The BIGGEST problem with Nunchucks! - SHADIVERSITY
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Full video: • NUNCHUCKS, but BETTER!
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Even though they are useless you have to admit they are really cool
I really enjoyed your short!
Your showmanship is excelling your normal quality in this video.
Such as the pacing seems more suited to a general audience with the delivery rate of cognitive detail Subject depth is a nice medium between; not too light,
but also... no longer becoming a RUclips short.
The twirl with the nunchucks after the example swings helps showcase previous experience, and dispels the perception of assumed bias.
The title sets a efficient stage and helps focus the viewers away from subjective thoughts the viewers might already have.
External validation: the next best thing from jedi mind tricks for proving things already true.
Unfortunately, if you did the exact same thing as your source had, somehow people are just going to argue with you.
Unfortunately,
your video couldn't convince me,
as I had already agreed with your point before hand.
Adding a shield will improve defensive and offensive if its the same one hand and 2 hand it was farming tool after all shield can be a for of hat so it dont bring atantion
Now hear me out horse dong nunchucks
😅 maybe look at the historical reason why they use nunchucks like they had spear and swords to like historical war in Chinese, I can't remember one where nunchucks were use like that, so seems more of a training tool.
It's honestly impressive that someone came up with "a stick, but worse".
If you're not wanting to destroy your grain by putting too much force into hitting it with said stick, make worse stick.
@@MelancholyKnight You say that, but a grain flail with a long handle is superior as both a tool and a weapon to nunchucks.
All about plausible deniability for an Okinawan peasant, methinks.
My head canon for nunchucks in fantasy and I think but can't assure,
Is that they are hidden bludgeon weapons of range. They can be hidden easier than a stick, have more range than a dagger, and no one in those ages knew the fuck to do for a couple seconds for a couple years.
@@lonelystrategos @lonelystrategos It's from a different culture, and i'm not saying that the Grand Flail is lesser. im just saying it's a tool, and that's it.
Um excuse me. The stick is obviously inferior because you can't accidentally hit yourself in the balls with it.
@FightingFury2023 Only a true master can manage that.
Legendary comment
Please excuse DGneoseeker... We have purposely trained him wrong as a joke.
That guy's 'chuck attack was as 'better' as brigandine
It's literally not hard at all to use nunchucks. It's a flail. Therefore, swing it like a flail, dumbass.
Secondly, you can injure yourself with any weapon. It's called not understanding basic shit. People got cut on their own swords. They got hit on their own clubs, etc etc.n
he turned into an American car salesman when he said 'more power'
His accent jumps ship whenever he says power
It's cause he knows Americans are more powerful
@@jonbong8547no he just thinks he’s emperor palpatine with unlimited power while he shoves his nutsack in ya mouth brooo
I thought I was the only one for a sec... lol. And when he says BETT(ER) I expected BETT(A)
I need someone to explain this dude's accent. Sounds like a dude who spent a lot of time in America.
Fun fact: nunchucks were originally used as a farming tool for rice threshing
As were many weapons we now associate with ninja, like kunai and sais.
@@SuperSaiyanD48Yeah, those weapons were flat and short. Making them easy to hide underneath clothing
@@landofwolves Plus, you weren't trying to beat someone into submission by attacking their center of mass. You were looking to be fast and maybe even disarm your opponent, not beat someone wearing armor to death.
Respectfully, the nunchaku was actually developed by aristocrat warrior class from china, as well as all of the okinawan kobudo weapon. Its like rich people play martial arts, poor people study it 🙌🙌
Also if you thinking logically, do farmer have time to developing weapon or martial arts when they work all day for living?
Like if you're a farmer, you would rather rest and chilling after working all day right? You wouldnt wanna wasting more energy to practice martial arts right?
Also even if the samurai came, the farmer wouldnt even fight the samurai anyway, bcus they know they wouldnt stand a chance 🙃
(No hate, just sharing what i learnt from my kobudo class) :)
@@DanSan_1234 Ok, I'll bite. Want to send me a source for the nunchaku origin you learned in kobudo class? Because basically everyone agrees that the true origin is unknown, but it is most widely accepted that it was originally a rice/soybean threshing tool from southeast Asia.
Remember:
2-handed weapons are for Strength
Quick-hit weapons are for Agility
Yup, similar games.
Str build is best
Dex build cant get hit lololol
@@elbatochingon1I prefer mage builds.
@@elbatochingon1 I prefer a high DEX/finesse weapon build.
I can't belive the 50% increase in strength when two-handing a weapon in dark souls was physically accurate
You always get an increase to accuracy and stagger if you wield a stick with two hands. Obviously, you can't equip a sheild, though, so your defence goes down.
My thoughts exactly
No the surprising thing is that has been a rule in d&d since 1st edition
@@juice6521 Blocking is for noobs anyway, go roll.
Literally the first thing I thought of
Nunchucks never hit more powerfully than they do when you accidentally hit yourself.
Specially in the face or nuts.
Oh, God I'm getting flashbacks...
Noooooooo 💀
Thanks for the Ptsd remember
It's because they used the nunchuck wrong and then claimed their results were actuate.
So this is the longhand way of saying “Donatello beats Michelangelo”
Only when Michelangelo is holding back. Donatello is my favorite, but Michelangelo is unironically the strongest Ninja Turtle. You don't see it because it was Goofy personality and that he doesn't really take things seriously but you see what happens in _The Last Ronin_ when he does.
How to make a nunchuck better: make it a flail
It is a flail
How to actually make a nunchuck better (wooden version): throw it in the fire and make fire wood, then it'll actually serve a purpose.
They make a good workout and build coordination so their pretty good for that. As a make shift weapon their good as a surprise. I remember back in my day we would put blades on the back of them. Fancy!!!
How to make a flail better: remove the flailhead from the chain and attach it to a stick, making it a mace/club.
double mace nunchucks flail
*Donatello has entered the chat*
*Michelangelo has left the chat*
Sticks are such an underrated weapon
Says Donatello😊
Hardly.
Sticks and rocks
Then start to consider a Filipino Martial Art, Arnis.. it uses single or double sticks as a weapon..
you can bring your incognito nunchucks into a bar fight, but you can't do that with a stick, you sticking out too much
portability is a valid reason to trade your hit power
a weapon is only useful if you can bring it with you
Two Nunchucks is what you need to match 1 two-handed stick!
