Pro tip: Bruce Lee was taught the use of nunchucks by his student and friend. Dan Inosanto. They even fought one another in the movie Game of Death Strong work brother man. 🔥🔥💪💪👍👍
I’m going to say it’s the most used weapon in films for its showiness and being well known. But it’s also a very powerful and versatile tool in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing
Try hitting something solid at face level. A bouncing chuck to your own face is no joke. At least not to yourself. Firsthand knowledge. I kept my bo, threw away all my chucks.
I knew someone who trained with the nunchucks. Aside from the number of self-inflicted injuries he receive from them he got through an awful lot of lightbulbs. Though the longer threshing version did occasionally get used in England the most commonly agricultural weapon used in combat was the billhook. This had a long, broad blade with a hook on the unsharpened edge and a handle several inches long. It was used to pollard trees, remove branches some one and a half to two inches thick. The branches used to make charcoal for the blacksmith or making fences et cetera. For combat the handle was removed and a haft of some six foot long replaced it. It now looks similar to the halberd and made for an excellent weapon. You could stab with the point or hack with the blade's edge or use the hook to pull a man off his horse. It was the most common weapon used by Medieval infantry as it had a good reach against other weapons or cavalry.
Citations needed. Wikipedia doesn't count. From all academic studies I have read over the years, spears were the most common infantry weapon. But, historical research is constantly changing our understanding of the past,so any new studies are welcome. Thanks!
Easily one of my favorite videos of the now famous JJ. Yes my friends who took karate in the early 90s all had ninja stars, Nunchucks, Sai's, Katana Blades or at least one of those. We would play with them until someone got hurt.
The Hussites, warrior farmers, during the middle ages in Eastern Europe, would use wheat flails with added iron spikes, to fight mounted knights. Use what you have...
I love that you included the 'A fellow Chucker,' scene from the original TMNT film. My mom took me to see that as a kid in the theater. The Braveheart flail scene is also excellent. The scene from Fists of Fury where Bruce Lee takes out the entire school of martial artists using nunchucks amongst other things is excellent. Maybe it was cut for time? Whatever. Excellent video as usual.
The movie High Risk 1995 with Jet Li also features Nunchucks and a improvised version too. I love this movie for the 1990s action with guns and kung fu and a very funny side plot with the character Frankie who imitates Bruce Lee. It is worth watching espcially the dubbed version. The Jackie Chan movie City Hunter 1993 also features night sticks that can be converted to nunchucks by a switch. Those are the only two I can remember not shown in your video. Thank you again for the videos. Always great to watch and pick up new films to watch.
Hey Johnny, speaking of weapons originating from Asia I think Balisong/Butterfly Knife deserves an episode. Like nunchuks it is one of the more flashier melee weapons but it is also one of the most controversial and banned knife designs around the world and is very often the "criminal knife" along with spring loaded knives/switchblades.
In the UK during the 1980s and 90s the head of the British Board of Film Classification decided Nunchucks were a dangerous weapon. They were therefore cut from a number of films and TV in the UK. Most significant was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (renamed Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles over here for more or less the same reason).
But films with scenes of people getting shot and killed by "harmless" firearms or stabbed with "inconspicuous" knives were still allowed to be shown? What a bunch of schizophrenics!
There is one physical property that is often missed with whip type weapons. Hitting someone with a stick causes recoil. Sure, there isn't the same amount of potential power in a nunchuk, but there are limits to how much power you can put in to a stick without hurting your self anyways. If you are skilled, then you can put in more force in to a nunchuk than your arms could normally handle with a stick. It has its benefits and downsides.
Yes the use of nunchucks in the movies is all sow. And a great show it is. When my son took Kung-Fu, the nunchucks were used as a strike weapon, a method to block other weapons or blows. The fancy moves and twirling and such for for use in a 'form' (moves and weapons display routine), Still they look great on film, especially in the hands of the late Bruce Lee.
At 60? Still have a set. First were homemade. At 14. If you're going to try them? Longer the chain? More likely to find out what it's like to be smacked in the head. Y'all ain't Bruce Lee. 🤔😉🙄
Knew a guy who caught a felony charge because he had nun-chucks in the trunk of his car. Apparently, in some states, possession of so-called "ninja weapons" is a crime.
Yeah it is bullshit. Arizona just barely decriminalized possession of nunchucks only in May 2019. They're still illegal in California and Massachusetts.
2:49 "Showing off has its dangers in a real fight." Major Ocelot: spins guns* "Twelve shots." continues to spin guns* "This time I've got twelve shots."
I studied MA hard when I was young, and it was required I learn a couple nunchuk forms, but I never felt confident or in control with them. Happier with just a stick.
Another great advantage of nunchucks, and even more for a ball and chain flail, is that they can somewhat bypass blocks: if you raise your shield just high enough to block a downward swing from a sword, a flexible weapon like a nunchuck might still hit you
But isn't it true that, as this video says, if you fail to use the nunchaku properly and just use it like a movie prop, you will likely lose against a skilled fighter? Isn't that concerning?
@@mattbronsil6336 - being in a fight in the first place should be concerning. I learned to use nunchaku when I was a kid, back in the late '70s Never beat myself up with them, and never had to beat anyone else up either. I learned most of the budokan weapons back then, but these days, I just carry a gun.
