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A huge win for ninjas. A bitter defeat for Blue Laws.
It is quite possible that more people own AR 15's than own nunchucks.https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/...y7JW2lx8IkXXdWpAKm4dD-NNdh3CpS2eBp-ceT1xO6sgM
Like switchblades and West Side Story-some morons in office who watched "enter the dragon" one too many times, decided to ban the possession of nunchucks in NY. Using the second amendment, a judge struck this idiotic ban down noting that the weapons were in "common use".
BTW for those who whine about the AR 15 not being in common use, they should read this opinion. I suspect more people own AR 15s then nunchucks.
Not to brag, but back in high school and college I was a bad ass with nunchaku. I would practice for hours a day rather than waste my time getting dates or making something of myself.
But as “cool” as it looks when a proficient practitioner uses them, they really are pretty useless as a real world weapon. Pretty much any weapon, including your bare hands, would be a better choice in a fight. If a person can kick your ass with nunchaku they would most certainly kick your ass without them as well. Banning them is dumber than banning sticks, to be honest.
All that said, while they aren’t at all practical, they ARE a lot of fun.
It is quite possible that more people own AR 15's than own nunchucks.
My only experience is a brother who doesn't own an AR 15, but does own nunchucks.
And various other martial arts type weapons, actually...
But he knows how to use them correctly.
As a kid, I was a master nunchuck smith. Very rarely did it fly apart.
As a kid, I was a master nunchuck smith. Very rarely did it fly apart.
in eighth grade, we had a woodshed class. we learned how to run a lathe, a router etc. the shop teacher was a stand up guy and got in some nice Oak and maple and some stout nylon cord-I really wasn't into nunchucks then and Enter the Dragon had just come out but he showed me how to make a pair or two on the lathe and how to use the router to fashion the string channels in them. However, I was more into capital intensive chucks procurement meaning it was easier to buy them for 9-10 bucks then spend an hour in the wood shop
A broom handle, cut to size, a piece of rope, a couple big staples and a hammer. Wallah.
which is why that law in NYC was so stupid.
If 70,000 sets of chuks sold = 'common use' then 14,000,000 certainly qualifies. And the inclusion of 'arms' as the personal weapon of choice and not just firearms is an important inclusion. Interesting to see if NY appeals and or not.
Plenty! I had a set of 'real' ones...never could use the damn things. I had friends that made them by cutting handles (usually yard implements more than brooms) and then drilling a hole in them and attaching them with rope. 5 minutes...done.you wonder how many kids made their own out of broom sticks or those mini-baseball bats after watching Chuck Norris, Bruce Lee, and other martial arts film stars
I have a bunch of chucks-most of them are 40+ years old. There was a place called DOLAN sports in NJ I think that sold some really nice ones including rosewood versions back when I was in college. I used to teach some fellow college students how to use them. The nicest pair I have are made by the same people who make most of the PR-24 (the police nightstick with the handle based on the Okinawan TONFA) and they were actually used by a couple NJ PDs years ago-they are made out of some sort of high impact glass filled plastic. We also have some rattan sticks-plastic versions, some practice heavy plastic Katana, and several Katana - three of which are essentially works of art (Mike Bell, Howard Clark and a Korean Smith whose name I cannot remember how to spell). My son, a black belt, has a rack of those silly throwing stars-banned in some states-you'd be better off throwing an official Rawling baseball or a billiards ball at someone if you wanted to harm them than those over hyped shurikens
https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/...y7JW2lx8IkXXdWpAKm4dD-NNdh3CpS2eBp-ceT1xO6sgM
Like switchblades and West Side Story-some morons in office who watched "enter the dragon" one too many times, decided to ban the possession of nunchucks in NY. Using the second amendment, a judge struck this idiotic ban down noting that the weapons were in "common use".
BTW for those who whine about the AR 15 not being in common use, they should read this opinion. I suspect more people own AR 15s then nunchucks.
Plenty! I had a set of 'real' ones...never could use the damn things. I had friends that made them by cutting handles (usually yard implements more than brooms) and then drilling a hole in them and attaching them with rope. 5 minutes...done.
I damn near knocked myself out with chuks once. Also had the obligatory groin shot. Threw them in the closet. While my friends were playing around with theirs (an doing as poorly as I was but I was smart enough to give them up) I started playing around with a cane. Pretty amazing what you can do with it.
Wow, haven't heard Dolan sports in years. I bought a sete of chucks from them way long time ago.
Actually have been in the process of downsizing everything and I threw them away. Am never going to use them so why have them laying around.
When I did practive with them some 30 years ago I can remember vividly the sensation of poping my elbow with them.
I always figured the sword thing could get you jammed up...and for me it wasnt really necessary. I worked summers at an amusement park in the old west town and we werent allowed to carry any weapons. Good thing a cane isnt a 'weapon'....yeah-TDI in Ohio offers a cane defense class and there are self defense canes being made. I believe the HwrangDO master who appears in the foreword of the (in)famous Michael Echanis's books had a section on cane fighting in one of his books (which one I don't recall, I read them all dozens of times 40 years ago). the "Groin rip" tactic was particularly memorable. I Might have to get one though I have a nice cold steel cane that has a sword in it though
I always figured the sword thing could get you jammed up...and for me it wasnt really necessary. I worked summers at an amusement park in the old west town and we werent allowed to carry any weapons. Good thing a cane isnt a 'weapon'....
https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/...y7JW2lx8IkXXdWpAKm4dD-NNdh3CpS2eBp-ceT1xO6sgM
Like switchblades and West Side Story-some morons in office who watched "enter the dragon" one too many times, decided to ban the possession of nunchucks in NY. Using the second amendment, a judge struck this idiotic ban down noting that the weapons were in "common use".
BTW for those who whine about the AR 15 not being in common use, they should read this opinion. I suspect more people own AR 15s then nunchucks.
https://bearingarms.com/tom-k/2018/...y7JW2lx8IkXXdWpAKm4dD-NNdh3CpS2eBp-ceT1xO6sgM
Like switchblades and West Side Story-some morons in office who watched "enter the dragon" one too many times, decided to ban the possession of nunchucks in NY. Using the second amendment, a judge struck this idiotic ban down noting that the weapons were in "common use".
BTW for those who whine about the AR 15 not being in common use, they should read this opinion. I suspect more people own AR 15s then nunchucks.
NYC still has a total handgun ban (unless you're rich AND have the right political connections). Deal with that before worrying about mall ninja nonsense like nunchuck.
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