| I like martial arts movies, and I like martial arts | | | | moves going at slow speed, so you can see how the |
| moves. So, naturally, I'm interested in movies that | | | | grip changes when you do a cross over move. (This |
| show techniques for martial arts moves. Now, having | | | | grip change is one of the keys to not beating |
| grown up on Bruce Lee movies as a kid, and having | | | | yourself over the head when you do a |
| taken up Jiu Jutsu as an adult, and dabbled with Jeet | | | | behind-the-back crossover move; it makes the |
| Kune Do, I've always had an interest in nunchucks. | | | | second baton come up over the opposite shoulder |
| So, I've been looking for a nunchucks training DVD. | | | | rather than up the back of your neck!) |
| Now, I'll be honest, when I was a kid, my brother | | | | When using nunchuks, start slow and build the |
| and I made nunchucks and tried to use them - trying | | | | repertoire up from simple moves. Follow the video on |
| to do the moves we saw Bruce Lee do in Enter The | | | | the DVD...and be prepared to miss a lot. It takes a lot |
| Dragon and Fists of Fury. And man, did we clobber | | | | of built up coordination to use nunchuks properly, and |
| ourselves good. As I got older, I decided there had | | | | even Bruce Lee had to spend close to four months |
| to be better ways to learn nunchucks than battering | | | | before he built up the speed we saw in the movies. |
| the back of my own head with them. | | | | The best part about training with a nunchucks training |
| The numchucks is a pair of foot long wooden batons | | | | DVD is that you can practice at your own pace, in |
| with a length of rope or chain between them. In | | | | your own home, without having to suffer the grins |
| Okinawan Karate, nunchuks grew out of the short | | | | as giggles of your buddies as they watch - early |
| grain flail, because peasants weren't allowed to have | | | | practice with nunchucks is far from pretty, or |
| weapons. Using nunchuks first requires familiarization | | | | graceful! That much didn't change from my brother |
| with their moves, and a good nunchuks training DVD | | | | and I doing it in the back yard. With practice, though, |
| is really helpful, particularly since it can show the | | | | it becomes pretty fluid! |