Flail was used as a weapon for centuries, one of the most striking examples were flail units of the Hussites armies. It is cheap, practical weapon, and the fact that it has been used for centuries in almost all parts of the world is a testament of their effectiveness.
One move you rarely see is very basic but effective: the one where you whip it from your arm pit to strike forward at a point. You get maximum force and accuracy. I used to toss pebbles with one hand and launch them, wonderfull thrumm sound. One agricultural based weapon, the battle scythe is almost always portrayed wrong. Before taking it into battle a smith would bend it's socket so that the blade pointed forward: you got a pole arm with a long curved blade, sharp on the inside rather than outside as it would be with a scimitar or katana.
I prefer a bokken or a retractable baton. A retractable baton allows me to conceal it. In the end proper training with any weapon would make you a formidable force.
Wow thanks Johnny, what memories these bring back. When I was a young idiot the popular TV show kung fu was showing and we also had Bruce Lee movies we could sneak in to watch at the cinema, so here's how that worked out. Firstly, being young and stupid, (12-14 ish) none of us realised that nunchucks were a movie weapon, (I should type weapon in upper case but I digress) because of how many of us tried to make them (yes see 'stupid' earlier) consequently many hilarious trips to A&E happened. Followed by making other dangerous weapons and the after effects. How we survived I do not know but one question always stuck in my mind, why? Why let any of us make them in the first place? My brother still has a dent in his forehead because of an 'accident' with his nunchucks. We both got a slap for that lol. I think you have opened a can of worms with this video, and plenty of laughter too. Excellent work as always and thank you for the list of reference movies, I'd like to add thanks to the other guys here who have a few films they have added, awesome.
Thanks man. Love reading these stories. Something attracts to us all the more dangerous weapons in life. Luckily no dents on my head though I probably deserved a few.
The “can be useful if skilled enough” argument is a trap many fall, into when defending their favourite thing. Get this, having a clothe hanger in your hand is better than having no weapon, and if you train enough with a clothe hanger you can get quite good, and defeat opponents with real weapons, it doesn’t make a clothes hanger an effective weapon. The definition of an “effective weapon” is a weapon with very high training to damage ratio, it is a weapon you can do the most damage with the least training/effort. This does not exclude high skill weapons like swords or rapiers because they also have correspondingly high potential, you can definitely kill someone in one strike with a sword and you can do it every time if you’re skilled. However the most skilled nunchuck user cannot guarantee killing someone with one strike, despite requiring even more training.
There is a historically version of this weapon in medieval times, but it was a large wooden pole joined with a shorter one so it can't hit back when it bounces.
I'd be lying if I didn't say i was a little disappointed you didn't put in a clip from Beverly Hills Ninja that movie is so hilarious RIP Chris Farley RIP
I always questioned the effectiveness of nun chuks, but I feel like some things are left out. A stick of the same length of a nun chuk would be more effective. I've been hit by nun chuks from messing around, and they hurt, I'm sure you could cave in a skull, especially when weighted. But you can't block with nun chuks. As said, not only they are more dangerous to the user, and it takes more time to train with, but attacks are easier to fail. Sudden loss of footing or the opponent faints an attack. But that scene from Braveheart has to be the best way to use nun chuks for concealment, and the length can be surprising, but the swing can still fail. Flail weapons do have an effective purpose with calvery, the shock from the strike doesn't go straight to your hands, on foot more things can go wrong.
The medieval weapon, the ball and chain or morning star is not too different in concept than the nunchucks, the main difference is instead of another rod on the other end is a ball with spikes on it or just an iron ball. At West Point Museum there is a morning star on display in the weapons gallery. What is interesting about it is the handle is long with metal studs fixed on it and the ball is actually wood but with metal spikes sticking out of it. The long handle is interesting to me because it looks as if it could also be used as a weapon if there is any damage to the chain or the ball, or it could be used defensively to parry with.
Can't say I agree with everything you said in the video, but I love that you mentioned the fact that it's concealable, which I think is the nuchackaku's biggest advantage. A baseball bat is a better fighting weapon, but where you gonna hide that? The nunchaku is also potentially more lethal compared to, say, a pipe of the same length as one section of the nunchaku because it utilizes centripetal(not sure, not a physicist) force. I liken its usage to how people used blackjacks. I bet someone else can explain this much better than me.
I think it's a good situational weapon. I'm fairly open to my points being debated. I have a lot of experience with batons but no experience with nunchucks - so purely a second hand research video for me really.
It actually transfers *less* force than stick of comparable length. It's sole virtue is the surprise factor, which can be advantageous in a quick confrontation. But as a serious weapon it's all but useless. Shadiversity has a few good videos on the subject.
@@VikingTeddy Sorry, but your waifu does not have "few good videos" on subject at hand. He has few absolutely idiotic ramblings which do show his own ineptitude. Robert Escobar (actual historian of hand-to-hand weapons) has few good videos on the subject and he debunks Shadiversity real hard. Here's his channel: www.youtube.com/@ObjectHistory
@@vksasdgaming9472 Thanks, I'll check your waifu out :). I have some *teensy* bit of experience from over 30 years of teaching ma, but I'm always willing to learn. I have no love for Shad, he's a moron but he made some good points. Can you tell me what exactly he was wrong about?