But nun chucks are faster to swing don't need the same amount of space as a stick would need and
If you have two in each hand with mastery they can be hard to dodge and are unpredictable than a stick which you clearly see where it going to hit.
Less length is not a benefit.
Speed is, but not to the point of sacrificing significantly more power.
@@KieraQ0323 Big dick moment
Nunchucks are a self defence weapon u can use them to disarm other weapons like knives and sticks/ bat it’s just knowing about how to use them funny thing is it’s harder to disarm some1 who knows how to use a pair of these
Love how he turned into a Texan when saying "power".
All right cool I wasn't the only one that noticed that😂😂😂
PoWeRer
Pe-u-waaah
What I learned from this is that the 1.5x Str multiplier when you two-hand a weapon in D&D and Souls games is accurate.
Literally came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed this coincidence!
I think the benefit from nunchucks doesn't come from any added power. But the unpredictability of the weapon to an enemy. Seeing the ends whip around, it becomes distracting and hard to block. A skilled nunchuck user is the only one who knows where their weapons are going
And in close combat when movement is restricted, good luck finding space to swing that long stick!
And then there's the nunchuck grab where you can literally hook a person's weapon or arm.
The other factor they never talk about if that a nunchuck master protects his side and back. With a long stick, your back is fully expose.
At the end of the day, the reality is that these weapons existed for a very long time and a very good reason why.
P.S.: The bo was easier to train for than the nunchuck, but pit a bo master with a nunchuck master and see how that fight works out.
The advantage of nunchucks isn’t unpredictable it’s the fact that there a lot easier to conceal
@@Supremax67You don't need to swing a stick from the side for a powerful strike, you can just do a overhead or diagonal strike or a strike from over your shoulder to the front.
I don't know how effective the grab is. You could also do the same with a stick to a lesser extent plus block attacks from other weapons. A nunchuck could also block strikes but not to the effect of a stick.
How does a nunchuck protect your sides and back? Just swinging it around won't protect every area. It's such a weak, thin and flimsy object that you could barely block anything. With a stick, you can use sword techniques which are much better at blocking attacks plus it's more durable and sturdy.
A stick is probably the first weapon humanity has ever made. I don't see why you'd see use a broken stick attached to another broken stick when you could do the same with a longer stick.
A bo staff easily beats a nunchuck. It has superior reach and packs more punch.
@@mcgclock -- Oh wow, bo fan much?
Let me know when you had the chance to watch Kung Fu masters wielding nunchucks, and 3 sticks nunchucks.
Those guys can still hit an opponent wielding sword and shield. So get back to me when you did a bit more research.
@@Supremax67"Kung Fu masters" with nunchucks are gonna hit sword and shield user? Yeah, right. You probably expect them to do some kind of flip over the enemy and hit them while in mid air like in movies.
I admit that it's not impossible to hit sword and shield, but it'd be very few hits.
“More power”, “better”, and “power” he sounds like an 80’s salesman.
Bro became an honorary Texan when he said "more power 🤠👢"
More powrr yeehaw
LMAO glad I'm not the only one who heard that
So is Jeremy Clarkson an honorary Texan?
About to say lol, bro lost his accent when he said power.
I was about to comment on that. Dude was reaching for his concealed carry but then remembered the video is about nunchucks 😂
Bruce Lee: "I conjure nunchucks out of thin air. Your argument is invalid."
And which tournaments did Bruce Lee win? I'm talking about fighting tournaments, not dance.
@@WakenerOne He didn't fight in tournaments. However, he did fight on the streets when he was younger in his hometown. He was definitely tougher and stronger than the naysayers believe, but I'm not naïve enough to say he's the greatest ever though. But to me, he seems to exhibit the ideal of what eventual became MMA fighting. If people want to get some kind of idea on how tough he truly was, it's best to find interviews of people who spared with him and those he trained or worked with. That's probably where you can cut out the myth and get to the man.
@@RBickersjr Oh, yes, I'm well aware that he didn't fight in tournaments (though I believe he did win or place well in a dance competition early on. And he was clearly in good shape. But . . . there are people who have the man walking on water as a fighter. He was an excellent entertainer, and he probably did more to raise interest in Chinese martial arts than anyone else in history. Which is why I find it interesting how *little* he used Chinese fighting material in his movies. Watch them! Mostly linear, power-on-power, very little in the way of compound circularity in the actual fighting moves, or whirlwind stepping, which is at the fundamental levels of kung-fu. Yet, because of his popularity as a movie star, he built this legend, and generated a hell of a lot of ire from masters of authentic Chinese material, whom he frequently insulted. For me, the myth was cut out years ago. If you think that a man in as good condition as Lee was just all of a sudden, out of the blue, for no particular reason developed fluid on the brain by accident just a few days after certain teachers told their students not to be surprised if he turned up in their newspapers in the coming week, you're a bigger believer in coincidence than I am. But hey - he _was_ given the opportunity to fight, from what I understand.
Nunchucks were farm tools to beat rice out of the stock without bruising the grain. When the Japanese empire outlawed swords bandits maintained their weapons and the farmers needed to learn to defend themselves with what they had
That's what I've heard. I would say they existed as weapons because you could claim they were farming equipment, and not as easily defended against by an armed opponent. Possible flail might give you better odds over a stick, when fighing someone who has a sword, but I don't know. Maybe sticks were also outlawed?
Still, if you get over their guard with a sharp rap on the head, while they're investigating their new concussion constellations, you put your chopstick in his windpipe, trample your mule over him on your way past and maybe your extended family give him a good kicking for luck. Free and clear, legal self defense.
love how western world just default all eastern things they don't know to Japan. Nunchucks was already used as farming tools in China before the Song dynasty and was used as weapons during the Song dynasty, it was initially a alternative repair for broken pole arms, so they don't have to scrap them. This was 1000 years before Japan outlawed swords...
where is the difference between a hungry farmer with starving kids at home and a bandit?
maybe you should research why they are called "nunchaku" in japan to understand where its actually from.
@@snowye9316tbf half the time weapons, techniques and items gets traded around in SEA so much that you get confused with them.
I feel like one of the main reason Japan gets pointed at is due to the beliefs of early ninjas using farming tools before they became the more "typical" type that we see in media, so its fair to get nunchakus mixed in it
I use to carry nunchucks in my rowdy days, and they do plenty of damage, plus it's easier to conceal nunchucks than a stick of equal length.
Give us a story plz🙏
Or you could carry a half length stick instead. Even more concealable, roughly the same effectiveness.
