the ATF has said this)

[@NoobTamer]

@@tsiefhtes Which is funny, because after bump stocks got banned the ATF put out a list of "approved" alternatives. Among them was using a string or rubber band. I never heard anyone who followed their "advice" but if they did, I hope they sued for entrapment.

[@Eclipse_101]

“On you, in you, sure.” WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS?! BAHAHAH

[@theromanorder]

2:04 theory as to why its better 2:46 problem (edge alignment and you can hook yourself) 3:35 exsplaning hiting with nun chucks 4:10 test with normal ones 4:57 test "dum chucks" 5:40 talk, once you hit it just wants to keep going or ricishay down not back at you 6:45 problem with the thor chucks (not long enough handle) 6:51 test 7:40 talk (its the middle point between the damage of dum chucks and speed of normal, would of been better to use longer handle for more control) 8:35 test comparing dum and normal chucks 8:45 talk about spining (not practical, but its not hard) 10:55 test with normal ones 11:21 test with thor chucks 11:50 test with dum chucks 13:08 talk (normal had speed and control but made bottles go flying, there esay, low chance of self harm but less power, against hard targets not strong and can break Thor chuchks, had power, dum chucks had lots of power and destroyed the target, but with all the weight it puts stress on handle wich leads to breakege, If the head was more like a mace it could work as no need for edge alignment 20:00 5/10 for thor chucks (as i said, not as fast as normal, not as powerful as dum chucks but alot less self harm

[@tshaw4725]

He is the messaiah

[@theromanorder]

@@tshaw4725 there was a while i did lots of these lol

[@tshaw4725]

I see I see

[@tshaw4725]

Shad should pin these

[@theromanorder]

@@tshaw4725 i know..

[@stax6092]

I feel like the people that talk Sh*t about Nun-chucks (Especially Shad) have never been knocked out or had their skull cracked by someone using them. They do what they do because they were made to be enough AND easily concealable. It's way harder to hide a stick that's the same length so when you think you're going into a fist fight and someone pulls nun-chucks on you, you are not on the winning side of that fight. Good video.

[@chiefcoiler]

I have some ideas to improve the hammer-chucks. Screw pommels on the ends of nun-chuks, so you can end your opponents rightly. They'd have to be pretty big and heavy pommels though. You could also just use maces instead of hammers. This would get rid of most of the accuracy problems, as most maces are symmetrical on all sides. EDIT: I made this comment before you mentioned maces at the end.

[@56815]

Find two big nuts and screw them on to the end of the stuck, maybe even wedge the nuts in place. Though.... you could just do the same to a stick and get better results....

[@Muljinn]

That is generally known as a “mace”…

[@NarrowSpark96]

"Dumchucks" seem pretty effective. I'm not surprised that adding a metal lump on the end would add a good bit of damage. On a different note, I'd be interested in seeing how nunchucks similar to Devil May Cry's Cerberus would work. Would having 3 sticks instead of 2 make them more effective? Probably not, but it's an idea.

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

Probably yes because it is more effective.

[@santino7470]

You’re right, Sword-Chucks are FAR SUPERIOR Edit: happy to see other 8-bit theater fans in the replies

[@ze_glitchy_gamer7629]

Makes me wish for lightsaber nunchuck to be a canon thing...

[@arthurdeheaulme7123]

Yeah! Ask Usui Tengen, he use it perfectly to kill demons in Kimetsu no Yaiba x)

[@adrigl3371]

Use katanas for more superiority

[@CryptkeyprVT]

Somebody else has read 8-bit theater

[@LordReginaldMeowmont]

Fighter McWarrior has entered the chat.

[@sergiovega451]

6:20-that makes sense with the weight being forward and wanting to drop after impact would be hard to come back- a 90 or 180 degree lever for the linkage would make it insane but less maneuverable and it’s already brilliant

[@invenblocker]

Best way to fix the nunchuck is to give them ice powers, so when you swing them those are frost imbued strikes. Maybe with an option to spin them to create a blast of ice. Even better, how's about fire abd lightning power too, and perhaps the ability to combine them into a full stick.

[@MrPlainsflyer]

Maaaaaaagic!!!!

[@NarrowSpark96]

King Cerberus?

[@samuelurban6132]

Featuring Dante from Devil May Cry! (Couldn't resist)

[@blackjacktrial]

Also, use ice to freeze the chain so you have a longer haft. Wait, now we have a cold stick...

