Y'know what guys?

 

You just can't win with nunchaku, even though they're my favorite weapons.

 

If you make em out of wod, they culd crack, splinter or worse--break. If you make em out of metal, they can dent. You just can't win!

well I suppose that could be said about all the weapons? There is no "perfect" weapon.

Yes there is, Jeff Speakman starred in it. "Perfect Weapon."

Jeff Speakman is the perfect weapon! Whaaaa!!! Chuks, like any weapon will wear with time and certain usage, all that you can do is make them out of the best materials and techniques possible. Then their life will be longer, and the amount of abuse they can take will increase.

Well, yeah, if you're gonna hit stuff with it...

 

Usually the only time we use weapons are in katas/forms.

 

If we hit bags we stick to foam weapons.

 

OMG Jeff Speakman in the "Perfect Weapon" that was a horrible movie lol.

 

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Wasn't the whole point of it that he would learn the way of the dragon? He never did! He was a tiger his whole life And his girlfriend never spoke....ever!

Monkeygirl said that she uses foam nunchakus. How do they compare to wooden 'chucks for weight, ect?

They are much lighter.

If you make em out of wod, they culd crack, splinter or worse--break. If you make em out of metal, they can dent. You just can't win!

 

A baseball bat will occasionaly crack or break .. but I still wouldn't want to get hit in the head with one

You can also make nunchuks out of hard enough wood that the chances of breaking are next to nil. And Aamorn has a good point. It may break if you hit hard enough with it, but do you want to be the one it breaks on?

 

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I made my nunchuks out of a narra wood from the Philippines. IMO, the hardest wood.

foam is more for training and sparring practice, you can't get the same speed and power as wood, I think, but they are definately a lot painless.

 

(I learned with foam, and the bruises, had I survived training, would have been 50 times bigger with wood.