@@VikingTeddy Indeed go check your waifu again. You also do not have any martial arts competence either as you are unwilling to learn. - Let's list what your waifu is wrong about - History of nunchaku - Proper structure of nunchaku - Technique of using nunchaku - Physics Quite short summary actually.
the Nunchucku's true great use is a disarming weapon, using its speed and deceptive telegraphing makes it extremely ideal for attacking the opponent's wrists and forcing them to drop their weapon from impact recoil, what you do from there is dependent on what martial art you know that can best use the weapon or more likely puting it to the side to better capitalize on the disarmed foe
People are impressed by speed and movement more than actual effectiveness. It can have its uses, but like most farm implements turned into weapons, it was used out of desperation, not design. It's arguably a better defensive weapon than offensive, and it's better for its concealment than its effectiveness. A bo stick has more reach, controllability and striking power. The best stealth use is holding both ends together, fooling the opponent into thinking it's a short weapon and moving within its range.
The nunchucks are a useful weapon to attack and defend and to do grappling moves but as any weapon it requires practice and have its limitations as well as any other weapon do 🤷🏻♂️
Back then farmers aren't allowed to handle weapon by Samurai, that's why they use nunchuck, sai, sickle, and other farming tools, and covering their face, that we called them ninja, I usually playing it with my friends after helping my uncle harvesting, nice memories 😊
So from what I understand, nunchucks are best treated as flails, which have limited practicality, but do have some advantages if used in certain ways, such as to surprise or confuse?
Could you do a video about how some movies and video games, characters will hold a pistol outstretched with their dominant hand and wielding a knife in the off hand crossed in front of them under the outstretched hand?
Great video with some excellent points. Thanks for sharing this man! I’d love to hear your kung fu movie recommendations if you’ve got em- saw some I recognize in this video. Thanks for sharing and God bless you! :)
I actually used nunchucks in a fight just last night for the first time and they actually worked pretty damn good, the story sounds so fake but I swear that this shit really happened, to make a long story shorter me and my friends were at the mall and things got heated between my group and another group and eventually we went outside so my friend could fight 1 on 1 with another guy, keep in mind it was only about 10 of us compared to 20-40 of them, the moment my friend stepped outside 5-8 of them jumped him so I pulled out my nunchucks and I smacked one guy twice and everyone backed off my friend, I’ll skip the rest of the details of the fight to save time but at the end I ended up having to run away cause one of them was about to pull a knife on me. Anyways tho my answer as to if nunchucks are good or not is to just only use them if you’re actually good with them which applies to every weapon so use what you want as long as you can do it effectively
Eh, more of a Donatello person myself. Bo staffs for the win! And on a sidenote, I'm more into segmented chain spears (for a prime example, there's Kyouko Sakura's signature weapon from Puella Magi Madoka Magica). Far more alluring even if the danger is heightened, but that's magical adeptitude for you.
Another cinematic example of how showboating one's nunchuck skills can go wrong for you, look up this scene from the 1983 Italian comedy "Nati con la Camicia" (English title: "Go For It!") at 3:07: ruclips.net/video/xAmYfe9LWm0/видео.html
My brother mate owns a pair of Nun-chucks & got the daft idea he could beat me while I was smoothing down an English long staff! He bonked me once, but I non full contact cracked him a few times that took him 1/2 an hour to get up from. Honestly, I'd rather a (cudgel) over a (nun-chuck-short flail) as they really don't hurt to get hit with! I'd even consider a stout tree branch cut to length to be more dangerous as a weapon.
@@vksasdgaming9472 I didn't beat him senseless, I just knocked sense into him after he nocked me once in the skull. I did not appreciate it. I have done worse to my own brother! My family it is traditional to solve disagreement with our bare knuckle's. i don't mind being hit but I like pre-emptive warning. ''Real tough guy'' I never said such & to yank cliché for my taste. I'm merely have certain tickets with an impatience to my temper. Jab a wild beast & you often get mauled. Bonk an Arno & Arno bonks you! I only bonked him harder out of irritation & wasn't in a good mood that day.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Strike an animal, they strike back. People are animal! Not vegetable, mineral or other wise even if they don't often like to admit it. ''Violence'' is part of life lad & those that claim to not be be violent I find are the abusive awful ones for they enact violence in private or in ''outburst'' without control. I show what i am plain & clear for all to see even if I have tendency to anger if someone strike me without warning especially if they are a stranger to me who is taking liberties thinking themselves familial to me. He was my brother mate who meant noting to me & still means little as I find said person irritating. I might throw blows with my brother & mates in good agreement but the irritating fellow in question did so without good agreement. You don't hit someone without warning & expect them to be accommodating. He seemed to be under the mistaken impression that he'd hit me then I just nod or some nonsense. Blow for blow, tit for tat as they say. Don't hit another man unless you intend to have the same done in turn! I only have patience for Women & children in terms of violence though my patience for women is not infinite but far more accommodating being plenty ample! lasses have yet to not describe me as a gentlemen, kind or some such but they have yet to see my violent nature which I shield them from as a curtesy. Sounds rather contrary to an abusive person? The abusive pick the weak to abuse. I like a challenge & gain no satisfaction from picking on the weak though I crave combat. It is a primordial force few tend to possess these as they are made & breed to be placid. Being near deaths door by conflict or the elements such as a storm at sea is an exhilarating feeling few in today supposedly padded western world have experienced nor likely ever will. You need to be close to death on occasion to remember you are alive! combat is just so you are preferably prepared for the conflict rather then sh!t out of luck. I say it is ''pathetic'' to just let some one hit you without retaliation like some pansy new age Buddhist that has other do the fighting for them. I can't stand people that won't help themselves! If they don't value themselves then frankly why in the fvck should I? I did my brother mate a kindness even if a tad cruel! Sometimes you must be a little cruel to be kind in a often cruel world lad.
