Nunchaku kata

[armanox]

Maezato no nunchaku is the only one that I know...(and I don't think youtube has the version that I do...)

[rogue2257]

Maezato no nunchaku is the only one that I know...(and I don't think youtube has the version that I do...)

So what's different about the version your school does? The videos I've seen online of that particular kata all seem pretty consistently similar.

[armanox]

Maezato no nunchaku is the only one that I know...(and I don't think youtube has the version that I do...)

So what's different about the version your school does? The videos I've seen online of that particular kata all seem pretty consistently similar.

Upon looking at youtube (again), this is very similar to what we do. Our stancework is a little different though (if I can find my camera I might have to make a vid...)

[rogue2257]

If anyone is interested, I've uploaded a video of myself performing the version of Kobu Nunchaku that I practice here:

Admittedly not the best rendition I've ever done. I'll need to re-tape it at some point, but it's there nonetheless.

[armanox]

If anyone is interested, I've uploaded a video of myself performing the version of Kobu Nunchaku that I practice here:

Admittedly not the best rendition I've ever done. I'll need to re-tape it at some point, but it's there nonetheless.

Shihan Mikio Nishiuchi's kata. I've tried to learn the kata from video a few times, and managed to hit myself in the face in the middle of it twice now...

[rogue2257]

One gets very quickly used to the notion that when practicing with nunchaku, hitting oneself is more or less inevitable.

Don't let it discourage you though! After you've smacked yourself good a few times, you've learned what NOT to do with the nunchaku.

[armanox]

I am not easily discouraged...lol

I've taken a stab at Kobu Nunchaku, and will again at somepoint. The next nunchaku kata that I am going to learn (in class mind you) will be Aguni no Nunchaku

[rogue2257]

I am not easily discouraged...lol

I've taken a stab at Kobu Nunchaku, and will again at somepoint. The next nunchaku kata that I am going to learn (in class mind you) will be Aguni no Nunchaku

I've never seen that particular kata. If you ever decide to post it, I'd be interested to see it. I'm always curious what katas from other schools look like.

[armanox]

I am not easily discouraged...lol

I've taken a stab at Kobu Nunchaku, and will again at somepoint. The next nunchaku kata that I am going to learn (in class mind you) will be Aguni no Nunchaku

I've never seen that particular kata. If you ever decide to post it, I'd be interested to see it. I'm always curious what katas from other schools look like.

I will be more then happy to post it when I learn it. Sadly, I don't have a video of it to post. The three schools that we have in MD are the only schools in the States that practice that kata and Aguni ni Nunchaku (a double nunchaku kata). It is not an old kata, but is practiced in some schools in Okinawa.

[rogue2257]

Now that would be interesting. I'm not sure I've seen a more traditional style double nunchaku kata. Most of what I've seen tend to be very freeform katas that individuals make up on the spot. Not that there is anything wrong with that, of course, but at least from what I can tell there is often more of a focus on the manipulation of the weapon than any sort of true application for the techniques.