Kyokushin Traditional Nunchakus. These new Nunchucks are improved, they work alot smoother and look better. This is a traditional pair of Nunchaku, with rope, wood, and animated movements. The pair stay suspended until you click into the position to start the animation. Great addition to any dojo or Gym. Try it before you buy it! Please leave reviews below and concerns on my page. "Osu no Seishin". Nunchaku (ヌンチャク, 双節棍?, also known as nunchucks, chucks or chain sticks) is a traditional Okinawan weapon and consists of two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope. The word nunchaku is generally believed to derive from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese term for two section staff but it may come from nun (ヌン), meaning "twin" and shaku (尺), the approximate length of each arm of the nunchaku. The popular belief is that the nunchaku was originally a short Southeast Asian flail used to thresh rice or soybeans (that is, separate the grain from the husk). It is possible that it was developed in response to the moratorium on edged weaponry under the Satsuma daimyo after invading Okinawa in the 17th century, and that the weapon was most likely conceived and used exclusively for that end, as the configuration of actual flails and bits are unwieldy for use as a weapon. Also, peasant farmers were forbidden conventional weaponry such as arrows or blades so they improvised using only what they had available, farm tools such as the sickle. However, it seems that mythology surrounding the origins of the nunchaku has little historical accuracy. Unlike Okinawan rice flail (utzu), original nunchaku had curved arms, resembling an Okinawan horse bit (muge), which gave rise to the theory that nunchaku was originally a horse bridle.Yet another theory asserts that it was adapted from an instrument carried by the village night watch, made of two blocks of wood joined by cord. The night watch would hit the blocks of wood together to attract people's attention and then warn them about fires and other dangers. According to Chinese folklore, the nunchaku is a variation of the two section staff. Associating nunchaku and other Okinawan weapons with rebellious peasants is probably a part of romantic imagery. Martial arts on Okinawa were practiced exclusively by aristocracy (kazoku) and "serving nobles" (shizoku) but were prohibited among commoners (heimin). Furthermore, Okinawan disarmament was never total; nobles were still allowed to carry their swords and members of the royal family and princes were even allowed to have rifles for hunting. Whatever its origins were, the nunchaku was not a popular weapon, evidenced by the fact that no known traditional nunchaku kata exists. This was possibly a result of its lack of efficiency against weapons such as the sword and staff.

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