you can be flashy, show off, etc with any weapon, and hit yourself. it's exaggerated how easy it is to hit yourself, since a simple swing is all you probably need. It doesn't change the fact that it's one of the worst weapons thats better than nothing. there are basically no advantages I know of, other than maybe more length in some situations. I doubt there is even one reasonably smart well trained practicer who would take it over a stick, knife, etc of similar length.they are better than nothing and somewhat flashy, but honestly if you want to train flail weapons, a meteor hammer, rope dart, kusari kama, etc are way more flashy, cool and effective
Yo Johnny, I've been really enjoying your videos lately but all this talk about weapons and war has got me wondering: when was the last time linear warfare was used in a battle?
I think the Nunchucks were a better weapon before you cut them in half. Easier to control, and the chain is going to absorb all the energy in them when you strike. You can say everything you want about "technique" but that's just physics. No amount of practice or skill is going to over come it, you can still deliver dangerous damage with them sure. But a solid stick will win every time.
I lost any interest in this weapon when I learned that the second greatest master of it manage to kill himself with one. I have the greatest respect for anyone who takes the time and effort to learn how to use nunchucks, but give me a staff or an impact baton any day of the week.
John Wick- Chapter 4 showed how to use them in an effective way, without the whole "tricking" thing.
Pro tip: Bruce Lee was taught the use of nunchucks by his student and friend. Dan Inosanto. They even fought one another in the movie Game of Death
Strong work brother man. 🔥🔥💪💪👍👍
Not a tip but it was a nice fun fact
I’m going to say it’s the most used weapon in films for its showiness and being well known. But it’s also a very powerful and versatile tool in the hands of someone who knows what they’re doing
And Don thehard work to be best th3y can at ot
I’m going to go out on a limb and say more people have injured themselves with them than others, which is unique in weapons history.
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I think maybe balisongs could give them a run for their money.
Try hitting something solid at face level. A bouncing chuck to your own face is no joke. At least not to yourself. Firsthand knowledge. I kept my bo, threw away all my chucks.
This.
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"And can be a practical weapon..."
*Shadaversity has entered the chat*
Right? Definitely not practical.
okay, so can we get a history about Frying Pans in films and games as weapons?
I'm very tempted to make this
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@@JohnnyJohnsonEsq, so yes then.
I knew someone who trained with the nunchucks. Aside from the number of self-inflicted injuries he receive from them he got through an awful lot of lightbulbs.
Though the longer threshing version did occasionally get used in England the most commonly agricultural weapon used in combat was the billhook. This had a long, broad blade with a hook on the unsharpened edge and a handle several inches long. It was used to pollard trees, remove branches some one and a half to two inches thick. The branches used to make charcoal for the blacksmith or making fences et cetera.
For combat the handle was removed and a haft of some six foot long replaced it. It now looks similar to the halberd and made for an excellent weapon. You could stab with the point or hack with the blade's edge or use the hook to pull a man off his horse. It was the most common weapon used by Medieval infantry as it had a good reach against other weapons or cavalry.
Citations needed. Wikipedia doesn't count.
From all academic studies I have read over the years, spears were the most common infantry weapon.
But, historical research is constantly changing our understanding of the past,so any new studies are welcome. Thanks!
Easily one of my favorite videos of the now famous JJ. Yes my friends who took karate in the early 90s all had ninja stars, Nunchucks, Sai's, Katana Blades or at least one of those. We would play with them until someone got hurt.
The Hussites, warrior farmers, during the middle ages in Eastern Europe, would use wheat flails with added iron spikes, to fight mounted knights. Use what you have...
the secret is that any weapon is a good weapon if you know what youre doing with it
I love that you included the 'A fellow Chucker,' scene from the original TMNT film. My mom took me to see that as a kid in the theater.
The Braveheart flail scene is also excellent.
The scene from Fists of Fury where Bruce Lee takes out the entire school of martial artists using nunchucks amongst other things is excellent. Maybe it was cut for time? Whatever.
Excellent video as usual.
The movie High Risk 1995 with Jet Li also features Nunchucks and a improvised version too. I love this movie for the 1990s action with guns and kung fu and a very funny side plot with the character Frankie who imitates Bruce Lee. It is worth watching espcially the dubbed version. The Jackie Chan movie City Hunter 1993 also features night sticks that can be converted to nunchucks by a switch. Those are the only two I can remember not shown in your video. Thank you again for the videos. Always great to watch and pick up new films to watch.
Hey Johnny, speaking of weapons originating from Asia I think Balisong/Butterfly Knife deserves an episode.
