Bitseach Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 ...biffing myself on the back of my head with my chucks when I try to trap/swing under my armpit. Even with foam chucks it's starting to HURT! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My karma will run over your dogma~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G95champ Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 Don't know. Maybe you need head gear lol. I can only do a few moves with chucks but I respect anyone who has the guts to keep trying and getting hurt while learning. Keep at it..... (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
monkeygirl Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 You may be gripping the chuks too low, or your cord/chain may be too long. When you trap the chuk under your arm, no "biffing" should occur, obviously. When you catch the chuks, you should be trapping the chuk that you aren't holding. If you catch cord instead of foam chuk, you're gripping too low. When doing katas, etc. it's best to grip the chuk as high as possible for better control. Low grips are for combat. You may also be trying to swing the chuk too close to your body. Hold the chuk where it should be. Feel that. Remember where your hand is. It might help, it might not! Also, when catching on TOP, make sure your free hand is across your stomach and underneath your arm, ready to stop the incoming chuk...otherwise you might lose an eye If we were in person it'd be so much easier, but this'll have to do.... Try talking to your instructor or someone else who has experience with the weapon. 1st dan & Asst. Instructor TKD 2000-2003No matter the tune...if you can rock it, rock it hard.
Athorn4941 Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 I think i know what your talking about. Its like a diagonal swing under your armpit and a catch behind your head. Correct if im wrong. Heres some tips. 1. practice the motion in slow motion till your body can remember the exact motion with out you thinking about it. then slowly speed it up. 2. Hold the nunchaku near the bottom(Kikon-bu). 3. When the swing is coming back place your hand slightly behind your head. This is one of the harder moves to do especially when you got slightly short arms. I have trouble with this move. dont get discourage. but if your getting any brain damage its time to lay the chucks down or practise other moves. Key word do the moves slow then slowly speed up. Remeber if you cant do the moves slow there is no way your going to do them fast with good form. Jalt ProductionsWeb Page TemplatesArt Of The Ninja , Learn Guitar , Learn Japanese
Athorn4941 Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 Oh yeah one thing i forgot to post dont forget the other hand its your protecting hand. It protects you from getting hit from the chuck and makes your form look better to if it aint just sitting there not doing anything. Yeah Pretty soon im going to get a video page going of nunchaku moves on my page. Hopefully that will help people out with the nunchaku ?'s Jalt ProductionsWeb Page TemplatesArt Of The Ninja , Learn Guitar , Learn Japanese
Bitseach Posted May 14, 2002 Author Posted May 14, 2002 LOL - thanks for the tips! I am losing brain cells at a fast rate of knots here! It usually happens (so far) when I have been trying drills like just swinging the chucks from a casual resting position draped over my shoulder (eg L hand holding over L shoulder) and then swinging under the L armpit and back to the beginning, then I started putting in a few extra swingy loops in between these two start and end positions and that's when the trouble started! God help me when I try to play with REAL chucks! LOL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My karma will run over your dogma~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
tessone Posted May 14, 2002 Posted May 14, 2002 Makes me happy that they're not in the official KSW curriculum. Chris TessoneBrown Belt, Kuk Sool Won
ckdstudent Posted May 15, 2002 Posted May 15, 2002 Shame muggers don't carry them more though, would make life a lot easier. "Gimme your money!" "No." "Right." swing, whack, knockout, you walk off unharmed. ---------Pil SungJimmy B
Athorn4941 Posted May 15, 2002 Posted May 15, 2002 Thats what cops use to do when thugs in us started carrying homemade nunchakus before they made them mostly illegal to carry around in us except in some states like mine HA HA HA. Well they use to lay back because most people that used them before were not trained properly and they would end up hurting themselves then the cops would strike. Jalt ProductionsWeb Page TemplatesArt Of The Ninja , Learn Guitar , Learn Japanese
SaiFightsMS Posted May 15, 2002 Posted May 15, 2002 Another idea that saves swatting your own head is to look at where your arm is positioned in the final and the beginning state. Now at no point in the swing should the elbow be bent any more than that. When the elbow is bent more the nunchaku is going to be closer in to your body. Make any sense? The other thing is are you moving your elbow in closer to your body? When you bring the elbow in on that particular move you are bringing the nunchaku closer to your head. And it never hurts to practice privately in your helmet. I have.
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