@@velazquezarmouries I just imagine some poor person getting a pair of TNT sticks wrapped around their ankles while trying to run away. RIP Thanks for the comment love Rogues. Made my night
I think having a rank amatuer would still be able to offer aid at this point displayed in this video. However, it does show how much damage can be caused by the chucks, so they got that part right!
This is an excellent video. It is a great amateur progression from "hey cool ninja toy" to "holy crap, they're a lethal weapon". By a couple of untrained dudes just handling training tools, talking about the history and usage, understanding how each moves work and what they achieve, then moving onto real weapons the development and appreciation is real. Super good at conveying the seriousness of these things.
The Modern Rogue presents... Jason Murphy in... Murphy's Law: Double Dutch Chucks... *funky kung fu music begins* In a world taken over by ninja reptiles, and Wolverine is dead, a man will learn his destiny... One man... Becomes law... Murphy's Law... Coming this fall... Never maybe?
Brian beginning to recite his fire eating routine is hilarious. After performing the same act a couple hundred times anything resembling it just starts the mental muscle-memory.
Okay I've gotta say: Jason, I took 9 years of Tang Soo Do (a South Korean martial art) and earned my second degree black belt, and we learned how to use multiple weapons over the years including bo staffs and nunchucks, but I think you honestly have more skills with nunchaku than I do, even if your form isn't Bruce Lee-perfect. I bow to you, wise and gifted sensei.
I used to do nunchuck competitions when I was a kid, still got the skills with them to this day. They are fun. I prefer the chain to be a lot shorter than what the training chucks use, you can do cool tricks like spinning them around your wrist with a shorter chain. Attacks are faster with a shorter chain too, having a longer chain like the training chucks your using kinda feels having input lag on everything.
shorter chains are literally used for tricking. Traditionally, they were used to flail at rice and other grains, to beat the husks off the edible parts. The longer chain gave more mechanical advantage for force delivered on contact of the strike. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy tricking as well, but the longer chain is the traditional form that would have been used in actual fighting. *based on Okinawan karate, as opposed to similar weapons that were used in China*
You should adjust to what you're comfortable with... at this point I can still pick up a rope chain or anything of most lengths and just as fast as my customs .... I can pick up any length of stick or chain combo and blow your freaking mind
the japanese nunchaku was developed by modifying a flailing whip used for taking off the husk from grains. combat technique-wise it's similar to a multi section staff, but more compact and thus portable. you can think of it as a western flail weapon but instead of a ball and handle combination, it's two handles. the flourishing nature serves two purposes: one is to build momentum to hit harder; the other is to launch surprise attacks from unexpected angles. a longer link creates more momentum and creates harder strikes, similar to how a whip works, and a shorter link travels faster making for better flourishes
The story that I was told, in the past Okinawa was a separate country that had dealings with both China and Japan, but mostly from China and China taught the Okinawans kung fu from the South which includes Crane style. Years later Japan invade Okinawa and makes it part of Japan. As part of the transition the Japanese government takes away all bladed weaponry from the Okinawans in order to avoid any uprising. That's when the Okinawans turn to farm tools as weaponry to defend themselves from the Japanese. In weapon martial arts based from Okinawa people train with bo staff , kitchen knives, nunchakus, oars, etc...
I have practised Shorin Ryu Seibukan Karate and Kobudo for roughly ten years and my Sensei always told us that the weapons we trained with (mainly Bo and Sai) were actually most likely farming tools or just general stuff lying around (like the Bo is basically just a Quarter Staff). And the part with only nobility practising martial arts isn´t all true either, so the style I practised comes from Okinawa and is actually a fairly young style (from around 1930) but it draws influences from two other styles from Okinawa which are a fair bit older and were not only practised by the nobility.
I disagree. A pair of nunchucks if used properly can be extremely viable as a weapon. It is my preferd weapon. Anyone using it with it proper teaching is a fool I agree. But nunchucks themselfs are not what makes a fool
@@ioioioioio6026 yes I have. If used properly a pair of nunchucks can catch a longsword in the chains and than disarm the opponent. The same can be said for a spear but again. I was excluding ranged weapons
Having trained with Nunchucks when I was younger, I have to say Jason's form is a lot better than I expected. Only a bit of polishing and he'd be well on the way to be a pro.
Finally I have been looking for a video like this for years. I shall finally consult with the dungeon master to make a scenario where I can nunchuck Hans Gruber out of the window in Nakotomi Plaza
The reason nun chucks are "deadlier" is you're able to dump more energy into a nun chuck strike vs a similar stick. Simply in baseball you wear batters glove because of the recoil, the hit travels back to your hands and can cause pain. Not to mention the flexible link better allows for follow through in addition to mitigating recoil.
I started martial arts when I was 15 in 1973, and when learning chuks the first thing you have to get past is when doing that front snap out and back under your arm, you nail your elbow *a lot* before you learn to push it out until it's back under your arm.
With the armpit trap, stick your elbow out when you strike, this will keep your elbow out of harm's way and leave a catcher's mitt for the nunchaku to return to, imagine your casting a fishing pole, that's the wrist movement you want. If you shorten the cord, the nunchaku become tighter in how they handle and much speedier, this is especially true for 12'' sticks with a four inch cord. You can also make each stick 6 inches long and have a 6 inch cord and they still will be effective. Great vid guys.
"The Modern Rogue does Nunchuking: A Cautionary Tale" I'm quite glad that this video was made, they are cool, and dangerous... and it's fun to watch Brian and Jason do dumb stuff (to be fair, it seemed like they were being responsible, but when you use weapons accidents can happen).
Anyone interested in learning more should try taking a look at Kobudo, the lesser known "sister" of karate. Karate focuses more on the hand-to-hand fighting, while kobudo is the formalized weapons art. Matayoshi Kobudo is a cool varient that exists to this day! They've got a form known as "Kata no Nunchaku", which is a pretty apt name.