Like nunchuks it is one of the more flashier melee weapons but it is also one of the most controversial and banned knife designs around the world and is very often the "criminal knife" along with spring loaded knives/switchblades.
gentlemen, shall we?
In the UK during the 1980s and 90s the head of the British Board of Film Classification decided Nunchucks were a dangerous weapon. They were therefore cut from a number of films and TV in the UK. Most significant was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (renamed Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles over here for more or less the same reason).
But films with scenes of people getting shot and killed by "harmless" firearms or stabbed with "inconspicuous" knives were still allowed to be shown? What a bunch of schizophrenics!
Frying pan in the hands' of Jackie can be lethal. Personally I would prefer and omelette pan in one hand and egg boiling pan in the other.
Anything in the hands of Jackie can be lethal, frying pan, ladder, broomstick, bowl, handkerchief..
I love nunchucks, honestly I'll probably try them out in the future
3:22 The Nokia ad with fake ping pong is still hilarious
There is one physical property that is often missed with whip type weapons.
Hitting someone with a stick causes recoil.
Sure, there isn't the same amount of potential power in a nunchuk, but there are limits to how much power you can put in to a stick without hurting your self anyways.
If you are skilled, then you can put in more force in to a nunchuk than your arms could normally handle with a stick.
It has its benefits and downsides.
Yes the use of nunchucks in the movies is all sow. And a great show it is. When my son took Kung-Fu, the nunchucks were used as a strike weapon, a method to block other weapons or blows. The fancy moves and twirling and such for for use in a 'form' (moves and weapons display routine), Still they look great on film, especially in the hands of the late Bruce Lee.
I don't think I'll ever get over them cancelling Warrior. That was a great show and such a nostalgia trip.
Difficult to master? I have a black belt in a sport that uses them and still hit myself all the time so i have to agree with you
At 60? Still have a set. First were homemade. At 14. If you're going to try them? Longer the chain? More likely to find out what it's like to be smacked in the head. Y'all ain't Bruce Lee. 🤔😉🙄
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Knew a guy who caught a felony charge because he had nun-chucks in the trunk of his car. Apparently, in some states, possession of so-called "ninja weapons" is a crime.
I'd say it was an agricultural flail
Yeah it is bullshit. Arizona just barely decriminalized possession of nunchucks only in May 2019. They're still illegal in California and Massachusetts.
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Or a masochist tool for pleasure. *coughs coughs*
Recoil has always been a problem for me, but still used them in street fights
Lol I just made a comment talking about how I used them for the first time last night in a street fight
2:49
"Showing off has its dangers in a real fight."
Major Ocelot: spins guns* "Twelve shots." continues to spin guns* "This time I've got twelve shots."
In both cases it's enough to stop anything that moves.
I studied MA hard when I was young, and it was required I learn a couple nunchuk forms, but I never felt confident or in control with them. Happier with just a stick.
Another great advantage of nunchucks, and even more for a ball and chain flail, is that they can somewhat bypass blocks: if you raise your shield just high enough to block a downward swing from a sword, a flexible weapon like a nunchuck might still hit you
But isn't it true that, as this video says, if you fail to use the nunchaku properly and just use it like a movie prop, you will likely lose against a skilled fighter? Isn't that concerning?
@@mattbronsil6336 - being in a fight in the first place should be concerning.
I learned to use nunchaku when I was a kid, back in the late '70s
Never beat myself up with them, and never had to beat anyone else up either.
I learned most of the budokan weapons back then, but these days, I just carry a gun.
Flail was used as a weapon for centuries, one of the most striking examples were flail units of the Hussites armies.
It is cheap, practical weapon, and the fact that it has been used for centuries in almost all parts of the world is a testament of their effectiveness.
One move you rarely see is very basic but effective: the one where you whip it from your arm pit to strike forward at a point. You get maximum force and accuracy. I used to toss pebbles with one hand and launch them, wonderfull thrumm sound. One agricultural based weapon, the battle scythe is almost always portrayed wrong. Before taking it into battle a smith would bend it's socket so that the blade pointed forward: you got a pole arm with a long curved blade, sharp on the inside rather than outside as it would be with a scimitar or katana.
Agriculture scythes are too thin to be used as dedicated weapons.
I prefer a bokken or a retractable baton. A retractable baton allows me to conceal it. In the end proper training with any weapon would make you a formidable force.
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Personally I prefer the nunchucks cause I train with it but that’s exactly why I agree with you, any weapon is good when your trained
I did always hear getting the impact at the end of the nunchucks is seriously painful. Maybe as painful as getting hit by a baseball bat.
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I've seen countless videos of people hitting themselves in the nether reigon with these bad boys. Nice vid Johnny!
A similar video on the Guangdao could be good
Arisaka in the movies? Or Ithaca
Wow thanks Johnny, what memories these bring back. When I was a young idiot the popular TV show kung fu was showing and we also had Bruce Lee movies we could sneak in to watch at the cinema, so here's how that worked out. Firstly, being young and stupid, (12-14 ish) none of us realised that nunchucks were a movie weapon, (I should type weapon in upper case but I digress) because of how many of us tried to make them (yes see 'stupid' earlier) consequently many hilarious trips to A&E happened. Followed by making other dangerous weapons and the after effects. How we survived I do not know but one question always stuck in my mind, why? Why let any of us make them in the first place? My brother still has a dent in his forehead because of an 'accident' with his nunchucks. We both got a slap for that lol. I think you have opened a can of worms with this video, and plenty of laughter too. Excellent work as always and thank you for the list of reference movies, I'd like to add thanks to the other guys here who have a few films they have added, awesome.