@@KieraQ0323 not as long of reach.
Who da he'll carries nunchucks as a self defense? They were useful, did you used them?
@mr.silvercod9380 I did indeed, I grew up poor in a bad neighbor hood, and they literally saved my life once, plus defended a few other times. And after the trouble makers learned about them they really stopped bothering me altogether. I did carry a more lethal weapon at times. And I thank God everyday the numchucks were enough.
Nunchucks always felt like a weapon for fighting/scaring open hand fighters, or opening and closing a fight before they knew you had a weapon.
A tonfa stick, a knife or even a collapsable baton (which is used by special forces, security forces and some militaries) is very concealable and more reliable. Nunchucks doesn't even work for that.
Your right it's a easily hidden and very fast weapon it may not hit hard but you wanna use it to hit fast and multiple times before they notice you unfold it and swing you don't have to be a master to use it just sneaky
@@ethanjackson1880 knives exist
@@rustaholic2546bro hes talking about a different time period they used knives too its more of a cultural thing and a knife doesnt stop someone from getting hurt or put down from very very skilled user. Accuracy consistency and speed can overcome a person alone
Pretty sure their old school implementation was basically as a less lethal police weapon so that tracks.
Nunchucks nerfs: halves your damage, skill required, chance to damage user
Buffs: cool as fuck
Damage nerf is insignificant
@@dingleitchesnot quite a damage nerf either if skilled
You can more easily whack someone with the corner in a nunchuck
Concealable
Stick : Power Attack
Nunchucks : Rapid attack
Got it.
Stick: Proper Improvised Weapon
Nun-chucks: Improvised Farming Tool Used as a terrible weapon
Pretty much
Aren’t nunchucks also meant to be useful for capturing swords/sticks/limbs?
@admiraladama5877 im assuming chain linked nunchucks
Because obviously rope isnt going to fair well
But even if you capture a sword cant they just pull it back or thrust fowards, potentialy draw cutting you or worse, impaling you?
Idk it just sounds like a strategy that could, mabye, work 1% of the time
Nunchucks: concealable.
It's the same mass and length, but half the size (important for concealment). It also changes direction and can reach potential soft spots that might otherwise be protected.
Literally better off with a cheap telescopic baton. The only thing Nunchucks are actually good for is training hand/eye coordination.
@@MisanthropicHazeCorrect me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a Telescoping Baton be more fragile, like most telescoping objects.
@@darkhorse744 Depends on quality of the craftsmanship tbh, even if you bent the steel defending yourself you aren't going to warp it to the point it is unusable as a weapon.
Half the effective mass
Nunchucks aren’t weapons, it’s a tool to discipline yourself. You typically want to throw punches in bunches. But the chuck, forces you to time and load your strike. Ever watch Bruce Lee use chucks in combo series? No he flowed the chuck and struck when the chuck could be safely returned. Have you see him do a combo with his fist? Same discipline. It’s timed so that he doesn’t injure himself.
Man is on a lifelong mission to slander nunchucks
Not slander when it's true though
@@man_without_fear6518 true
@@man_without_fear6518 Nunchucks aren't meant to add more impact the more power you put in. You can produce a harder impact with less than half the force, it's a stamina thing. Of course someone who's solely on a mission to hate on something won't see it
Nunchucks are used to parry and entangle, they are not meant to optimize striking power.
_"Look, this shield won't pierce an opponents helmet, it's a bad design"_ 😂
@@GulgathydraThey still suck.
I always saw nunchucks as a speed weapon more than a power weapon. Since the stick you hit with reflects off whatever you are hitting, you can use that new motion to setup another strike.
but you have little to no control on how that bounces back, and you have to still move you arm back either way.
@@longnameincoming1219There's a lot more control than you would think for someone who is skilled.
@@andreweaton6363same goes for a normal ass stick
@@longnameincoming1219you do if you've practiced. Otherwise... You're gonna knock your nuts into the year 3000
Nunchucks are unpredictable and made for fast strikes, yeah, so a bit less power vs a two handed stick. But more than sufficient power to get the job done if you know what you're doing.😊
Nunchucks are really for fast, less predictable strikes than really powerful ones.
I think 1 good strike better than all this flashy, fast and useless dance bs
@@Time2pawdance? Huh
@@rgagregrewell medieval era people who has died to a "long stick" didnt find easy to avoid.
People dont telegraph their attacks like in games lmao
@@rgagregrea chained mace. You mean a flail? It's weighted, unlike nunchucks (and the weight distribution is different). Nunchucks require skill to wield, a lot of skill if you want to avoid hitting yourself which isn't a problem for a flail. That's a high bar of entry for pretty much no advantage over a stick. The only real advantage is they're hard to predict because they're such a rare weapon.
@@Time2paw a nunchuck when carried is half the length of a stick, but in fight it still has the same range or more(depending on how you define equal size to a stick)
“mORE powER.” “stick is bettER”😂
Never underestimate the power of a stick
*pulls out fire arm* 😅
@@Kamikaze_Samurai90Firearms are just sticks with holes that shoot rocks out of them
@@Kamikaze_Samurai90 metal/pastic sticks that fling rocks with fire
Never underestimate the power of a stick that can still hit you when you block it...
Shad, hates nunchucks. * then proceeds to skillfully swing them
Got to prove he's efficient with it to be able to say the weapon isn't efficient.
If he didn’t know how, he’d become the very thing he swore to destroy: a keyboard warrior.
Its an informed opinion.
Eh, basic moves with a grip that a lot of more traditional schools wouldn't use.
Not a nunchaku apologist but he hasn't shown much there at all.
@@samueldickenson2062this isn't his first video on the topic.
In my opinion, I expect a stick to be able to provide more strength regardless. However, I would like to see a comparison with a tension prep strike on the nunchucks instead of just a swing.
Nunchucks can be "chambered" in the armpit, allowing one to pull on them with the hand/forearm and let them fly forward by relaxing the grip under the arm.
It also was more of a stealth armament, to my understanding. Nunchucks were originally a horses bit and bridle or maybe a yoke having more of a banana-like shape to them. The users were not allowed to have actual weapons, so they would learn how to use tools around them instead. For this reason, it wouldn't surprise me to find that other weapons are far more effective.
Well I hope you know that nunchucks are not a weapon they have no defensive capabilities offensive capabilities are nothing they are just for show
@@retsrow2899you don’t know how to use them then, better for offense. But can be used in defense as well. Like a belt or cloth versus a knife.