I trained with nunchucks back in the late 80's when I was 13 years old. I used an 8 inch pair of solid wooden nunchucks with a longer chain. One of my friends decided to help himself to them one day and gave it his best shot, while I was out of the room. He tried to catch it under his arm but it went right under his armpit , came back up and cracked him on the back of the head. I came back to him lying out cold on my bedroom floor!
I LOVED this episode, I’m a 1st Ban Bu belt in karate (in my style the belt ranks are white, yellow, orange, purple, blue, green, brown, 1st Ban Bu, 2nd ban Bu, 3rd Ban Bu then black belt) and I loved watching you two mess around with the chucks and just have fun, next time you should do Bo staff or Sais
I love nunchucks, and awesome video, but my favorite has always been Tonfa, Bo Staffs and Hook swords.....dont try that last one, it may be the last time that injury counter resets.
hey there, I'm a cho dan in soo bahk do moo duk kwan. I also used to be part of a weapons demo team and would demo nun chunks. It is not possible to state how dangerous even the "training" chucks are, including the foam. I would discourage anyone from getting them. however if you do, stick to foam. there are light wooden ones, and some with flashy tape for demos because it looks cool. HOWEVER you do not need to hit yourself or anyone else to cause serious injury. I have seen someone use a light pair of hollow wooden chucks attached with string, GRAZE their ankle while practicing. The result was a nasty gash with a nice amount of blood. The look in Brians eyes with the flea market chucks sold me that he would not consider playing with such a thing. But I do feel it necessary to post here and discourage anyone from purchasing any. If you do, be safe, check your local laws, and stick to foam. No one wants to be the guy who lost part of an ear because they thought they were playing with a toy.
lol agreed, trained in kobudo for 5-6 years and saw the himo snap on a pair being used by a particularly large guy. One end shot straight across the room and buried itself in the wall and dug out out about an inch of the brick behind it. Was maybe a foot away from fucking braining a guy we were training with. That being said I loved using them, were always some of the most fun weapons to train with, thousands of slams in the back of my head aside
Im only a 1st degree in goju ryu karate but also a national competitor, In my opinion the only way people can learn is through bruises and injuries, you only smash your ribs with a tonfa or have your fingers busted by a bow-staff so many times before you learn to be carefull. As long as its not life threatening (In this case that would include wearing eye protection just to be safe) try it out and learn as much as you can from your mistakes
@@johnhoward7069 True, just for clarity, My intent was to address individuals who may watch this and think it would be fun to just pick up some chucks; Not for individuals seeking to be instructed in a proper environment. For those who are interested, weapons are typically provided by, or purchased through the organization or individual your instructor works for. In the event that you are provided a weapon of your own (outside of those provided in introductory training) , your instructor will typically recommend or provide one safe for your skill level for personal at home use in order to let you practice in your free time outside of the training area. I would not advise anyone to purchase a weapon for themselves outside of this or similar circumstances. Minor to moderate injury is to be expected and does a fairly good job of driving your instructors points home.
I find it funny that you two are practicing with items you hit with but never use the two items in the background that are meant to be striked.10/10 channel
Loved this one. Nunchucks are crazy good if you learn how to use them as a weapon, but be careful when hitting stuff, knowing how they will bounce is a part of mastering them. I'd say you had a lot of luck, that you didn't hurt yourself while smashing that head protection. Keep it up, but stay safe guys.
WARNING ⚠️ LONG READING ABOUT THIS TOPIC FOR THOSE INTERESTED • I’m a purple belt white stipe in karate but don’t practise anymore, but when I did, the branch I was training in did disarming and weaponry training (I.e. how to take a gun or knife off someone trying to attack you, how to block a dagger strike and things of that sort). The nunchucks that we used were proper wooden ones but had pool noodle like sleeves around them and were joined by a fairly hefty chain (not too dissimilar to the ones Jason brought out towards the end), we used these to practice blocking from “Hammer Strike” type attacks and attaching as seen in this video. The “leading leg stance” as Brian was calling it is called Kumite Sutansu (Koo-mEEtA) meaning grappling hands stance, which is the fighting stance for any engagement in karate. The stance that Jason sowed off around the ten minute mark I believe is Kiba-dachi or Horse Stance which is when the feet should be shoulder width apart with the thighs at about a 45° angle and the shoulders positioned over the heels, and with feet parallel, this is almost entirely used in grading performances.
Shiko-dachi/kiba-dachi (interchangable depending on your style) are still quite usefull in sparring, I am a 1st degree black belt who reps Canada in nationals for goju ryu karate and from first hand experiance I can tell you that dropping into shiko to spring lower at an opponent is a viable and usefull tactic, granted its not usefull in a legit fight where your opponent is free to kick you in the balls.
Very convenient how you guys release this video around the time I started working on making a replica of Bruce Lees Game of Death nunchuck... Now I know what to do with it instead of just hanging it on my wall to collect dust!
Brian and Jason are great friends for years and years, have worked on multiple projects together, and star in a popular UA-cam series together. 8:10 "Are you right or left handed?" And YOU thought they were secretly a couple...
Yay, 25 minutes of watching people who kind of know what the want to look like but know almost nothing about how to do it. Super fun video, I really hope there might be an actual nunchuck/Karate video in the future.
I've watched some nunchuck tutorial videos (since I have a pare of makeshift ones a friend of a friend randomly gave me) and I feel like this one was way more helpful and informative since the others I've seen apparently just assumes the people watching has some knowledge or training with them even though the video says "for beginners". Some of the things you discussed I figured out on my own from just screwing around, but there are a couple of important things I never thought of that no other video (that I've seen anyway) has mentioned. Great video!