[@knightryder4323]

Just proved that a flail is just more efficient nunchucks 😂

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

I've smacked myself over the head with nunchucks so many times. Shad is spot on about nunchuks

[@futurewario9591]

Using round blunts like the end of a mace would be best because it's the least likely to hit yourself with.

[@steelmongoose4956]

Sword-chucks, yo!

[@Corvona]

after years of training with nunchucks they (in my opinion) are surprisingly versatile. they can also be hard to predict while fighting against them because you can attack so fast and close distance quickly by extending your reach.

[@gameragodzilla]

I’d say a useful way to get the benefits of a nunchuck (more portability) while fixing the problems is simply making the nunchucks lock into the extended position when in use and then fold back in during carry.

[@TheSteam02]

I believe some concealed-carry batons are like that.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

You mean like a telescoping baton?

[@dirtpounder]

​@@Eidolon1andOnlyit always circles back to STICK.

[@gameragodzilla]

@@Eidolon1andOnly Pretty much.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

@@gameragodzilla Like a normal telescoping baton or like two of them tied together to make nunchucks?

[@justas423]

There are actually chinese nunchuks with big heavy metal balls on the end, mostly to show off your control over nunchuks.

[@callumwright7459]

I think if you were trying to improve the Nunchuck, without discarding the basic design, you would add heavy metal caps to the end of each stick. Perhaps the caps could be studded, flanged or ribbed in a similar way to many maces, the other major improvement I could see would be the inclusion of some mechanism that allows the user to affix the two halves... y'know... making a stick. The problem is, both those suggestions negate the only perceivable advantage of the nunchuck, that it is a simple, cheap weapon, that doesn't look much like a weapon. Alternatively one could light each end of the 'chuck on fire, spin them around as a form of intimidation, and then, while they are distracted... kick'em in the junk, and run.

[@wolokowoh0]

The former is the non-foam pugil stick.

[@jedcollings3624]

And the fact that you can, y'know, fold your nunchucks in half for carrying around with you Assuming you can't simply make the nunchucks heavier with a harder denser wood, I would just make the chain a lot longer and aim to smash right through their head like some sort of two handed heavy whip, just make the thing significantly longer than any type of sword normally carried and use it two handed

[@1981cbrinkm]

@jedcollings3624 A hard long stick can be a walking stick. Don't even need to hide it, whereas if you're caught with nunchucks, the police probably aren't going to be happy seeing you carrying two dorky sticks

[@jedcollings3624]

@@1981cbrinkm That's not relevant to time periods where you're permitted to walk around with a sword, nunchucks probably were the telescopic baton of it's time, equally you would be in a lot of trouble if police caught you with one of those.

[@1981cbrinkm]

@jedcollings3624 HAHAHAHAHAHA yeah um. The nunchucks are the dorks of melee weapons. Have you never wondered why you never saw armies of nunchuck wielding warriors, nor any mercenaries? Here, I'll ruin the surprise - the nunchucks were dead for hundreds if not thousands of years. Nunchucks are the typewriters of weapons in an internet age. They're the horse driven buggy in a world where we have cars. Bruce Lee, yes that Bruce Lee also rightly mocked them. Only reason they're around in popular media is because of a ninja turtle cartoon. Also, nunchucks do not telescope, and we're not talking about effective weapons like batons. Stay on topic, please.

[@nicholaswroblewski3069]

nunchucks are a nice concealable in the back of a sleeve stealth weapon

[@corvo9785]

I sort of always saw nunchucks as more of a discipline training tool. It takes alot of discipline to master nunchucks to a point where your more of a danger to your opponent than yourself. Cause the big thing about nunchucks is that you are going to hurt yourself a lot when learning how to use them

[@samuelgibson780]

I've also seen people argue online that it trains blocking reflexes as well. The idea of nunchuks as training tools makes sense to me. But I am no expert.

[@Donky_Kongs_Baby]

Whats funny is thats not even there purpose lol its like saying a shovel is a good tool for training blocks with lmao.

[@ChristophBrinkmann]

Hey Corvus. ANY martial arts teaches discipline.

[@jasonwinterboer5232]

4:55 Bro should be wearing a Helmet and face shield... I'm so terrified for Tyranth's safety!!!

