Overappreciated Historical Weapons: NUNCHUCKS are STUPID!

[@shadiversity]

Here is an absolutely phenomenal reply video from The Schola-General, who brings up two great counterpoint I hadn't considered regarding flails and I agree with him completely: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH2lYWufZbmabKs There have been other counterpoints some people have been sharing in the comments that I largely disagree with and have already filmed a follow-up video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqLTkmWIrJWkq8k&t Wushu engineer's video where he tests nunchuks vs a stick: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaGzpGOhacutlac

[@yeetlordentertainment3937]

I love nunchaku and practice with them a lot, but I know they're not top tier. It's an OK weapon tho, and they are pretty decent as an intimidation weapon. Stick doesn't scare no one, nunchucks - due to film and media - actually have a pretty good intimidation value (if you know how to use them). They're also fairly unpredictable, and I can personally attest to the fact that a hit to the head from a nunchaku hurts like hell. They ARE useless against armor, though, and they can be dangerous to an insufficiently skilled user. Honestly, I consider them B tier at best, although they are my favourite weapon. You should consider the Sanbon Nunchaku as well though (3 sticks, 2 chains), has some interesting applications for striking AROUND weapons, by hitting with the middle stick (although it's tricky to pull off. If you can't find any footage of a Sanbon Nunchaku, while I'm not GREAT with them, I'll send you a short demonstration. Oh yeah, they're also better, reach-wise, than a knife, while being less lethal (good for self defence if you don't want to go to jail for murder!). But I'm jabbering - I'll finish by saying that Nunchaku aren't an amazing weapon, but they ARE cool, fairly portable, intimidating, and can be difficult to predict. I'd love to hear your opinions on the Sansetsukon and other weapons in the Oriental Flail family! EDIT: They also suck defensively, as you said

[@yeetlordentertainment3937]

I also uploaded a 15 second video of me swinging my old set of nunchaku around (they broke, they were kinda cheap) from a few months back. Lotta spins, but I do agree that those aren't phenomenal in an actual fight.

[@seaurchin1517]

Best weapons against dinosaurs 😎

[@aleprechaun8972]

Hm, I'm looking forward to that peko!

[@davidjohnson8072]

Interesting reply, I liked it and it brings an interesting perspective so I am glad that you linked it shad thank you. I look forward to seeing your upcoming reply video I’m glad you went ahead and made it so I can hear your response/ extra thoughts

[@OhMeGaGS]

new Shadiversity series: "Historical Weapon vs Stick" I'm aboard that train

[@problems3485]

Honestly that would be an amazing series

[@Merilirem]

Stick wins a lot more than people realize. All weapons have advantages over stick but its always been a solid choice. Just a matter of length.

[@davidj3841]

@@Merilirem It's not about the size of the stick, it's about the motion of the user

[@overlorddante]

Pretty good baseline. A stick is the most basic, rudimentary weapon you can use so anything worse than a stick is simply rubbish.

[@aule10]

actually sticks are also historical weapons :D

[@DanJonesKing]

I remember watching an interview and even Bruce Lee himself says that about nunchakus. He said he used them in movies because they western audiences thought they were cool but they're mainly a tool for showing off your dexterity.

[@Usual_User]

Well, that's fair

[@NA-nz9lv]

Do you have a name/link to find this interview? I'd love to see it.

[@TestTest-tj9io]

They are actually a tool to beat rice straws. It's not a weapon. The martial art exist so farmers could use their told for self defence.

[@mrbacchus6127]

Right they exist too look cool

[@667nine]

Hmm

[@IOwnKazakhstan]

I just watched a fully grown man yell at two sticks stuck together with a rope/chain for 20 minutes and I’m happy about it

[@TK-zf7sx]

2-3 minutes of content crammed into 20 minutes of video. The content may be good, but he mostly talks and tells you (over and over) what he's going to do, and takes forever to actually do it.

[@penelopeskaggs5563]

@@TK-zf7sx so? it's still educational.

[@TK-zf7sx]

@@penelopeskaggs5563 - If you like information delivered this way, watch it. I'm just expressing my opinion. The presenter and others can take it or leave it. But if YT pays him based on the number of views AND for how long they watch, there's an obvious reason for padding the video. Meh - I'll move on to someone who's more concise.

[@seddonlantz4311]

Ha

[@flowrepins6663]

its pandemic time we all need hobbies

[@LMLR187]

There was an episode of Deadliest Warrior between the Yakuza and the Mafia. When the Yakuza presented the nunchucku as their weapon and demonstrated its usage and damage. It took a couple hard, coordinated swipes to crack the skull dummy. The Mafia side responded by simply pulling out a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and with one mighty swing, the shattered the same skull into chunks. It was quite a moment.

[@danielcaiado6924]

You can carry the nunchuk in a small bag, you can't do that with the bat.

[@Fuchsfeuer]

It's just simple physics. All the power goes back through the stick and through the chain/band and at the latest with the chain and band you lose the greatest power and serve as a wonderful damper. With a stick/baseball bat, the power goes through the stick into your hand and you are the damper thanks to your hand and arm. What loses more strength a loose ligament or chain links or an arm with muscles and bones and the movement working against them?

[@johnnystrautins6161]

Deadliest Warrior is a show where bunch of assholes pretend to know historical combat. Anything they say, should be taken with a grain of salt or as a joke, because their themseves are a fucking joke. But yeah, nunchuks are shit.

[@blacksnapper7684]

The show is also biased and historically inaccurate as hell.......not to mention just one simple crack on the head with a fully extended chuk would have ben enough the didn’t have to do the spins.......

[@gangrenousgandalf2102]

@Black Snapper Realistically both would bust out their Chicago Typewriters and try to find cover.

[@MrDestroyerPrime]

My favorite historic manuscript quote on flailed weapons. "A novice will hit themselves. A master will hit themselves less".

[@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid]

...And a straight up noob will hit themselves *right on the funny bone* 😫☠

[@Dragrath1]

@@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid better that than some other places... >_>

[@Hug0Pro]

You do know that probably the best warrior of all time said the chained sickle is the worst of weapons to face 1 vs 1 right? If u facing someone who is good. IT was miyamoto musash himself that said it

[@krackencrusader403]

@@Hug0Pro just because its dangerous to fight against doesn't make it a good weapon hit yourself with that thing one time and your out of comission

[@monad_tcp]

sometimes I think that weapon was invented by master to make novice hit themselves and learn to proper choose their weapons

[@Greideren]

Robber: Tries to rob someone Random guy: "Call an ambulance!" *Gets his nunchakus out * "For both of us!"

[@derrickstorm6976]

😂😂 you should have been early with this one

[@theo3957]

Lol

[@Intranetusa]

The Scholar-General's channel has an idea of why flails (war-flails made with iron and iron chains) were actually decent weapons for horsemen on horseback that builds on Wushu Engineer's conclusions. When you have the added force of traveling on a horse, the rider wanted to limit the handshock they would receive back into their hands/arm. The reduced amount of force from choosing a flail over a mace would be more than offset by the added energy from attacking on top of a moving horse. So due to the "overkill" amount of force when attacking from horseback, it made sense to reduce the amount of force in exchange for reducing the chance of injuring your arm through handshock. A rigid weapon like a mace or a stick is also more likely to break or be knocked out off your hand when you're striking on horseback compared to a less rigid weapon like a flail. See links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH2lYWufZbmabKs kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmSwoKGbnMmEgJo

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

I've also heard that they're meant to counter armor. Because you can't cut full plate, swords don't work very well. So the heavy blunt force of a mace is preferable to batter the armor and get a full transfer of force. But then their opponents just started using shields to counter the heavy and slow striking maces. So they started using flails to wrap around the shields while still delivering comparable force, even if deflected at the chain. Of course, if you're going by which gives most force, then the mace makes it much easier to translate that mechanical advantage than having to maneuver a flail so that you can build up enough rotational momentum.

[@peterquill950]

🤣🤣🤣

[@BenjaminSteber]

"I made them myself" Don't get cocky. The tree did most of the work.

[@greenchristendom4116]

Yea verily.

[@markuhler2664]

I don't like celebrating my birthday, but I do try to congratulate my mom for her work.

[@BATMAN-zw8nf]

A:TLA

[@autobotstarscream765]

Then the tree came back as *BEEG STICK* to put its offspring in their place.

[@echidnaralsei1473]

As a tree hugger this kinda hurts me knowing tree died for an inefficient object. Rip 😞

[@pauljmorton]

Yup, impractical, ineffective or even dangerous to self as a weapon, but still swinging them around is sick and cool and a fun skill. Just like juggling: no practical use whatsoever, but still impressive. :D

[@nunchuckman4253]

I want to make something clear to you just in case you’ve never been in a real fight. There is no way in hell you’d ever hit anyone with a big stick. It’s too big an heavy. Someone would either move away or wait till you feel back and tackle your ass. Ain’t no one in the history of the world ever got hit by a big stick who knew it was coming. It’s big, it’s heavy and it’s clumsy. No one and I mean no one is going to stand there and allow you to swing a big heavy stick at them. Any anyone who thinks otherwise just has a man crush on Shadiversity because it ain’t true. I’ll make you deal. I’ll stand in front of your big stick if you’ll stand in front of my nunchucks and we’ll see which one of us is standing afterwards.

[@ElessarEstel]

I wouldn't say they have no practical use. I don't particularly like them, and if we're talking self defense, I'm carrying a gun anyway, but if you break it down, they're a flail. And flails were used in professional warfare for years upon years.

[@dylannecros3636]

@@ElessarEstel not exactly a flail either. As stated in the video, authentic fails are designed so they're too short to hit you when they bounce back.

[@K-newborn]

says a guy who never got down

[@dylannecros3636]

@@K-newborn what does dancing have to do with this?