Thanks man. Love reading these stories. Something attracts to us all the more dangerous weapons in life. Luckily no dents on my head though I probably deserved a few.
I'd still take a heavy cast iron skillet over nunchucks, hell, I'd take a long wooden stick or staff over nunchucks.
The “can be useful if skilled enough” argument is a trap many fall, into when defending their favourite thing. Get this, having a clothe hanger in your hand is better than having no weapon, and if you train enough with a clothe hanger you can get quite good, and defeat opponents with real weapons, it doesn’t make a clothes hanger an effective weapon.
The definition of an “effective weapon” is a weapon with very high training to damage ratio, it is a weapon you can do the most damage with the least training/effort. This does not exclude high skill weapons like swords or rapiers because they also have correspondingly high potential, you can definitely kill someone in one strike with a sword and you can do it every time if you’re skilled. However the most skilled nunchuck user cannot guarantee killing someone with one strike, despite requiring even more training.
Very concise and good video. Great narrating voice and clips! Subscribed!
Thanks man! Welcome to the channel 🙏
NO! Nooooo! Noooo!
You left out Peter Sellers, aka Inspector Clouseau, using his nunchucks against his servant and arch nemesis Kato!
bugger. That's my style too.
I forgot about Inspector Clouseau fighting Kato.
There is a historically version of this weapon in medieval times, but it was a large wooden pole joined with a shorter one so it can't hit back when it bounces.
A sturdy wooden pole is infinitely more effective, hard hitting, and easy to use. Yes a stick is far superior to any set of nunchucks.
Neckbeard incel with delusions of grandeur without any skill is obviously more reliable source than someone who actually knows how to use nunchaku.
I'd be lying if I didn't say i was a little disappointed you didn't put in a clip from Beverly Hills Ninja that movie is so hilarious RIP Chris Farley RIP
I always questioned the effectiveness of nun chuks, but I feel like some things are left out.
A stick of the same length of a nun chuk would be more effective.
I've been hit by nun chuks from messing around, and they hurt, I'm sure you could cave in a skull, especially when weighted. But you can't block with nun chuks.
As said, not only they are more dangerous to the user, and it takes more time to train with, but attacks are easier to fail. Sudden loss of footing or the opponent faints an attack.
But that scene from Braveheart has to be the best way to use nun chuks for concealment, and the length can be surprising, but the swing can still fail.
Flail weapons do have an effective purpose with calvery, the shock from the strike doesn't go straight to your hands, on foot more things can go wrong.
I've read that flails were rare. Except for the hussite flail.
Sorry, but Shad Brooks is wrong. You can block with nunchaku just fine. Sudden loss of footing is bad no matter what weapon you are using.
The medieval weapon, the ball and chain or morning star is not too different in concept than the nunchucks, the main difference is instead of another rod on the other end is a ball with spikes on it or just an iron ball. At West Point Museum there is a morning star on display in the weapons gallery. What is interesting about it is the handle is long with metal studs fixed on it and the ball is actually wood but with metal spikes sticking out of it. The long handle is interesting to me because it looks as if it could also be used as a weapon if there is any damage to the chain or the ball, or it could be used defensively to parry with.
It would also help keep you from hitting your hand.
Can't say I agree with everything you said in the video, but I love that you mentioned the fact that it's concealable, which I think is the nuchackaku's biggest advantage. A baseball bat is a better fighting weapon, but where you gonna hide that?
The nunchaku is also potentially more lethal compared to, say, a pipe of the same length as one section of the nunchaku because it utilizes centripetal(not sure, not a physicist) force. I liken its usage to how people used blackjacks. I bet someone else can explain this much better than me.
I think it's a good situational weapon. I'm fairly open to my points being debated. I have a lot of experience with batons but no experience with nunchucks - so purely a second hand research video for me really.
It actually transfers *less* force than stick of comparable length. It's sole virtue is the surprise factor, which can be advantageous in a quick confrontation.
But as a serious weapon it's all but useless. Shadiversity has a few good videos on the subject.
@@VikingTeddy Sorry, but your waifu does not have "few good videos" on subject at hand. He has few absolutely idiotic ramblings which do show his own ineptitude. Robert Escobar (actual historian of hand-to-hand weapons) has few good videos on the subject and he debunks Shadiversity real hard.
Here's his channel: www.youtube.com/@ObjectHistory
@@vksasdgaming9472 Thanks, I'll check your waifu out :). I have some *teensy* bit of experience from over 30 years of teaching ma, but I'm always willing to learn.
I have no love for Shad, he's a moron but he made some good points. Can you tell me what exactly he was wrong about?
@@VikingTeddy Indeed go check your waifu again. You also do not have any martial arts competence either as you are unwilling to learn.
- Let's list what your waifu is wrong about
- History of nunchaku
- Proper structure of nunchaku
- Technique of using nunchaku
- Physics
Quite short summary actually.