If I recall, Nunchucks were originally farming equipment designed for threshing grains
I was thinking of saying that you can use kinetic energy to charge the nunchucks, but yours sound better.
@retsrow2899 they're great for blocking a sword cus of the chain and then tie up the blade. bit sure, they have NO defensive power. sure
Kinetic energy is equal to the potential energy and mass… but the mass of an object can only gain a certain amount of energy. This is why the stick had more force. However you can add more power the nunchucks by adding a lead cap the ends of the nun chucks to increase the mass.
I’ve never heard a British man say “power” more American than any American
sounds australian, but yes the hard r is jarring
Hes Aussie
Caught me off guard
PAWER
MericaAA
I’m just shocked that two handing the stick just like in dark souls multiplies you’re strength by 1.5
Makes sense biologically. The force of your swing is powered by the wrist, arm, shoulder, and back. Adding an extra grip is roughly 50% more muscle mass to power the swing with.
@@wilcoxway The more significant part is the leverage. Having the two points of grip lets you snap it at the target far harder.
@@pubcle Bigger range of grip = more leverage. The afforded leverage combined with how many muscles can be used is why things like spears are so absolutely devastating.
@@wilcoxway Yep, and in comparison to the nunchucks there's also far less recoil and deflection due to follow-through of the maintained force.
@@pubcle Peolle really do underestimate the significance of follow-through. Energy transfer isn’t just mass + acceleration, contact time is also important.
That’s because nunchucks have Dex scaling but the stick gets the two handed bonus and scales with Strength
don't tell anyone you leveled that up
Dex scaling but still receives a damage penalty and the posture damage is atrocious.
Also the Dex requirement is way too high.
@@wilcoxway you also need intelligence so you don't hit yourself with them
The important value you ignored was the force needed to knock someone unconscious, or break bone. Both capable of that.
I know this is a Short but there’s a lot missing here. For starters, they compare the force to the same weapon. So 50% more force with a stick/Bo two-handed compared to one-handed and no increase for nunchaku means nothing since you don’t know the starting force of either. That only tells us how much each changes…
What was the actual force for both? This is before they account for the possibility to dual wield making applied successive hits much faster.
I’d like to see a master of each type attack a platform that measured force over 30 seconds. What’s the dps?
Keep in mind, the purpose of this weapon was to have the reach of a longer weapon while being entirely concealable. It suffers power but you could hide it in a sleeve and still have a weapon perfectly capable of caving someones skull in.
They're a training tool, not an offensive weapon. They're supposed to hit soft so that you don't hurt youself and training partners.
Yeah goodluck hiding a stick that long in your body.
@Noname-mi1oo range
@@MitoBonsaihit soft.....you mean pull your punches and slow the momentum..have you seen someone get hit by a Chuck
@@davidwilkinson4634 I mean sure, they can hurt, I have gotten bonked by them myself, but thats not what they were made to do, hence why a bo or staff can hit harder.
You went full yankee with that “MORE POWERR” 😂
Nunchaku were created as a speed based defensive weapon with possible offensive capability so they're designed to inflict pain with minor injuries or broken bones.
However things like a bow-staff were created more as an offensive weapon with defensive capability so they were designed to inflict more serious damage.
they were created because it's what some people had on hand to defend themselves. it's a modified farming implement, like most "ninja" weapons.
@@flamesofhellstudiothis. Chucks are for separated grain from the chaff or whatever it’s called.
How did u come up with this? A smaller stick with no chain is just as fast and more effective lol
@@grainnmertens my cousin teaches the history of weapons at a university and he's the one who explained it to me.
And as the first one to respond to the comment mentioned they were created from a farm tool.
However later they were remade using heavier wood to have a stronger effect and over time the design was refined to what they are today.
Nowadays you can even buy some that are made of aluminum and filled with lead to give it more weight.
And they are no longer used as a weapon and are more used for demonstration and display.
@@saxonstreetcomedy my cousin teaches the history of weapons at a university and he's the one who explained it to me.
And as the first one to respond to the comment mentioned they were created from a farm tool.
However later they were remade using heavier wood to have a stronger effect and over time the design was refined to what they are today.
Nowadays you can even buy some that are made of aluminum and filled with lead to give it more weight.
And they are no longer used as a weapon and are more used for demonstration and display.
Nobody developed nunchuks to be used as weapons or as an improvement on some other weapon. They were used because they were not restricted by the authorities since they were considered to be farming tools.
This just shows how skilled michelangelo is
👍🏻
or it shows how smart donatello is :D
Fun fact: nunchakus weren’t meant for power but quick precise blows to joints, if skilled enough could also be used to deflected small objects. ALSO! It was originally a farmers tool before it became known as a fighting tool
bro chill w the naruto lmao
@@rasalgooch8204 what
@@longnameincoming1219 ?
@@rasalgooch8204what does naruto have to do with it?
Okay. How the hell were sticks with chains a farmer's tool?
I laughed way to hard at that "more power". Thank you Shad, as a Texan that actually got a deep laugh out of me xD
Too*
I like how he becomes American when he says MOAR POWER
"They'll never expect hammer-chucks"
Nunchucks, improved by doing literally anything to them.
You can improve nunchucks by breaking them in half.
Throwing them in a Trash Can
You cam improve them by doing nothing to them in the first place and just keep the stick they are made out of
they are meant to be nonlethal
Replace the two sticks with frying pans
Nunchucks are pretty high on the intimidation factor, and not to mention the rule of cool still applies
yeeeeah, I wouldnt exactly call someone brandishing hilariously bad 'weapons' intimidating
Not if you know anything about martial arts
"nunchucks cannot hit nearly as hard as a stick"
*proceeds to use the worst possible nuchuck technique short of hitting yourself*
The benefit isn’t the strength, it’s the speed and unpredictability.
I do agree. Nunchucks are still strong enough to make your opponent cry. Unless your opponent is a wall.
@@dhtran681to make your opponent cry, perhaps. But to incapacitate as quickly and easily as a stick could? I think not
@@royrieder2113 A stick is A LOT EASIER to defend against lmao
A person who knows what they are doing! Hell , a dumbass with some chucks can still do some damage.A dumbass with a stick just gave you something o beat him with. lol
@@LETSHEALUS Incorrect. A stick is not easier to defend against than nunchucks. A stick will break your blocking arm or hand if swung with force. A nunchuck is unlikely to do so.
