Member DragonClaws Posted August 2, 2018 Member Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) Quote When explaining the origin of the Nunchaku, a well-known Japanese martial arts weapon, we need to follow different historical paths and a thorough research of ancient Japanese tales. With their help, we can follow the facts that will reveal the real story behind its creation. Source- https://www.bookmartialarts.com/news/nunchaku-history Edited June 11, 2022 by DragonClaws 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted July 29, 2020 Author Member Share Posted July 29, 2020 Are there any other sources to back up the following information?. Quote Sensei Yamashita is also known for teaching the late Bruce Lee the use of the nunchaku. Source- http://jbkarate.com/jbkarate/index.php/hanshi-tadashi-yamashita/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted August 4, 2020 Author Member Share Posted August 4, 2020 (edited) Shing On Tsui was the artist behind the front cover of the revised edition of Bruce Lee Nunchaku in Action(below) Quote Shing On Tsui moved to Hong Kong from Canton "Gao Yeu" Province during the 1950's. He studied Chinese calligraphy and fine arts at Ling Hai Art School in Hong Kong. After graduating, he worked as a photographer and illustrator in companies such as Ming Pao Daily News and Sister's Press, produced artwork for TVB, HKTV, RTV, RTHK, Commercial TV, Camera City Company Ltd, Jademan Holding Ltd. and Golden Harvest (Film Company). In 1997, Tsui immigrated to Canada and started teaching painting and drawing while experimenting with many mediums. He was an art teacher for the Vancouver School Board and provided private art lessons in his home studio. He was a consultant for various stage plays and TV programs. In 2003, Mr. Tsui scored a 1st Runner Up award in a competitor’s choice and wood carving division in the Central Fraser Valley's Wood Carving Competition. His winning piece is one of his wood burnings of Bruce Lee. source- https://cargocollective.com/tsuishingon/About-Shing-On-Tsui Edited August 4, 2020 by DragonClaws 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted August 6, 2020 Author Member Share Posted August 6, 2020 Chinese nunchaku master hits world records (2020-06-23) Quote DRIVEN by his fascination with martial arts legend Bruce Lee and nunchaku, Xie Desheng has gone on to win three Guinness World Records. The nunchaku practitioner from Guangdong earned his first world record in June last year when he extinguished 52 candles in a minute using the weapon. Link- http://www.szdaily.com/content/2020-06/23/content_23277405.htm Were Nunchucks Ever Actually Used in Combat or are They Just Primarily a Hollywood Thing? Quote Much more popularly, there is a Chinese legend that after Emperor Jiu Hong Jun suffered a major loss to the Mongolian hordes, he and his soldiers retreated to a village. While there, they saw the farmers using a certain type of flail in the rice harvesting process and got the idea to use them as a weapon, in this case initially keeping the long end part to make it a more effective weapon against, for example, cavalry. He then, no doubt with Eye of the Tiger playing in the background, allegedly spent a few days developing a fighting style with it, quickly trained soldiers to use it, and then with the strength of this new weapon, managed to drive off the Mongolians. During the ensuing battle, apparently the handles of the flails commonly broke, creating relatively equal lengthed handle and end, and thus the nunchaku as we think of it was birthed. Link- http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/05/nunchucks-ever-actually-used-weapons/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member DragonClaws Posted January 26, 2021 Author Member Share Posted January 26, 2021 Did Martial Artist Hidy Orchiai actually meet Bruce Lee?. Quote Taught Bruce Lee the nunchaku routine that made him famous. - IMDB Link- https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0643693/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Hidy Orchiai on the cover of Karate Illustrated. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted January 27, 2021 Member Share Posted January 27, 2021 Lots of nonsense about Nunchaku. Dan Inosantos showed Bruce the Chucks that Ed Parker had, but then Bruce made up some moves himself. Nunchaku were not rice flails, they had been weapons in China for centuries, usually in the left hand and the right hand holding a broadsword. Okinawan Karate masters were wealthy men with free time to practice, not farmers, unlike say China. Most of what we were learning about martial history in the 60's and 70's is mythology and this is what a lot masters know now, nonsense. Here is a 1968 movie with Sek Kin as the bad guy using the Chinese version of nunchaku. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 27, 2021 Author Member Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, NoKUNGFUforYU said: Dan Inosantos showed Bruce the Chucks that Ed Parker had, but then Bruce made up some moves himself Thats the impression I've always been under, but it seems a few other people also claim to have shown him a few moves. 16 hours ago, NoKUNGFUforYU said: Lots of nonsense about Nunchaku. Agreed, there's much I've still to learn after reading a lot of misinformation over the years. Appreciate you posting the video link/information, I'll be checking the video out at somepoint. Edited January 27, 2021 by DragonClaws 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted January 27, 2021 Member Share Posted January 27, 2021 11 hours ago, DragonClaws said: Thats the impression I've always been under, but it seems a few other people also claim to have shown him a few moves. Agreed, there's much I've still to learn after reading a lot of misinformation over the years. Appreciate you posting the video link/information, I'll be checking the video out at somepoint. Also, some of the Kata were just made up. That includes Chinese martial arts forms. These guys buy or make these weapons then twirl them around, string a sequence of moves and then claim it was created by San Te, Kwan Ti, or Choku Motobu, etc. