Interesting Things You Must Know About Nunchucks

​A few decades ago America was not pretty familiar with at all. This small weapon though was a popular one in Japan, China and eastern Asian countries.

However, it came to the US in the late 1980s when Bruce Lee dominated the big screen. Since it arrived in the US, it touched the heights of popularity.

Today, we have a market enriched with nunchucks. Martial artists and general users love this small weapon.

In this article, we shall talk about this weapon and some interesting stories associated with it. But, before we explore those interesting things, let me tell you what kind of weapon this is.

What is Nunchucks?
Nunchucks is also known as nunchaku (in a local language perhaps). It is a small sized weapon consisting of two wooden sticks connected together using a chain, rope or cord.

It is not necessary that sticks are made of wood. Today, you will also find steel nunchucks that are made of steel sticks.

Nunchaku is generally a martial arts weapon that is used for learning defensive techniques. These techniques are taught and practiced in many martial arts schools in Japan and China.

Also, it has become popular in the US as a martial arts weapon, as a self defense weapon and as a fighting weapon.

Bruce Lee — The Master of Nunchucks
Let’s talk about the most skillful martial artist who ever handled nunchucks. Bruce Lee was a massive star back in the 1980s.

His movies were watched all over the world. The attractive thing about his movies was his fighting styles and martial arts skills that he displayed in his movies.

Some of his favorite movies featured nunchucks and the way Lee used them determined that he had an immense level of skill to use them. In his movies, he used it to fight his opponents and inspired many viewers.

Those who watched his movies were crazy fans of his skills of using such weapons. He used to perform different tricks with it as well, and those tricks are still practiced by the users. You can learn those easy tricks from YouTube if you want to!

Popularity of Nunchucks in the US
As mentioned above, nunchucks were not that popular in the United States. Bruce Lee was responsible for making people crazy for this weapon. However, everyone is not Bruce Lee, you have to admit that.

But, his fans love to replicate his moves and tricks. Today in the US, it was one of the most popular weapons being used for martial arts, self defense and street fighting.

- As a Martial Art
Generally, nunchaku is a martial arts weapon. It is used to learn different defensive techniques. Today, there are plenty of martial arts schools in the US that teach such techniques. Martial arts learn using this weapon and some fighting techniques from these schools.

- As a Self Defense Weapon
Nunchaku is also being used for self defense. In the US, circumstances are not pretty good. Numerous people are being attacked by the attackers randomly. Specifically, those getting back home after work late in the night are quite vulnerable to these attacks.

To deal with these attackers, Americans tend to carry different self defense weapons. Interestingly, most of them rely on nunchucks.

It is a weapon that can be used from a distance. Remember it is connected with rope or chain, hence, it you don’t need to extend your arms to reach the attacker. You can counter him from a safe distance.

- As a Fighting Weapon
Nunchucks is also used as a fighting weapon in the US. Several street fighters have adopted this weapon to fight their opponents.

You can easily learn fighting techniques with it since it is a martial arts weapon . There is a great example of how it has become a popular fighting weapon in the US.

Nunchaku was used in a wrestling match between famous wrestlers Dean Ambrose and Chris Jericho. During that match, Ambrose was the person who used nunchaku.

He used it quite magnificently and managed to defeat Jericho. Though the match was a great one, but the talk of the town was the use of this martial arts weapon.

Also, the skills of Ambrose were highlighted while using nunchucks. However, later on he was fined by the Border Control Authorities for carrying them in a plane. So, these are some interesting things you should know about this weapon!

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