As Florida Man has proven, frying pans are the weapon of choice for dealing with alligators or crocodiles 🐊
the Nunchucku's true great use is a disarming weapon, using its speed and deceptive telegraphing makes it extremely ideal for attacking the opponent's wrists and forcing them to drop their weapon from impact recoil, what you do from there is dependent on what martial art you know that can best use the weapon or more likely puting it to the side to better capitalize on the disarmed foe
Thanks, I needed the laugh.
People are impressed by speed and movement more than actual effectiveness. It can have its uses, but like most farm implements turned into weapons, it was used out of desperation, not design. It's arguably a better defensive weapon than offensive, and it's better for its concealment than its effectiveness. A bo stick has more reach, controllability and striking power. The best stealth use is holding both ends together, fooling the opponent into thinking it's a short weapon and moving within its range.
Where do you keep that pole of almost two meters?
NUNCHAKU thanks 4 sharing : )
The nunchucks are a useful weapon to attack and defend and to do grappling moves but as any weapon it requires practice and have its limitations as well as any other weapon do 🤷🏻♂️
Back then farmers aren't allowed to handle weapon by Samurai, that's why they use nunchuck, sai, sickle, and other farming tools, and covering their face, that we called them ninja, I usually playing it with my friends after helping my uncle harvesting, nice memories 😊
It looks like you add more information about how nunchucks were used.
How much chuck can Nunchucks chuck?
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Glad you added the part of might be dangerous to one's self. They are not easy to use for a beginner.
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So from what I understand, nunchucks are best treated as flails, which have limited practicality, but do have some advantages if used in certain ways, such as to surprise or confuse?
Great video
Dammit Johnny I was hoping you would use clips from the movie Kung Pow : Enter the fist
The scene where the hero used goffers as nunchucks.
I almost did but I couldn't find a good copy of the movie haha
I lol at 4:28 "Broad use"
Ha! Love your vids Johnny, keep up the good work!
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Could you do a video about how some movies and video games, characters will hold a pistol outstretched with their dominant hand and wielding a knife in the off hand crossed in front of them under the outstretched hand?
Great video with some excellent points. Thanks for sharing this man! I’d love to hear your kung fu movie recommendations if you’ve got em- saw some I recognize in this video. Thanks for sharing and God bless you! :)
You could do videos on the Katana and Yuma bow.
It's a shame nuncuck pong didn't happen.
Still a cool ad I suppose
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I actually used nunchucks in a fight just last night for the first time and they actually worked pretty damn good, the story sounds so fake but I swear that this shit really happened, to make a long story shorter me and my friends were at the mall and things got heated between my group and another group and eventually we went outside so my friend could fight 1 on 1 with another guy, keep in mind it was only about 10 of us compared to 20-40 of them, the moment my friend stepped outside 5-8 of them jumped him so I pulled out my nunchucks and I smacked one guy twice and everyone backed off my friend, I’ll skip the rest of the details of the fight to save time but at the end I ended up having to run away cause one of them was about to pull a knife on me. Anyways tho my answer as to if nunchucks are good or not is to just only use them if you’re actually good with them which applies to every weapon so use what you want as long as you can do it effectively
“Trust me bro” apparently not as well as a knife.
I remember a mate of mine buckling himself with some of those things. Oh, I laughed my bollicks off!
For most of history - the Spear was the king of weapons.
Because it was cheap enough to make in big numbers.
Do one about the spitfire
0:50 there has got to be a faster way of doing that.
I know right?!
Yes! You added the scene from Heroes of the East!!! Cult classic movie!
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Eh, more of a Donatello person myself. Bo staffs for the win!
And on a sidenote, I'm more into segmented chain spears (for a prime example, there's Kyouko Sakura's signature weapon from Puella Magi Madoka Magica). Far more alluring even if the danger is heightened, but that's magical adeptitude for you.
Another cinematic example of how showboating one's nunchuck skills can go wrong for you, look up this scene from the 1983 Italian comedy "Nati con la Camicia" (English title: "Go For It!") at 3:07:
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Noo before 2.2k views but love the new videos :)
Love this weapon Nunchaku ☯️
this weapon is also featured in john wick chapter 4
My brother mate owns a pair of Nun-chucks & got the daft idea he could beat me while I was smoothing down an English long staff!
He bonked me once, but I non full contact cracked him a few times that took him 1/2 an hour to get up from.
Honestly, I'd rather a (cudgel) over a (nun-chuck-short flail) as they really don't hurt to get hit with!
I'd even consider a stout tree branch cut to length to be more dangerous as a weapon.
I'm with you on this one. It's an interesting weapon but give me the staff any day.
So he didn't hit you and you beat him senseless. Real tough guy.
@@vksasdgaming9472 I didn't beat him senseless, I just knocked sense into him after he nocked me once in the skull.
I did not appreciate it.
I have done worse to my own brother!
My family it is traditional to solve disagreement with our bare knuckle's.
i don't mind being hit but I like pre-emptive warning.
''Real tough guy'' I never said such & to yank cliché for my taste.
I'm merely have certain tickets with an impatience to my temper.
Jab a wild beast & you often get mauled.
Bonk an Arno & Arno bonks you!
