Nunchaku basics

[wessamdark]

WHAT THIS MAN !!!!!!!!!!!! BAD BAD VERY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

LOOK AT THIS VIDEO AND TRY TO LEARN

[hempev]

@wessamdark By "bad", I assume you mean very good - if so, I agree.

[Arceus90009]

make sure there are no kids around? what is this asian masturbation?

[hempev]

@Arceus90009 No, this is dangerous around idiots and children - which are you?

[gta43924]

moja mama macha tak pasem jak wraca z wywiadówki

[hempev]

@gta43924 In English?

[pragzter]

Thanks for the upload. Very beneficial. :)

[Superbustr]

Hide yo kids hide yo wife cause asian guy gonna nunchaku them.

[hempev]

@Superbustr And hide yo husbands, cuz they all gonna get it!

[rawguan]

First thank you for sharing your knowledge for free through the use of youtube. From this video I just noticed that the way Master holds the Nanchucks was improper; the same sentiment by other viewer of this video. Perhaps it's a different way of using it.

[hempev]

@rawguan It is the proper way to hold when using a nunchaku to attack, rather than entertain.

[armagedescu]

Very good basic technique. It is exactly the one I've learned on long stick.

[josefwurst]

thank you man

[Mikecraft15]

This has helped me with my nunchaku skills. You know, up until the part where I tried to 'reach the target' and hit a wall. Had to get new ones after that.

[TheLukeylala]

@Mikecraft15 lol fail. :D

[dikbarkey]

Idesu née

[MrEdgariuxxx]

What level dan he is ?

[hempev]

@MrEdgariuxxx I know it is listed somewhere, but I never really noted it, since it is all relative. Shihan is a master, no matter what level his is.

[muddack]

@hempev shihan means "Head of Style". that means he is the top level of all sensei's.

[Faust013]

My deepest respect to you for this video- Dōmo arigatō gozaimasu!

[gringolazlo]

totally overcomplicating it imo.

[hempev]

@gringolazlo Then you are totally not getting the point or spirit of the budoka.

[iReplaay]

Wow, I thought they were just sticks.

[chidoriextreme]

power like that will cause concussion or murder

[TheMosert]

es muy interesante ese ESTILO DE ENSEÑANSA :D

[AndersonDiasxD]

Sem muito segredo

Sem mt malabarismo

é só acertar o oponente e ja éra

[BulletFoss]

Shit - that would HURT BAD!!

[ichigo9995303]

Hello good sir, I think that this is a very good "Tutorial" and i hope that you continue with your work and bring even more honor to your family.

[vicenty321]

gostaria de enteder o que voce diz

[will5125]

Aren't you holding it wrong, thought your hand is supposed to be a couple inches away from the chain?

[hempev]

@will5125 Holding it *that* way is wrong unless all you want to do is play "freestyle" with them.

[MrNativeDancer]

@hempev Also if you hold to close to the cord/chain you will have less power! The Guy in the video is holding them correctly. Holding them like this you have greater power and accuracy. Plus reach also about 1 and half feet plus more.. This is reality not Hollywood movies!

[notl33t]

@will5125 only if you're a wuss? you don't get as much speed that way, but then again, there is no danger of accidentally hitting yourself at full-speed.

[BrodeFinePortraiture]

@will5125 you don't hold a bat in the middle either...think leverage friend

[roy1996]

when he swings it sounds like hes saying bitch. 

[hempev]

@roy1996 Only if you don't know how to count in Japanese.

[roy1996]

@hempev tuushe

[Tadziogb]

@roy1996

he is saying

'reach'

[estlib]

@roy1996 hes saying "ich" which means "one"(1) :3

[estlib]

@roy1996 ich, ni, san, ji, ko, rok and so on (1,2,3,4,5,6)

[roy1996]

@estlib thank you but please stop writing things i posted this comment a year ago

[estlib]

@roy1996 okay

[slniecko186]

I have seen most of the instructive videos with shihan Nishiuchi and I must say that his instructions and the way how he teaches is really clear, easy to understand and follow. Techniques are practical and effective. I appreciate this teacher.

[nomadkaiser]

I like this video. The teacher does his best to teach the student correctly instead of showing off like other people I have seen.

[computron808]

The person that runs this channel are the same person in the video?? I needed2 learn the basics of the body movement with the nunchakus.So this video helped out alot.I`ve studied mainly budo style weapons.So i was never taught how to use nunchakus.So thank u for posting !!! And from my 6years of formal training I`ve come to relize the basics are so important.If u don`t have them u have nothing.Itz like a foundation of a house if the foundation is weak then the whole weak...

