He's swinging a lump of wood at 50 miles an hour - how much hip integration does he need? At most, hips would simply increase his reach, but given the nature of the weapon, that benefit would be negligible. It's the old argument; speed vs power. In this case, give me speed every time. And let's not get teary eyed about "traditional" kobudo - they were Okinawan peasants for god's sake!
Yeah, guess I've wasted 35 years learning to put my hips into the equation. Damn Matayoshi kobudo has apparently screwed me all up on the whole power generation subject. Suppose I should be using those little foam nunchaku too, huh?
It depends how you look at it. JKD is the concept. If you have it in you then anything you do is JKD.
As for the physical parts of it, my nunchaku moves are from when I trained in JKD some 10-17 years ago while the pattern and foot works have more resemblance to Shotokan kata.
Yeah, guess I've wasted 35 years learning to put my hips into the equation. Damn Matayoshi kubudo has apparently screwed me all up on the whole power generation subject. I should probably pick up a set of those foam nuchaku and start all over huh?
to those of you who are thinking traditonal katas; these new schools that have been popping up for years, the ones that teach aerobatics and flips and all the flashy stuff. I am pretty sure that what they believe to be traditional katas are entirely different than what we believe to be traditional. Their's come from established katas created by any one (or more) person in the schools lineage; which could have been very old. While ours come from the true roots of Japan/Okinawa/Wherever.
thank god a video i can learn from, i knw his aint like som stuff but seriously this is sorta wat i self taught me self i hate that twirly stuff it dnt work, i practicie on a punching bag with my nunchuks n if u do a twirly thing it jst falls out of ur hand. so ggod video man
Lol of course it wont make a punching bag fly back but its creating momentum and speed for your initial strike and if you strike someone in the face with it or leg or body or arm or anywhere itll damage
looks pretty flashy, but i dont think this is the old nunchaku kata. this looks like something bruce lee would do. Bruce lee was awesome w nunchaku but nunchaku is a japanese weapon. so there is no way bruce lee could have his own nunchaku kata. you have to be a master to develop your own kata.
Yes, I made it up at the spot : > The idea is to mix nunchaku with some of karate stepping pattern. The word "old" is just for the old film effect I added to the clip.
That Is Pure Skill With a Nunchaku and by the way dont let the fools who dont know a thing about nunchaku put you off or let you down because you will always be in my good books
i agree with shihansensei on this matter, a traditional "old" kata would use only movemnets that are suited to actual combat, i saw very few that i would actually use in a fight. and you used very little blocking techniques which is not typical for a traditional kata that is taught to be used against another weapon
yes, but the point is that the kata is good. not whether it's traditional or not. The fact of the matter is that the traditional thinkers and the new thinkers have a stupid rift between them, and it is very ridiculus. Arm yourself with some semi-traditional karate.
I viewed the kata and have a problem with it being called an old kata. I see a little Japanese Karate in your geri waza but old kata typically do not use kicking when doing Kobudo.This "kata" appears good for handling the nunchaku & speed and such, but not effective for kumite or actual combat.I have studied in Japan & Okinawa the actual art of kobudo since 1973 and karate-do since 1965. I do not know it all by any means but this appears better suited for "open karate."
I am confused megachristel13 you are one belt away from black? and you don't know if your style even has weapons? You either need a new school, or you are not very observant. In most traditional schools Kobudo (weapons training) is reserved for Dan (black belt ranks). And yes by all means buy a set of traditional wooden octogan nunchuku and swing them hard and fast without training ;)
hey megachristel313. if you want to learn nunchaku. then lern nunchaku. buy some nunchucks. and practice, every day. and soon you will know how. don't just wait for someone to teach you.
hey, this is karate right? I do karate and am currently one belt away from black, its shotokan karate but was wondering if in shotokan we will get to use wepons such as nunchucks. I acually do have some but am beginner.
if your shotokan school is directly associated with the JKA or the nipon karate association I doubt that you will get to learn kobudo shoto is like TKD in is sport orientation just pure kumite or fighting and empty hand katas,now if is under a different organization like wkf or wuko you'll get to do kobudo so far there's no world champion in kobudo kata...let me refrase the last comment it depends on your teacher and school curriculum if you're in the miami area I can point out who does.
nice form, very stiff and classic karate combination. The movements were like ping-an 2 fused with nun chucks.. i love it. i will try to copy his movements later.
Very nice form, Sangsuwan. I loved the combination of old style kata walks and turns with modern nunchaku spins. It flows nicely and I agree with Master Lee Barden's comments wholeheartedly! Well done!