[@F4Wildcat]

I have seen more actors comically hitting themselves with nunchucks than actually taking someone out

[@marvalice3455]

You _can_ take out someone with anything. But it's better to have a proper weapon than a baguette, even if you are strong enough to kill someone with the baguette

[@tatuvarvemaa5314]

@@marvalice3455 And that is why I use a spoon to finnish the job.

[@fatthorstumtum6593]

@@marvalice3455 leave a baguette out for like a week and you have a club xD

[@beardedbjorn5520]

@@marvalice3455 have you ever wielded a stale baguette? Class A weapon in some countries.

[@HamsterPants522]

That's the point. The weapon is for training hand-eye coordination, not actually for fighting with.

[@redmoon383]

Honestly all I'm probably going to remember after this video is "stick good, nunchuk bad" and "he's a big boi"

[@Space_Drifter0621]

I was hugely surprised to know Shad's height, i always thought he had an avearge height

[@Kr0noZ]

Well, my takeaway is "rigid shaft > bendy implement" ;-)

[@nathank2289]

*whacky stick* (is better than bacon)

[@jimmybarton8547]

@@Space_Drifter0621 same

[@RishiKumar-ie6ns]

@@nathank2289 Yoda, is that you?

[@dismentaler]

secretly, the only reason shad made this video so that he could flex his nunchuck skills on all of us.

[@JackOBlades0801]

Without a doubt.

[@wren7195]

@@JackOBlades0801 "But his nunchucks are obviously homemade of dimensions usable only by an enormous gaijin, and therefore all conclusions made in this video are gaijin and toopids." (I'm joking please)

[@goidogoi]

Hear ye! Hear ye!

[@Imsohorde]

Big True

[@Mister_Tac0]

It is... Acceptable xD

[@rickrivethead]

When i was a young teenager, my friend showed off with a pair of these things in my living room. I remember clearly the look on his face as the light shade above his head shattered into a million pieces lol!

[@kdks7843]

🤣

[@pepsiman3430]

Shad: a very serious man dedicated to his job. Also Shad: WooOoOoo Aa Helicopter.

[@michaelsorensen7567]

Sometimes you have to be seriously dedicated to appreciating helicopters 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@kurington.blogspot7876]

"Say 'hi 'into the mike." "Hi into the mike." Spoken like a true warrior.

[@alzhanvoid]

Mike?

[@Rahul-qz8pj]

Mic lol

[@corv6005]

"mike" spoken like a true warrior.

[@nyblller9785]

Say Goodbye Caroline

[@N_4747]

@@nyblller9785 Goodbye Caroline

[@beccag2758]

In the eyes of my government, there’s basically nothing more deadly than two sticks tied together

[@Space_Drifter0621]

Two guns put together by a chain and used as nunchucks

[@redmoon383]

@@Space_Drifter0621 used as Gunchucks you mean

[@druid_zephyrus]

Lawn darts. If you actually looked up the debates before the banning of nunchucks was voted upon and then signed in, it is about children being inexperienced and hurting themselves. just like lawn darts. Nunchucks were not banned because they were a weapon. Nunchucks were banned because we sold weapons as toys to children and they got hurt. Edit: They shouldnt be banned, tbc. Parents should just be taught, before they become parents, that you must be experienced with an item before you hand it to a child unsupervised.

[@nosville22]

pretty sure it's a user safety thing

[@Space_Drifter0621]

@@redmoon383 Yes, pretty much

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

I’ve never heard a man spend so much time explaining the dynamics of how a big whacky-stick (really gotta watch your wording there Shad) is superior to a poorly-designed flail. Love your videos.

[@GordonShemway1]

I want to see an Indiana Jones type scene where a martial arts master is twirling nunchuks and Shad just cracks his head with a stick

[@ot4kon]

Bruce lee already did that.

[@junkabella6324]

We want Shad!

[@jacob1121]

Or maybe even just parrying with a stick causing it to bounce back and cause harm to its wielder.

[@kurnhurin4118]

14 year old me "You have offended my family and you have offended the Shaolin temple" 35 year old me after countless head injuries and nerve damage in my elbow "Yes"

[@anti-Russia-sigma]

Nunchucks were never used before the 20th century.So you must have had brain injuries too.

[@alex-uw4mm]

@@anti-Russia-sigma it is called making a meme, plz don't be butthurt

[@CatSixty6]

@@anti-Russia-sigma we are 21 years into it, so what doesn't add up? Even if it's just supposed to be a meme, the math checks out

[@randomguy-]

@@CatSixty6 121 years. So yeah, I don't see the problem either.

[@CatSixty6]

@@randomguy- Man I totally forgot how centuries work, forgot we are already in the 21st

[@philcoast1031]

"Nunchucks are stupid!" Oh no, poor Mike. Such a cool guy, he didn't deserv- "Sticks are much better!" HECK YEAH, DONNIE, MY MAN!!! ...but yeah, rough day for Mike, huh?

[@schmibbly3180]

He got the shell, maybe thats why he doesnt care? It's preety much built in armor I think

[@Non-y3s]

Schmibbly, turtles have nerves on their shells so they can still feel with their shells

[@TMFlesh]

Sword > Stick > Dagger > Nunchuck

[@schmibbly3180]

@@Non-y3s Aight I revoke my argument

[@senorstyx3011]

Nunchaku are for choking someone from behind, thus one must be good to use it as have to get behind the person to end them.

[@jonvahue4707]

Thanks again for a great video! I also like the title word: Overappreciated. Nunchucks do seem to fall victim to that criticism. However, I would point out that you seem rather less compassionate about the history of the weapon than it may deserve. The weapon (and nearly all other Okinawan based weapons) was developed (please comment historians) when the citizens of Okinawa had all weapons banned by an invading force, and they had to improvise new (often inferior) weapons, that could be found during a search, and passed off as equipment needed for other purposes. The nunchuck was derived from a wheat threshing staff, and was in part designed to look innocuous, like a common farm implement. Any Okinawan resistance fighter who had one would probably dump the thing the moment they were free from fear of searches and confiscation in favor of a more effective weapon. You characterize the weapon as 'mostly used to show off.' I have to agree... currently... just like EVERY OTHER hand weapon used by basically anyone who isn't involved in actively defending either their life or the lives of others today. No offense, but at the end of the day, isn't every medieval weapon and piece of armor you guys carry at least In Part used to show off how tough and skilled you are? Nunchucks are an example of an improvised weapon during hard times. Its advantage over the fighting stick was that the invading army that was actively searching for and confiscating weapons would take your studded, reinforced stick... but probably leave you with the 'wheat thresher.' I would imagine, if they found you with a fighting stick, they may take off your hand or your head as well, just to make an example of you. I'm glad you post the videos that you do. I hope you don't think I don't like them. Still, at the end of the day, I hope it's okay I point out that you seem to miss the point that nunchucks were, historically, an improvised weapon, one used by an oppressed people to overcome a better armed, better trained force, and they deserve respect for their place in history.

[@tilasole3252]

I've heard that story multiple times. And although I like the idea, thinking more critically about it, it sounds like a load of crock. If you no longer have effective weapons, farming implements may win the battle, simply due to surprise or arrogance from the traditionally armed guards or soldiers at first. But after the initial shock and awe, those rebelling would either be dead or the rebellion at least cruelly put down so they could continue their work. Like most myths, there is some truth undoubtedly to it, but it is more fiction than fact.

[@Dee-nonamnamrson8718]

@@tilasole3252 How could nunchucks be useful for farming?

[@tilasole3252]

@@Dee-nonamnamrson8718 to remove the inedible bits from the rice. Thrashing or threshing I believe. Also what ended up being the nunchaku may have looked quite different in it's original form. That is if the story is to be believed. But you do have to thrash wheat and grains to remove the husks so it is plausible.

[@grudgebearer1404]

​​@Just Vibing Nice myth but is just that, a myth. A scythe is a farming tool, a fork is a farming tool, hoe is a farming tool, machete is a farming tool and the list goes on, unless they were prohibited from farming with any tool at all they had at least one or two of that list to farm rice properly and all of those are better weapons than two weights with a rope in between, damn, even a stick, just walk under the closest tree and get a fallen branch break it and is a more effective weapon than what this legend proposes. Also, machetes, scythes and several other kinds of bladed tools are easier to hide and more convincing than the nunchucks. Important to remember that nunchucks require quite a bit of practice to become effective and not be self harming than just a fallen branch that needs no training at all to be as effective as it can be when used by a mob of peasants.

[@badfoody]

@@tilasole3252 that is why you're a clown, it wasn't meant for battle. it was meant as a self defense weapon and a useful one when there was nothing else available that nothing else doesn't include a walking stick

[@phillwithanf6698]

Only one thing more dangerous than a person who knows how to use nunchucks, a person who doesn't know how to use them, but is using them anyway...

[@Digo-eu]

Even a danger to themselves

[@Spiceodog]

Ok but what about dragons!? Dragons are more dangerous.

[@101Mant]

@@Spiceodog I dunno, kinda hard to hit yourself with a dragon

[@Spiceodog]

@@101Mant well if it’s a smaller one and you grab it by the tail.... oh and the fire breath! You wield it like a flail with a flamethrower attached to the end

[@Spiceodog]

@@101Mant hold that thought, I’m dming dnd today and I know exactly what the orc leader is going to be wielding

[@hollowtangent7306]

I'm convinced that nunchucks are used to train ones own endurance. Getting good with nunchucks means learning to withstand you beating the shit out of yourself.

[@lytuy7952]

Not really. It does take a lot of stamina to use. But they are ver brilliant as a weapon of war actually. It just takes a lot of practice to use one.

[@crimsonblack1743]

See also: Rope dart, pois, chains and even whips. I love all of these weapons, and am tolerably good with most of them but you stand more chance of beating yourself up than anyone else.