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted February 5, 2021 Author Member Share Posted February 5, 2021 Quote When explaining the origin of the Nunchaku, a well-known Japanese martial arts weapon, we need to follow different historical paths and a thorough research of ancient Japanese tales. With their help, we can follow the facts that will reveal the real story behind its creation. The Nunchaku – The Fascinating History Behind The Weapon - (David Stainko) Link- https://www.bookmartialarts.com/news/nunchaku-history Quote Scholars aren’t entirely clear on where this instrument originated. However, some claim that the birth of the nunchaku took place in Okinawa. As one popular story goes, King Sho Hashi founded the kingdom of Ryukyu during the 1400s by uniting Okinawa’s provinces. Fearing a revolt, he prohibited most citizens from owning weapons. Yet nobility, including those who served the government, were allowed to have swords. From East to West: A Quick History of the Nunchaku Link- https://blog.centurymartialarts.com/from-east-to-west-a-quick-history-of-the-nunchaku Quote In a popular myth which has been repeated in book after book, we have been told that the nunchaku was originally a rice flail which was converted by Japanese farmers into a deadly weapon to fight against samurai. This myth, however, is incorrect on all four points: The nunchaku was not a Japanese weapon, it was never used as a rice flail, it was not developed by villagers and it was never used against samurai. The real history of the nunchaku Link- http://www.nunchaku-do.com/histor_e.htm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted February 5, 2021 Member Share Posted February 5, 2021 4 hours ago, DragonClaws said: The Nunchaku – The Fascinating History Behind The Weapon - (David Stainko) Link- https://www.bookmartialarts.com/news/nunchaku-history From East to West: A Quick History of the Nunchaku Link- https://blog.centurymartialarts.com/from-east-to-west-a-quick-history-of-the-nunchaku The real history of the nunchaku Link- http://www.nunchaku-do.com/histor_e.htm This is what I was saying. There was a video by the Karate nerd where he basically says this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member DragonClaws Posted July 15, 2021 Author Member Share Posted July 15, 2021 20 hours ago, Cognoscente said: Nunchaku exercises Thats a page from Bruce Lee's Nunchaku in Action. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted November 11, 2021 Author Member Share Posted November 11, 2021 I'm not sure if this video was filmed on the set of of The Clones of Bruce Lee 2?. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yihetuan Posted November 11, 2021 Member Share Posted November 11, 2021 On 6/22/2021 at 1:16 PM, DragonClaws said: Damn, someone is selling Ed Parker's book for a grand on eBay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/383714142649 I have to say those hexagon nunchuks pictured in that old advert look pretty cool and different from the usual round and smooth cylindrical ones. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted November 11, 2021 Author Member Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) Just now, Yihetuan said: I have to say those hexagon nunchuks pictured in that old advert look pretty cool and different from the usual round and smooth cylindrical ones. Am I right in thinking that style of nunchaku comes from Japan?. The Japanese movies often feature the weapon, presented in this style too. The Sister Street Fighter with Etsuko Shihomi and Tadashi Yamashita's, Za Karate series's spring to mind. Edited November 11, 2021 by DragonClaws 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yihetuan Posted November 11, 2021 Member Share Posted November 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, DragonClaws said: Am I right in thinking that style of nunchaku comes from Japan?. The Japanese movies often feature the weapon, presented in this style too. The Sister Street Fighter with Etsuko Shihomi and Tadashi Yamashita Za Karate series's spring to mind. I have no clue. the only thing I know is that as kids, we used to saw broom sticks and nail in a piece of sturdy twine or link chain we found to create makeshift nunchuks. We used to practice with them pretending we were Bruce. So inevitably, our group of 4 or 5 friends would go home at the end of day with lumps & gashes on our heads and our parents would wonder how did that happen? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted November 12, 2021 Member Share Posted November 12, 2021 Yes, there were Nunchaku and 3 section staff in China. The reality is people could have made up the weapons on there own. Plenty of cultures came up with swords, etc. The flail in Europe was a two section weapon that was also a wheat thrasher, and pretty sure when there were peasant uprisings (And I am on the side of the peasants) some elites had their skulls cracked in by farm boys with the flail. That being said, it's a flashy weapon that isn't nearly as effective as one would think. My late druggie step brother and my late cousin (they were both pretty scummy when it came right down to it) got into a fight in my room and my cousin blasted my step brother in the head. He had a nasty welt, but that was it, and the nunchaku were broken. Had he had a billy club my brother would have been in the hospital but instead he laughed it off. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted November 12, 2021 Member Share Posted November 12, 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail_(weapon) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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