We were discussing exactly this, recently. And we came to the conclusion that you simply weren’t telling enough people about the channel. I don’t want to make you worried, but I’m afraid I’m going to need to see massive improvement in your participation in this organization on my desk by Wednesday, or we’re going to have to have a discussion about your continued involvement here.
From my experience with MMA, nunchucks are mainly from karate and those practice sets only partially prepare you for wood/bamboo. They're extremely dangerous for being blunt objects. Learning where to roll them helps immensely with fluidity and not hitting yourself.
I love you guys. Your shenanigans are just comical. I enjoy the topics you cover that are, mildly taboo. Like weapons and hacking/cheating and whatnot, especially the really dangerous stuff. I enjoy every video I watch of yours.
suggestion, hold the nunchucks closer to the top for more control on your momentum and its easier for you to grab the nunchuck when transitioning to your resting poses between combos :)| thanks guys. keep up the amazing work
The story I always heard was that this weapon was originated by the three section staff. The _supposed_ story is that a guards staff broke into three pieces during combat and he fastened them back together with chain. The story of how a three section staff became nunchuck is equally "believable", but I've heard that another guard who practiced with the three section staff simply took off one of the sections because he was tired of being hit with his own weapon.
Hey guys. Love the vid. Quit note, when ur doing a horizontal and miss, try and rotating with your entire body to stop the nunchucks from hitting your back.
8:04, I am a trained martial artist and instructor and have never once seen that ever happen also, always choke up on nunchucks, better control, and when you swing be very cautious of your space, take an arms length and a half (about) and your good, also pretty much always extend you arms, you won't his your self (as much). I also find that with on handed weapons place your hand on your opposite chest, also when you attack horizontally it's usually coming from the waist.
Hey Bro.. bro.... bro... over here... bro.. hey bro...Jason M. Earned a whole new level of respect with this one.... The biggest thing with the Peacock dance is... "hit your own meaty tissue & let it control-ably bounce" .... while using the "striking blows" to hit the JOINTS (head shoulders knees & toes) of your opponent and correct for the bounce.
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I'm by no means a nunchaku expert, but I'm good enough to usually not hurt myself. It was great to see Brian's realisation that they aren't just a flashy toy for ninjas, but a real weapon with truly devastating potential.
Originally, they were used to thresh rice. Some people used them as weapons. It's the Japanese equivalent of using a baseball bat. They were never used in a battle, because that would be stupid. If you were a medieval knight, would you take a baseball bat instead of a sword *or a mace or a polearm? No. They're cool though. *EDIT: I got called out, cause I only said sword
@@FellsApprentice Yes, exactly. Maybe a baseball bat would be good in that case, but not nunchucks. And really this is about nunchucks. Nunchucks aren't rigid, and they would bounce right off of a proper hardened breastplate or helmet. The don't have the support or weight of an arm behind them, and they aren't nearly as heavy as a flail, so they would be worse than a sword against armour. At least you can attack weak spots like under the arm or the eye slit with a sword. Even with a baseball bat instead, you still wouldn't take that over a mace or a warhammer. But you did catch me there, so good job.
Here's a question, would plate armor be hardened or left soft? Knowing how hardened armor plate likes to spall when impacted I can see a reason for leaving it soft. Plus the deformation of the metal would help absorb energy
@@johnbeauvais3159 Hardened, pretty much always. Once plate was commonplace, it was hardened and tempered like swords, which is why it was so crazy expensive. It was construced in a dome like fashion so it could not be shattered or cracked, and it was not so hard as to be brittle. It would dent before it would crack usually. Armour was just too expensive and valuable to leave soft and let it dent and bend to absorb impact. Not only would that cost alot, but it would ruin the structural integrity of the armour for future blows. They had padded jackets to absorb impact. This was strong shit, and only a hammer or spike from a long, heavy polearm could damage it significantly. Mostly armoured men would be killed either by massive concussion or broken neck from getting hit on the head with a mace (even though the helmet might barely dent at all) or they would be dragged to the ground, pinned down, and stabbed in the eye hole or armpit. Think if a knight as a tank: you really need a specialist weapon or a big numbers advantage to take them down, elsewise they're untouchable.
@@JesusChrist42000No. Good Japanese armour metal as well. It want as well designed, but the force transfer would still be mild. Like I said: the is no support behind the hitting end of nunchucks, so only has the inertia of a short rod, and not a whole arm and body behind the weapon. Watch when Jason hits the mannequin. It doesn't crash down, it literally bounces off of anything because it has no support. It might go very fast, but it would only be able to transfer force for a fraction of a second. This means a much lower impulse, which means that force transfers inefficiently. That means that it's only going to hurt the thing that it impacts. Think like this: if a man has a wooden board on his chest, and you want to hurt him with rocks, do you throw smaller rocks at him or do you take a bigger rock in your hand and hit him? Thrown rocks have harldy any inerta, so the force doesn't transfer well, but in you hand, a rock had the whole weight of your arm beind it. Just look at flails: they had them in Japan, and they had a longer handle, longer chain, and much heavier striking end than nunchucks. This means that it must take alot more force to hurt an armoured man than nunchucks can deliver. If nunchucks could do the job against Japanese armour, then they would have used nunchucks and not made flails at all, because nunchucks are so much more convenient and light and nimble than a flail. But no, they invented flails because nunchucks weren't heavy enough.
1) Light-weight, foam nunchucks are much faster than heavier wooden ones, but because they have less momentum they are also much harder to control. "Real" (wooden) nunchucks are much easier to control. You'll notice in videos of most karate displays of nunchucks they use very light nunchucks to get impressive (flashy) speed, even though those would not be useful in a fight. 2) The practical aspect of the "flourishes" is that it makes it very hard to predict what attack may be coming and where it may be coming from. 3) I spent a lot of time in my youth learning to use nun-chucks pretty well, and even though I have spent no time learning to use a baseball bat, I would prefer having a baseball bat in a real fight (but I don't regret the time spent learning nunchucks, they have been fun, even if they are not as practical in a fight for me).