[@crimsonblack1743]

Edit: WAS tolerably good with most of them. Just realised I've not picked up any of them in about 2 years. Give me a quarterstaff anyday

[@serPomiz]

they are more of a "competition" class of weapon. you can get some pretty intense effect with those, but it requires some movement you wouldn't really do out of a ring (showing off with it is litterally PART of what you do with those) and you would never do some of the most common combination when acrually attacked. also, untill you slammed in sequence both head and crotch, you haven't been practicing enough, which is a flaw in on itself

[@fireball303]

It also probably helps hand-eye coordination and agility. Quick thinking and that sort of stuff

[@diazrpasion]

Bruce Lee never thought the nunchaku was a practical weapon because its moves are very telegraphed and unwieldy but felt it looked good on film which lead him to to learn how to use it.

[@AverageGabriel]

As a Bruce Lee fan, it's awesome to see someone else know this little fact behind the scenes. If I remember, it was a biography type show where Bruce Lee said it himself and admitted he learned a lot from the film industry with weapons. That, and it gave him the funds to start teaching himself further and go to college.

[@SolarisKane]

Interesting, I didn't know this!

[@counterstrike89]

@@AverageGabriel I disagree, if you are very proficient using them like they're an extension of your hand, its potentially extremely deadly, but its not for everyone, certain people though its natural to them, there's a guy named Ken Hill who is sick, I'd never want to run into him with chucks in an alley. Solid hardwood also is extremely deadly, I'm using that here, kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKS6o4VueMl3p5I

[@RedFloyd469]

@@counterstrike89 What do you mean you disagree? Acrobattybun just mentioned a fact about Bruce Lee's life. And to counter your point: saying "this weapon is an extension of your hand" is an overplayed trope. Literally every single hard piece of material that you can use to hit people with, is an "extension" of your hand. As shad has shown: using a simple, pragmatic, easily acquired long wooden club, is far superior in every single practically objective way imaginable, save for raw intimidation tactics. If indeed a person is extremely skilled, like this Ken Hill fellow that you mention, then it's highly likely he would be EVEN more deadly with a simple wooden club. That, or to put it very simply: from a sheer combat-effectiveness standpoint, he has wasted his time learning how to expertly use an impractical weapon. Time he could have used to become an expert in a much more practical weapon. (Naturally people who pour years into expertise for martial arts weapons, or plain martial arts anyway, simply do it out of a hobby and/or because they may make money off of their expertise. Nobody really "needs" to be proficient with these things in a world with guns, from a self-defense point of view) Furthermore: you say you don't want to run into him if he's wielding nunchucks. Well, would you like to run into him if he's wielding a wooden club? The same principle applies. And lastly, if indeed Ken Hill were to attack me with nunchucks, then provided I had a wooden club myself, I believe I could effectively take him out before he could take me out. I say this as somebody who is completely unskilled in any type of weaponry. This is because wielding a large wooden stick-like object is incredibly easy. All you need is force, a good grip and a good stance. I have a reach advantage, and as shown in this vid, he will likely be able to generate less force with the nunchucks, thereby greatly increasing my chances to take him out first. Not that it's a competition. In any case, your counter-argument makes no sense from a practical point of view. Nobody is denying that nunchucks CAN be deadly, but there is no POINT to using them when a solid wooden club does the same trick better. And he'll DEFINITELY get hurt if he attempts to use the nunchucks in the same way as a person would use a club, hence why he will likely generate even LESS force because he has to compensate for it. Long story short: the nunchucks are dumb, big stick energy all the way.

[@alanmichelsandoval8768]

@@RedFloyd469 well I think It Is harder to grab a Nunchuck than a stick in case your opponent tries to disarm you

[@Petayoshi]

A few points to put the Nunchaku into historic perspective: 1. When the island of Okinawa (Ryukyu Kingdom) was invaded by the Satsuma they banned all weapons from the Island. As an aftermath the martial art of Kobudo was developed with the goal to utilize farming tools as weapons. Thus the question was never "How can we develop an effective weapon? Let's invent the Nanchaku" but more "What is the best way to use the Nunchaku as a weapon?". The Nunchaku was generally used for agricultural purposes as a flail. Thus the Nunchaku was never designed to serve as a weapon. 2. The way of holding the Nunchaku so close to the link (as demonstrated in this video) is not the way the Nunchaku should be handled. First because you are generating less force and second you are indeed more likely to hit yourself. Also locking the Nunchaku in the armpit is something I have only seen in Bruce Lee movies. 3. It is possible to not hit yourself when hitting a target with full force. Here is a clip from a Japanese martial arts documentary (Budo: The Art of Killing, 1978) kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGikoHWjZ95qnJYsi=GGQhPc7wQN5Z_Z0a&t=1067 At 18:12 a wooden stick is hit without the Nunchaku hitting back the user. 4. I have a martial arts background myself and have practiced Kobudo. I have never practiced with the Nunchaku (forbidden in my country as "stranglewood") but I can tell that the presenter has never trained in Nunchaku either, except for practicing flashy spins. And I don't find it right that the presenter claims to have experience in the beginning of the video. 5. I agree that a simple stick might be more efficient. However this is a onesided assessment for a weapon. A Nunchaku is more easy to hide and transport than a stick just to give one argument to carry a Nunchaku instead. A knife is even more convenient to carry, but knifes where banned from Okinawa in the past.

[@Petayoshi]

I see another combat advantage of the Nunchaku. The correct way of holding the Nunchakus - both hands at the end of one of the sticks and the link behind your shoulder - allows you to attack from different angles (top-down, down-top, vertical, diagonally) and with different hands without telegraphing your move. This is something you cannot do the same way with a stick

[@Petayoshi]

I found another video from someone who actually knows how to use nunchaku. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYS9Xol4mptogM0si=Brg9yVGPIhJgj0za It confirms my assumption that the presenter does not know how to use nunchuks and has never seriously practiced with it. Also from the way he moves I doubt that he has any serious martial arts background

[@Knoloaify]

Point 1 is baseless propaganda. Weapons were already forbidden by King Shō Shin of the Ryukyu kingdom in order to prevent insurrections BEFORE the invasion by Satsuma. And yes Satsuma did also implement a weapon ban...which was in line with basic Japanese law of the time as seen in the Sword Hunt of 1588. It wasn't just the Ryukyu, it was all of Japan. Also the presence of Japanese samurai on the island was quite low as the whole point off the invasion was to allow them to trade with China by pretending to be Ryukyuans. The Japanese presence became more common only much later when Japan annexed the kingdom during the 19th century. The story of the plucky Ryukyuans resisting against evil Japanese samurai with Karate and Nunchunks is a myth.

[@mingthan7028]

It's still useless anyway.

[@CarlySB]

You are presenting your fantasies as facts. You aren't going to persuade anybody by doing that.

[@dixietarian]

My student-instructor on nunchucks when I was a kid in karate class: "Honestly, if I got in a fight and had a pair of nunchucks I would hand them to the other guy and say, 'Here, use these.'"

[@kainshannarra2451]

lol

[@WE-te3vp]

Pure evil lol

[@brandonnavarre3360]

how are you verified lmao

[@lancetheking7524]

Wait

[@lancetheking7524]

5 subs bruh

[@DTK-X-GAMING]

not sure if this episode was about Nunchucks or Shad presenting his new home defence system: Sir Ben.

[@greatclubsandwich5612]

Beware of Ben sign now posted on borders to the Shadlands...

[@viscountrainbows6452]

I'm in awe of the size of that lad.

[@Devin_Stromgren]

@@greatclubsandwich5612 If this doesn't actually happen I will be extremely upset.

[@austinmc4004]

@@viscountrainbows6452 he is a big boi

[@Ake-TL]

@@viscountrainbows6452 ABSOLUTE UNIT

[@PossumReviews]

The only reason Bruce Lee never hit himself with nunchucks is because actors don't actually hit each other in movies, and therefore, it doesn't bounce back and hit him. There's also the fact that they always use the best take and aren't going to show him screwing up.

[@mathewpower9266]

That's cool and all but why did the goblin turn on the stove?

[@thewelldweller3092]

yes WhY dId ThE gOblin TuRn On ThE sToVe?

[@spartin1173]

Oh i didnt expect to see you here valid comment but I just don’t really expect to see youtubers i watch in comment sections of other videos

[@pirateofthepacific9687]

Actually if you hit through your opponent with a nunchuck you won’t get hit. If you stop as soon as the nunchuck hits your opponent it flies right back at you.

[@monteparnas]

@@pirateofthepacific9687 Shad did went through and got hit anyway. What you describes isn't actually a thing in physics, the nunchaku will rebound as soon as it makes contact with a hard surface.

[@andrewnichols6567]

If nunchucks are powerful enough to knock yourself out, that means they’re also powerful enough to knock out your opponent

[@Kroogg]

Yeah, cause I want to go into battle knowing the weapon I carry is either going to knock them out or me.

[@Nursegirlalexandra]

@@Krooggmaybe you’re just not skilled enough to not knock yourself out lol.

[@joetrevino1607]

​@@Krooggshad was using the nunchucks completely wrong. I practice okinawa kobudu years. He chokes up so high and loses all power. Then his strikes are sloppy he's trying to follow like its a sword. Of course its going to bounce back and hit him. As for blocking he again proved that he doesn't know what hes talking about. You could block with chain but most blocks are about wrapping around and tangling while you dual wield.

[@emp0rizzle]

@@joetrevino1607 don't forget Splinter killed the Shredder with nunchucks.

[@mykeETx]

😂😂😂

[@whiterabbit75]

When I was a kid, I used to think they were called numbchucks because when you hit yourself with them, you go numb.

[@AVGyerra22]

HA, good one

[@weswolever7477]

Wait...they’re not called that??? My whole life has been a lie

[@darskicutler1894]

@@weswolever7477 mine too

[@Joe-xo4yg]

🤣😂🤣👍

[@argondrolf785]

"they're better than nothing" I dunno, Shad, I've never accidentally punched myself with my own fists while fighting.