[Domiluk25]

favourite, like & subscribe what else is there ;)

[formlessMIKE]

thanks for the video :)

[WireFrame09]

Finally! A proper martial arts application video of Nunchaku! Thank you.

[topdawg732]

28 ppl got hit in the nuts by the nunchuku

[hempev]

@topdawg732 No, I think those are people who want to grab the nunchaku close to the connection and swing it around freestyle, and those are people you don't want in a disciplined dojo.

[topdawg732]

trust me its happens to everyone when your sparring against someone with a bo the only way u can win is a hit to the head or a nutshot. played another nunchuku player got hit in nuts hurt like hell.

[flamnjon6969]

Ha! "Make sure there are no trees around.....or kids". Classic.

[theboxingcats]

how do you make nunchakus not recoil and hit your fingers

[hempev]

@theboxingcats When striking anything (or anyone), complete follow-through and do not hesitate.

[Florencia1834]

Great Nunchaku!!!

[Florencia1834]

uhhh

[KENJI92799]

thanks for the help :D

[PokerFacedAssassin]

i had my first nunchaku last week...when my friend forgot to get it from my bag...

[juanmrt]

less talk and more action pls

[hempev]

@juanmrt If you think this has too much knowledge to fit in your head, go the the subsequent clips for more.

[zakaria600]

THANKS A LOT :)

[000SSS96]

what's the diference betwen japanese nuchaku and chinese nuchaku?

[hempev]

@000SSS96 This is Okinawan nunchaku, and I don't know what the difference is, since I only know this one.

[NonCommunityChannel]

@000SSS96 Japanese nunchaku are usually octagonal shape, while chinese nunchaku are usually round shaped.

[smbz821]

are you japanese? or chinese? and is the nunchuk chinese? or japanese?

[hempev]

@smbz821 Shihan is Japanese, but nunchaku (at least this style) are from Okinawa.

[joe848484]

23 people only use nunchaku for tricks

[hempev]

@joe848484 Oh, I'm sure you can find many more who do tricks, not martial arts, when they pick up nunchaku!

[SamuraiTankyuusha]

@hempev indeed

[vallgron]

sorry but its deadly to understand you

[hempev]

@vallgron No, it would be deadly to misunderstand him.

[vallgron]

@hempev oh well i did it impressive ehh

[thatVeteran]

thank you Master for being kind enough to show good technique,safety is number one .

[hempev]

@thatVeteran Yes, Shihan is both kind *and* safe (not to mention humble and powerful at the same time).

[Me8or]

He may be a good teacher, though I have no idea because he never did anything in the video except t talk a lot and do a few swings.

[hempev]

@Me8or This is only the first of half dozen clips - go to something more than "basics".

[aquaquad7]

What is the marital art that you study?

[hempev]

@aquaquad7 Kobudo

[mcul2112]

ahh....nothing like formal instruction. non-flashy, honest, zero-ego straightforward formal instruction. thank you for posting.

[ryukuykenpo74]

Shihan Nishiuchi is a true Master of his art we are very lucky for the upload ,Thank you hempev

[ruvidan]

This guy teaches in Omaha? Nice! I teach nunchaku in Omaha as well...but it's a very, very different style (fire nunchaku). It's for aesthetics and flow and not the most combat effective. ;) He sounds like an awesome teacher for combat. I studied martial arts as for many, many years.

[hempev]

@ruvidan No, he teaches in Northern California, although he did live in Nebraska more than a decade ago.

[zegan82]

they were made in okinawa because the peasants needed a easy to make weapon to defend them selfs i did my research.

[hempev]

@zegan82 I wouldn't say they "made" nunchaku to be weapons - more like they were already using them in farming and found another use for them! This is true of most every item in kobudo except the sai, which was used as a non-lethal weapon by Okinawa's version of law enforcement.

[N4tti1ntampa]

Master thank you for this video!

[ronzzo45]

is he a ninja?cus alot of people are sayin dat nunchakus are not part of ninjustu? den some it but its called flail! i'm lost so if somone can explain it would help me alot

[hempev]

@ronzzo45 The reason you will see the term "flail" is that it is one of the possible ancestors of the nunchaku, but the nunchaku style you see demonstrated here is specific to Okinawa. While it is possible the Japanese had their own version, it is highly unlikely, since the peasants who used them had the samurai as military protection, while the same folks in Okinawa did not, so *they* are the ones who needed to develop an art that used their tools as weapons.

