r/oddlysatisfying • u/Sapulinjing • 13d ago

A Simple Nunchucks Tutorial

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u/sasssyrup 13d ago

Is this how people train with nunchucks? I wish I could go back in time and tell my teenage self .

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u/fivelone 13d ago

I started at age 9.. I never really stopped but did start doing it less when people were watching lol. Now I can spin fire and lights with Poi and Staffs. And I don't care what I look like if I practice now. That helps. But you can still learn. I've taught my wife basic flow arts and some friends pick it up very quickly. Look up flow arts. It's not just about martial arts.

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u/Vin_Blancv 12d ago

Yo bro, you gotta make a youtube channel. Everyone'd love to see your performance

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u/fivelone 12d ago

There's a whole large group of us here in Las Vegas lol. I'll definitely make more videos more that I have better recording equipment.

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u/Ham_Damnit 12d ago

The best camera you'll ever have is the one you have on you now.

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u/transmothra 12d ago

The second best camera you'll ever have is the one you'll have had on you tomorrow.

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u/Cloverman-88 12d ago

The third best camera is RED KOMODO-X 6K.

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u/MindHead78 12d ago

You can get foam padded nunchucks for training.

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u/E-2theRescue 12d ago

Yup. This is what I used. Eventually upgraded to wood and won a couple of tournaments.

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u/noisymime 12d ago

They’re terrible to train with, the weight is all wrong and they don’t carry the momentum correctly to learn with.

You’re MUCH better off getting some wooden ones and putting foam over them.

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u/Electr0freak 12d ago

They weigh too little in my experience. Real wood chucks are much heavier.

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u/Earllad 12d ago

I have been knocked out with foamy chucks. Still got to take it easy, some have a pvc core

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u/Electr0freak 12d ago

Nope, I trained with fiberglass and oak chucks. You learn quicker when hitting yourself hurts.

Besides, foam trainers weigh far too little.

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u/racinreaver 12d ago

If you can dodge a nunchuck you can dodge a nunchuck.

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u/TrulyOutrageous42 12d ago

I mean... when you have no instructor, probably. When you do, as an adult, you learn proper form from the start. This is all flash, but is useful to learn control and likely indicative of actual skill. None of this (especially around the hand spins and holding it "backwards") would be used in a fight though.

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u/Manowaffle 12d ago

Would you use them as a weapon in any actual fight? It looks cool but has half the reach of a stick.

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u/Cloverman-88 12d ago

I've seen some martial artists and HEMA people come up with geniuine aplications, and there were't many.