[@fanieljairtonjairton4234]

I trained with then when I still practiced karate two years ago and would that with training better than unarmed, but without training worse

[@argondrolf785]

@@fanieljairtonjairton4234 I trained a little with them too! It was more for performance but I was fairly handy with them. If you know what you're doing, they're definitely viable but personally I prefer hand-to-hand, grappling or something with less of a Learning curve

[@pekojounin]

@@argondrolf785 you can throw them to you enemy and watch them hit themselves.

[@kingduckie9135]

My Maoi Thai Class had a nunchku class next door that I went to. I got pretty good but I would still prefer to just wrap a jacket around my arm and use that for defense and kicks, punches and the environment to attack because my Maoi Thai teacher showed us that you can literally just follow the path of the nunchku and catch them lol so yee

[@jmalmsten]

One of the games I used to play in VR was a boxing fitness game. Targets flew at you in time with the generic music. Long story short... Before I learned to sync the distance of the hits wirh the beats. I more than once hit my own head because I let the targets get too close before I started the swings. Luckily noone saw those bits.

[@Mrcryptidsarereal]

"Martial Arts Mormon" sounds exactly like the kind of low-budget 80s action flick I'd find at a dollar store and buy to watch because it was actually freaking awesome.

[@alexandercross9081]

Not to be confused with the ninja Mormons in Sherlock Holmes

[@jaketheberge1970]

We can't expect god to do all the work.

[@nroke1684]

Might I introduce you to the movie, “Inspired Guns” it’s hilarious.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Definitely Best of the Worst.

[@nuyabuisness7526]

When you want to play monk, but the DM can't fit an eastern style monastery into the setting.

[@Catbane]

I'm not here to argue the effectiveness of nunchucks but people should know about some of the history of nunchucks before the comprehensive discussion. Nunchuck (two sectioned stick) is an ancient weapon from China documented with 2500 years of history. Most people knows about nunchuck from Bruce Lee movies or Okinawa's martial artists (they do not considered themselves as Japanese but Chinese still). There are two main types of Chinese weapon categories 1. HARD Weapon such as different types of sword and knife (Chinese interpretation : single edge sharpened = knife 刀, both edges sharpened = sword 劍) , spear, stick, long pole, etc.. And SOFT Weapons such as 9 sectioned chain whip, nunchuck (2 sectioned stick) , 3 sectioned stick, etc.. The application of these weapons are very different. If you only consider the brute force of a particular weapon produced, it may not be fair to its true application originally. For example, nunchucks are much harder to block if applied properly by true expert. Also, one of the lethal application of nunchuck is to struggle the opponent's neck with ease applying the leverage of the sticks. So comparing apples to oranges is meaningless... My 2 cents

[@Ceejay-s9e]

Perfect statement

[@acewithglasses5746]

Oh don't mind shad in the beginning he's just flexing his skills in all types of weaponry

[@richardromanyshyn608]

My son wasn't sold on Shad until he saw him Deadpool whipping broad swords and discrediting Thanos sword we both walked out of Endgame thinking was weird

[@nunyabisnus1892]

Chadiversity

[@kennethsatria6607]

This is like superhero levels of Weapon Efficiency

[@TactWendigo]

The secret to KZbin is establishing dominance early in the video. Lol. On a serious note I do enjoy watching those displays.

[@WitchFisterVeo1911]

Flex? This only a small taste of his power.

[@caleb8410]

He's just saying this because he's been paid of by Big Stick.

[@cameronmoore4061]

if hitler had a big stick we would all be speaking german right now

[@mohandasjung]

Big stick polices

[@pants15]

You're just jealous of his "big Stick" energy!

[@ciddax754]

Yeah, but he should speak more softly as Theodore Roosevelt once said.

[@shellknight1323]

#BIGSTICKGANG

[@EgaoKage]

Being a life-long student of Kung Fu, I have met many people whose skill with nunchucks was more than adequate. And yet, I cannot recall one person to mind who would prefer them, over any other weapon, no matter the situation. However, they do have worth as a training aid. It can be quite a challenge to teach some students to think in terms of one object rotating around another. Nunchucks, can help with this. When you "get it right" you feel a sense of accomplishment. And when you "get it wrong", you get a little bite. You could say that they are very effective at teaching humility. Also worth mentioning, their presence in Chinese martial arts predates purpose-built agricultural flails. That might seem difficult to believe, on the surface. But what is nunchucks, if not a broken stick, with a few fibers holding each end together? You can probably easily imagine what would eventually happen to a piece of fresh-cut, green bamboo in a prolonged fight. Especially if your enemy were better equipped than you. So, not only do you train with the stick, but with the broken stick. Because, eventually, every stick breaks. Historically, Kung Fu has been an art for the underdogs. I do love nunchucks, but not for their value as a weapon. I love that even garbage (a broken stick) has much to teach. :)

[@aerialpunk]

What an interesting comment! Very cool.

[@focidhomophobicii2426]

About Circulating Objects,you might want to started with Jo, Bo staff and then Nunchuck. You'll get better reflex and likely to gain the ability to gain more momentum and release. And then again, you will now want to go Dart Rope or Meteor Hammer as they are far more effective

[@krkrbbr]

naaaaah kung fu doesn't have nunchucks its just new gen lame kung fu teachers that use them because they are "cool"

[@jozenthejozarian2564]

@@krkrbbr not only "nunchucks" but two and three section rods, 7 and 9 section chain whips, meteor hammers, monkey fists, and all manner of flexible weapons

[@zachmarcus107]

@@krkrbbr Historically, the Chinese have used nunchucks for thousands of years across multiple martial arts (including 功夫); even if under different name. Two and three section rods originate from China. Additionally, kung fu teachers don't use them because they're cool. They use them for all of the reasons said above & more.

[@bullfrogcristiplaka]

This was by far the best intro to any of your clips i've ever seen. Almost fell off my chair laughing at "ooooh HELICOPTEEER OOOOOH"

[@fredhuot9279]

"Nunchucks hits you more than your enemy." Finally a weapon for people who are their own worst enemy.

[@lorddragonskin3603]

Does that mean that they become good with the weapon? Or does the weapon deal twice as much damage against them?

[@radioactiveassassin5218]

@@lorddragonskin3603 I'd say double the damage

[@KrazyKyle-ij9vb]

You either die to your own nunchucks or live long enough to switch to literally anything else

[@TheKorenji]

I mean, if it hits you more than it hits your enemy, and you're your own enemy, who is getting hit the most?

[@KrazyKyle-ij9vb]

@Kazuha Of Inazuma it would be Dwight's favorite weapon, because he is his own worst enemy. Unless Jim is his worst enemy. Unless…

[@s13gouf60]

Ninja Turtles made it clear by who wielded what weapons. Leo was serious, Raphael aggressive, Don the smartest, Mikey was for comedy.

[@arcticbanana66]

I remember somebody once hypothesized that Master Splinter assigned the Turtle's their weapons to contrast and complement their personalities: Leo was the leader so he got the lethal weapon that required serious thought before use, Donnie was very tech focused so he was given a simple bo staff, Raph was aggressive and hot-headed so he got a purely defensive weapon, and Mikey was a goof-off so he got the weapon that required the most focus and training. That said, in the original TMNT comics they didn't specialize in any specific weapons, they all used a variety of different tools and weapons depending on the situation. It wasn't until the cartoon series that they got their signature weapons and color-coding, to make them easier to tell apart on TV but mostly for merchandising reasons (why make it so parents only have to buy their kids one Turtle, when they can each be different and they have to buy four?)

[@The_Immortal_Alcortrez]

Cannon Mikey is the most skilled martial artist of the 4 stated by splinter

[@zavyg9948]

Raph’s weapon choice is actually kind of ironic in that case. I think they were all given weapons based on aesthetic 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@OlettaLiano]

Nunchucks work for the Ninja Turtles because they're fueled with pizza.

[@arcticbanana66]

@@zavyg9948 That's the point. Leo's the leader, so he gets a weapon that can't be used rashly without consequences; Donnie's obsessed with tech, so his weapon is as simple as it gets; Raph is aggressive, so his weapon is almost purely defensive; Mikey is scatterbrained, so his weapon requires focus. But again, this is just that person's hypothesis.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

"Say hi into the mike." "Hi into the mike." I like Ben already.

[@koperboi7]

I was looking for this comment

[@squirrelbuddi]

Ikr! :D

[@TheOnlyGeggles]

Just for your information, it's spelled "mic" (short for "microphone"), not "mike".

[@linkueicatastrophe9727]

Mike: I'm in danger :D

[@TheLostGamer9070]

same

[@mgeldert2706]

Nicely demonstrated. it is true of the chained weapons, 3-sectional, wip-chains, they all have the problem of predicting were they go after they hit the target. Had a friend that got several stitches in his head (woke up in the hospital) after loosing control of his wip chains. He did demonstrations all the time, but you can not control were it goes after it hits something, and can get unlucky. But these weapons have other advantages. Chucks are easier to hide than a stick. And easier to use two of, which using to long sticks would not work out. The chucks can confuse the opponent, likely much easier than a stick. No perfect weapons, they all have + and -. The trick is to be aware of the strengths and weakness of our weapons, and opponents as well.

[@RamseyDewey]

The ending of this video was fantastic. Some of the old Okinawan kobudo weapons are just weird. It’s as if someone had a bunch of random household objects not intended to be weapons and asked himself, “what if I made up a whole martial art about using gardening tools and boat oars to fight with?”