[TheAutumnAyane]

they are from okinawan karate. Ninja used every weapon they came across so it is featured in some forms of ninjutsu.

[hempev]

@TheAutumnAyane They are from Okinawan *kobudo* - karate in itself implies "empty hands", so these are considered 2 separate arts. But yes, ninja had no specific weapon, since they used whatever was appropriate to their disguise or situation. For example, in Japan, the "police" used jitte (or jutte), which look like a sai, but have only 2 "prongs", not 3, so a ninja acting as a police officer would have one of these.

[shutupconrad94]

nunchaku is derived from rice flail.a common skill in japan no? under tokugawa shogunate,non-samurai forbidden to carry "weapons" so everyday items/skills used against oppressive buke or officials.many uprisings.read "secrets of the samurai"

[hempev]

You are quite mistaken - rice is threshed by beating onto a mat, no other tool is used - a nunchaku would shatter grain, but is appropriate for removing soya and other beans from their shells.

Also, Japanese peasants had no need for martial arts, since they had samurai and a full army, and were allowed some weapons. Okinawan peasants had neither, and were prohibited from having any weapons, thus the secrecy of kobudo. Any book saying otherwise is probably *not* translated from Japanese!

[ninjarepent]

@hempev i guess i stand corrected on the nunchaku. however, i know for sure that many 'peasants' were forced to uprise against their masters for varying reasons.often with tragic consequences.

[hempev]

@ninjarepent Don't know the specifics of peasant uprisings in Japan, having never read history books about it, but I am sure anywhere there are peasants and lords, there have been revolts, usually with the wealthy winning!

[hempev]

I have a Jenga, so maybe I'll ask him if he wants to play some time - he's got a very steady hand and he would probably win every time (at least against me)!

[hempev]

Jenga? OK, I'll mention it to him next time I see him!

[hempev]

We were visited by Shihan Duyster and a phenomenal 9-year-old martial artist, even had them in one of our classes. Greetings to you all, and let your father know I still remember the ni-cho tan-bo kata he taught me, I'm just not very good at it!

[ElweSingolo]

Basically there is two ways to hold a nunchaku. This instructor show the way you should hold your nunchaku if you want to be very "damage-efficient". It is a question of physics and mecanics. Holding the nunchalu this way you have 1) a longer reach 2) a more powerful strike. If you grip the nunchaku near the chain or rope, and you keep your wrist free it will be very easier to control it, you will move it faster because you will rotate the wrist but it is less "damage-efficient".See you !

[hempev]

If you hold it near the connection, and that connection is a chain, you are not doing martial arts, you are doing freestyle.

[ElweSingolo]

I totally agree with you was not so clear in my answer.

And i have to tell i usually do not read youtube writing. i saw all your writngs after i answer... and you had already tell all !

[MrHokeykokey]

I like this guy's tutorials the most, but I notice he says you should grip at the base and keep your wrist stiff, but many other nunchaku tutorials have a loose-wrist grip near the "chain" end. Those tutorials tend to concentrate on the more spectacular "freestyle" moves. Is this "chain-end" grip incorrect or just a different, acceptable style? I'm happy to learn both styles if they're correct, but I'm only starting out learning the nunchaku, so I don't want to pick up bad habits early on.

[edgarboy69]

@MrHokeykokey

this tutorial is for the practical application of nunchaku

that means combat

not freestyle

[MrHokeykokey]

@edgarboy69

Thanks for clearing that up aswell, I'll take it on board. B)

[hempev]

Don't learn an incorrect style meant only for juggling exhibitions if you mean to hit something with that weapon.

[MrHokeykokey]

This was what I was unsure about. Thanks for replying so quickly and clearing that up for me. :)

[600013818]

can anyone tell me why his legs are little bit tilted towards outside...?

[hempev]

That appears to be his pants - in sanchin dachi, your knees are pointed inwards. We do have the knees outward in kiba dachi, kihon zuki dachi (usually called gyaku kiba dachi), and shiko dachi, but those aren't used with nunchaku.

[600013818]

Oh, all right. thx. i guess dachi means uniform.

[hempev]

No, dachi means stance - sanchin dachi is the stance you see the most with nunchaku.

[600013818]

@hempev

ok

thanks

[Master2594212]

im pretty sure youre a karate-ka right?

[hempev]

Yes, but I started with kobudo only, then added Pwang Gai Nun Ryu (Han Ko Nan Ryu in Japanese) a year later.

[paul011968]

hempev I enjoy all your videos are they based on Matayoshi Kobudo.