[@jamesdeek7039]

You guys are living the dream

[@Avigorus]

My hellscape would be to get reincarnated in an isekai... where I am Michaelangelo of the TMNT, forced to learn to use nunchucks. Also to be the party animal when I'm 100% Donatello.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

I'm not inclined at all to use nun chucks in any capacity. I'm even less inclined to use two claw hammers chained together as nun chucks. Hitting yourself with a stick is bad enough but hitting yourself in say the groin with a claw hammer is sooooo much worse.

[@nikkibrowning4546]

Ow. 😵

[@Assdafflabaff]

I heard some people are into that.

[@dawhandaonli5925]

The thing is, nunchucks aren’t really offensive weapons so much as defensive weapons. When I was a kid I did shaolin gung fu, and the drills we ran with nunchucks was to tangle them around a sword, get in close, disarm the opponent, and then basically handcuff the opponent with the nunchucks (and with the cord wrapped around your wrist, and someone yanking on the handles, they had a good amount of leverage and could really manhandle you with not a lot of effort)

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

​@@dawhandaonli5925Yeah, that's kinda why I don't care for Shad's take on them. It's clear that, in his mind, if a weapon has no direct offensive capabilities, that it's a bad weapon, when that couldn't be further from the truth. It's like saying a hammer is a bad tool because you can't use it on a screw.

[@Lich___]

I was using a sledge hammer about a year ago and it bounced off the beam I was hitting and broke my leg. Now imagine that, but nunchuks.

[@dawhandaonli5925]

So I did shaolin gung fu when I was a kid, and the thing I was taught was that nunchucks are for tangling and disarming an opponent, not for actually attacking with the intent to do serious harm. The motions we practiced (aside from generally swinging them around and looking cool) was to catch a swinging “sword”, get in close, break your opponent’s grip, then handcuff them with the nunchucks.

[@jakelowery7398]

Nunchuck vs sword is an EXTREMELY unfavorable matchup. I'd probably rather have a darn buckler and nothing else over nunchucks. Besides that, sword the size of a gladius would be practically just as easy to conceal/carry.

[@Sleipnirrob]

People who can't even use the proper name (much less use them properly) describe why a weapon sucks...

[@Disgruntled_Dave]

If you're skilled enough, you can pretend to hit yourself in the balls in order to bait your opponent(s) into a reckless attack. If it's good enough for Undercover Brother, it's useful enough for reality.

[@kevinmorrice]

honestly, i always wondered why you dont see nunchucks with maces or an iron ball on the end

[@Bobis32]

funny enough traditional nunchaku would be capped with brass or similar metal or have weight pined to them, the solid wood construction is mostly a hollywood perpetuated myth due to how dangerous they are even made out of wood

[@kylie_h1978]

Essentially these are just a double-ended flail, and like a flail is more deadly than nunchucks, so are these. If you get rid of the second hammer for the safety of the user, make that stick longer for better ease of use, and there you have it, a flail.

[@thnecromaniac]

My assessments from watching this, the best way to improve on the nunchucks, and still keep the idea behind them: 1: make the two "sticks" more similar to Maces. And/or 2: give them a longer chain, make them more similar to a kusarigama.

[@minhducnguyen9276]

Keep the same ergonomics of the sticks by making them out of steel tubes, you can also adjust the weight by filling them with lead.

[@MarineVeteran0351]

I'm loving y'all's extra content. My dogs absolutely Get all geeked out when Tyranth gets amped up on stuff😅

[@bt1959]

I'm now very curious about dead-blow hammers. That might stop the rebound entirely.

[@landocalrissian.]

All he needs now is a cannon and he's got chainshot.

[@Qaianna]

Interesting results, and not what I expected. Tho I always wondered which was better: a nunchaku, or the individual short sticks that they're made of? (Not the full stick, the two little ones.)

[@jpteknoman]

As i understand it, the design of the nunchucks was deliberate as a non lethal weapon. They were made to cause pain on impact but not transfer enough force to do much damage.

[@disasterincarnate]

or maybe they were made that way because it would be simple/cheap.

[@kamenriderblade2099]

Tyranth, here's a simple machining idea for your "Flail Chucks" that don't look like you spent 10 minutes at the Hardware store. On the end of your standard Wooden Nun-Chucks, have a simple Spherical Metal Ball that is "Screwed In" to the base of your Wooden Nun-Chucks. That should create the "Flail Chucks" that you want. Finding a Metal Sphere Ball & Standard Screw Thread should be easy enough for a machinist like you. For the flexible linkage, use Dyneema Rope. That should give you superior rope flexibility & strength using modern fibers

[@budthecyborg4575]

I'd just thread a giant nut onto the end of each handle.