His strikes from underneath the arm (and his kicks come to that) wouldn't knock out a fly! Real techniques? Uhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm. Looked very weak to me. He looked like he had no control over them and was happy that he didn't hit himself. Didn't look like he was really content in his technique. Why did he bow with them still under his arm?
When your chuck is under your arm, you're in position to do anything. Anyways, I'd like to swing a nunchuck from under my arm and hit you in the head. It's not going to feel good.
The weight of the nunchuck alone is enough to hurt someone's head. Any sort of strike would just do more damage.
That reminds me of a movie from long time back. A taichi sword master defeated bunch of foes with his bamboo stick.. what a show off. No authorities back then stopped him from using his sword.
In France, it is still possible to hold a not well know but yet efficient weapon: the "cane".
Combat cane was developed in the 1700's and was widely used by "savate" practitioners. At the time people got mugged very often, and cane de combat remains a very street effective armed self defense weapon. The interresting part is that it is NOT forbidden to hold a cane. (or, why not, an umbrella!)
Somebody practicing fencing may also be a good fighter with such a tool.
I'm in California and am learning with the wooden ones - as long as you're in a dojo, you're convered. I just wonder if I walk home if the local PD will stop me because I am holding a 6-foot long bo and then wonder about gig bag with not only my gi, but several forms of weapons: "See, the kama have no edges, they're just for practice!"
se preocupa mas por la tecnica del nunchaku , que por sus propios pasos que mal
dianadarkness 7 months ago
I don't feel that there is anything about this that is Bruce Lee or Old. The Uniform maybe. definately not the foam chucks. OK form.
uvmaster 1 year ago
nice but you need to practice your kicks more
jjjjay789 1 year ago
It not old nunchaku kata!
senseichief 1 year ago
nice moves - I'm sure these morons who complain have been in numerous nunchaku fights(rolls eyes).
gomergilligan 1 year ago
1. training chucks let you hear that slappying noise.
2. same moves over and over
3. never swing above your head cause your body is open for blows... u get my point yet?
Masoukishin 2 years ago
nunchucks are cool
steveastrostar 2 years ago 4
he is spankin him self man.
ALBASHEER88 2 years ago
All arm, no hip integration in the strikes. This is what youd expect of someone with no traditional kobudo training, all flash.
stoogearyu 2 years ago
He's swinging a lump of wood at 50 miles an hour - how much hip integration does he need? At most, hips would simply increase his reach, but given the nature of the weapon, that benefit would be negligible. It's the old argument; speed vs power. In this case, give me speed every time. And let's not get teary eyed about "traditional" kobudo - they were Okinawan peasants for god's sake!
matbroomfield 2 years ago 2
Apparently you've never seen hip integration done right.
"Traditional Kobudo" is a path to "become one" with your tool, not the only path.
Good instructions, correct practice, and lots of love for your arts will get you there some day.
SANGSUWAN 2 years ago
Yeah, guess I've wasted 35 years learning to put my hips into the equation. Damn Matayoshi kobudo has apparently screwed me all up on the whole power generation subject. Suppose I should be using those little foam nunchaku too, huh?
stoogearyu 2 years ago 6
this is jeet kun do?
auzio 2 years ago
It depends how you look at it. JKD is the concept. If you have it in you then anything you do is JKD.
As for the physical parts of it, my nunchaku moves are from when I trained in JKD some 10-17 years ago while the pattern and foot works have more resemblance to Shotokan kata.
SANGSUWAN 2 years ago
Yeah, guess I've wasted 35 years learning to put my hips into the equation. Damn Matayoshi kubudo has apparently screwed me all up on the whole power generation subject. I should probably pick up a set of those foam nuchaku and start all over huh?
stoogearyu 2 years ago 2
This is an awesome and functional kata. Thanks for posting it.
hockeyedz 2 years ago 2
to those of you who are thinking traditonal katas; these new schools that have been popping up for years, the ones that teach aerobatics and flips and all the flashy stuff. I am pretty sure that what they believe to be traditional katas are entirely different than what we believe to be traditional. Their's come from established katas created by any one (or more) person in the schools lineage; which could have been very old. While ours come from the true roots of Japan/Okinawa/Wherever.
SSBBVideoKing 2 years ago 2
thank god a video i can learn from, i knw his aint like som stuff but seriously this is sorta wat i self taught me self i hate that twirly stuff it dnt work, i practicie on a punching bag with my nunchuks n if u do a twirly thing it jst falls out of ur hand. so ggod video man
Aussiemaster 2 years ago
Lol of course it wont make a punching bag fly back but its creating momentum and speed for your initial strike and if you strike someone in the face with it or leg or body or arm or anywhere itll damage
KeoniKaleAkao 2 years ago
jesus those kicks are sloppy
brendanraymond 2 years ago
cool , bruce lee way, and your black belt
XSuperFistX 2 years ago
Nice. A kata with actually strikes and preparedness, not like that baton-twirling 'freestyle' garbage.
