# Nunchaku - The final answer **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266 "2016-07-30T10:37:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hill\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/46a35a/32.png) [@Hill\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hill_Billy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/1 "2016-07-30T10:37:42Z")
I don’t know of any other weapon’s viability which has been debated as much, as the, venerable nunchaku. As a proponent of nunchaku I’d like, to finally answer this question. To quote a former poster “it’s not, the martial art that’s important but the martial, artist”. The nunchaku **IN THE RIGHT HANDS** is an incredibly effective blunt force weapon. Unfortunately in the majority of cases people automatically assume they have some innate expert level of nunchaku knowledge when in reality all they’re comes from Bruce Lee movies which are hell & gone from reality. The final answer is nunchaku are as deadly a weapon as the degree of skill of the artist using them. Otherwise they wouldn’t be illegal in a helluva lotta places. There have been many kids severely inured & a few killed by nunchaku. Almost all of these cases were blunt force injuries. Although they also can easily strangle a person with just a few lbs. of pressure which any 5 yr old girl can produce. Bruce Lee once said I would seriously fear a man whose practiced one move a thousand times. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/2 "2016-07-30T10:39:28Z")
Reported. Also, your S&G suck. ---
**Author:** ![Hill\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/46a35a/32.png) [@Hill\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hill_Billy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/3 "2016-07-30T10:51:22Z")
Reported? S&G? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/4 "2016-07-30T12:05:22Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > I don’t know of any other weapon’s viability which has been debated as much, as the, venerable nunchaku. As a proponent of nunchaku I’d like, to finally answer this question. As Indiana Jones, [allow me to respond](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I_Ds2ytz4o). ---
**Author:** ![Chihuahua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dec6dc/32.png) [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/5 "2016-07-30T12:44:56Z")
So… What’s the question? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/6 "2016-07-30T12:55:53Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > There have been many kids severely inured & a few killed by nunchaku. How many have been killed by this weapon? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/7 "2016-07-30T13:25:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > How many have been killed by this weapon? A few. Most have become inured to it. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/8 "2016-07-30T14:05:40Z")
> [@Hill/Billy](#): > > To quote a former poster “it’s not, the martial art that’s important but the martial, artist”. The nunchaku IN THE RIGHT HANDS is an incredibly effective blunt force weapon. Yeah? What if they’re left-handed? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/9 "2016-07-30T14:09:23Z")
I think the commas, when used properly, are a more dangerous weapon. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/10 "2016-07-30T14:22:24Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Yeah? What if they’re left-handed? Just flip them over and use the other end. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![ChickenLegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@ChickenLegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickenLegs)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/11 "2016-07-30T15:11:47Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > Otherwise they wouldn’t be illegal in a helluva lotta places. Switchblade knives are illegal in a helluva lotta places, too. Many places where I can legally carry a pistol. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/12 "2016-07-30T15:14:58Z")
Nunchuk witnessing? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/13 "2016-07-30T15:36:11Z")
Has the OP heard of the Million Dollar Nunchaku Club For Men? ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/14 "2016-07-30T16:34:26Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > I don’t know of any other weapon’s viability which has been debated as much, as the, venerable nunchaku. As a proponent of nunchaku I’d like, to finally answer this question. > > To quote a former poster “it’s not, the martial art that’s important but the martial, artist”. The nunchaku **IN THE RIGHT HANDS** is an incredibly effective blunt force weapon. Unfortunately in the majority of cases people automatically assume they have some innate expert level of nunchaku knowledge when in reality all they’re comes from Bruce Lee movies which are hell & gone from reality. The final answer is nunchaku are as deadly a weapon as the degree of skill of the artist using them. Otherwise they wouldn’t be illegal in a helluva lotta places. There have been many kids severely inured & a few killed by nunchaku. Almost all of these cases were blunt force injuries. Although they also can easily strangle a person with just a few lbs. of pressure which any 5 yr old girl can produce. > > Bruce Lee once said I would seriously fear a man whose practiced one move a thousand times. You know what else produces fatal blunt-force injuries? A car. And any child can drive one, if so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/15 "2016-07-30T16:45:00Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > A few. Most have become inured to it. Since we’re talking about expertise in the use of this weapon, do we know what percentage of these injuries were due to misuse by their users? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/16 "2016-07-30T17:15:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Since we’re talking about expertise in the use of this weapon, do we know what percentage of these injuries were due to misuse by their users? Inured to _death_? I’m pretty sure that was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/17 "2016-07-30T17:29:39Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Inured to _death_? I’m pretty sure that was a joke. I’m sorry-I read that as “injured”. :smack: Still, I wouldn’t mind seeing some actual facts as to the deadliness of this weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/18 "2016-07-30T17:34:48Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > Reported? S&G? Presumably spelling and grammar. But I agree, what’s to report? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/19 "2016-07-30T18:02:06Z")
> [@Hill/Billy](#): > > \*\* > Nunchaku - The final answer \*\* Well this _should_ have been reported - obviously the Clintons have sunk to threatening Trump with nunchakus. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/20 "2016-07-30T18:08:29Z")
The really funny thing about nunchuck bans is that its use as a weapon originally developed as a way to get around weapons bans. You can forbid the peasants from having swords, but you can’t forbid them from having agricultural tools, so if they need to fight, they’ll do so using things like threshing flails. Most unarmed martial arts have the same origin. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266.md?page=2)