Facts it is well balanced wepon and more then adequate for hitting a human. If you need more damge look inti titanium allow almost indestructible and lightweight
The reason nunchucks are so bad at hurting people is because they're designed specifically not to. Nunchucks. Are a weapon designed for two purposes training the dexterity of Shaolin monks, and defending Shaolin monks through disarmament of their enemies in the specific scenario that people are trying to take their pottery when they come down the mountain from the monastery to collect water. The story goes that nunchucks were developed because the monks had become too proficient with the bo staff and would often accidentally severely injure or kill opponents because they didn't realize how deadly it affective they were, so instead they created nunchucks which could be used defensively to ward away opponents with painful stinging blows and to disarm spears by wrapping their chain around the half of the spear and stealing it without truly risking harm their opponents.
@@brandondenny226 really? I heard that on the Discovery channel like ten years ago. What's their use as a farming tool?
@@austinpoor5217beating the harvest.
Its already been debunked that they are a disarming tool. They were made for beating harvest, specifically separating grain.
see, I wanted to make an idiotic comment like "Hmm, a new weapon ... hmm ... Oh I know, I take a stick and make it worse" ... and it seems that was the intention XD
Let's talk facts... first nunchuku is a Japanese construct designed to combat katanas, second China refused to use the nunchuk because it was Japanese until the late 20th century
King Shad's arch-nemesis has returned to haunt him again. Luckily Shad has his trusty stick by his side.
The advantage of nunchucks is intimidation, unfamiliarity with the weapon system, and unpredictability.
This, and if you were a poor innocent farmer out threshing your rice when a bandit tried to mug you you didn't even have to stop to pick up a weapon. Nunchucks are kind of an equivalent to if people were banned from carrying all weapons today and started designing martial arts systems around defending themselves with a clipboard or a thermos bottle.
Don't forget range. A stick is easy to judge the range. You can whip a nunchuck to hit them if they don't know the "unfolded length". And it's really hard to "block".
Therapist: American Shad isn't real he can't hurt you
American Shad: two handed strikes hit with 50% more power
Nunchucks aren't meant to just be swung like a baseball bat. They're meant to be in a state of almost constant motion, creating more energy than just a single swing like that.
Yeah, tell that to a crowd that is too dumb to understand the importance of techniques.
yeah this video is dogshit
I was just about to say that, it's crazy how people don't understand that
Still unnefective compared to a proportionate stick. You are going to hit with the force of a small stick, even if it's (relatively) faster, the chance of getting hit back, miss your target or simply not dealing enough stopping damage are too many hindrances. The chain or cord part displaces applied force and gives a chance of hitting back at you, that's why it's very unnefective.
It's a flashy toy, compared to any weapon, (even the flail) it sucks.
Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but wasn't the nunchuck's origin a farming implement that saw surprising effectiveness in uprisings due to its odd movements and ability to strike around blocks?
Wait, is this why two-handing a weapon in Elden Ring gives you effectively 50% more strength with it? Damn
Video game logic dude video game logic
The nunchucks had no rotational force in that test, which is kinda what they were made for.
Bro, Elden ring was so accurate with the two handed buff
Lmao
see, the problem is they're using DS1 rules which actually adds +50% STR on two-handing and nunchucks are a DEX weapon
I WAS THINKING THE SAME
Ah yes, the best way to swing a nunchuck: like a bat
This was one of the best things about DS1. Bigger damage boost when 2 handing.
Nunchuks are for when an autocratic imperial government outlaws the carrying of weapons (including sticks) and you need a weapon for self defense that is concealable from authorities. It’s less about nunchuks being effective and more about them being a pragmatic option when living under onerous rules.
Spoilers. Hammerchucks were fairly effective.
Yes. Until they broke.
And the risk for the user was also greater than with regular nun-chucks.
@@sim.frischh9781 True, but they were 7 dollar hammers. Actually craft some Mace-Chucks and might be in business.
@@Nickle_King I considered that, but my point about the risk was also from BEFORE they broke.
Tyranth pointed that out as well.
They also just used them like a flail because doing any moves you'd do with nunchucks would be too dangerious to the user. So really they just made a double hammer flail.
Against a still unmoving target.
They'd still have just as many issues as nunchucks against an opposing target. They can't defend, can't push, can't maintain range, can't be choked up on, can't extend, can't threaten, need far more windup, can't thrust, can't leverage, can't alter mid-swing, can't redirect, can't deflect, can't parry, etc.
Nunchucks were never meant to replace the stick. The reason for their use was that they could be hidden under clothing. At the time the nunchucks were introduced, there was a weapon ban on Okinawa (birth place of nunchucks).
Better idea, rather than 2 sticks tied together with a rope, why not 2 sharpened sticks to use as makeshift daggers?
@@ibraheemshuaib8954tbh why things the way they are?
Thank you! I kept looking for someone to point this out!
Has anyone looked up what a nine sections wipe is?
@mikemcklieve 2 sticks being tied together? It was a farming tool
@ibraheemshuaib8954 ah yes, because the alternative to not having a dagger because they banned weapons is having two daggers
Nunchucks' speciality is the flexibility, speed and variable path hence the uncertainty of path it'll take (uncertainty for the reciever of the blow). You can give multiple blows with it in same amount of time compared to with a stick. It's like comparing a dolphin with a cheetah. They both have different specialisations.
I'm afraid that nobody ever taught you to use a baton or a short stick correctly, friend.
But it IS like comparing a dolphin with a cheetah. The chucks are the cheetah. And if you know anything about the dangers of dolphins versus the dangers of cheetahs, you'll know how soundly I just dissed nunchucks with YOUR analogy.
@@WakenerOne Yeah, you achieved something significant here. Giving you a standing ovation. And you are right, I may be not knowing a lot about cheetah, dolphin or your short stick. 🖖
@@AnandShah3977 Hahaha . . . at least you have a sense of humor - which is a far cry above some here on the 'Tube.
but cheetah will kill dolphin any time of the day, unless it's a dolphin pack
@@WakenerOne he/she took a shit on your stupidity.
But the best part is. You have no clue how dumb you are, so it makes you think you are smart.
Now that's the real humor....
If nunchucks really weren't that practical, it wouldn't have made it this far in history. Everything has its pros and cons over something else, if not, It doesn't exist anymore
The actual problem with nunchucks is that they are not a weapon, but a farming tool. Any place that grew grains (like wheat or rice) back in the old days would probably have some manner of nunchucks laying around.