Jeeperrandy 3 years ago
looks pretty flashy, but i dont think this is the old nunchaku kata. this looks like something bruce lee would do. Bruce lee was awesome w nunchaku but nunchaku is a japanese weapon. so there is no way bruce lee could have his own nunchaku kata. you have to be a master to develop your own kata.
shinobisasukeoro 3 years ago 3
Yes, I made it up at the spot : > The idea is to mix nunchaku with some of karate stepping pattern. The word "old" is just for the old film effect I added to the clip.
SANGSUWAN 3 years ago
nunchaku is actually frim china however it got the most popularity in japan so ppl assume its japanese but its actually really from china
ChosonKimchi 2 years ago
That Is Pure Skill With a Nunchaku and by the way dont let the fools who dont know a thing about nunchaku put you off or let you down because you will always be in my good books
WillGKellogs 3 years ago
i agree with shihansensei on this matter, a traditional "old" kata would use only movemnets that are suited to actual combat, i saw very few that i would actually use in a fight. and you used very little blocking techniques which is not typical for a traditional kata that is taught to be used against another weapon
ihop12469X3 3 years ago
yes, but the point is that the kata is good. not whether it's traditional or not. The fact of the matter is that the traditional thinkers and the new thinkers have a stupid rift between them, and it is very ridiculus. Arm yourself with some semi-traditional karate.
SSBBVideoKing 2 years ago
hey dude i see u alot you go to shinkyu shotokan karate tourneys see you sunday
rasengan0319 3 years ago
VERY GOOD EXCELLENT!!!
LUNGOSOGNO 3 years ago
I viewed the kata and have a problem with it being called an old kata. I see a little Japanese Karate in your geri waza but old kata typically do not use kicking when doing Kobudo.This "kata" appears good for handling the nunchaku & speed and such, but not effective for kumite or actual combat.I have studied in Japan & Okinawa the actual art of kobudo since 1973 and karate-do since 1965. I do not know it all by any means but this appears better suited for "open karate."
shihansensei 3 years ago
dammit, man! Why do you got to get all smart on us?!
PRob82 3 years ago
lets see how many broken ribs you'd have with wooden chucks
Cochisegusmaster 3 years ago
at least he aint just a cheerleader and actually does strikes
imnotpurelol 3 years ago
if you put bruce lee's name somewhere make sure that it's the brucee lee's way and don't wear a karate-gi dude
hideyasoki 3 years ago
Sorry man, I wouldnt consider Bruce Lees way of nunchaku as old. And Bruce Lee didnt use kata, he didnt like them at all.
UtahShotokan 3 years ago
Kata means "way of", so yeah Bruce Lee did have a kata, eg Bruce Lee style.
spentfromnz 3 years ago
The way he runs off at the end and the flawless performance all of this seems very Napoleon Dynamite to me...
DRJUMP 4 years ago 2
keep up the good work dude! go for 11th dan!
billyhay 4 years ago
I am confused megachristel13 you are one belt away from black? and you don't know if your style even has weapons? You either need a new school, or you are not very observant. In most traditional schools Kobudo (weapons training) is reserved for Dan (black belt ranks). And yes by all means buy a set of traditional wooden octogan nunchuku and swing them hard and fast without training ;)
kaishaku71 4 years ago
im a white belt and ive allready been tought a basic kata for nunchuku, so its not allways the blackbelts taht only get tought the weapons
seanyboi2 3 years ago
hahaha u can hear urself running to the camera to turn it off lol. dud put a nice old japanese theme instrumental. love the kata
gusto1978 4 years ago
hey megachristel313. if you want to learn nunchaku. then lern nunchaku. buy some nunchucks. and practice, every day. and soon you will know how. don't just wait for someone to teach you.
instinctualcreature 4 years ago
hey, this is karate right? I do karate and am currently one belt away from black, its shotokan karate but was wondering if in shotokan we will get to use wepons such as nunchucks. I acually do have some but am beginner.
megachristel313 4 years ago
if your shotokan school is directly associated with the JKA or the nipon karate association I doubt that you will get to learn kobudo shoto is like TKD in is sport orientation just pure kumite or fighting and empty hand katas,now if is under a different organization like wkf or wuko you'll get to do kobudo so far there's no world champion in kobudo kata...let me refrase the last comment it depends on your teacher and school curriculum if you're in the miami area I can point out who does.
