If you have been training a lot to make one trick, and it doesn’t works, don’t do it for 2-3 days, and then try again…. it works very well!
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Nunchaku Tip #8
Don’t freestyle in the rain, unless your chuck has a nice grip… if you do, the chances of a flying nunchaku are nearly 100%.
Always be safe and look around you for objects, animals and people that you may harm… choose areas were you may spin happy, and not with accidents.
Nunchaku Tip #7
Don’t practice barefoot… if the nunchaku fall on your foot, it will be a lot of pain, and even blood or broken bones! Always be careful were the nunchaku will land, and try to move your feet really fast.
Nunchaku Tip #6
Don’t practice near anything you don’t want broken. You never know when your nunchaku will go flying away, and it is not the wisest thing to test this near your computer, tv, window, etc.
Nunchaku Tip #5
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.
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.