# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/41 "2016-07-31T01:00:37Z")
I think being slammed against those walls of text could be fatal. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/42 "2016-07-31T01:19:47Z")
[http://www.donrearic.com/mightysjambok.html](http://www.donrearic.com/mightysjambok.html) "These things, plastic or not, will light you on fire. Trust me. " ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/43 "2016-07-31T01:36:56Z")
I’m confused. Are nanchaku the final answer or is it the sjambok? And what was the original 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 31, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/44 "2016-07-31T01:44:11Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > [http://www.donrearic.com/mightysjambok.html](http://www.donrearic.com/mightysjambok.html) > > "These things, plastic or not, will light you on fire. Trust me. " Are we confused as to the topic of this thread? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/45 "2016-07-31T01:56:51Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > I think being slammed against those walls of text could be fatal. …but what if it was a swing and a miss, like the OP? In California, the Reebok is often a much more common self defense tool. If trained with daily with a challenging practice session, the Reebok can win against almost any martial art weapon… except for, perhaps, the Nike. (The Nike can be easily differentiated, because it has a “Whoosh” on the side…) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/46 "2016-07-31T02:06:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Is the tiger mechanical in any way? No, it is the bad kind of tiger. ---
**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 31, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/47 "2016-07-31T03:42:39Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’m confused. Are nanchaku the final answer or is it the sjambok? > > And what was the original question? Re: the nunchaku the final answer is it is, with the right amount of training, a very effective, conceilable SD weapon. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/48 "2016-07-31T03:56:02Z")
Light saber for the win. Nunchuks are for amateurs. ---
**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 31, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/49 "2016-07-31T05:10:25Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > Re: the nunchaku the final answer is it is, with the right amount of training, a very effective, conceilable SD weapon. Same thing with a pointed stick. You have yet to come up with anything in the way of evidence that makes a nunchaku special. ---
**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 31, 2016, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/50 "2016-07-31T05:36:43Z")
Can carry a pointed stick concealed with the same length of reach & power? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/51 "2016-07-31T06:25:17Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > Master Andrew Linnick is definitely right for labeling nunchaku as “karate’s deadliest weapon”. Sounds to me like this Linnick fellow and you are rather ignorant. “Karate” is Japanese for “empty hand,” the whole point of which is to fight without a weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/52 "2016-07-31T07:51:18Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > A few. Most have become inured to it. I hear that if you start with really tiny nunchaku and work your way up over the course of a few years, you can become totally immune. That said, never start a land war in Asia. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/53 "2016-07-31T08:45:08Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Sounds to me like this Linnick fellow and you are rather ignorant. “Karate” is Japanese for “empty hand,” the whole point of which is to fight without a weapon. Yes. And as for [martial art weapons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_martial_arts_weapons), I’ll take a polearm any day. Also, you know what’s more awesome than a nunchaku? A nunchaku and a tonfa. One in one hand and one in the other. [Like this guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_martial_arts_weapons). Nunchaku-tonfa wielders can kill anyone they want! They cut off heads ALL the time and don’t even think twice about it. These guys are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time. I heard that there was this tonfa-nunchaku guy who was eating at a diner. And when some dude dropped a spoon he killed the whole town. My friend Mark said that he saw a nunchaku-tonfa guy totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window. And that’s what I call REAL Ultimate Power!!! If you don’t believe that they have REAL Ultimate Power you better get a life right now or they will chop your head off!!! It’s an easy choice, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/54 "2016-07-31T09:11:26Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > You know what else produces fatal blunt-force injuries? Hitler? ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/55 "2016-07-31T12:56:46Z")
> [@Hill\_Billy](#): > > Re: the nunchaku the final answer is it is, with the right amount of training, a very effective, conceilable SD weapon. I’m already carrying a cc wallet, some cash, a phone and car keys on me. I hate having my pockets filled with the crap I already have. Anyway, shoving a bunch of wooden sticks in my belt will ruin the drape of my suit. Also, I don’t live in a 70’s Bruce Lee movie. ---
**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 31, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/56 "2016-07-31T13:51:22Z")
I take it the _El Rey Network_ had a nunchaku movie marathon and someone got a little excited about the subject? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/57 "2016-07-31T14:08:45Z")
Have we done the passion fruit yet? Regards, Some 'Omicidal Maniac with a Bunch of Loganberries ---
**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 31, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/58 "2016-07-31T14:11:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Have we done the passion fruit yet? > > Regards, > Some 'Omicidal Maniac with a Bunch of Loganberries Last week. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/59 "2016-07-31T14:24:50Z")
Hokey Religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster by your side. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266/60 "2016-07-31T15:47:24Z")
I can not remember the movie, but I am reminded of a scene in which Chuck Norris is on the run, I think in Hong Cong. Chuck dodges down an alley and at the other end of the alley is a guy with Nunchaku. The guy goes through all of the Bruce Lee flashy moves. Chuck lifts the side of his jacket and shows the guy his pistol. The guy hangs the nunchaku around his neck, gives Chuck a quick wave and walks away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nunchaku-the-final-answer/761266.md?page=4)