[hempev]

Thanks - the school is International Okinawa Kobudo Association, so not actually Matayoshi Kobudo. Shihan's sensei is Kinjo Takashi, a student of Matayoshi Sensei, and he trained with Matayoshi Shinpo for a year (every day), so it is all pretty much the same, with a few differences between schools.

[conleth2]

no trees, no children. got it

[ExoticBloodline]

this video is effing old school- I love it. Thanks for posting it up!

[super1commenter]

Thanks! I didn't knew about the 10 8 6 2 2!

But w

[aj60002002]

he knows what hes talking about

[Akrombio]

do not wield the nunchucks untill you have mastered 2 slippered stringed together. only then yo u are ready. i am dead serious.

[hempev]

You don't have to wait for "mastering" any weapon if you listen closely to your sensei and concentrate on remembering everything, even if you start a little at a time. We never start with anything but the real thing (although I did use a pair of flat metal kama blades until I went to buy a real sharp pair in Kochi - I am years away from mastering them (perhaps decades), but I have yet to clip anything with my razor-sharp edge (myself included)...quite a feat when you are as clumsy as me.

[adnoctus]

You know a master when you see it.

[MacAr7huR]

@adnoctus thats funny, because ive learned to hold them at the top of the nunchuks, not the bottom

[hempev]

@MacAr7huR The fact that you call them anything but nunchaku proves you are learning without any knowledge of their historical use. How Shihan handles these is as weapons, not juggling and flipping for entertainment or to look good in a movie.

[MacAr7huR]

@hempev Historical use = Beating Rice Patties.

[hempev]

@MacAr7huR Flails were used on wheat and other hard grains, never on rice (which shatters easier than wheat or rye, but it is a common misconception among Westerners). The nunchaku may have been used to thresh soybeans, but historical record points towards it be derived from a horse's bridle. I recommend you watch the other clips of Shihan that I have posted. His teachers, Kinjo Takashi and Matayoshi Shinpo, are well-known in Okinawa.

[MacAr7huR]

@hempev Well thank you for correcting me.

[TheOgada13]

@MacAr7huR thats how i learned them too!

[hempev]

@TheOgada13 Learned from whom, watching movies?

[MacAr7huR]

@hempev lol no, learning from a Korean master

[hempev]

@MacAr7huR Just to clarify: a Korean taught you to hold nunchaku near the cord (gedan tsukagashira) instead of the "butt" end (ushiro tsukagashira)?

[MacAr7huR]

@hempev yes he did and he is really good at it too

[hempev]

@MacAr7huR He must not be doing sparring or bunkai - holding it "choked up" loses a good half foot of reach, and with a small weapon like this (as opposed to a bo), you need all the reach you can get, plus the length gives more power by allowing more speed to the tip that is striking the target. The only way this is "right" is when doing freestyle (or doing Okinawan style wrong).

[MacAr7huR]

@hempev Again YOU SHOULD NOT HOLD Nunchuks At the BOTTOM for one specific reason, that is you will not have full control of them,....Again Reach is a pointless argument because its a up close weapon, how far away do you want to attack your opponent? It a up close aggressive weapon, there is no need to hold them at the bottom. The discussion is over, your wrong, im right...get over it.

[Beastdaddy423]

yeah. you have to have a carry concealed deadly weapons permit to even have these in your car in KY. i think i beat the shit out of myself more with these than someone else. blood blisters on fingertips and swollen elbows....pistols are so much easier.

[unblondtinkXOXO]

u shud try getting the padded ones 4 begginers, they dont hurt nearly as bad as wooden or metal

[linkfanatic13579]

These are illegal in NY dammit

[nsasukes]

Lol im in NY and i have them xD

[s0zhL]

In Germany too but I have em. It depends on how U use them, it's just exercising man. You don't have to beat anyone up. In Germany they're illegal because you can choke people with em. But that's nonsense. If I wanted to do so, I could even choke someone with a sock! LEGALIZE IT!!! (at least in Germany ;)

[xTheNyNex]

that's right LEGALIZE IT !!!

oh yeah and it would be cool if they legalized nunchakus too.

[s0zhL]

hehe fuckin' pothead^^

[exelcrusada]

even the foam ones?

[linkfanatic13579]

i dont think so

[Ne3bO]

lol

[ChoconutBwownie]

Lmao I like owned myself at first xD.

[Serriamist1]

lol

[hercules570]

Hello friend if I have a chain alone a bit big mas that a snare and I want to learn to fight with it that me recomendaria to learn?

How to use a nunchaku?

Or how to use a surunchin?

