[Srevihc]

Originally Posted by ahkahrat

nunchuks can actually generate up to 1,600 pounds of pressure per square inch and it only takes 8 pounds of pressure to break the human arm

Doesn't that mean that you should be able to demolish buildings or utterly destroy people with them?
Doesn't sound real to me

[ahkahrat]

no, unless the building was weak, but you would be able to break pretty much any bone in the human body, a book that i found helpful about this is secrets of the ninja by kim ashida, im not sure if i spelt the last name rite and my friend has the book at the moment so i cant give you any other info on it

[thefasman22]

well they hit really hard

i got hit by one and i get really hard

[streetdawgfightr]

Not real nunchucks but still cool.

Dailymotion - ryan vs chris nunchucks! - a Sports & Extreme video

[Pizzapie]

Originally Posted by ahkahrat

no, unless the building was weak, but you would be able to break pretty much any bone in the human body, a book that i found helpful about this is secrets of the ninja by kim ashida, im not sure if i spelt the last name rite and my friend has the book at the moment so i cant give you any other info on it

trust me, Kim Ashida is mentally unbalanced, look for more usefull Ninja books

[h0dg3s]

"when I first trained with nun chucks i was required to use ones with soft sticks"
Same here, only the soft ones flop around a lot easier than real ones so the motion is different. I learned with aluminum nunchuks. I banged my elbows a few times but haven't done any permanent damage. Like everyone else has said, it's hard to control them from bouncing off something other than yourself. You can bounce them off your leg/back/whatever and roll your hips to keep the chain at full extension so the other end doesn't flop around. I don't carry them around since they're big and make a lot of noise when I'm walking around, but they're great for training your arms.


"nunchuks can actually generate up to 1,600 pounds of pressure per square inch and it only takes 8 pounds of pressure to break the human arm"

That's asinine and I'm pretty sure I don't even need to explain why.

[ahkahrat]

i may be wrong about the exact amount nunchucks generate but i know for a fact that it only requires 8 pounds to break an arm

[stuart]

Yes 8 pounds in the right place

Like behind the elbow. When somethings holding your wrist.
But if you apply 8 pounds of force to the middle of my forearm the only way you can break it is if an 8 pound weight was launched out a cannon.

[h0dg3s]

Originally Posted by stuart

Yes 8 pounds in the right place

Like behind the elbow. When somethings holding your wrist.
But if you apply 8 pounds of force to the middle of my forearm the only way you can break it is if an 8 pound weight was launched out a cannon.

If someone threw it at you that would probably be enough force. But considering boxers punch at least 500-600 psi on average, they'd be shattering their arms anytime they threw a punch IF it was anywhere on the arm.

[ahkahrat]

hmm, im going to look into that