[@tranehoffman4798]

I love that Tyranth is slowly turning into Shad

[@Tallorian]

I'm surprised to see you guys wear no head protection while testing these 'chucks'. Especially if you expected the hammerchucks to break. We don't want you get hurt too badly! But yeah, very curious video. I'd love to see proper 'macechucks' made and tested. The concept sounds dope. Perhaps even Shad would finally recognize potential of such chucks as a weapon XD

[@absolutedegenerate2992]

Sad thing is drew this as a concenpt weapon for a parody of mine

[@erikbjelke4411]

I find it incredibly ironic and appropriate that the Thorchucks have handles that are too short, and this is repeatedly acknowledged.

[@Lich___]

Is it possible that nunchuks are less lethal by design? Do we know their origin? Seems like the perfect weapon for someone more interested in intimidation than destruction.

[@rbrb7869]

There is the speculation that it was invented from a working tool for field work. If that´s true than it would be a cheap self defense weapon for poor people which can be hidden and taken along all the time. And for those who say that you can also take a stick with you...look at your home town and tell me how many people are carrying sticks. I personally don´t like nunchucks and agree they are very often harmful to the owner himself but with proper training it also has it´s advantages.

[@Lich___]

@@rbrb7869 I was just on a train and I saw an old guy carrying a stick with a feather on it (which I think was to make it go faster) so, your argument is invalid. But seriously, would you happen to know what tool that was? Closest thing I can imagine would be that they were used as a flail for threshing grain, but that's a pretty weird design for a flail.

[@deathlytree434]

Loving the improved video quality

[@OofHearted]

Ones I saw recently were somehow the dumbest but at the same time, awesome in a Kung Fury kind of way. It was two sawn-off shotguns, because yes, they were Gunchucks and I definitely want a pair hung up in my room.

[@MrAngryThing13]

Congrats, you have created a flail! 😂

[@m.h.6470]

You got very lucky, that the metal hammers didn't chip or even explode, when you hit them together like in the beginning. I cringed every time you did that. Hammers like this are hardened tool steel, that can have imperfections and internal stresses - especially cheap ones like yours - that can be triggered/released, if you hit them together. The resulting "explosion" can be VERY violent and fast sharp metal chips can be flying around. Check out "WHY YOU DON'T HIT HARDENED STEEL!!!!!" by Alec Steele.

[@glenncaughey5044]

Mythbusters also tested smacking old hammers together. The speed if the fragments was insane.

[@EyesforSkies]

The not-so-dumbchuks

[@DeclanCC]

Remember the reason nunchucks were important is for their ability to hide their true intention. Two small sticks and a piece of rope is not instantly recognisable as a weapon, just as you'll find most "Ninja weapons" are usualy a range of simple farming tools. Being able to transport two claw hammers and a rope is the exact type of thing that would be used by modern ninjas.

[@hian]

It's not just that it isn't easily recognizable, it's that a folded nunchaku isn't even visible in the first place in traditional Japanese/Okinawan wear - whether by putting it inside the wide sleeves, into the wide obi(sash) or simply along the hem inside of the chest-portion of the kimono. The likely real reason for nunchaku to exist is as a "concealed weapon with a reach equalizer to a sword". Carrying a staff openly takes away the element of surprise, while a short stick doesn't provide the necessary length to face an attacker with a blade. The nunchaku, though unwieldy is the best compromise they could think of. It's also actually a really great tool for scaring away/fighting off wild animals.

[@Theknightman-wg1dz]

The best nunchuck is a onechuck. That’s a word I made up for just a stick

[@seymourfields3613]

I was really worried Shad was already back home. Excited for more CASTLES!

[@demolition3612]

Brilliant, replacing the rope in nunchucks with a solid material like a stick, perfect modification

[@DarioKalen_Kagenui]

Great video as always.

[@Justice-ian]

This has been done before; it's called a flail. Once you add a head, the handle on that end serves no purpose (and the head on the handle end reduces the striking radius / velocity / energy). A mace head would work better because the hammer head is too random: the head or claw concentrates force, while the side spreads force out more than the tip of real nunchaku.