[hempev]

I'm not quite sure what you are asking, but suruchin techniques work for two weights separated by 6 feet or so of rope, while nunchaku is 2 specific lengths of wood with a short length of rope (chain does not work as well).

[adrenalinerushskier]

yes, same for me, used for bowing in class, beggining and end of kata, and to bow out.

[adrenalinerushskier]

i got out some nunchuks, and smacked myself in the chin, and elbow because im rusty, and need more practice

[adrenalinerushskier]

heel together mesubidachi

[hempev]

Do you mean musubi dachin? We don't use that term, we use kiosuke for the stance with heels together, feet out 60 degrees to each other and the knees straight. We use it when we stand at attention, and when bowing, at beginning and end of kata, or in class.

[Colin24Astonwood]

I think Shihan is one of the best teachers of nunchaku. I think it is best to practice his basic moves slowly and then build up speed as you get more confident and get a real connection with your nunchaku. I think the long chain types are called Chukees they are similar to Nunchaku but they are not the same. They are used as weapons but I think they are mostly for show purposes, it seems to me that they would be un practical in combat although reach would be greater,the power would be less.

[hempev]

Sounds like you got it all straight!

[scarykidscaringmitch]

bowlegg

[hempev]

No, just the do-gi makes him look that way.

[kunaix4]

my chain is twice the length of my wrist and moves slower than my cord one, should i have some1 help me make the chain shorter?

[hempev]

For Okinawan kobudo, yes, it should be shorter - I don't have any video of the choking moves, but these require a connection not too long and not too short.

[boink969]

Chain is normally 4 inches long.

[hempev]

Unless you are making a generalization based on freestyle, the length is based on the wrist size, not an arbitrary number.

[cbond99]

Me personally, I have added about 3 links to mine due to my build. Bruce retrofitted his with an extra long chain as well. It's really a matter of convienance. There is a video by hitokirii on here that shows a teacher with a really long chain that has to be about 8 inches.

[hempev]

True Okinawan kobudo uses nunchaku in choking maneuvers that cannot be attempted with a long chain. These are not in Shihan's first instructional series, but we learn them in class, and they include a "choke" across as small a diameter as one wrist that can break bones (the dohai doing it to me wasn't even trying and it hurt like hell).

[GuamKomudo]

Ya, I heard the original Okinawan Nunchaku techniques wernt really hitting people, it was like trapping and grappling techniques wasent it?

[hempev]

No, both hitting and choking have always been used - even throwing is considered an acceptable technique. Basic idea: anything that works!

[GuamKomudo]

Well I knew they did alittle bit of both, but I heard they were originally a grappling/disarming weapon, cause the main perpose of Karate was to fight the Samurai but they couldent use weapons, so they used stuff like this, basic farm tool. I figured it made sense they would try to disarm the samurai of their swords sense the Okinawans couldent have bladed weapons =D Cool vid!

[catchsvix]

nice!! i like this approach... but i feel that the rigidity in the name of 'style' should be let go...

[hempev]

Then you are no budouka.

[catchsvix]

of course not... i'm no martial artist, to begin with...

[RRFCaptain]

"Budo" means nothing anyway. Tradition will always lose to modernity.

[hempev]

"Budo" means grapes, budou means martial arts (or, as Shihan literally defines the kanji, the way to stop fighting). If you do not know what you are talking about, you should not enter the conversation...but that is just how children are.

[RRFCaptain]

左様か? Good luck living in your fantasy world of ninjas and martial art magic.

[hempev]

No, it appears you are the child obsessed with make-believe. Budou is the same as what a soldier learns, and has nothing to do with fantasy or magic.

[BathosMetalDrummer]

@hempev: You are awesome.

[varanid8]

Supposedly, chains are dangerous as the links can jam up in such a way that concentrates much of the stress on a single link, leading to a break. From my LE days, I know that there is a way to do it with some types of handcuff chains.

[katotheother]

Thanks for posting this.

[mogy03]

how long should the string be ?

[hempev]

I'm not sure if Shihan mentions this in one of the clips, but the connector, whether cord or chain, needs to be half the diameter of the wrist.

[rain6282]

he should answer the phone

[hempev]

I thought so too - this was done by a small video company, and it must have been the receptionist's day off.

[Ucim]

No joking around, no freestyle rubbish, this is nunchaku as it was supposed to be.

And hitting yourself in the head happens when you swing slow... when practicing nunchaku you have to be involved 100%.

[MultiColouredSoxRok]

i hit myself in the back of my head with wooden nunchaku... iwouldnt advise it it hurt a lot