As a person who used to practice martial arts ,including very basic nunchucks . This episode was so hard to watch. It reminded me of teaching the kids class. Specifically when the kids get to use them for the first time.
In 2nd grade I took karate and we learned to use foam nunchucks. In 3rd grade we graduated to terrifying SOLID METAL nunchucks. Years later I learned to use a butterfly knife and realized it's the same fighting style; very dependent on constant momentum, many possible attacks from each start position, and confusing the enemy with lots of movement
As someone who has practiced nunchucks for about 7 years, I’m both proud and cringing at them. I’m proud because they were able to get so far so fast (with no proper instructor) and I’m cringing because of a couple reasons. 1. Their technique is terrible. 2. A few of the moves that they did are never going to be used, because when using nunchucks you have to be really fast and hit hard without worrying about the stance you are in. 3. I know that this is technique, but I have to point this out. You don’t hold the nunchucks at the bottom!! You hold it at the top for more control. If you go with holding it at the bottom, you’ll hit yourself more often (Experienced this first handedly). 4. The transition between moves was choppy. What has to be done to make it more smooth and preserve momentum is making a more circular arc than going from one direction to the other with dramatic changes (I hope that makes sense, hard to really put into words).
4:19 I have a pair of nunchucks with a foam sleeve (blue, once had a yellow dragon design on it, it's faded now), I got them when I was like 4-6 years old I think, so I kinda know how to use them... *hits nuts* ... especially when I'm my own enemy.
The beginning is literally the intro to Deadpool & Wolverine.
RIGHT?!? Can you believe it?? There's a non-zero chance that one of the writers took notes, I swear...
"Is this looking right?"
"I think so,"
Modern Rogue in a nutshell
When he threw the nunchucks in to the ceiling, that’s probably my all time favorite modern rogue clip
He was just demonstrating how to quickly hide your weapon from an inspection. Totally purposeful.
This feels like the physical embodiment of "the blind leading the blind"
Or at the very least the blind leading the one eyed magician
Looks like it too ;)
I just liked that Brian seemed to be learning more from Jason, than Jason was capable of doing.
@@1FatLittleMonkey Really ? I don't think we watched the same video lol
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Nunchucks made of TNT is the coolest thing I've heard this week, jeeez.
10/10 intro.
I would use them like boleadoras
@@velazquezarmouries I just imagine some poor person getting a pair of TNT sticks wrapped around their ankles while trying to run away. RIP
Thanks for the comment love Rogues. Made my night
@@Parscuit it will be a really effective weapon but i imagine it with those round cartoony round bombs
Dynamite and TNT are very different things.
Jason: "if you're doing it right, you won't even touch yourself."
-guide on how to use nunchucks, and also flirting.
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Nunchuks? OOOOOH boy, the injury counter is gonna have a day today XD
"minutes since injury"
I know this is late, but literally right when I read this comment is when Brian hit himself in the eye...
This video is just a 25min cry for a professional to come help them.
I think having a rank amatuer would still be able to offer aid at this point displayed in this video. However, it does show how much damage can be caused by the chucks, so they got that part right!
Yes! Totally agree.
I feel like they ran out of funding and thought, "how can we make a video for about $50?"
agree. these are less a strike weapon and most a joint lock and control weapon
What really is a professional though
Is it people like me who’ve been doing chucks most of their life and won comps
Or must it be an adult?
The amount of excitement on Jason’s face throughout this video is unprecedented.
This is an excellent video. It is a great amateur progression from "hey cool ninja toy" to "holy crap, they're a lethal weapon". By a couple of untrained dudes just handling training tools, talking about the history and usage, understanding how each moves work and what they achieve, then moving onto real weapons the development and appreciation is real. Super good at conveying the seriousness of these things.
One of the best channels on UA-cam, hands down. I can rewatch every video several times and it never gets old.
Thanks so much!
Without a doubt!
The Modern Rogue presents... Jason Murphy in... Murphy's Law: Double Dutch Chucks... *funky kung fu music begins* In a world taken over by ninja reptiles, and Wolverine is dead, a man will learn his destiny... One man... Becomes law... Murphy's Law... Coming this fall... Never maybe?
@Lone Stoner That trailer transcript with This playing in the background… ua-cam.com/video/QpR4p41F8G4/v-deo.html
@@dominickbenincasa5043 At the same time as the funky Kung Fu music?
"Did we just become friends??"
"Yup!"
"Do you want to go do karate in the garage??"
"Yup!!"
00:33 There's no way you guys predicted the intro to Deadpool and Wolverine 5 years in advance
Guide to forging with Alec Steele or understanding wine, like your whiskey one
Very nice ideas! Get them deeper into the circle of makers on youtube ^^
Perhaps types of wine, spiced and mulled wine, historical uses of wine and how we got from "rotten barrel of grapes" to "crunk af grape juice"
Forging would be sick
Ooooh especially since Alec is in the United States now... Bryce are you taking notes?
Forging!
While you were off gaming, I mastered the nunchucks.
Bro, I am your biggest fan! Also, do you like your own comments like me? XDD
are you doing your part against T-series
youre here too
I literally saw a short documentary about you today and now I feel weird.
YOU ARE EVERYWHERE
Brian beginning to recite his fire eating routine is hilarious. After performing the same act a couple hundred times anything resembling it just starts the mental muscle-memory.
Okay I've gotta say: Jason, I took 9 years of Tang Soo Do (a South Korean martial art) and earned my second degree black belt, and we learned how to use multiple weapons over the years including bo staffs and nunchucks, but I think you honestly have more skills with nunchaku than I do, even if your form isn't Bruce Lee-perfect. I bow to you, wise and gifted sensei.