[@Edge-wx7hv]

or they were going to be invaded, had jack crap for normal weapons, and someone was like, "alright, grab your oars, threshing sticks, trowels and shovels, we're going to learn how to fight before the enemy gets here" One dude actually shows up with a threshing stick and the guy drilling them has to get him to stop hurting himself and everyone around him

[@damiansaturday6788]

That is literally what happened. Tokugawa iewasu I think commissioned the great sword hunt that meant that the samurai essentially had a monopoly over the production and use of melee weapons, so farmers and other guys had to improvise using homemade stuff that were arguably not weapons to any suspicious samurai

[@isaiescamilla550]

I'm upset that lingerie wasn't on that weapon list

[@aydin5978]

Yeah lol, IDK if your comment is supposed to be ironic or not, but that is literally what happened xD

[@MmntechCa]

That's actually 100% how they came about. They're improvised weapons made by peasants out of common farming tools. The Samurai class, or their Ryukyuan equivalent, wouldn't have been caught dead using such things. Sai are probably the only purpose made weapon in traditional Okinawan martial arts. They were used by local guards.

[@mrjoe332]

Imagine you're invading a castle, your army is almost in, and you hear they saying "Call sir Ben!"

[@jpviegas]

You will be praying he will be fighting with numchuks

[@christopherreed4723]

"Go away, or I'll call the brute squad!"

[@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial]

retreat!

[@chikirin9349]

And he just brings a stick

[@christopherreed4723]

Run away! Run awaaaayyy!

[@LtColShingSides]

"We're glad Ben is our friend. None of us would be able to stop him."

[@kirby7294]

This is Sir Ben, the Monster of Sydney!

[@ShyamWolf]

give me twin tonfa over sir Ben any day of the week and I'd be more then happy I love the tonfa but I'd bet shad thinks they are bad as well but ohh well.

[@LtColShingSides]

@@ShyamWolf eh I'll take Sir Ben in my corner over any melee weapon lol

[@ShyamWolf]

@@LtColShingSides And yet with a tonfa i can block a hit and counter in one move and still be in a defensive form even when attacking all out. are tonfa meant to kill in one hit... nope not at all but can they... yes they can much like the nunchuck can if used right. And to shad please don't clam you can use a weapon when all you can do is Kata. that not combat ready training and you should know that your better then lying to people like this and you know that or you should.I like your videos and watch almost all of them but sometimes your wrong so please this time you are and many people have said so in the comments just own up to it and say this is all your opinion and in no way fact.

[@LtColShingSides]

@@ShyamWolf I don't get why you're being so antagonistic on a light hearted video. Chill out man. I'm not confident in a key board warrior's ability to take on the bulk of someone Ben's size. Unless you're also his size, then maybe. Either way it's pretty pointless to put on airs like you're going to fight someone. No one is impressed.

[@LWT1331]

I've always thought this. Michelangelo drew the shortest straw.

[@rui2166]

As someone who practices nunchucks never have i been so triggered at something i completely agree with

[@georgemeller4074]

Your name and avatar disgust me, and I approve. Just leave the Nunchaku to Majima. He'll make a game out of it.

[@Jargas101]

Should have practiced stick

[@rui2166]

@@georgemeller4074 but hes probably still busy singing 24 hour cinderella

[@georgemeller4074]

@@rui2166 SUNAO NI I LOVE YOU - Reminds me that I still have to go back and 100% Y0. I wonder if Fei Hu ever had problems with Nunchaku?

[@rui2166]

@@georgemeller4074 i wonder that too but im too busy watching videos at gandhara

[@greyheart3001]

I feel this was more like "Underappreciated Historical Weapons:Stick are great" than the actual title

[@РоманКотанский]

wdym underappreciated, stick is oldest human weapon and is still used to our day and if we count pointy sticks, it's literally the most common weapon in history

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

@@РоманКотанский When you mention "pointy sticks" I'm suddenly thinking of the Monty Python sketch; self-defense against fruit. While a stick would be a long-standing weapon I'd rather use a tonfa because at least those can be held along your forearms or perpendicular to your arms

[@garynaccarato4606]

"Sticks are great" but according to this video a stick that has been broken in half and has been put back together with a piece of rope or chain is not so great.

[@erikjarandson5458]

@@РоманКотанский The appreciation of the stick is much higher today than just 10 years ago, in part due to people like Shad. There's now a strong community of amateur historical research and experimental archeology into martial arts, with an increasing number of semi-professionals like Shad (professional KZbinr, semi-professional historian), which seems to have been triggered by the project of rediscovering historical European martial arts, where the tradition has been broken and must be rediscovered from "dead" sources. I've been a great proponent of the stick for more than 30 years, myself. Even today, though, if you ask an average person to equip a fantasy warrior, you'll see mostly swords, followed by axes, maces, and bows. You'll see some needlessly complex pole-arms, and lances for mounted use, but the humble stick in its simplest form is unlikely to show up. A pointed stick, around the length of a man's height, is the most prolific weapon in human history and prehistory, and arguably the ultimate ancestor of almost all other weapons. It has always been appreciated by those who have used it, but that's not the same as getting the appreciation it deserves. Even today, even with newfound literacy about historical weapons, the stick is underappreciated. If I've made it seem that the underappreciation of the stick is a new thing, I must apologize. Already 2400 years ago, Socrates, the founder of Western philosophy, complained that the pointed stick was underappreciated, and that inferior weapons like the sword were getting all the attention (especially among the youth; complaining about the decadence of younger generations isn't a new thing, either). The even simpler non-pointed stick was ignored even by Socrates (of course relevant manuscripts may have been lost).

[@erikjarandson5458]

@Jordan Winders "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" -- Albert Einstein

[@uralskicossack]

Nunchuck - the weapon of choice when you want to beat up two people while only fighting one opponent.

[@N20Joe]

And probably lose

[@dorjedriftwood2731]

Man it sucks that Shads entire audience won’t think critically about his methods. By his logic whips and trebuchets are terrible because they can directly transfer bodily force. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3ual5dpgLF5jpY the purpose of a whip is to use the centrifugal force to multiply power. You can’t see that here because he is throwing his weight instead of taking advantage of the rope to increase momentum. He even suggests that’s a myth, it literally how satellites gain speed moving around planets a weight traveling across an arch can multiply acceleration. It’s a physical fact, I’m kinda shocked how he just said that ropes can’t make things move faster when anyone can spin a rock on a rope with just there wrist and make it move blindingly fast. It’s literally how whips work if you just throw a whip at someone it isn’t going to do anything if you flick your wrist right it will break the sound barrier. Our punches and kicks are so powerful because they move through the arch of our joints if we just had stick for arms without elbows we couldn’t do nearly as much damage.

[@meburningslime]

Here's a copy and paste from my other reply: I love nunchaku! Even if they're not the most effective, I'd take them over bats or clubs or any weapon like that any day. (Not arming swords or anything of that sort obviously.) Before YOU DOWNVOTE THIS lol, I'm a third red in taekwondo. The one-thumb-grip would prevent your hand from getting hit from the weapon as often. It might hit weaker than a stick, but let's be real, if they have a helmet both are gonna not be that effective. Even if this was disproven, I'd rather be able to grapple and trap then hit someone so hard their brains fly out. It's still a KO. As for reach, same as said before. They can be less range, but it doesn't really matter if you disarm your opponent! Finally, for recoil strikes, use a slingshot hit and you won't get hit!!!

[@icenic_wolf]

@@dorjedriftwood2731 Can you provide a video of someone using nunchucks effectively with a whip-like motion rather than the controlled straight-joint hit? I have never seen that done, except by teens who end up hitting themselves more often than not.

[@meatsafemurderer7743]

@@dorjedriftwood2731 "I’m kinda shocked how he just said that ropes can’t make things move faster when anyone can spin a rock on a rope with just there wrist and make it move blindingly fast." But it's not the rope that is making the rock move fast, it's its distance from the fulcrum. You could get the rock moving just as fast by putting it at the end of a big stick and if you tried to hit someone with it the rock wouldn't come hurtling back at you, unlike with it at the end of a rope.

[@cxdxr]

As someone who's done martial arts and has used both nunchucks and a staff, the staff is always better.

[@tedmoraites6402]

Because you have reach yes..But if I get in close enough to you that reach becomes a hinderance but if you can keep the distance, you have the advantage... Personally, id goad you in with a false strike, let you swing once and come in with a 6-strike combo (first strike to your fingers to break them, my goal is to take away your power then defeat you), so always keep the distance!

[@LWT1331]

@@tedmoraites6402 Cool story bruh

[@newagain9964]

@@tedmoraites6402 bruh. What?

[@LorianandLothric]

Donatello would beat Mickey then

[@Fei-Chan]

@@tedmoraites6402 a *gun* will do the trick in both short and long distances

[@delperalfanjul]

I think we missed the point of nunchucks entirely. They are not a weapon you would use, they are a weapon you would hand over to your enemy so they knock themselves out. Buddhist teachings at their finest, ha ha.

[@dougthedonkey1805]

“But how hard is it to find a stick?” I live in a desert, Shad. It’s rare to find a stick that won’t stab me back.

[@jesussojolugo]

your comment is comedy gold

[@zulfirdauszain8810]

God damn. Hahaha sucks to be you desert man

[@benthomason3307]

Imagine whacking someone with a petrified cactus, though.

[@dougthedonkey1805]

@@benthomason3307 tf2 Boston Basher

[@Akbar_and_Shaa]

Its settled this person is now our leader we cant compete with this comedy and wisdom.

[@glenn913]

Ben is what they call, An Absolute Unit.

[@biglez3909]

Some could say he is one of the boys

[@facundocerisola2633]

Absolute lad

[@Zuxtron]

In awe at the size.

[@TurtleChad1]

He is also approved by a turtle

[@B3RyL]

An army of one

[@billylee5624]

Next up: Is basketball a stupid sport for cardio? *sees Shad dribbles the ball* Shad: So before anyone says this is just some armchair expert who has no idea what he's talking about..." *as he's talking he does a 360 ballerina move and then moving the ball under his legs as he jumps and makes a layup*

[@dmanzawsome]

NUNCHUCK STATS: Intimidation: 10 everything else: meh

[@GogiRegion]

I saw a story about a man who broke out of prison using nunchucks, and I just had to wonder how many times he actually stroke anyone or if it was purely by doing flashy tricks and transfers while threatening the guards with it. I’m sure it was the latter.