A nunchuck, or a thresher, was used to beat the living daylights out of the harvest to separate the grains from the straws.
I speculate that the reason they didn't just use a stick for this is that a stick would be the angle of impact. If you hold a stick and smack it into the ground no matter how close your hand is to the ground the point of stick will always hit the ground first and concentrate the impact there. So, not very effective for threshing. If you instead tie two sticks together you can swing the stick in such a way that the entire length of the stick hits the ground at the same time, thus letting you thresh more effectively. It was probably also a benefit that your hand wouldn't be permanently numbed from smacking a stick into the ground from dawn till dusk.
Huh! Just fact checked this because I was curious. According to Wikipedia:
“The origin of the nunchaku is unclear. One traditional explanation holds that it was originally used by Okinawan farmers as a flail for threshing rice.”
Thanks for the cool fact! The more you know. :]
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@@arkg171 Both 'til and till are correct. 'Til is a shortening of until and till is a different word with the same meaning.
Wow. Great fact
Awesome insight thanks!
What’s not being considered is that nunchucks also function as a strap and are meant to catch strikes and tie up weapons and limbs for grappling exchanges. You’re missing a massive part of its use if you see it as a purely striking weapon
I could kinda see them being used to catch another weapon if the string wasnt weak, but using them to tie a limb can't be accurate. You cant tie them around someones arm as they arent far enough apart and if you could you would have to commit 2 hands to tie up one of your opponents which is breaking a big grappling rule.
@@caidenmusick1727 I don’t use a string I use a chain, and thin sticks that can both be held in one hand. And tbh I’m almost ok with having both my hands bound to their weapon because that’s the least dangerous place I can be. Closer I am to them and the weapon the less leverage they have to strike or stab me. My ideal way to handle that sort of combat 1 on 1 is grappling because weapons aren’t good at grappling. Ideally you’d be using a sort of boiled leather or mail gauntlet allowing you to directly grab their blade. So at a certain point the essentially have to pick between losing and letting go of their weapon, and I’m great at hand to hand so I’ve got just as good of a chance if not better in an unarmed setting or me armed vs him unarmed (especially against someone in more cumbersome armor than me) which is the situation I’d like to work toward
@@dontblink8397 oh ok, I see now. So they would be pretty effective against a larger two handed weapon that you could control the person with, especially if you have a secondary small dagger on your hip or something to that degree.
@@caidenmusick1727 honestly my most preferred weapon is just a dagger and an armored gauntlet. My idea is to have a metal plate fashioned into the inside of the wrist of a boiled leather gauntlet to that you can effectively block and catch strikes with one the most vulnerable parts of your entire body. This metal plate would have hooks so that their weapon gets caught as it slides down the gauntlet allowing for a wrap over of the weapon for a grappling exchange or a counter with the opposite hand (this specific thing would work much better against swords and thin blades weapons as compared to hammers or maces but the idea of a parrying gauntlet works across the board)
Nunchucks rely on speed for force, and with a chain/rope you're effectively given another joint to whip a shorter stick. This is similar to the way Atlatls work
Right? They used it incorrectly and said it didn't work. If I fill my car up with Vaseline instead of gas it's worse than walking so...
You can put nunchuk on your pocket and hit someone in the head in a small room.
Nunchuck is the closest to "Be water, my friend."
Fighter: "SWORD-CHUcKS!!!!!"
Let that antique comic come back to the surface of your mind.
The Nunchaku were used as a farming tool for threshing wheat and rice. It was originally a farmers defensive weapon used in areas where possession of weapons was forbidden. There is some evidence of them bring used from horseback to strike from above to opponents on foot. They were later used to teach discipline to students as one had to be patient and careful not to strike oneself. They were often inlaid with iron and connected by a chain that could be used to disarm opponents. An elegant and subtle weapon, in the hands of a master these could even disarm and defeat an opponent wielding a stick, staff, spear, or club.
Thus the Ninja was born, Ninjas started out as farmers being oppressed by Japanese feudal lords, a lot of their weapons were made from farming utensils due to them not being allowed swords or modern weapons of that era, the smoke bomb was an hollowed out egg filled with glass or grounded plant material that irritated the eyes as an example.
This should be pinned
@@suttercane777 Ain't gonna happen, goes against the Shadiversity narrative.
@@monodyI agree it should be pinned, but it doesn’t go against Shad’s narrative that the stick is the better weapon. You can also disarm someone with a sword with your bare hands, but it doesn’t make bare hands better than a weapon, nor does the argument for its use on horseback go against what he’s saying, which is that staffs are better when fighting on foot.
@@clickpause8732 Contextual benefits only offers so much, and part of the point with the nunchaku was disarming, even when on foot. Disarming someone using your bare hands is a hyperbolic extension, especially matched to swords, and does not invalidate that nunchaku make the endeavor easier, just as the purpose of any weapon/tool is to make it's designed tasks easier.
Nunchucks are a purpose built tool. Its a backup weapon if you lose or break your primary or to easily hide on you. Best used at medium close range.
Sweet, new season of Shad vs Limp Stick just dropped
Majima: *HOLY SHIT*
_uses a baseball bat as nunchucks_
Lightsaber nunchucks!
Oh, hey a worse idea than "swordchucks, yo!"
When done correctly, what hurts more? Getting wipped by a towel, or getting hit by a stick.
The entire time I’m sitting here thinking “just get someone who swings nunchucks properly”
Skill does not change physics. Also nun chuck skill does not increase the power output it instead decreases the chances of you hitting your self like a dum dum when using them. Being skilled with a nun chuck will not magically create more power for it. If you want consistent equal strikes then just mount them both on a rotating lever or machine with full precision. The outcome will still be the same , the is stick is just better. Shad literally explained why the nun chucks will not hit harder that a stick of equal mass and size(counting the 2 handles not the string making it potentially even more in favour for the nun chucks since they get the added rope length yet they are still worse than a stick). It is because the stick is rigid and delivers all of its force to the target since it is rigid while the nun chuck bounces off losing a great deal of energy and impact on its bouncing back movement. Why? because it is not rigid .
An easy example is : which is gonna hurt more getting hit with a steel rebar or with a chain of the same weight and length. Ofcourse the fking solid rebar will deal more damage it will crush bones and tenderise meat. While the change will mostly just whip and barely do any damage.
Another example is in rotating grass and bush cutters. What do they use for big strong plants and small trees? Solid rotating blades. Not the flexible whip fillaments or wires. Because they just dont do the same work.