I would totally, totally be down to watch that movie that you two described.
I used to do nunchuck competitions when I was a kid, still got the skills with them to this day. They are fun. I prefer the chain to be a lot shorter than what the training chucks use, you can do cool tricks like spinning them around your wrist with a shorter chain. Attacks are faster with a shorter chain too, having a longer chain like the training chucks your using kinda feels having input lag on everything.
shorter chains are literally used for tricking. Traditionally, they were used to flail at rice and other grains, to beat the husks off the edible parts. The longer chain gave more mechanical advantage for force delivered on contact of the strike. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy tricking as well, but the longer chain is the traditional form that would have been used in actual fighting. *based on Okinawan karate, as opposed to similar weapons that were used in China*
Ass Whole agreed, if you have a shorter chain it’s better, I prefer 3 or 4 chain
Banned in AZ as well. However, in AZ, you can carry a firearm openly or concealed with no training and no permit.
I feel you bro, I literally don’t have feeling in my hips or shoulders from when I first started and kept hitting myself
You should adjust to what you're comfortable with... at this point I can still pick up a rope chain or anything of most lengths and just as fast as my customs .... I can pick up any length of stick or chain combo and blow your freaking mind
rewatching some eps and I have to say, the plot idea for a logan sequel about wolverine's nunchuck-wielding great great grandson still holds up
That movie proposition at the beginning actually sounded brilliant. 10/10 would watch
j Baggers Same
@@TheStrangerous btw, I have wooden nunchucks. Are they a good idea for training? I've got a feeling not.
the japanese nunchaku was developed by modifying a flailing whip used for taking off the husk from grains. combat technique-wise it's similar to a multi section staff, but more compact and thus portable. you can think of it as a western flail weapon but instead of a ball and handle combination, it's two handles. the flourishing nature serves two purposes: one is to build momentum to hit harder; the other is to launch surprise attacks from unexpected angles. a longer link creates more momentum and creates harder strikes, similar to how a whip works, and a shorter link travels faster making for better flourishes
I don't need a fool's guide, I need a Rogue's guide to nunchucks.... Thank you very much.
What about a foolish rogue?
potato potato.
Wrong people to ask
whats the difference really?
@@etopsirhc Avocado?
I remember when this show just started and they where just messing around, look how far they've come, keep up the great work guys
the ginger ninja Thanks!
The story that I was told, in the past Okinawa was a separate country that had dealings with both China and Japan, but mostly from China and China taught the Okinawans kung fu from the South which includes Crane style. Years later Japan invade Okinawa and makes it part of Japan. As part of the transition the Japanese government takes away all bladed weaponry from the Okinawans in order to avoid any uprising. That's when the Okinawans turn to farm tools as weaponry to defend themselves from the Japanese. In weapon martial arts based from Okinawa people train with bo staff , kitchen knives, nunchakus, oars, etc...
I have practised Shorin Ryu Seibukan Karate and Kobudo for roughly ten years and my Sensei always told us that the weapons we trained with (mainly Bo and Sai) were actually most likely farming tools or just general stuff lying around (like the Bo is basically just a Quarter Staff). And the part with only nobility practising martial arts isn´t all true either, so the style I practised comes from Okinawa and is actually a fairly young style (from around 1930) but it draws influences from two other styles from Okinawa which are a fair bit older and were not only practised by the nobility.
Coming back to this video after Deadpool and wolverine where he literally used Logan bones as nunchucks
A fool's guide to nunchucking: "If you're using a nunchuck, either you are a fool or are very likely to look like one very soon."
I disagree. A pair of nunchucks if used properly can be extremely viable as a weapon. It is my preferd weapon. Anyone using it with it proper teaching is a fool I agree. But nunchucks themselfs are not what makes a fool
@@kainemaker2656 "Far superior to any other weapon" - ever heard of guns?
@@hansfranz8795 excluding guns. That is an unfair comparison. I was refering to close range weapons
@@kainemaker2656 hey, you ever hear of spears or longswords?
@@ioioioioio6026 yes I have. If used properly a pair of nunchucks can catch a longsword in the chains and than disarm the opponent. The same can be said for a spear but again. I was excluding ranged weapons
Having trained with Nunchucks when I was younger, I have to say Jason's form is a lot better than I expected. Only a bit of polishing and he'd be well on the way to be a pro.
You just never see Jason laughing hysterically, that's a Brian behavior, so when it happens; it warms my heart.
Love you guys 💖
Finally I have been looking for a video like this for years.
I shall finally consult with the dungeon master to make a scenario where I can nunchuck Hans Gruber out of the window in Nakotomi Plaza
The reason nun chucks are "deadlier" is you're able to dump more energy into a nun chuck strike vs a similar stick. Simply in baseball you wear batters glove because of the recoil, the hit travels back to your hands and can cause pain. Not to mention the flexible link better allows for follow through in addition to mitigating recoil.
The "Beyond" symbol I thought Brian was in some cult stuff
My mind went to some sci-fi game, personally.
i thought it was a reference to buzz lightyear
Thought he was talking about the Byond games launcher from like the 2000's.
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I started martial arts when I was 15 in 1973, and when learning chuks the first thing you have to get past is when doing that front snap out and back under your arm, you nail your elbow *a lot* before you learn to push it out until it's back under your arm.
Please do a survival in the woods searies like primitive survival
Gian Sotolongo We will!
@@TheStrangerous ooooohh yes
1000x yes!
@@TheStrangerous. You should look up Coalcracker Bushcraft, Dan Wowak is great, similar sense of humor and he teaches that stuff for a living
The Spirit Monk[e]y very much agrees with this request.
