How to do L & X Strikes with Nunchucks

Series Summary

Nunchucks are a traditional weapon of the Kobudo weapons set and consists of two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope. The nunchuck as a weapon has surged in popularity since martial artist Bruce Lee used it in his movies in the 1970's. It is generally considered by martial artists to be a limited weapon, although it is also one of the least understood. Complex and difficult to use, the nunchuck has a steep learning curve. It is also prone to inflicting injury on its user.

Speed chucks are a kind of nunchuck with a short string, thus allowing for faster movement. In this free video series, our expert will show you how to do advanced moves with nunchucks, from L strike combos and helicopter spins to thumb spins and double X's. These advanced moves are skills that every tae kwon do or martial arts expert should know. Once you're well into your nunchuck training, you will be ready to learn weapon moves, strikes, catches, and combinations that will impress everyone from grandma to Bruce Lee.

Video Transcript

"CALAB LABARDA: Alright, so you should already know all your basic moves. You should be warmed up all that stuff, okay. You should know your L's is, go and strike, really simple. Okay, now, let's go ahead and make it advance by fancying it up, alright? Now, it can get boring if you do this for a long time, doing L strikes even if you're going fast. Okay, now, watch. Okay, see what I'm doing. I'm throwing an X strikes as I'm doing my L's. Okay, we've already practice this motion back and forth. Okay, you should have this down, turning your body to two different things at once. Now, I'm bringing it into my L strikes, okay. As the head on top comes, I'm throwing in an X, L strike, X, L strike, X, L, okay. If you get confused go back to your L strike, slow motion, okay. From here, come across, strike to X, bam, X, should be doing an L strike, one, okay? You are going to use your right hand more because your right or whatever hand you're best with is going to be a little more coordinated so I tend to use my right hand just a little bit more, bam, okay. 'Cause bring down one, okay, two, three, okay, all [INDISCERNIBLE] L strikes. And that's going to really fancy it up. Okay, practice real slow, watch yourself in a mirror. Move with your nunchucks. Don't you stand still like this, that's going to look ugly. Move around with the nunchucks, down, throwing in your different strikes okay using your X's, alright? And that's going to be your first part in advance nunchucks."