How to do L Strikes with Nunchucks

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"CALAB LABARDA: All right. Next, we're going to be going over L-strikes. This is going to be our most basic move and our foundation for our nunchucks. Because whenever you messed up or you want to switch positions, you're always going to go to your L-strikes. So you should know your basic L-strike, by now. Put it on your shoulder. Remember, hip, hip, shoulder, hip, hip, shoulder. Remember to roll it around your body so you don't beat yourself up and turn black and blue, all right? Now, with your other nunchuck, you're going to take it. Remember, hold it in one thumb-length from the top, put it on your shoulders and go across, one, two. As I want to hit your shoulder, it's going to come across, one, two, hit the shoulder, come across, one, two, hit the shoulder, one, two, shoulder. And as you get it, you're just going to start speeding up, okay? And as you practice, start going at different angles, okay? Switch your angle and switch your moves. And as you get better and better at it-okay--make sure you can start moving your body in a way going with your nunchucks because, as again, you don't want to stay still and beat up your body. That's going to hurt, okay? So start moving with your nunchucks and then you can start going faster, all the way to a nice catch, okay? And so make sure you hold your nunchucks nice and tight 'cause as you go faster and faster, you don't want it to fly and hit somebody, all right? So those are going to be your basic L-strikes."