How do I stop..

[Bitseach]

Sai - cheers mate. It must be something like that but so far I haven't been able to analyse where I've been going wrong, or if I thought I had got it I'd try again and - CLUNK! - even harder this time!!!

 

A helmet might be the answer until my arms get used to doing it properly again - it'll add to the boob-guard I currently wear when practising!! Believe me, clipping yourself on the nipple is no joke either!

[YODA]

When doing katas, etc. it's best to grip the chuk as high as possible for better control. Low grips are for combat.

 

:lol:

 

And there was me thinking Kata was a rehearsal for combat.

 

:lol:

 

 

[Tobias_Reece]

Now come on Yoda be fair - its quite clear that monkeygirl doesn't know what she is talking about.

 

But anyway - or a more polite note...

 

MonkeyGirl, who taught you that in kata you should hold the nunchaku high? As Yoda said, kata is a rehearsal for combat - it seems to me that you might be practicing the so-called modern nunchaku-do (designed for show), instead the combat orientated style.

 

No offense meant (even though you have offended me )

 

Tobias

 

 

[SaiFightsMS]

Errrr uhhhhm if you need chest protection while working with the nunchaku you are very definately working with your elbow way too close to your body.

 

 

[Bitseach]

Ah but you don't know what size my boobs are!!!!

 

 

[SaiFightsMS]

I ain't touching that one.

 

 

[Bitseach]

LOL - probably best not to!

 

 

[Withers M.A.A.]

Try slowing down with the weapon. Buy a pair of padded chucks and practice with them. When you don't hit yourself anymore then move up to the wooden ones.

 

 

[Bitseach]

Cheers for the advice. I use padded chucks at the moment but still gave myself an almightily painful egg on the head with those when I did a bad swing! It's true though, it always happens just when you are getting a bit more confident and letting the chucks get faster but concomitantly getting more fatigued!