Speed without technique is like trying to reach the moon in a bike. First build a good foundation, with good technique, and then the speed will come along… trying to do it the opposite way will be a lot harder, with unwanted hits, and you will probably end doing it wrong.
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Nunchaku Tip #4
If you broke your ball bearing nunchaku, you can always recycle it and make a corded nunchaku. It’s always better to have an extra nunchaku, than not at all.
Nunchaku Tip #3
While you are doing freestyle you will probably make a some mistakes. Do not ignore them, they could be a new trick.
Always keep looking for new nunchaku tricks, and for new exploration grounds. Freestyle nunchaku is a huge world, with lots of undiscovered treasures.
Nunchaku Tip #2
Always check your local law before using and transporting your nunchuck.
If nunchakus are illegal in your country don’t carry nunchaku in public, it’s just asking for trouble.
Always follow your local law, and have fun spinning around.
Nunchaku Speed
Many times, people think that the only way to use a nunchaku is with the max speed you can put into it, but that’s quite wrong!
In freestyle nunchaku, you first need to know how to do what you are trying to do, and after that, you can add speed to the nunchaku trick or move.
Like in anything you do with your body, you first need to learn what you are doing, and after you got a good foundation, you can move forward.
But why is better to first learn the basic trick and then add speed, and not learn the trick with max speed?
Why you shouldn’t try a new move with high speed:
- You don’t know how to do the trick well enough, so it’s probably that you will fail a lot of times. But a mistake at high speed can cause a lot more damage than a mistake at low speed. You can injure yourself or others by learning at high speed.
- There’s a high chance that you will get the trick done wrong, and your body will learn it wrong, and that will be really difficult to change.
- You will fail a lot more times, increasing the time of learning, and you will be wasting time when you could be learning something new.
So, I should never do my tricks at high speed?
- Of course you should do nunchaku moves with high speed if you like them, but you should know when to train with speed.
- Remember that speed is not the only aspect of freestyle nunchaku, you should also mix with creativity, improvisation, smoothness, entertainment, fun, etc… so keep a balance.
- Always be careful when you are using high speed. Look around the zone you are freestyling, so you don’t hit anything/anyone.
- Check the nunchaku before using them, so there won’t be any flying nunchaku stick around.
When to train with speed:
- Once you have a good control over the nunchaku
- Once you feel confident with the nunchaku
- If you don’t have confidence or you lack control, you will end dropping the nunchucks a lot and probably injury yourself or someone or breaking something, so be careful!
Nunchaku Tip #1
Always remember that the nunchaku is your friend, and thus it shouldn’t be feared but respected.
Questions About Nunchakus
I got an email with some questions about nunchakus. Here it is with the links, so if anyone has the same questions, you can find the answers easy.
Ahmed,Here are the links for the questions you asked me. I hope you will find them useful. Any questions, let me know.Length of the rope: http://
nunchakututorials.com/ nunchaku-dimensions/ Which is better rope or chain? Pros and Cons of each of them?– CHAIN: http://nunchakututorials.com/pros- and-cons-of-chain-nunchaku/ Those post explain what you want to know, any other question you can email me or post it http://nunchakututorials.comTake care!
Magazine Nunchaku From Readers
Liopetri1 sent me a picture of the magazine nunchaku he made following this tutorial.
Here is the picture of his magazine nunchaku:
Here is a picture from Ahmed:
If you have made a nunchaku following my tutorials, send me a picture so I can post it in the site! (email: nunchakututorials@gmail.com)
Which cord use in my nunchaku?
I’ve always use nylon cords to tie my nunchakus, and today I change the cord of one of them, because I got some paracord.
Now, the difference in finger spins is a lot! I didn’t think that just changing the cord would make such a huge difference, but it does!
The nylon cord I was using was very rough, and it added more friction to my fingers while doing finger spins, but the paracord is a lot more smoother, so the friction is less, and thus it’s easier to do the finger spins!
Remember, whenever you replace the link of your nunchaku you have to use a good cord (paracord is a great option!) and always check your cord before using the chuck!
Nunchaku Planes
The planes are a flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie. Image that when your are holding the nunchaku, you are inside a cube. The walls of the cube will be the planes at where you can swing the nunchaku.
Planes:
- Face or Front Plane
- Cross Plane: Between the face and back planes
- Back Plane
- Near Wall
- Core Plane: Between the near and far wall.
- Far Wall
- Roof
- Floor
Here are some pictures, so you will get a better idea:
Face or Front Plane:
Back Plane:
Near Wall:
Far Wall:
Roof:
Floor:
(Based on the work of Kristov: http://www.freestyleforum.net/index.php?topic=4602.0)