With the armpit trap, stick your elbow out when you strike, this will keep your elbow out of harm's way and leave a catcher's mitt for the nunchaku to return to, imagine your casting a fishing pole, that's the wrist movement you want. If you shorten the cord, the nunchaku become tighter in how they handle and much speedier, this is especially true for 12'' sticks with a four inch cord. You can also make each stick 6 inches long and have a 6 inch cord and they still will be effective. Great vid guys.
How many nuns could a nunchuck chuck if a nunchuck could chuck nuns
Nunjas
None
The correct answer... nun. Ba dum tsh.
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"The Modern Rogue does Nunchuking: A Cautionary Tale"
I'm quite glad that this video was made, they are cool, and dangerous... and it's fun to watch Brian and Jason do dumb stuff (to be fair, it seemed like they were being responsible, but when you use weapons accidents can happen).
Anyone interested in learning more should try taking a look at Kobudo, the lesser known "sister" of karate. Karate focuses more on the hand-to-hand fighting, while kobudo is the formalized weapons art. Matayoshi Kobudo is a cool varient that exists to this day! They've got a form known as "Kata no Nunchaku", which is a pretty apt name.
Josiah Tillett Excellent info. Thank you!
I trained with nunchucks back in the late 80's when I was 13 years old. I used an 8 inch pair of solid wooden nunchucks with a longer chain. One of my friends decided to help himself to them one day and gave it his best shot, while I was out of the room. He tried to catch it under his arm but it went right under his armpit , came back up and cracked him on the back of the head. I came back to him lying out cold on my bedroom floor!
Hell yeah, I can't wait to see Jason flex all over Brian.
Reset the injury counter!!!
Modern Rogue Rule 34 confirmed.
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I LOVED this episode, I’m a 1st Ban Bu belt in karate (in my style the belt ranks are white, yellow, orange, purple, blue, green, brown, 1st Ban Bu, 2nd ban Bu, 3rd Ban Bu then black belt) and I loved watching you two mess around with the chucks and just have fun, next time you should do Bo staff or Sais
I love nunchucks, and awesome video, but my favorite has always been Tonfa, Bo Staffs and Hook swords.....dont try that last one, it may be the last time that injury counter resets.
Tonfa are pretty cool
They have a video with a quarter staff.
Best way to start the weekend- a new Modern Rogue Episode!
Sometimes I feel like you can hear Brian’s brain buffering new info, “er uh ye aa ahh oh! Ah oh oh ay eu got it!”
accurate.
@@ModernRogue Please help me guys
You guys keep killing it, thanks for making my day guys
This was probably Jason’s favorite episode 😂😂😂
Now I just imagine Jason alone in a room practicing nunchucks for hours on end in between filing modern Rouge episodes.
hey there, I'm a cho dan in soo bahk do moo duk kwan. I also used to be part of a weapons demo team and would demo nun chunks. It is not possible to state how dangerous even the "training" chucks are, including the foam. I would discourage anyone from getting them. however if you do, stick to foam. there are light wooden ones, and some with flashy tape for demos because it looks cool. HOWEVER you do not need to hit yourself or anyone else to cause serious injury. I have seen someone use a light pair of hollow wooden chucks attached with string, GRAZE their ankle while practicing. The result was a nasty gash with a nice amount of blood. The look in Brians eyes with the flea market chucks sold me that he would not consider playing with such a thing. But I do feel it necessary to post here and discourage anyone from purchasing any. If you do, be safe, check your local laws, and stick to foam. No one wants to be the guy who lost part of an ear because they thought they were playing with a toy.
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lol agreed, trained in kobudo for 5-6 years and saw the himo snap on a pair being used by a particularly large guy. One end shot straight across the room and buried itself in the wall and dug out out about an inch of the brick behind it. Was maybe a foot away from fucking braining a guy we were training with. That being said I loved using them, were always some of the most fun weapons to train with, thousands of slams in the back of my head aside
Especially if you decide to use chucks with chain, the piece between the stick and the chain will cut you up like no other
Im only a 1st degree in goju ryu karate but also a national competitor, In my opinion the only way people can learn is through bruises and injuries, you only smash your ribs with a tonfa or have your fingers busted by a bow-staff so many times before you learn to be carefull. As long as its not life threatening (In this case that would include wearing eye protection just to be safe) try it out and learn as much as you can from your mistakes
@@johnhoward7069 True, just for clarity, My intent was to address individuals who may watch this and think it would be fun to just pick up some chucks; Not for individuals seeking to be instructed in a proper environment. For those who are interested, weapons are typically provided by, or purchased through the organization or individual your instructor works for. In the event that you are provided a weapon of your own (outside of those provided in introductory training) , your instructor will typically recommend or provide one safe for your skill level for personal at home use in order to let you practice in your free time outside of the training area. I would not advise anyone to purchase a weapon for themselves outside of this or similar circumstances. Minor to moderate injury is to be expected and does a fairly good job of driving your instructors points home.
I find it funny that you two are practicing with items you hit with but never use the two items in the background that are meant to be striked.10/10 channel
This is one of the funniest modern rogue videos ever
Loved this one. Nunchucks are crazy good if you learn how to use them as a weapon, but be careful when hitting stuff, knowing how they will bounce is a part of mastering them. I'd say you had a lot of luck, that you didn't hurt yourself while smashing that head protection. Keep it up, but stay safe guys.
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I’m a purple belt white stipe in karate but don’t practise anymore, but when I did, the branch I was training in did disarming and weaponry training (I.e. how to take a gun or knife off someone trying to attack you, how to block a dagger strike and things of that sort). The nunchucks that we used were proper wooden ones but had pool noodle like sleeves around them and were joined by a fairly hefty chain (not too dissimilar to the ones Jason brought out towards the end), we used these to practice blocking from “Hammer Strike” type attacks and attaching as seen in this video. The “leading leg stance” as Brian was calling it is called Kumite Sutansu (Koo-mEEtA) meaning grappling hands stance, which is the fighting stance for any engagement in karate. The stance that Jason sowed off around the ten minute mark I believe is Kiba-dachi or Horse Stance which is when the feet should be shoulder width apart with the thighs at about a 45° angle and the shoulders positioned over the heels, and with feet parallel, this is almost entirely used in grading performances.