I only bonked him harder out of irritation & wasn't in a good mood that day.
@@arnijulian6241 All pathetic excuses. Violent abusers love to use those exact "reasons" for their outbursts. Usually from imaginary reasons as well.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Strike an animal, they strike back.
People are animal!
Not vegetable, mineral or other wise even if they don't often like to admit it.
''Violence'' is part of life lad & those that claim to not be be violent I find are the abusive awful ones for they enact violence in private or in ''outburst'' without control.
I show what i am plain & clear for all to see even if I have tendency to anger if someone strike me without warning especially if they are a stranger to me who is taking liberties thinking themselves familial to me.
He was my brother mate who meant noting to me & still means little as I find said person irritating.
I might throw blows with my brother & mates in good agreement but the irritating fellow in question did so without good agreement.
You don't hit someone without warning & expect them to be accommodating.
He seemed to be under the mistaken impression that he'd hit me then I just nod or some nonsense.
Blow for blow, tit for tat as they say.
Don't hit another man unless you intend to have the same done in turn!
I only have patience for Women & children in terms of violence though my patience for women is not infinite but far more accommodating being plenty ample!
lasses have yet to not describe me as a gentlemen, kind or some such but they have yet to see my violent nature which I shield them from as a curtesy.
Sounds rather contrary to an abusive person?
The abusive pick the weak to abuse.
I like a challenge & gain no satisfaction from picking on the weak though I crave combat.
It is a primordial force few tend to possess these as they are made & breed to be placid.
Being near deaths door by conflict or the elements such as a storm at sea is an exhilarating feeling few in today supposedly padded western world have experienced nor likely ever will.
You need to be close to death on occasion to remember you are alive!
combat is just so you are preferably prepared for the conflict rather then sh!t out of luck.
I say it is ''pathetic'' to just let some one hit you without retaliation like some pansy new age Buddhist that has other do the fighting for them.
I can't stand people that won't help themselves!
If they don't value themselves then frankly why in the fvck should I?
I did my brother mate a kindness even if a tad cruel!
Sometimes you must be a little cruel to be kind in a often cruel world lad.
Just imagine people getting hurt with a simple broom, a broom.
And some of those people think they'd look "cool" using nunchucks...
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you can be flashy, show off, etc with any weapon, and hit yourself. it's exaggerated how easy it is to hit yourself, since a simple swing is all you probably need.
It doesn't change the fact that it's one of the worst weapons thats better than nothing. there are basically no advantages I know of, other than maybe more length in some situations. I doubt there is even one reasonably smart well trained practicer who would take it over a stick, knife, etc of similar length.they are better than nothing and somewhat flashy, but honestly if you want to train flail weapons, a meteor hammer, rope dart, kusari kama, etc are way more flashy, cool and effective
I would like to see a video on boomerangs.
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Reminds me of shadow fighter 2. The chain whip was fun
Good one!
And I thought nunchucks were used to figure out who were the assholes in high school.
Yo Johnny, I've been really enjoying your videos lately but all this talk about weapons and war has got me wondering: when was the last time linear warfare was used in a battle?
We talking line formation? ruclips.net/video/qpUd4GE8IgU/видео.html
I know growing up, all of you were at one point dressed up as a ninja for Halloween, and wack yourself in the eye.
i recommend a 4oz hammer
Now you're speaking my language
Mrs C,s confiscated mine...on account of my Bruce Lee moves and knocking the furniture over...
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Sneed's Feed and Seed, formerly nunchucks.
Medieval longswords have to be on the list
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Michelangelo improvised nunchuks from sausages- talk about beating the meat. 😜
I think the Nunchucks were a better weapon before you cut them in half.
Easier to control, and the chain is going to absorb all the energy in them when you strike.
You can say everything you want about "technique" but that's just physics. No amount of practice or skill is going to over come it, you can still deliver dangerous damage with them sure.
But a solid stick will win every time.
Sorry, but your waifu is ludicrously wrong. Why every substitute to police baton AKA "solid stick" has proven itself better? That includes nunchaku.
When I hear about dumb twitter drama:
"Cool but useless"
Ah yes "enter the fat dragon"
I lost any interest in this weapon when I learned that the second greatest master of it manage to kill himself with one. I have the greatest respect for anyone who takes the time and effort to learn how to use nunchucks, but give me a staff or an impact baton any day of the week.
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Nunchucks are a great weapon!
For the enemy!
There is a reason me and my mates called them "Nutchucks"
Who you stole that "joke" from?
Mp wanted something unique. Now you know the difference. Future mortar
I think nunchaku is better rather than empty Handes or knuckle
what i learned from jingle all the way is that nunchucks are useless against arnold who wants to go home and be a family man
Certainly not my weapon of choice. I don't want that kind of painful learning.
I feel Shadiversity incoming.
He and his simping fanbase is wrong. Period.
@@vksasdgaming9472 Nice necro posting, why are you trying to resurrect a 7 month old discussion
@@InterMaus Nice necro posting, why are you trying to resurrect a 7 month old discussion
It's crazy how jealous Hollywood still is of Bruce Lee. They're still constantly showcasing it. Like in that lacklustre Tarantino flick.
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You missed the nunchuck backlip dude
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What does failed backflip prove about nunchaku?