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New author: Martin from Chan School of Nunchaku

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Hi folks,

I have a great announcement to make: we will have Martin, from Chan School of Nunchaku, as an author here at Nunchaku Tutorials.

Chan school of nunchaku

He is based on UK, where he offer lessons, and he will also be sharing some videos and contents with us.

He has a martial arts approach to nunchaku, so we will be learning a lot from him, and we’ll be able to learn about nunchakus from a new perspective.

Be sure to check his posts and to learn from him!

Welcome aboard Martin!

Chuck Off 2013

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CHUCK OFF 2013
“Hot Dogs and Nunchucks”

chuck off 2013

an international home-based freestyle nunchaku video tournament

The Chuck Off, is a yearly competition(for 7 years now!!!), hosted by Freestyle Forum, were any freestyler can participate. This is a skill-based competition, so the focus will be there. Lets spin it on!!! C’mon!!

The purpose of this competition, is to show the world what you are doing. Everybody is welcome, you don’t need to be in a certain level to participate.

In order to be in this tournament, you need to have an account in www.freestyleforum.net (It’s free!), upload the video to the internet(youtube/vimeo), make a topic for your entry on submission board, put the youtube/vimeo link in the post, and of course, follow the rules.

 

INTRODUCTION

Deadline: 
All videos must be posted before the DEADLINE July 11, 2013 at midnight(based on the most late GMT) and will start(and ends) in a period of only 15 days. We wont accept late entries.

The Calm Before the Storm: 
July 12 and 13, the submission board will be close to all the members, and the staff will set the polls for each video.

Video Labels
You have the option to include:
1. put a label Chuck Off 2013 on your video (or use the event logo we created HERE – still on going art.. )
2. put a label Your Name or Cybername and Your Country
3. put a label to specify the category level “singles”, “doubles”, “fire”, “glow” or “director”
4. put a FnF link or picture logo or animated logo (That you can get here: STATIC | ANIMATED )
5. Lets uniform the video name/title, like for example: “Chuck Off 2013 | Singles Entry | Psionics | Philippines”

Video Didn’t Work: Due to the copyr ight infringement that is implemented on YOUTUBE, using “copyrighted music” will “disable your whole video” to some countries. Alternatively use Vimeo if you encounter this problem. You can also install this internet browser addons to by-pass youtube restriction CLICK HERE.

 

 

CATEGORIES

Chuck Off contains 5 categories: Single Nunchaku, Double Nunchaku, Fire Nunchaku, Glow Nunchaku and Director. Choose in which one you want to participate (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) the more entries you participate, the better.(or participate all)

SPIRIT OF EACH CATEGORIES:

1. SINGLES : The idea is to show what you can do with one nunchaku for 2 minutes.

2. DOUBLES : The idea is to show what you can do with two nunchakus(or more) for 2 minutes.

3. GLOW : To show what you can do, with one or two nunchakus with lights! for 2 minutes.

4. FIRE : To show what you can do, with one or two nunchakus with fire! for 2 minutes.

5. DIRECTOR : Show how you can create a nunchaku video for 2 minutes with all the effects and editing.

 

 

RULES PER CATEGORIES
Single Nunchaku

Number of entries: One video per member
MAX Length: 2 Minutes (5 seconds of error). WE WILL ENSURE THIS RULE
Editing: You CAN’T edit the footage, video must be one continuous shot with no cuts or editing. You Can add music and titles .
Freestyle: You can only use one nunchaku.
Video: This tournament will not accept videos used in previous competitions of the forum

Double Nunchaku

Number of entries: One video per member
MAX Length: 2 Minutes (5 seconds of error). WE WILL ENSURE THIS RULE
Editing: You CAN’T edit the footage, video must be one continuous shot with no cuts or editing. You Can add music and titles.
Freestyle: You have to use two nunchaku(or more).
Video: This tournament will not accept videos used in previous competitions of the forum

Glow

Number of entries: One video per member
MAX Length: 2 Minutes (5 seconds of error). WE WILL ENSURE THIS RULE
Editing: You CAN’T edit the footage, video must be one continuous shot with no cuts or editing. You Can add music and titles.
Freestyle: You have to use a nunchaku with lights (leds, blacklight, etc) . One or two nunchakus is accepted.
Video: This tournament will not accept videos used in previous competitions of the forum

Fire

Number of entries: One video per member
MAX Length: 2 Minutes (5 seconds of error). WE WILL ENSURE THIS RULE
Editing: You CAN’T edit the footage, video must be one continuous shot with no cuts or editing. You Can add music and titles.
Freestyle: You have to use a nunchaku with a fire. One or two nunchakus is accepted.
Video: This tournament will not accept videos used in previous competitions of the forum

Director

Number of entries: One video per member
MAX Length: 2 Minutes (5 seconds of error). WE WILL ENSURE THIS RULE
Editing: You are free to edit/cut your video as much as you want.
Freestyle: The video must be based in freestyle nunchaku.
Video: This tournament will not accept videos used in previous competitions of the forum
Excluded to CoC: Directors is not included on Champion of Champions, but only the skill-based categories.

 

 

Tournament Stages

Stage One | Grouping Stage: 
All the videos in the submission board will be divided by alphabetical order. Entries will be grouped by flag colors.

Stage Two | Categories Stage: 
Once we have the groups sorted, we will have the polls for the groups, and then we will find champions in each category. Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert will no longer be used. There will be no more sub-categories. We will use a flag system(similar to World Cup) and will end each category 3 placers. This categories stage will contain 2 parts:
a. flags stage will be in “Round 1 | Rumble” board
b. finals stage will be in “Round 2 | Finals” board

Stage Three | Champion of Champions: 
We will make a poll with ALL of the entries, from each group and category, and we will find the Champion of Champions of the Chuck Off 2013. The poll will run at the same time with the categories stage but ends longer than categories stage.

 

 

VOTERS
  • Chuck Off tournament will start and ends in 15 days. Please dedicate a time for it a nd buy some snacks.
  • To ensure if the voter is qualified, only FnF members with 30+ posts are capable to vote.
  • There are no rules in voting. Just vote for the entries you think deserves da win!
  • Please vote on all the polls to ensure proper and fair distribution of votes. if we find a certain flag has an obvious less votes, the poll will not end. It has to reach near the total amount of the last highest voted flag/category in order to continue. If anything goes wrong, our second plan, we will get the entries on final stage based on the TOTAL of votes for each entries(not flag)

 

All suggestions, corrections and comments are welcome, this is an open rules.

Welcome SpinStorm

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We are proud to announce that Sam Wrigley (Spinstorm), will be an author here at nunchakututorials.com.

Spinstorm

He is a very talent freestyler from UK, and has made great impact in the freestyle nunchaku world with his impressive technique and style.

I hope that you will like all what Sam will share with us, and that you will learn a lot from him!

Welcome aboard SpinStorm!!

How to buy a Flowchuck (from Flowtoys)

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You can build a set of chucks from the following parts:
2 x 2L short tubes: http://www.flowtoys.com/product.php?productid=102&cat=54&page=1
1 x cap connector: http://www.flowtoys.com/product.php?productid=86&cat=36&page=1
2 x flower caps: http://www.flowtoys.com/product.php?productid=84&cat=53&page=1
4 x flowlights: http://www.flowtoys.com/product.php?productid=1&cat=7&page=1

While the modular system enables us to create an illuminated prop resembling nunchaku, these are not traditional nunchaku. The bridge caps are designed to come off with a twist, and so flowchucks are NOT recommended for hard/fast use without modification. If you have a hard/fast style, we recommend using clear packing tape to secure the bridge cap.