[@refrigeratorrr4797]

Self testicle damage: 100

[@TheBrickMasterB]

Ah yes, they are the goose of weapons

[@person3048]

@@TheBrickMasterB tierzoo?

[@Holowlife]

Sorry I stole your idea

[@mohyminislam858]

If someone tried to mug you with nunchucks, there's a 50% chance you're walking away with their wallet.

[@callumroberts6917]

50% chance you get their wallet

[@BFWombo]

Chance to end up with broken skull and knees

[@jamesbates9038]

90 percent chance they get a 45 auto to the skull.

[@melon4738]

10% to successfully run away

[@T_A_Pls]

KZbin: sweetwind

[@5disguised]

It’s like having a stick that breaks on impact and loses force.

[@redblade5556]

Precisely, very well said.

[@flyingtentacle7631]

@@Neon_White lol whips aren't weapons, genius, they are specifically designed to not cause great harm. Not only that, but the chain isn't designed in a way that would increase the speed in any significant way compared to a stick. Go back to school and take a physics class.

[@1810jeff]

@@flyingtentacle7631 Right they are pain instruments and not the kind that incapacitates.

[@bobamacleod8898]

@@flyingtentacle7631 can I see some of your calculations?

[@caz8135]

@@flyingtentacle7631 do you really have to insult the guy? Cmon, he's being nice.

[@supernstudio7295]

Just a little advice: When using your nunchucks for tricks and flashy moves, you should hold the handle closer to the top. But when you use them for fighting, you should keep your nunchucks at the bottom because it gives you more strength, distance, etc.

[@ryansullivan7349]

"What happens if you hit me with those nunchucks?" *Bane voice* "It'll be extremely painful..." "I'm a big guy, i can take it..." "For me."

[@dorjedriftwood2731]

You can hit people without hitting yourself. Please check my channel if you want prof Shad is being dishonest.

[@lueboytheman9508]

Played that through in my mind. Made me spit water on myself. That was good bro lol

[@ninomcterenceyaco7344]

@@dorjedriftwood2731 We all know it needs training...

[@Eis_]

"A master can use the nunchuck better, Shad" How about we train to be masters of sticks to fight that.

[@josue.ortega]

Sir Ben is the kind of guy you want by your side when storming a castle

[@itsturniptime3699]

@Sheev Palpatine he just shot put lobs it into the ocean

[@ajoy-con9065]

Hopefully storming the castle is fun.

[@plastikk12]

He can catch the portcullis before it lands and then rip the arms off the captain of the guard if he refuses to give up the gate key.

[@AproposDare]

No one brings nunchucks to a sword fight.

[@thebevanator3813]

Shad managed to not hit him self in the balls in the first ten seconds of this video... You never cease to impress me

[@TheBrotherSyne]

Shad: is medieval weapons expert on youtube Also Shad: "nunCHUCKS" "whacky stick"

[@nicholasroach880]

This comment cracked me up

[@sissyphussartre2907]

Romanji isn't a real language. They are called nunchucks in English, get over it.

[@TheLuigiBrother77]

Alternate title: Australian man yells about hitting peiole with sticks for 30 minutes

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

And thereby, nothing in that continent has changed in ten millennia

[@R0TEK]

And this video isn't even 20 minutes ಠ_ಠ

[@charlesyoung8600]

Thought I was the only person thinking that. God, calm down and get to the point. It's good info but the problem is in the presentation.

[@ಠ_ಠ-ಭ1ಸ]

@@charlesyoung8600 i strongly agree. The topic is very interesting but the guy itself is terrible at presenting it. The actual content of this Video could be cut to around 5 minutes

[@jerrellnavs3313]

people*

[@surfdigby]

The first thing I see, is that you hold them near the top, like a forms/display practitioner. This gives better control for twirling and spinning and all the cool stuff, but sacrifices power, reach, and some techniques. If you look at the old school, less flashy guys from the 70s (such as Fumio Demura), they hold them near the bottom, similar to how The Scholar-General holds his flail at the bottom. Hold your stick in the middle, and see how it's effectiveness decreases.

[@Surryfox]

Next up on Shadiversity? Underappreciated Historical weapons: The Stick.

[@Ake-TL]

Wait, there isn’t such video yet?

[@muhamadsayyidabidin3906]

@@Ake-TL he's already created a video about quarterstaff

[@LedosKell]

The Irish: *unsheathes shillelagh* "Appreciate this, boyo"

[@HoodieProduction]

sticks are overrated, a sharp stick is where it's at.

[@bwestacado9643]

@@HoodieProduction Lol I think a good bonk will serve as well as a good poke

[@ahmetkurum4114]

Ok before anyone mentions this, a certain turtle will be heartbroken.

[@Zoroislostagaian]

Sad michelangelo noises;

[@craftpaint1644]

Mikey uses two at a time and it occurred to me that I've never seen a person use them like that.

[@theokrisna]

now go treat him pizza

[@patrickbuckley7259]

@@craftpaint1644 Maxie from Soul Caliber...

[@Jandau85]

Well, he's the worst turtle anyway...

[@bezyn2291]

You know what`s more stupid than nunchucks? Flaming enchanted nunchucks.

[@Lord_Humungus]

Yeah, I don't really want to crush AND burn my own testicles

[@noukan42]

I am fairly confident i used those in Pathfinder Kingmaker lol

[@hirakchatterjee5240]

@@420StepsFromHell warframe makes useless weapons look good

[@bezyn2291]

@@noukan42 Yup, that`s exactly why I remember flaming nunchucks aswell :D

[@morganrobinson8042]

Gun-chucks

[@ma.ho.1637]

i love how the background is more in focus than Shad himself

[@killerb255]

This is why the nunchucks were given to the stoner turtle: so he wouldn't feel the recoil pain.

[@grumblycurmudgeon]

It probably helps if your torso is made out of SHELL, too.

[@waffz2098]

@@grumblycurmudgeon the body of a turtle itself is actually quite fragile, so yeah, damn lucky that he's a turtle

[@KingRumar]

@Jason Berryman we are talking common pet shop Turtles who were mutated. We can't rely on species. In the comics, they are shown to take grievous injuries and heal from them like Donatello died 3 times in the Image comics in one story and still regrew his shell and healed from lost limbs and fell from the skyline.

[@ianbosso9105]

@@KingRumar let’s just assume they’re red eared slider turtles

[@TheUltimateRage]

As a stoner, I can definitely say that being high would make the recoil pain worse

[@mark_williamh1340]

They are basically just a solo game of "stop hitting yourself "

[@montestout1006]

You made me bleed my own blood ! Nelson muntz

[@nicoxoks]

😂

[@soulja304]

Well said.

[@drunkenmasterchickenman2783]

HA

[@jordancoleman7704]

Best description of learning nunchaku ever.

[@shinohidanzetsu]

Underappreciated Historical Weapons: Stick

[@EungsuLee]

And rocks. Bigass rocks.

[@rickinielsen1]

And even more so: Pointy stick!

[@samuraijackoff5354]

Rock on stick!

[@marcuslobo5765]

Pointy rock on stick

[@TheCivildecay]

The most versatile weapon ever: stick = club Stick + rock = mace/hammer stick + sharp point = spear small stick + sharp point = arrow stick + rope = bow hollow stick = blowpipe big stick with counterweight = trebuchet

[@fletchkeilman2205]

One thing I've always never been prepared for when I actually brought nunchaku to a real brawl was the recoil. Oh they CAN work, but in different ways than expected. I feel they are equivalent to that of balisongs, if that makes any sense. Tak Kobuta and Fumio Demora really know how to utilize the chucks. I think the flashiness came moreso when they were incorporated in the Filipino arts. I can't remember the word for them in Tagalog. Not saying they are not as efficient. Just saying they got flashier when they changes hands possibly

[@kingoftheorient]

You mean Arnis

[@TypeAndShadow]

"What about a sharp pointy stick?" "Shut up!"- Monty Python

[@davidpeterson5647]

"Now, run at me with your banana!"

[@Thr0mamay]

Ni

[@discipleofthecapedbaldy962]

@@Thr0mamay Oh what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Ni at will in a comment section.

[@alexferrar5423]

The current generation will have no clue what we are talking about and it hurts.

[@Jakshark]

@@indetigersscifireview4360 “a scratch? Your arms off” “No it isn’t”

[@shadfacts6465]

Shad Fact: Shad pulled Excalibur from the stone by lifting with enough for to pull the 20 cubic feet of rock up with it. Getting the rock off the sword just took one swing.

[@Xbob42]

Huh, I figured he'd keep the 20 cubic feet of rock and use it as a hammer with insane range.

[@Saturnus_Ouranos]

So, a Kirkhammer in it’s hammer mode but with a length of the sheathed blade of the sword exposed?

[@gamermanzeake]

It's channels like these, that are wonderful on KZbin! Seriously, a channel all dedicated to Shad, to bring the facts to light, by a man whom is not Shad. It's pretty cool.

[@adrigl3371]

I think that after this video Sir Ben 06:54 was shown to be at least physically stronger than our hero Shad, but we all know that Shad would still be able to beat him with only 5% of his power and a pair of crappy nunchucks.

[@Frank_Costanzas_Lawyer]

Well, actually, he criticised the efficacy of fantasy swords and Excalibur slid out of the rock in shame.

[@ShiloBuff]

Alternative title: Underappreciated Historical Weapons: STICKS are SIMPLY STRONG!