Was a good read, thanks for the info!
Shiko-dachi/kiba-dachi (interchangable depending on your style) are still quite usefull in sparring, I am a 1st degree black belt who reps Canada in nationals for goju ryu karate and from first hand experiance I can tell you that dropping into shiko to spring lower at an opponent is a viable and usefull tactic, granted its not usefull in a legit fight where your opponent is free to kick you in the balls.
Cjor Dillman that’s where the difference is, I was doing Shotokan karate. But fucking hell, good for you man 👍
Very convenient how you guys release this video around the time I started working on making a replica of Bruce Lees Game of Death nunchuck... Now I know what to do with it instead of just hanging it on my wall to collect dust!
How the heck do you guys not have like 10 million subs?!?
Nunchucks very recently became legal in New York, (December 2018.) Was considering getting some and getting good. You've sealed the deal for me.
Of course Brian would get them stuck on the hvac
I can't believe he did that. I'm sitting here crying and wheezing due to him managing to do that. He never ceases to amaze me..
I was drinking soda and ended up choking on a bit laughing
Brian and Jason are great friends for years and years, have worked on multiple projects together, and star in a popular UA-cam series together.
8:10 "Are you right or left handed?"
And YOU thought they were secretly a couple...
"This lower part of the shaft, down here, that's what's gonna hurt." - Jason Murphy
That's what she said...
Yay, 25 minutes of watching people who kind of know what the want to look like but know almost nothing about how to do it. Super fun video, I really hope there might be an actual nunchuck/Karate video in the future.
I've watched some nunchuck tutorial videos (since I have a pare of makeshift ones a friend of a friend randomly gave me) and I feel like this one was way more helpful and informative since the others I've seen apparently just assumes the people watching has some knowledge or training with them even though the video says "for beginners".
Some of the things you discussed I figured out on my own from just screwing around, but there are a couple of important things I never thought of that no other video (that I've seen anyway) has mentioned. Great video!
You guys should have 1 million subscribers by now ok
We were discussing exactly this, recently. And we came to the conclusion that you simply weren’t telling enough people about the channel.
I don’t want to make you worried, but I’m afraid I’m going to need to see massive improvement in your participation in this organization on my desk by Wednesday, or we’re going to have to have a discussion about your continued involvement here.
So glad to finally see this video posted! I've been looking forward to it since the Work Day video/vlog 😊
It's definitely been a long time coming!
I love there nerdyness it's amazing
From my experience with MMA, nunchucks are mainly from karate and those practice sets only partially prepare you for wood/bamboo. They're extremely dangerous for being blunt objects. Learning where to roll them helps immensely with fluidity and not hitting yourself.
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I love you guys. Your shenanigans are just comical. I enjoy the topics you cover that are, mildly taboo. Like weapons and hacking/cheating and whatnot, especially the really dangerous stuff. I enjoy every video I watch of yours.
Thanks so much.
So when do Brian and Jason start a Ninja League of Assassins?
Ninja League of Roguish Assassins (whiskey and cigar club on thursdays)
suggestion, hold the nunchucks closer to the top for more control on your momentum and its easier for you to grab the nunchuck when transitioning to your resting poses between combos :)| thanks guys. keep up the amazing work
The story I always heard was that this weapon was originated by the three section staff. The _supposed_ story is that a guards staff broke into three pieces during combat and he fastened them back together with chain. The story of how a three section staff became nunchuck is equally "believable", but I've heard that another guard who practiced with the three section staff simply took off one of the sections because he was tired of being hit with his own weapon.
And he blessed the world with millions of nutshotting nunchuk vids
Hey guys. Love the vid. Quit note, when ur doing a horizontal and miss, try and rotating with your entire body to stop the nunchucks from hitting your back.
We want you guys to do a video an throwing razors and other sharp thinks. I think that would be cool.
They did a throwing knives episode with John Maverick. Also, one with improvised shuriken and a slingshot
Do we? You speaking for us?
This is the first channel where I've been consistently pleased with everything they produce from the Manhattan to blowin shit up with macully culkin.
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it!
This entire episode is a brian fail compilation.
8:04, I am a trained martial artist and instructor and have never once seen that ever happen also, always choke up on nunchucks, better control, and when you swing be very cautious of your space, take an arms length and a half (about) and your good, also pretty much always extend you arms, you won't his your self (as much). I also find that with on handed weapons place your hand on your opposite chest, also when you attack horizontally it's usually coming from the waist.
Nun Chucking the new olimpic sport
Hey Bro.. bro.... bro... over here... bro.. hey bro...Jason M. Earned a whole new level of respect with this one.... The biggest thing with the Peacock dance is... "hit your own meaty tissue & let it control-ably bounce" .... while using the "striking blows" to hit the JOINTS (head shoulders knees & toes) of your opponent and correct for the bounce.
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I'm by no means a nunchaku expert, but I'm good enough to usually not hurt myself. It was great to see Brian's realisation that they aren't just a flashy toy for ninjas, but a real weapon with truly devastating potential.
Love me some oodles of goodles
I love how the first complex thing Brain trys to do with the Mallchucks, is the move most likely to smash his bits.
Please do a fools guide to boxing
At 14:26, Brian just solidified the "Rogue" in "Modern Rogue"
Maybe we can start calling it the Infinity, and Beyond symbol.
Okay that was clever enough to deserve my like
I love you guys more than life itself lmao. I always end up laughing so hard I cry every time I watch you guys.
