*Milani Fitness* did a great rebuttal video on the nunchaku that thoroughly buried Shadiversity. Milani is a lot younger, better looking, and gets a lot more views than I do. ☺ The problem with channels like Shadiversity is that you get this influx of HEMA instructors encroaching on the martial arts field and trying to position themselves as "experts" on all things combat-related when many of them have no formal martial arts training whatsoever. (HEMA instructors are basically a group of guys that spar with historical European weapons, and that's about it.) They try to apply their medieval "knight in armor on battlefield" logic to Asian peasant weapons used by people who weren't allowed to own swords or other weapons due to oppressive governments. Ironically, now it's nunchaku that are usually banned in most countries. I wish I could show more of them but I'm not allowed to. Perhaps a field trip somewhere warm will let me do a series of videos on the nunchaku!
Finally someone who knows how to use a Nunchaku for self defense. I would argue that it's a defensive weapon against an armed indiviual until you disarm or have a head hit opportunity.
Technically, you don't have to keep the momentum going. It's just a good way of discouraging any idea of an attack. It prevents the knife user from even trying. It gets riskier for the nunchaku user from a stationary position.
A knife is legal to carry It is compact One stab and the guy will probably die or stop attacking You need a lot less training with a knife. Ive seen fights with nunchucks and people shrug off the blows. If you time it and come in with feigns you won't get hit with a big shot. Once inside the nunchuck guy is dead if the knife guy wants to kill him. He can also choose to just severe his wrist tendons so he can't attack
You made some good points, however: - A knife isn't always legal to carry (depends where you live) - A knife is compact, but its compactness means you have a very limited range. - There have been numerous examples of fights where a person got stabbed multiple times and continued to fight as if nothing had happened. (Some of those people would later die from blood loss of course, but others survived.) - It's true that you don't need any training to be dangerous with a knife. - Also keep in mind that once you're inside, that knife can get grabbed. (More specifically the arm holding it.) So you're not safe at clinch distance with a knife. You're essentially turning the fight into a grappling/wrestling match at that point where a stronger opponent can overpower you, disarm you, and potentially use your knife against you. (Better to have a knife than no knife in close, but it's not a sure thing because if you're too close to get hit by the chucks than you're close enough to get hit with kicks and punches.) The reality is that with a skilled nunchaku practitioner, a knife wielder would never be able to get close enough to strike. Even before you got struck to the head or body with the chucks, your arms would get struck. We've done weapon sparring at the club many times (with padded versions of all the weapons) and nobody could get in on the chucks without getting clobbered. @@Kanotoa
@taekwondotime see after looking at your comments i'm assuming your pov is a trained / experienced nunchaku user against a random I assume non experienced knife assailant, the problem I see with your POV is u aren't taking into consideration the best of both worlds see, theres a reason military personnel use a standardized knife instead of nunchaku maybe a soldier with experience with the nunchaku might be more effective for certain situations but a knife can be used for much more purposes than just stabbing and slashing dependant on the model
@@taekwondotime indeed lots of utility, and not a lot of training to be somewhat proficient at it, I just try to give an unbiased opinion on both matters but nunchuks are very slick and cool ngl
Dude, you can block a bullet with a numchuck. You can deflect it if you bring the thing around real fast like. Is that your dad by the way? Looks like you still live at home like I do. What a drag, huh? But honestly he looks like an older dude so you could probably just overhaul him and beat his ass without the numchuck. Still this is a good video though. Also, do you like guacamole? Just wondering. It's pretty much my favorite.
@@taekwondotimei like ur style. to tell the truth i thought only worth it fighting hand to hand cause when it comes to weapons is best just to get fire weapons. problem is restriction then this stuff comes to mind
Aside from guns, nunchaku are probably the most restricted weapon in the world. We emphasize hand-to-hand combat because it's almost always illegal to carry a weapon somewhere, so you won't have a weapon to be able to defend yourself with unless you are at home.@@flowrepins6663
Yeah, you should do a response video to Shadiversity with the baton vs nunchaku.
*Milani Fitness* did a great rebuttal video on the nunchaku that thoroughly buried Shadiversity. Milani is a lot younger, better looking, and gets a lot more views than I do. ☺
The problem with channels like Shadiversity is that you get this influx of HEMA instructors encroaching on the martial arts field and trying to position themselves as "experts" on all things combat-related when many of them have no formal martial arts training whatsoever. (HEMA instructors are basically a group of guys that spar with historical European weapons, and that's about it.) They try to apply their medieval "knight in armor on battlefield" logic to Asian peasant weapons used by people who weren't allowed to own swords or other weapons due to oppressive governments.