[@suezuccati304]

Sticks are nice

[@givemeanameiwillhate9525]

Well sticks are part of the first weapons in the world, so probably

[@kiri2561]

@@givemeanameiwillhate9525 well you are very much correct the first weapon that I have ever experience hitting me was from a great warrior she fucking swing that thing right at me the best part was she was living with me she was taking care of me she raised me she teach me how to be strong she sent me to school and yes I'm talking about my own mother

[@givemeanameiwillhate9525]

@@kiri2561 ouch

[@PiousMoltar]

Gotta love a good stick

[@christophercarrigg3775]

I just watched a 20 minute video of a guy dressed in medieval armor talk about the science of nunchucks

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

I was trained in and practiced with 'chucks for a full year and I'm telling you now, I'd rather have a cast iron frying pan in my hand. The level of skill that's required to truly use these things effectively - against a fully aggressive, noncooperative opponent, is much higher than most people appreciate. I'm grateful for the time I spent working on this skill because it gave me a good dose of reality and taught me the difference between flashy and effective. And I was able to blow my teenage son's mind years later when he brought home a pair from the thrift store and happily showed mom his new prize. Mom picked them up and went to work with a skill that he had NO idea I possessed. The look in his 16 year old eyes was priceless and worth the hundreds of hours I wasted two decades earlier. He quit talking back for quite awhile. lol! Mom's still got it.

[@xaivierallen4020]

The use of nunchuck training awareness, hand mind coordination, some non-lethal takedowns, and intimidation Negatives pain and self harm until mastery high skill required

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

@@xaivierallen4020 Yeah, but even with great skill, the asp baton does more damage and it takes less training. I was so thrown by the easy devastation I could inflict with an asp that I was actually intimidated. The chucks are a terrible weapon. Period. There are much more effective weapons that require much less skill to just WORK. Remember, you're trying to find the best tool for a job. The job is to inflict damage on a human body. The chucks aren't the best tool for that job. Hell, they're one of the worst tools. Better than a wet noodle, but that's not saying much. I know I can hand stitch. With years of practice, I can create fabric beauty. But I'll never beat a sewing machine. Ever. No matter how much I practice or how hard I try.

[@OneLilSpark]

I'd rather use a whole selection of items at my job than ever try to use chucks in a self defense scenario. (I work in a kitchen)

[@BknMoonStudios]

Really sweet how your kid was in awe at watching his mom do ninja stuff, hahaha. Thanks for sharing.

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

@@BknMoonStudios Funny. My daughter is here and your comment just popped up. She busted out laughing remembering her brother's face in that moment. Good memories! lol!

[@Badbirdie]

In my opinion, if Bruce Lee didn't use these in his movies, then nunchakus would have faded into history and ended up in a museum of asian history or something.

[@TBButtSmoothy]

not true. Kobudo, Okinawan martial art.

[@FlamesOfThought]

So glad he did though. 80s martial arts was cool as fuck. Back when reality didn’t matter 😂

[@Peecamarke]

It was probly good for the type of fighting style Bruce Lee had which was a mishmash of different stuff that worked for HIM not everyone else

[@MaxMythos]

"Nunchucks are mostly used to show off" Yes. And my god are they great at doing that, you've convinced me to practice again.

[@davespringer777]

Once some of the guys got me to do a couple kicks in the locker room, everybody at school thought I was a badass. One of the toughest guys in school wanted me to show him something, so I did the basic "hit me like this" gimmick, then defended it. He was amazed. I never got in a fight after that, because I never had to. The reputation did all the work for me. A little showing off done right can be very effective. If you put on a good show with nunchucks, they'll assume all kinds of stuff about you. In their imagination, you're probably way better than you are in real life.

[@MaxMythos]

@@davespringer777 "I roll to intimidate" "okay, what do you do?" "You remember Mikey in the 90s ninja turtles movie?"

[@oldstump1628]

Consider this. I’ve used them in a real fight. The shock value is A1

[@hache6338]

Consider this too I've used them in a real encounter (defending myself) The dude ran away pretty fast

[@jesseespinoza7554]

Yea man, I pulled some out on like 3 dudes that were bout to kick my ass outside of a club few years back. They said fuck that, and bounced

[@robertwilliams2762]

I was in Times Square and a guy pulled out a knife and the dude fled. I can’t say they are better but are easy to carry with and be concealed.

[@bimbobaggins3498]

@@jesseespinoza7554 Naturally so. Who tf wants to deal with a psychopath who brings nunchuks to the club

[@greenman5255]

Whenever I was challenged to a fight, I would insist we fight with Nunchucks, then...I would stand back until my opponent beat himself unconscious.

[@David_Apollonius]

And then you use them as a garrotte.

[@Channel9001]

Why can I imagine Donatello trying to explain the physics of this to Michaelangelo, and Mikey just rolling his eyes on not listening?

[@fonz-ys6xu]

That's hilarious :)

[@devkun06]

Omg. I can totally see this happening.

[@osets2117]

He's also a turtle, having it bounce back at him doesn't mean much when you have a shell. Unless he hits himself in the face of course

[@TAPriceCTR]

@@osets2117 I'd bet that hitting their shell would hurt. Their shell is essentially a super strong oversized rib cage... they've still got living tissue surrounding it. Skin doesn't like being trapped between your skeleton and a weapon.

[@osets2117]

@@TAPriceCTR it's shown in the shows them blocking with their shells and they don't really respond in the way one would when in pain. Course they might just be ignoring the pain, but yeah that might be the case

[@cvapolo]

"Sticks are better." **Laughts in Donatello** "Nunchucks suck!!!" **Cries in Michelangelo**

[@isfahelww]

As a kid Michelangelo was my favorite, but now as a mature adult I've put aside my childish ways and recognized that Raphael is the best. So I'm kinda nervous that Shads next vid will be about sai's lol

[@cvapolo]

@@isfahelww well, to be honest, when I was a kid I thought Raph had the weakest weapons because of the video games for the lack of reach. What I didn't understand it's that the original character was conceived as a brawler and he preferred to get close and personal with his opponents and the sais were mostly to help him parry or block incoming weapons attacks and disarming the same opponents so he could later beat the sh*t out of them. Raphiel is a pretty vicious fighter if you think about it.

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

@@isfahelww Honestly everyone is the best turtle but nobody is the best Mouse-Sensei and the best Shredder.

[@thetylife]

That's why Donatello is the genius and Michelangelo is the airhead partier of the operation. If you ever played the old NES TMNT game, you'd know how superior Don's bo staff is compared to the other 3's.

[@cvapolo]

@HL - Hombres Libres MGTOW "when I was a kid", you can't blame my stupid kid person for believing stupid kid things.

[@theremoteinfluencer]

Good video. I like the polypropylene straight batons or fibreglass straight batons. They generate more force as you have pointed out. These weapons don't require any maintenance. Swivel nunchakus have to be oiled periodically.

[@cfluff6716]

Love how when he gets to swinging the left eye starts to squint...maybe that eye has some bad history with the ole nunchucks 😂

[@khalidjaliliidrissi8907]

I bet my money on it

[@sagardumeerai1215]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jacemoran1190]

Hey you don’t get to that level of skill without at least one bad memory.

[@rymes14]

Judging by the edits, some bad present too.

[@albertdittel8898]

exactly what I thought too

[@TivoDelNato]

From a mechanical standpoint, it’s true that a simple stick can deliver a lot more force, safer, and more consistently. As a battlefield weapon, Nunchaku are a joke. However. In the infamous words of Matt Easton, “context”. Disclaimer: I am not a martial arts puritan. The main benefits of nunchucks are that they are more concealable than a stick of proportionate length, that they have a flexible “elbow” that can be used for grappling and binding an opponent’s limbs, and as Shad mentioned, they’re hella flashy. Would any of those traits be helpful at all to someone in a pitched battle, or raiding a dungeon full of skeletons? Absolutely not. But would they be helpful in a back alley mugging scenario? Probably! Would I try to catch a sword or a mace in the chain of a nunchuck? Lol. But would I try to bind up the wrist of someone coming at me with a knife? Maybe! Another thing to consider, imagine you are three muggers and you encounter a victim who suddenly brandishes a stick. You may still feel confident enough to bum rush them. If the same victim pulls out a set of nunchucks and starts confidently whipping them around, your mugger friends are much more likely to nope out of there. One more factor is range. Obviously a sword or a stick would have better range, but nunchucks were invented at a time when it was important to disguise weapons as farm implements, and then repopularized in the 1960’s as self defense against people who would most likely be using a knife or maybe a pistol. Again, if both parties are committed to fighting to the death, definitely pick a different weapon, but if the most that’s at stake is a pouch full of coin or a non-fatal ass beating, I could think of worse weapons.

[@WhammeWhamme]

Mmmm. My first thought (from an RPG background with fairly minimal knowledge) was "aren't nunchaku, like sai, primarily a disarming weapon?". Like, their original context was "peasant rebellion". If one guy binds their left arm and another guy binds their right arm you don't need parity with their sword as a weapon, you just need numbers and the element of surprise - and especially in the context of fighting trained swordsmen with swords, an exotic weapon maybe is more useful than just a stick, because they've trained to beat a stick. "The greatest swordsman in the world fears a rank novice" and all that.

[@nicholashodges201]

You leave out the important fact that as a farming implement (grain flail) in it's original use, these things were already on hand and cheaper to replace than a sickle if the original users were attacked...