[@Breezey_Dubz]

A mace head on the end of them would be pretty decent really in both efficacy and appearance, would make swinging em alot easier too without clawing yourself with the hammerhead

[@jeromychason107]

The way I understand them to work, is that nunchaka are made for quick strikes intended to stun your target, not to do much damage, so that you can use other attacks with little resistance?

[@The_Sojourn_Experiment]

the disappointment in his eyes when the nun-chucks with hammers appeared

[@Fnoffen]

21 minutes and 23 seconds long nunchuck video and not a single nun was chucked. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined! Good day, Sirs!

[@Cherubim666999]

😂 you win the internet for the day

[@indigova]

I feel like a safer but as deadly version of the hammer chucks would be effective. Just put a rounded ball of metal, that is slightly bigger than the width of the nunchucks at each end, and it would work.

[@stekkeify]

Tell that to a trained martial artist. He hit you 20 times before you even moved with a stick,it can come from everywhere.have to say, You have to be a trained person to use those in a way. And they dont need any perfecting, and there where metal ones too. So not really convinced.

[@jarejare7489]

Fix nunchucks by making the stick you hold longer and give the hitting stick some metal spikes. I mean just use the HUSSITE FLAIL!!!

[@jdcc789]

What about a dead blow hammer - chuck, they are meant to transfer force and not rebound as much

[@asingh4025]

there is one huge flaw in shads critique ..... boards don't hit back and dummies dont have joint nor react to pain ,,, not to mention the invisibility of a weapon that is not a solid structure

[@angryroostercreations5194]

construct and test a grain flail. It has a long handle with a shorter articulated head. They were used for threshing grain, but were also used as weapons, but not very prominently. The head is also not attached by a long chain, just one metal link on the end of the shaft, and end of the head.

[@brit-ishgaming3403]

"Nathan can you zoom in on that?" "No...I don't think I will"

[@MultiKeto]

00:13 the first moment in which shad ever questioned his god's existence for he allowed such a thing in his world.

[@yungmalaria]

The hammerchucks seem to be a surprisingly effective DIY weapon

[@SirBitesALot101]

I like these videos, because they're actually skillful with the weapons they're using.

[@DanaOtken]

I feel it's important to keep enough "chain" between the stick parts that you can catch something in it. (Ideally, enough to catch a neck. As with the kusarigama, a garotte is one of the weapon's most generally useful functions.)

[@teutonicknight23]

I love the energy Tyranth brings to the channel!!!!!

[@johnd5740]

Even nunchuck's portrayal on TV was feared at a time.

[@procow2274]

Congratulations you rediscovered the flail 🙂

[@FerPaleta]

About how practical is to spin them around: as far as I know that's to make feints. It would be interesting if you can compare the 2-parts-nunchucks with the 3-parts-nunchucks, bc I think those are consider far better.

[@StepCrow]

Shad… buddy, pal, I desperately need your sequel to Shadow of the Conqueror or your next book. Please and thank you 🙂

[@Rajamak]

I’d rather dual wield 2 hammers than have them tangled up with a piece of chain, same with the mallets.

[@reaperplays5875]

The only thing that kinda bugs me about videos talking about how bad nunchucks are is traditionally was not ment to be used for fighting but training for hand eye coordination fast reaction and hand movements as experts have insane levels of accuracy agility and speed with there hands and arms to do so takes a long time there are some weapons that are just not ment for fighting but training like using a blunt sword for training and sparring and not your sharp fighting sword or using something like a bo staff for sparing when training with a spear against an opponent

[@AlexanderosD]

What if you mitigated the loss of power and the rebound by connecting the two separate pieces to create a solid middle section? That way you are using leverage and can keep a solid follow through without any moving parts rebounding and losing kinetic energy. You could call it . . . A stick 🤔

[@drrocketman7794]

: 20 "what the hell is wrong with you?" 😆 🤣 😭☠️

[@nbanyan]

I am now convinced that nunchucks were invented so monks could have a non-lethal "weapon" to deter attackers.

[@TheAgamemnon911]

(holds up nunchucks) "This is a weapon of terror. It's designed to intimidate the enemy with fancy dance moves" (holds up stick) "THIS. Is a weapon of war. It's designed to keel the enemy"

[@SmokeyTheHeir]

The boys running out of wood cracked me harder than the coconuts

[@16m49x3]

that looks exactly like the kind of weapon an anime character would be wielding