Ironically, now it's nunchaku that are usually banned in most countries. I wish I could show more of them but I'm not allowed to.
Perhaps a field trip somewhere warm will let me do a series of videos on the nunchaku!
Finally someone who knows how to use a Nunchaku for self defense. I would argue that it's a defensive weapon against an armed indiviual until you disarm or have a head hit opportunity.
Thanks. Every weapon has strengths and weaknesses, and it seems like a lot of UA-cam channels only want to focus on the weaknesses of nunchaku.
As long as the nunchaku wielder knows what he is doing and is able to maintain momentum with the nunchucks he can defend well against the knife 🤷
Technically, you don't have to keep the momentum going. It's just a good way of discouraging any idea of an attack. It prevents the knife user from even trying. It gets riskier for the nunchaku user from a stationary position.
I'd take the knife all day
Why would you rather have the knife?
@@taekwondotimeMakes no Sense, with the chucks you can keep distance
A knife is legal to carry
It is compact
One stab and the guy will probably die or stop attacking
You need a lot less training with a knife.
Ive seen fights with nunchucks and people shrug off the blows. If you time it and come in with feigns you won't get hit with a big shot. Once inside the nunchuck guy is dead if the knife guy wants to kill him. He can also choose to just severe his wrist tendons so he can't attack
You made some good points, however:
- A knife isn't always legal to carry
(depends where you live)
- A knife is compact, but its compactness means you have a very limited range.
- There have been numerous examples of fights where a person got stabbed multiple times and continued to fight as if nothing had happened. (Some of those people would later die from blood loss of course, but others survived.)
- It's true that you don't need any training to be dangerous with a knife.
- Also keep in mind that once you're inside, that knife can get grabbed. (More specifically the arm holding it.) So you're not safe at clinch distance with a knife. You're essentially turning the fight into a grappling/wrestling match at that point where a stronger opponent can overpower you, disarm you, and potentially use your knife against you. (Better to have a knife than no knife in close, but it's not a sure thing because if you're too close to get hit by the chucks than you're close enough to get hit with kicks and punches.)
The reality is that with a skilled nunchaku practitioner, a knife wielder would never be able to get close enough to strike. Even before you got struck to the head or body with the chucks, your arms would get struck.
We've done weapon sparring at the club many times (with padded versions of all the weapons) and nobody could get in on the chucks without getting clobbered.
@@Kanotoa
Nuns for the win one hard strike and its over, and you have distance.
@taekwondotime see after looking at your comments i'm assuming your pov is a trained / experienced nunchaku user against a random I assume non experienced knife assailant, the problem I see with your POV is u aren't taking into consideration the best of both worlds see, theres a reason military personnel use a standardized knife instead of nunchaku maybe a soldier with experience with the nunchaku might be more effective for certain situations but a knife can be used for much more purposes than just stabbing and slashing dependant on the model
The military equips soldiers with a knife because of the general utility of having a knife. It's a fantastic tool to have.
@@taekwondotime indeed lots of utility, and not a lot of training to be somewhat proficient at it, I just try to give an unbiased opinion on both matters but nunchuks are very slick and cool ngl
Dude, you can block a bullet with a numchuck. You can deflect it if you bring the thing around real fast like. Is that your dad by the way? Looks like you still live at home like I do. What a drag, huh? But honestly he looks like an older dude so you could probably just overhaul him and beat his ass without the numchuck. Still this is a good video though. Also, do you like guacamole? Just wondering. It's pretty much my favorite.
I went over to my Dads and recorded the video at his apartment.
@@taekwondotime cool man!
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Some misguided individuals say that nunchaku aren't any good. They obviously don't know what they're talking about.
You can also use a combination with Nunchaku very awesome weapon against edge weapons
Well in this case, a knife in particular. As the knife gets longer (machete, katana, etc.) then the chucks become a poor choice.
@@taekwondotime Yes then you need a gun and the Katana becomes useless but I love the Katana
@@taekwondotimei like ur style. to tell the truth i thought only worth it fighting hand to hand cause when it comes to weapons is best just to get fire weapons. problem is restriction then this stuff comes to mind
@@taekwondotimedoes it require much training to use nunchakus effective in a self defense situation?
Aside from guns, nunchaku are probably the most restricted weapon in the world.
We emphasize hand-to-hand combat because it's almost always illegal to carry a weapon somewhere, so you won't have a weapon to be able to defend yourself with unless you are at home.@@flowrepins6663
😂
Not so funny for the person wielding the knife though!