@@Nw-zh1uq Centrifugal force is part of physics so there’s no need for physics to change to get a better outcome by swinging them properly. Any pendulum would strike an object with more force depending on how hard/fast it is swung. You wouldn’t do a stabbing motion with the stick for maximum force to be applied so you shouldn’t swing the nunchucks like a baseball bat either.
@@amateur-madman3047 Except it isnt a real force, the centrifugal force is purely an apparent force that only occurs based upon your frame of reference.
Further, the way its swung does not actually matter for the experiment. What matters is that the swing is consistent with the only change being 1 handed vs 2 handed.
@@amateur-madman3047 also you would do a stabbing motion with a stick, because the ability to penatrate an object is depended on the force and the area where that force is applied. Striking someone with the long end of a stick will hit with more force over a larger area, but a stabbing motion will do more damage in a much smaller area. This is why throughout history, the stick has remained the ultimate weapon. Whether it was a stick, or spear, it can be swung or stabbed and still be an extremely effective weapon with extremely low cost.
The entire purpose of nunchucks in the first place (after being a farming tool) was as a training aid for martial arts since apparently learning to handle it is pretty good for dexterity and coordination. It was never a real weapon.
Please make a video on indian style swords
As the old webcomic 8-Bit Theater said.
"Swordchucks, yo!"
A Fighter. Dumb as a post but realy good at swording people.
Thank you for also remembering such a legend.
the bad thing about the stick is when you hit something the vibrations travel into your hands, which can be slightly painful,with nunchucks there is a separation, therefore not providing a way for the energy to travel into your hands
just my opinion 🤷🏽♂️
I think the idea was smacking grain for a couple hours would hurt because your arms would absorb a lot of shock and vibration so a flail-type stick was made
Nunchucks aren't weapons
They're like, farm equipment.
The techniques involving them apply to a good deal of semi-hard flexible things.
Like rope/chains, horse equipment, and farming implements. Stuff that people often have access to (already in their hands)
Sure you could argue about the stick, that's why fuckin bo staff techniques exist.
We can't act like humans only design weapons for their ability to be a weapon or all knives would be daggers instead of specializing into steak, parring, kitchen etc.
@@Sip_Dhit Yeah but people try and still say they're viable weapons when they aren't
Indeed and flails actively use the rebound for the next hit.
They could have tested on an anvil instead of a cushion and killed the whole push through idea.
Honestly I remembered me not being able to find records of using nunchucks for farming, that or other farming tools are supiror than it and out replaced nunchucks
@@kujojotarostandoceanman2641
There is something called a "Rice pounder". I think in the west it is called a "Threshing Flail".yourself
There are some schools Okinawa that don't actually use swinging strikes all that much. They focus on maintaining a grip on both handles but blocking and striking more like a weird hybrid double baton. The nunchucks are also often spread to provide a double hand supported block. Lots of using the butt end, too. Its a very non flashy, barely any swing maintenance of a kinetic chain while using them as a two handed weapon most of the time. And they can hit super hard and block fairly heavy strikes. The name of the particular school liniage eludes me, but it's Okinawan.
It makes a helluva lot more sense to use them that way.
Shot in the dark, Ryutae(?)
Yamamoto after watching this video: Gotta teach it to Kenpachi.
There is a clear central theme of hate in these videos toward a specific group and the weapons they use. Super entertaining to watch him try and 'merica all the martial arts
They're like grown up klackers , more danger to the user than an opponent.
We gotta stop roasting Donatello. He had a very strong weapon.
😮
The dangers of these sorts of weapons can be described in Discworld's "Men-At-Arms" when the guard Nobby picks up a flail, and starts swinging it around, only to find that he won't be able to stop it without the spiky ball smashing into his face. Luckily, Carrot, who is an Ace to the point that he can get dwarves and trolls, who'd otherwise fight one another, to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya", is able to just grab the ball, and stop it, without harm to himself or Nobby. As stated - Carrot is an Ace, getting a Werewolf Girlfriend, and becomes a Captain of the Guards, and is the Rightful Heir to the Throne, but realizes that he's more powerful as a Guard.
Carrot is LITERALLY the rightful king, and is literally blessed by god
@@RasputinReview But, he's smart enough to realize that he's more powerful if he doesn't proclaim himself as one. Besides, the city runs fine under Veterinari, although Carrot does make the occasional "suggestion" like how a certain noble family should be restored to its rightful place, despite the fact that only a King can do that. (Vimes glances over at a corner, to see Carrot standing at attention, awaiting orders.)
Dude could make water run uphill, and *he's* got a commander.
@@lockwoan01 He doesn't know, at least in the first 25 of the books i read as a kid
@@RasputinReview Oh, he knows, as does everyone else, he's just smart enough to not claim it - he knows that a hidden king is more effective. It's in "Men-At-Arms".
cool. u just passed 5th grade physics class
its not about power, its about speed and accuracy. plus its harder to hide a giant stick when trying to smack someone in the face than it is two smaller sticks tied together.
I think their biggest advantages are 1) easier to conceal and 2) they can safely entangle a longer blade or reach weapon (staff, etc) and nullify that advantage.
Maybe, but, if you're going to carry something of this sort why do it in half measures. Get a flail and you can do some serious damage.
Their biggest advantage is that the look good on film.
@@Wastelandman7000 But not as easy to conceal. My understanding is that the nunchucks were a weapon of 'the sneaks'
@@WakenerOne yus
@@jimharris5320 Then they should have put some mace heads on the ends of the sticks. Because its not that effective of a weapon. A manrikigusari (if I spelled it right) or meteor hammer is many times more effective. Or a flail with an iron ball on the end.
Would be fun to test a chained morning star weapon. Pretty much the same concept, but the fact that one end is much heavier (made entirely out of metal) makes it much more powerfull with the velocity it gets. The Nunchucks gains more velocity than a stick, but it has a poor energy transfer to the target cause of the weight it has. Would be curious to see a test with a chained morning star
"But is there a way to make nunchucks more powerful?"
I'd like for you to meet the flail.
I think nunchucks are primarily used as:
1. A mark of confidence and proficiency in martial arts. It’s kind of a warning sign that unless you fancy yourself a great martial artist, you’re like about eat dirt by fighting whoever picked them up willingly.
2. The chaotic nature makes it hard to block when wielded expertly. Again, anyone who willingly picks up a nunchuck in a fight is likely to know exactly how to use them.
