Nunchaku are undisputably the most well-known of all martial arts weapons. Nunchucks are flashy weapons easily able to wow the initiated and uninitiated alike. As a result nunchucks find consistent use in martial arts films and demonstrations. A pair of nunchaku is simply a flail--two sticks connected at the ends by lengths of nylon, braided horsehair, rope or chain. In combat nunchucks are used as flails. One end is held, the nunchuck swung, and the opponent is blugeoned by the other end. Nunchucks can also be used to choke, strangle or otherwise restrain an opponent. The handles can be used to block attacks and also to poke or spear. The handles are also useful as truncheons (as opposed to flails). The "Hollywood style" of nunchuck use (where the weapon is swung around the user's head, neck, groin, and other body aread) requires some skill. The Hollywood style, however, has virtually no practical combat application (except perhaps, to impress or to scare a would be assailant into leaving you alone). |
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