Originally, they were used to thresh rice. Some people used them as weapons. It's the Japanese equivalent of using a baseball bat. They were never used in a battle, because that would be stupid. If you were a medieval knight, would you take a baseball bat instead of a sword *or a mace or a polearm? No. They're cool though.
*EDIT: I got called out, cause I only said sword
Yes, actually. You can't cut through armor, and historically, the way to defeat armor was blunt force trauma weapons like maces and war hammer.
@@FellsApprentice Yes, exactly. Maybe a baseball bat would be good in that case, but not nunchucks. And really this is about nunchucks. Nunchucks aren't rigid, and they would bounce right off of a proper hardened breastplate or helmet. The don't have the support or weight of an arm behind them, and they aren't nearly as heavy as a flail, so they would be worse than a sword against armour. At least you can attack weak spots like under the arm or the eye slit with a sword. Even with a baseball bat instead, you still wouldn't take that over a mace or a warhammer. But you did catch me there, so good job.
Here's a question, would plate armor be hardened or left soft? Knowing how hardened armor plate likes to spall when impacted I can see a reason for leaving it soft. Plus the deformation of the metal would help absorb energy
@@johnbeauvais3159 Hardened, pretty much always. Once plate was commonplace, it was hardened and tempered like swords, which is why it was so crazy expensive. It was construced in a dome like fashion so it could not be shattered or cracked, and it was not so hard as to be brittle. It would dent before it would crack usually. Armour was just too expensive and valuable to leave soft and let it dent and bend to absorb impact. Not only would that cost alot, but it would ruin the structural integrity of the armour for future blows. They had padded jackets to absorb impact. This was strong shit, and only a hammer or spike from a long, heavy polearm could damage it significantly. Mostly armoured men would be killed either by massive concussion or broken neck from getting hit on the head with a mace (even though the helmet might barely dent at all) or they would be dragged to the ground, pinned down, and stabbed in the eye hole or armpit. Think if a knight as a tank: you really need a specialist weapon or a big numbers advantage to take them down, elsewise they're untouchable.
@@JesusChrist42000No. Good Japanese armour metal as well. It want as well designed, but the force transfer would still be mild. Like I said: the is no support behind the hitting end of nunchucks, so only has the inertia of a short rod, and not a whole arm and body behind the weapon. Watch when Jason hits the mannequin. It doesn't crash down, it literally bounces off of anything because it has no support. It might go very fast, but it would only be able to transfer force for a fraction of a second. This means a much lower impulse, which means that force transfers inefficiently. That means that it's only going to hurt the thing that it impacts. Think like this: if a man has a wooden board on his chest, and you want to hurt him with rocks, do you throw smaller rocks at him or do you take a bigger rock in your hand and hit him? Thrown rocks have harldy any inerta, so the force doesn't transfer well, but in you hand, a rock had the whole weight of your arm beind it. Just look at flails: they had them in Japan, and they had a longer handle, longer chain, and much heavier striking end than nunchucks. This means that it must take alot more force to hurt an armoured man than nunchucks can deliver. If nunchucks could do the job against Japanese armour, then they would have used nunchucks and not made flails at all, because nunchucks are so much more convenient and light and nimble than a flail. But no, they invented flails because nunchucks weren't heavy enough.
1) Light-weight, foam nunchucks are much faster than heavier wooden ones, but because they have less momentum they are also much harder to control. "Real" (wooden) nunchucks are much easier to control. You'll notice in videos of most karate displays of nunchucks they use very light nunchucks to get impressive (flashy) speed, even though those would not be useful in a fight.
2) The practical aspect of the "flourishes" is that it makes it very hard to predict what attack may be coming and where it may be coming from.
3) I spent a lot of time in my youth learning to use nun-chucks pretty well, and even though I have spent no time learning to use a baseball bat, I would prefer having a baseball bat in a real fight (but I don't regret the time spent learning nunchucks, they have been fun, even if they are not as practical in a fight for me).
You've never seen a nunchuck fight? Didn't you ever watch Black Dynamite?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
As a person who used to practice martial arts ,including very basic nunchucks . This episode was so hard to watch. It reminded me of teaching the kids class. Specifically when the kids get to use them for the first time.
7:50 killed me
In 2nd grade I took karate and we learned to use foam nunchucks. In 3rd grade we graduated to terrifying SOLID METAL nunchucks. Years later I learned to use a butterfly knife and realized it's the same fighting style; very dependent on constant momentum, many possible attacks from each start position, and confusing the enemy with lots of movement
Oh Ye-
Oh wait this is a good channel
Lol right
@7:50 - that was the most amazing move with a pair of nunchucks I have ever seen.
As someone who has practiced nunchucks for about 7 years, I’m both proud and cringing at them. I’m proud because they were able to get so far so fast (with no proper instructor) and I’m cringing because of a couple reasons.
1. Their technique is terrible.
2. A few of the moves that they did are never going to be used, because when using nunchucks you have to be really fast and hit hard without worrying about the stance you are in.
3. I know that this is technique, but I have to point this out. You don’t hold the nunchucks at the bottom!! You hold it at the top for more control. If you go with holding it at the bottom, you’ll hit yourself more often (Experienced this first handedly).
4. The transition between moves was choppy. What has to be done to make it more smooth and preserve momentum is making a more circular arc than going from one direction to the other with dramatic changes (I hope that makes sense, hard to really put into words).
I practiced for less than a year, about 15 years ago (with proper instruction, of course), and I agree with everything said here.
4:19 I have a pair of nunchucks with a foam sleeve (blue, once had a yellow dragon design on it, it's faded now), I got them when I was like 4-6 years old I think, so I kinda know how to use them...
*hits nuts*
... especially when I'm my own enemy.
13:06 - 13:12 Sounds so naughty
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This just looks like to teenage friends hanging out in a basement. It's the most heart warming feeling.