If I see someone pick up nunchuck’s, it’s a universal sign, I’m not zoned for this fight. I’ll take an all out brawl or stick fight till the cows come home. Bruce lee over there is going to have me gazing up at the pearly gates.
About your points.
1. If we're about to fight. Nunchucks tell me I've got some time before you're capable of hurting me. They don't hurt that bad and it's not gonna break my bones.
2. Nunchucks are the most predictable weapon from the side of the opponent. In order to do anything with them you have to move your entire body. It's the first thing any other fighting style is told not to do because anyone can counter with a little thinking.
@@dustincarter9334the thing is, bad as they are, someone who is experienced in using nunchucks for combat genuinely shouldn’t be messed with unless you’re a really good fighter.
Finding an opening is hard enough with them moving so fast, combine that with someone who is used to making them go really fast from nothing in a split second and you have a very solid defensive weapon for as long as you can keep it moving.
Oh and side note, a nunchuck will indeed hurt quite bad if it smacks you. Still a bad weapon overall, but that shit hurts when it’s being swung at like 20mph.
"The chaotic nature makes it hard to block when wielded expertly." - UNLESS it's being contested by literally anyone halfway to expert with a stick, or literally any other martial weapon of similar or - god forbid - MORE reach.
Nunchucks is a show-pony's "non-weapon", only functional as far as TV and Film choreography can push your suspension of disbelief. Or an absolute god-tier master level combatant vs an absolute bottom-tier, greenhorn, amateur.. like a young child or a drunk person. Even UNARMED, someone who is a mid-high level trained male, in any effective martial arts or military CQC techniques can adrenaline and brute force their way through a nunchuck user's attacks. Will they get hurt? sure. But, the fact alone that it is LEAGUES LESS LETHAL than any other comparable weapon means that in a kill or be killed situation, the person who chooses nunchucks is at a disadvantage 99 times out of a hundred. Also you're defending against yourself as much as the other combatant... which also tired you out much quicker, on top of that being less lethal.. LOL.
@@loki7701 their fast movement isn't an issue, just hit them, poke them heck just shove it at the stupid swinging stick to stop it and they've lost any advantage they thought they had, now they have to wind up again while you beat them with a stick. All of their "confidence" in choosing the nunchucks just flew out the window when reality came into effect. Its not even really their fault, its just that specialized training amounts to nothing compared to a weapon that is always effective and versatile from out of the gate. Anyone can use the stick and it can be modified almost to no end to suit the individual whereas the nunchucks are less effective and require training.
@@acewmd. i totally agree that a majority of the time, they are a shit weapon. It’s important to recognize however that someone experienced in any weapon knows its weaknesses. Obviously a long stick will beat them pretty easily, for as long as the person with the stick has the other at the end of it.
Not saying it’s easy to get in on someone with a stick, there’s a reason most weapons are just variations of a long stick, like spears, naginata, halberd, but an inherent weakness with long weapons is close quarters.
On the wind up thing, it doesn’t actually take that long to get one up to speed. There are people that take it from zero speed to ball buster in less than half a second, and there’s always the reliable “just swing it” method.
Would a short beat stick be more effective? Yes, absolutely. By rule of cool, I like the nunchucks more than most other close combat weapons, one of which is the hook sword, another generally bad to mediocre and hard to use cool looking weapon.
Moral of the video: use two nunchucks.
It's just maths, really. You get 50% more damage when you hold a stick with two hands, so with a pair of nunchucks in each hand, you can get a huge boost to your damage.
You can also hit two targets at once. Or, nunchaku in one hand, pistol etc in the other.
@@nichevo1if u had a pistol, at that point, u should just use the gun, u don’t need the nunchucks at that point .-.
@@heilamwether8911 depends. Riot control is one scenario.
@@nichevo1 but… *why.* your bring up crow control, but when did that come up inside of the conversation? Also 1. Out of all situations, Why crowd control? U have a gun, that is enough of a reason for people not to want to come near you, which nunchucks might also be able to do, but higher chances of them trying to swarm. Also less lethal so higher chance of personal injury if they do swarm, and if they want blood, your dead. 2. From what I have gotten from other comments, nunchucks are made more for hitting certain points on a person’s body to hurt/incapacitate them. *a crowd kinda negates that..* due to being you know… a blob, so using a crowd control situation for a nunchuck is just dumb, and even if we’re using a non-lethal scenario would fare less then a gun, since even if u have no intentions to shoot/harm someone, it still has mental power over people due to being A GUN: who wants something that can blow the brains out of you, and the person behind you pointed at your head ☠️ . Like, what would you do in that situation? And even then, you could shoot bullets near or at their feet as an distraction, giving your a chance to flee, or get a better position. To give a better situation for a nunchuck over a gun, you would have to have a situation that is something like a 1v1, non-harming, close combat, fast attack rates, sports-like, and stealth capabilities, which gives nunchucks the most advantages, but when talking about this, a gun can literally do some of the things a nunchuck can do, and better, being it can hit through armor, if you want non-lethal use rubber bullets or shoot for the legs and arms, and even if we did say nunchucks has more advantages, most of the benefits of a nunchuck can be applicable with a stick or just a man grabber. Like, I’m sorry man, I also like nunchucks, but it’s really hard to just win over modern firearms. (Unless your Bruce lee, in which case maybe.)
He’s speaking english but says “Power” in American.
Nunchucks are not used for heavy beating, it is a weapon that was made to be easy to hide and be agile, it is also not listed in the main weapons so it’s like a dagger, you would not use it as your main weapon in a battle but used for surprise attacks, that is why it does not hit as hard as a stick
A stick can be blocked at the middle, actually closer to the grip the less power, but try block a nunchuck in the middle and the second stick will come around with even more speed and smack the target. Its also easier to conceal and carry. Or if they try to grab one of the sticks you can use the other half to squeeze their thumb like a vice. Very painful. Stick is easier to use, and if you need to train a large quantity of people to be efficient with a weapon in a short period of time, stick is better.
That's how you block nunchucks tho... if you do it right you won't get hit with much force at all. That's because the force will be spread out at multiple different angles instead of in one direction as the second swings around and bleeds off force the entire rotation.
I think you mean kinematic chain, because the stick forms a rigid body with your arm/arms, giving it a constrained kinematic model.
Kinetic chain is more of a biomedical/physiology term for muscular-skeletal relationships.
Nunchucks are like the little brother who gets punished and crying in another room. They are annoying, but you don’t want to get near them because you might get punished too.