[@TheMemeMachineNowInHD]

All very good points, but if I may argue a counterpoint for the grappling potential of nunchucks from the point of view of an eskrimador trained in stick, knife, sword, karambit, sash/scarf/belt, and hand-to-hand (with additional Get-The-Pistol-Away-From-The-Mugger training): Using the rope of a set of nunchucks wouldn't be as viable for grappling as you'd think, and you might me underestimating the utility of a stick for wrist or elbow locks. In our style of eskrima, we learn locks first with sticks. Using a straight, rigid weapon like a stick gives you better leverage/control over the joint/person in question, and the additional length of the stick can be useful when getting them further off-balance or parrying an attack they may throw with their other hand; you could be locking the wrist or elbow but push down on the shoulder with the long end to turn the lock into an arm bar and then potentially a throw, and if they throw that punch it's a lot easier to re-direct with a stick and will also put additional pressure on the attacker's locked joint(s). Additionally, from my experience, the length of rope on a set of nunchucks is too short to be super effective for something like that; you want a lot more length of fabric/rope to work with if you're using a soft weapon like that in order to do more than just wrap it around the wrist, and if you don't anchor it to your own hand by wrapping it around one hand and grabbing it with the other, it's very easy for the other guy to slip out of the lock. And just wrapping it around the wrist is only really as helpful as grabbing their wrist with one hand. If you have already have a weight/leverage advantage, go for it! If you're smaller (like me), you're going to need a longer strip of fabric/rope in order to get both wrists or make sure you have the leverage you need to get them off balance, which you can't do when your only points of contact with the weapon have to be on thicker wooden sticks, and your hands might not be big enough to get a good enough grip on both to maintain the lock. There's also a point that my teacher likes to make, which is that if someone is coming at you with a knife, trying to stay in close with anything that isn't also a knife is a lot more likely to get you killed - they only need to get you once in the right place for you to be dead even when they aren't trying to kill you. A stick would probably keep them at a range that's safer for you than nunchucks would, even if only by a little bit. And the only real defense against a gun is to get that gun away from your attacker, which is a lot easier with your hands free. One of the points in the video that is also something I feel that's worth mentioning is that a master or someone with years of training might be able to make it work without seriously injuring themselves in the process - but if you've gotten good enough to start on nunchucks, you're probably good enough with other weapons or your hand-to-hand to make using them more trouble than they're worth if you really need them. Of course, none of this is acknowledging your very valid point that nunchucks are Okinawan weapons created in a period when the people that were using them needed to conceal them when not in use and be able to get away with arguing that they weren't weapons if the person happened to get caught, so. Context, like you said, is crucial. But nowadays you can't really argue that they're anything but weapons and with all the pockets and bags we keep on us when we go anywhere, a pocketknife is going to be easier to wear, faster to deploy, and make you less of a target if you aren't also hauling around a lot of other martial arts gear.

[@tjl4688]

This is a lie. Nunchaku are NOT disguised weapons, they are not repurposed rice flails. Nunchaku have their history in Chinese martial arts, where this takes the place of the medieval flail.

[@Rhodair]

can have the best of both worlds like Daredevil with a stick that turns into nunchucks

[@intpdontcare6089]

"It HIT me on the ARM!!" I love how offended he sounds.

[@seanmc7128]

ME ARM!!!!! IT HIT ME ARM!!!!! lol

[@jay2ssrstt]

"Tis but a flesh wound

[@justinwebber9968]

I got pretty good on a static target, but if your opponent is moving, it's almost impossible to predict if the nunchuck will return and hit you.

[@pablobismole808]

Me when i see the title: "this guy is actually about to talk shite about something he doesnt know how to use" Me 2 seconds into the video: ...um..ne..nevermind

[@michaelsorensen7567]

Me: completely ignorant on everything, but enjoys the content anyway 🤣

[@BlazinK12]

Same

[@redteddy135]

the stuff 2 seconds into the video is actually pretty simple... if you take lessons... O_o nunchuks look even cooler than that ofc in terms of practicality he's absolutely right

[@jacobex5157]

2 seconds in and I am already beyond impressed

[@mikd157]

Shads chucking skills are impressive

[@elknolasshrineofraja3966]

@@mikd157 😹😹

[@KT-ur7pi]

The title had me thinking it was going to be about Nuns drinking beyond their capabilities.

[@DezorianGuy]

It's an easy to implement after effects effect. Like the light saber effect seen all around

[@Herandro_just_Herandro]

For a second I thoght it was another video on FOR HONOR game's DLCs.

[@andreidragostin]

"Why are you hitting yourself?" - opponent of a nunchucks master

[@myzticghxul1788]

A nunchuck master actually knows how to use them

[@myzticghxul1788]

@Corey Eastwood is he a master no

[@farrex0]

@@myzticghxul1788 No matter how much experience, it is simple physics, the moment the nunchuck hits it will go to the opposite direction and hit the user... Unless you hit with a lower force, which in that case it would make the weapon extremely inefficient. What you could maybe do is hit at an angle, which will make the nunchuck bounce at an angle and therefore not hitting the user... but again, hitting at an angle means that it significantly reduces how effective the hit is and how much force is transferred to the opponent. So with nunchucks, you either hit yourself after hitting the opponent, or are forced to give extremely weak blows just so you do not hit yourself. It is simple physics, and makes the weapon extremely weak an inefficient. Of course, it is better than nothing, but an stick, is a way way more effective weapon and on top of that, easier to use.

[@myzticghxul1788]

@@farrex0you are supposed to use quick strikes

[@myzticghxul1788]

@FBI no it isn't because those are easy to parry

[@LawyerLance]

I have used chucks for 40 plus years. They are only good for developing hand eye coordination. As a weapon, the only way to use them as two billy clubs bound by a chain/rope. Technically you could catch a staff or sword in between the two sticks but I would only try that out of desperation.

[@Nick_Hammer]

"a good old fashioned stick is way better." Shad is team Donatello I see. ;)

[@michaelsorensen7567]

Kinda fitting that Michaelangelo was pretty much just comedic relief And his weapon is a joke 😁

[@MavHawk]

But hear me out.... two bladed sticks. Team Leo

[@mattdowds8505]

Don is the smart one...

[@Gaia_Gaistar]

@@MavHawk *sword chucks* 8-Bit Theater reference.

[@pianotm]

Isn't every sensible person team Donatello?

[@Arrowed_Sparrow]

After training with quite a few weapons, nunchucks being one of them. I've learned If you want to take someone down just hand them the nunchucks. They'll hurt themselves long before they hurt you...

[@alexanderren1097]

In college I had a stand with a bunch of martial arts weapons on it, pair of sais, bokken, a wall hanger katana, and both wooden and foam nunchucks. A buddy that was very enthusiastic about martial arts (not very good at the time though later he did become very proficient), saw the nunchucks and immediately started swinging the foam ones (thank the gods) around. Before I could finish saying "Please be careful" he'd already wacked himself in the nuts and was curled up on the ground

[@andrewmalinowski6673]

@@alexanderren1097 That had to hurt, having learned to use nunchucks while learning taekwondo I've whacked myself in the thigh more than anywhere else. Personally, I'd rather use either a staff/stick or tonfa

[@garychandler4296]

LOL, that's funny sheet!

[@SquiddyHiggenbottom]

"You see this really cool-looking weapon that I'm actually quite skilled at using? It sucks beans." 😂

[@boyvol6428]

Only someone trully skilled in weapon can fully claim that it's garbage. Anh why exactly.

[@jt95124]

The guy who taught me nunchaku (sp? that's what he told me) taught me twirling but said that in a real fight, he would ignore that. For self defense, we practiced hitting a water cooler, the kind with the big bottle on top. We would start from "not ready" positions and try to get max velocity into a hard (probably bone breaking) impact and leave it just hanging in the air. You can get quitr good at it. I have no doubt that one such strike would be enough, if it hit the head it would break bone. He had a pair he drilled out and filled with lead, that would work. He was very good, as good as Bruce Lee in that movie where he did the nunchaku. You don't need to cave the skull, cracking it will do, concussion, unconsciousness. Also, for home defense, you don't have to worry that the bad guy gets to your weapon first, he almost certainly can't use it against you.

[@Mrjohnnymoo1]

So what I learned. A Broadsword fighter with a baseball bat might be more terrifying than a Ninja with nunchucks.

[@Diggy22]

Case in point, The Warriors vs The Baseball Furies

[@johnh8546]

I would say more a long sword fighter or a Katana fighter a baseball bat is balanced more similar to a Katana than a broad sword. Also a baseball bat is a two handed weapon mainly I would say and the broad sword is a one handed weapon generally with a basket hilt.

[@redblade5556]

Nah. There a better fitting sword for that. The good ol’ long sword. That’s the real deal. Though longer than a baseball bat, (I’ve tried aluminum bats and flourished the thing around for good measure in comparison to our family sword, and although it’s lighter it’s metal) it is as balanced as a bat can be.

[@Mrjohnnymoo1]

@@redblade5556 Update, we gotta start seeing comparisons of baseball bats vs old weapons.

[@robertoromerro]

ninjas dont use nunchucks they use kusarigama

[@CLove511]

Takeaway: Bruce Lee's secret power was just his ability to take his own Nunchuck hits better than his enemies.

[@laisphinto6372]

Or he just needed a debuff because he was too broken barehanded

[@ItsaYouTubeWatcher]

The man was so fast and strong that his style of using the nunchaku in such a flashy manner was not a noticeable impediment to the force he could apply with it.

[@christianrapper]

@@laisphinto6372 lol

[@rexstocephirxiii4263]

I studied nunchucks briefly, the trick is to catch it on the chain. It diffuses the impact.

[@townlegends5160]

Dude i had a small brain hemorrhage trying to read this

[@daburgerbandit1598]

That moment when a literal stick is a better weapon than a carefully crafted weapon with high velocity and moving parts.

[@carbon1255]

Weel, they are flails you can use for various purposes such as fishing, farming, cloth beating, corporal punishment etc. They are more of an improvised weapon.

[@TheBeelzboss]

It's not a carefully crafted weapon, it's a tool that was improvised into a weapon when most other options were disallowed

[@geoshark12]

Though never underestimate a stick

[@nightcross1030]

Before collapsible batons, etc, they're a reasonably effective non-bladed weapon that is also semi-concealable. Yes that sentence had a lot of weasel words, but that's because I'm conceding the point that nunchucks do not live up to their hype.

[@fenixmeaney6170]

@@TheBeelzboss what was the TOOL used for?