lobonegro4 3 years ago
nice form, very stiff and classic karate combination. The movements were like ping-an 2 fused with nun chucks.. i love it. i will try to copy his movements later.
chwynd 4 years ago
really nice
Qyama 4 years ago
Yes, awesome, such concentration.
dungeonbrownies 4 years ago
Nunchucks owns! check out my nunchaku video too if you have time! =)
5/5*
power13 4 years ago
hand him some wood chucks hed do the same thing! nice job
kyraborkman 4 years ago 2
very good... good technic and ideas, but clearly its not a wooden nunchaku ;]
osowagora 4 years ago
So what if its not wood, its noth the instrument that counts, but the skill!
power13 4 years ago
Very nice form, Sangsuwan. I loved the combination of old style kata walks and turns with modern nunchaku spins. It flows nicely and I agree with Master Lee Barden's comments wholeheartedly! Well done!
grafight 4 years ago
Thank you. I like Mr. Lee Barden's clips a lot too.
SANGSUWAN 4 years ago
Heheh nice vid great hits.
Masoukishin 4 years ago
EXCELLENTY!!!!!!!!!!!
LavaLimak 4 years ago
nice form
Aerialistreloaded 4 years ago
Да они из поролону. Фигня.
resz2006 4 years ago
very good nd very inspirational,, nunchuks rule
TonyOneKenobi 4 years ago
my comment was aimed at crackerwacky XD but yeah if that was you it looked real good, enjoyed watching it.
ENgel14 4 years ago
This just shows the lost art of practical use, not fancy garbage like you see in most cases Thanks
snowflakesandiamonds 4 years ago
His strikes from underneath the arm (and his kicks come to that) wouldn't knock out a fly! Real techniques? Uhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm. Looked very weak to me. He looked like he had no control over them and was happy that he didn't hit himself. Didn't look like he was really content in his technique. Why did he bow with them still under his arm?
lolsusancrackerwacky 4 years ago
"wouldn't knock out a fly!"
I like that :)
SANGSUWAN 4 years ago
its kata... your not supposed to go all out.
ENgel14 4 years ago
When your chuck is under your arm, you're in position to do anything. Anyways, I'd like to swing a nunchuck from under my arm and hit you in the head. It's not going to feel good.
The weight of the nunchuck alone is enough to hurt someone's head. Any sort of strike would just do more damage.
FoxtrotNinja 4 years ago
clean and simple yet effective and deadly...
hitokirii 4 years ago
"Old" just meant I use the VDO effect to make it looks old. The kata is from me.
SANGSUWAN 5 years ago
"Old"? Do you mean the video or the kata itself? If the kata I would be interested to know where it came from.
borrux 5 years ago
Excellent demonstration. Thanks for holding them right and striking. It is refreshing to see real techniques on this youtube.
Lee Barden
uvmaster 5 years ago
That reminds me of a movie from long time back. A taichi sword master defeated bunch of foes with his bamboo stick.. what a show off. No authorities back then stopped him from using his sword.
SANGSUWAN 5 years ago
In France, it is still possible to hold a not well know but yet efficient weapon: the "cane".
Combat cane was developed in the 1700's and was widely used by "savate" practitioners. At the time people got mugged very often, and cane de combat remains a very street effective armed self defense weapon. The interresting part is that it is NOT forbidden to hold a cane. (or, why not, an umbrella!)
Somebody practicing fencing may also be a good fighter with such a tool.
JimmysToe 5 years ago
I'm in California and am learning with the wooden ones - as long as you're in a dojo, you're convered. I just wonder if I walk home if the local PD will stop me because I am holding a 6-foot long bo and then wonder about gig bag with not only my gi, but several forms of weapons: "See, the kama have no edges, they're just for practice!"
hempev 5 years ago
those chaku are padded...
Philippines7 5 years ago
That's right. I trained with real chucks until moved into California. It's a felony here.
SANGSUWAN 5 years ago
i see..
Philippines7 4 years ago
it is?
uh-oh......
kolamancow 4 years ago
i tried that with sausage links and a shoestring...my clothes smelled like pork for a week.
-thing of itself.
subtletiger 5 years ago
Take a bite at each end and see if it swings better.
SANGSUWAN 5 years ago
hmm...thanks..if that doesnt work then i'll switch to turkey links. (they weigh less)
subtletiger 5 years ago
nigga u gay an dstupid not in abad way
fiyaa93 5 years ago
nice.
csean0921 5 years ago
Wow, that was fuckin' dope.
C2thaJ 5 years ago
Very skilled practitioner
dreamcastII 5 years ago