Striking with Chucks

[AngelAriz]

http://youtu.be/ME4TOVbyVRg

Striking a solid object can be dangerous if you dont know how t is done.

Do you practice chucks by hitting things?

[Harkon72]

Our association held a weapons course last month. One thing we had to do was hold an impact shield for someone as they hit it full force with wooden nunchaku. The holder of the shield had to be quite brave to stand there with a Dan grade giving his best shot with the weapon.

[AngelAriz]

Funny how you really cant swing low or else the will fly back and bite you...lol

[andym]

Striking with the Nunchaku must be done. It's how you learn to deal with the recoil. It's like purely punching and blocking fresh air, non contact. The first time anything impacts a target, the technique will just collapse !

[AngelAriz]

Striking with the Nunchaku must be done. It's how you learn to deal with the recoil. It's like purely punching and blocking fresh air, non contact. The first time anything impacts a target, the technique will just collapse !

I know that and you do too but some sadly do not have a clue.

[andym]

Yes, sometimes we have to state the obvious. It obvious to us, but not to other !

[AngelAriz]

Ossu

[bushido_man96]

It appears that not only is dealing with the recoil an issue, but learning how to follow through with the strike and still retain control on the rebound to bring it through.

[Wastelander]

I'm not terribly fond of nunchaku, but I learned to strike with them on a BOB dummy wearing kendo armor. The follow-through is really the key to not hitting yourself, I found.

[AikiGuy]

I leaned how to respond to to recoil by striking a heavy bag in my basement. Of course this was after learning basic strikes / movements in class and passing my chucks kata test. Without those basics, it would have been plain dangerous.

BTW, even then I still used padded plastic chucks at first. And yes I did hit myself a lot. Safety first, right?