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Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9110 Posts
June 12 2007 05:02 GMT
#41
baseball bat>nunchuks and knives

Night[Mare
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Mexico4793 Posts
June 12 2007 05:11 GMT
#42
guys, if you get bludgeoned by a nunchuk or stabbed by a knife, you're going down no matter what. It really depends where do you get hit; example, if you get stabbed in the leg, i dont think your mobility would be great but if you get hit in the knee, gg your knee.

Also if you get stabbed in the stomach, gg you, but if you get hit by the nunchuk , i dont think its a great deal of damage... its really situational.

however i think that nunchuk are far more painful than knives :p
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decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20164 Posts
June 12 2007 05:18 GMT
#43
On June 11 2007 02:24 Spike wrote:
I've thought about it for a bit and I still don't see how the nunchucks are so great. Nunchucks just seem so clumsy.

The range of the nunchucks isn't that great; you have one swing to signifcantly stun the knife user or you'll get slashed or stabbed. Not to mention that the knife user has the ability to guard with his other hand.

Getting hit with a nunchuck probably hurts like a bitch but you're not going to be sent flying back. I don't see how nunchucks can prevent a guy on adrenaline from getting in close.


Its kind of like golfing, you dont have to move the handle very fast, but the club head is really really fast.

Nunchucks can also be used for defense i think? And getting hit with a nunchuck will do more than "hurt like a bitch" more like "immobilize whatever part of body was hit"
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
mahnini
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
United States6862 Posts
June 12 2007 05:19 GMT
#44
ffs, not one of these again. ~.~
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evanthebouncy!
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
June 12 2007 07:04 GMT
#45
On June 11 2007 07:33 Aepplet wrote:
what about spears? are they good? just curious because in most games the spears always get the shaft...


That's cuz in video games people don't die from 1 spear stab and can magically roll on the floor and dodge the spearhead. IRL spear is best. Long, good reach, fast retract, and all it take is one stab and ur done.
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
June 12 2007 07:16 GMT
#46
Nunchuks ez
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FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
June 12 2007 07:16 GMT
#47
hahaha whatever those are both for pussies i got power of greyskull (ya im he-man what about it????)
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Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-06-12 07:27:32
June 12 2007 07:24 GMT
#48
NewbSaibot
Profile Joined May 2004
3849 Posts
June 12 2007 07:36 GMT
#49
Nunchucks arent really a weapon. The idea was to disguise the weapon as a legitimate farming tool during in time in which civilians were not allowed to own weapons, or something like that. They are incredibly difficult to master, and even when mastered, are still very impractical to use in any kind of combat. I say a knife/dual balisong absolutely wins hands down, because unlike a baseball bat, you could definitely eat many nunchuck blows if all you did was just rush into it, by which time only 1-2 real hits would be possible anyway. I have however read that the energy generated in a flying nunchuck could potentially fracture your skull on impact.
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Ack1027
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States7873 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-06-12 07:39:01
June 12 2007 07:38 GMT
#50



ORLY?

http://www.mediafire.com/?6mz1cnzdzb7
[ Couldn't get that shit to upload to youtube for some reason ]


If it was up to me I'd definitely pick nunchuks but only because I've had some medium training with them when I was really into Kumdo [ read: kendo ] and if you know how to use them and not just flail them around you could easily take out someone who's using a knife. One hit to the face and the knife user will either drop the knife or grab their face. Nunchuks to the face hurt more than perhaps anywhere on the body with a knife imo. [ except your balls or organs something ] Think about it, a solid piece of wood getting slung against your face or a knife wound to your arm.
mistapooh
Profile Joined March 2007
United States376 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-06-12 07:54:09
June 12 2007 07:53 GMT
#51
^So have I! A knife wound isn't going to cut just cut up some superficial layer of your skin. You got nerves, blood vessels, and MUSCLE underneath your skin. Even my 7 inch pocket knife can cut and make me bleed if I press it a little against my skin. I can't imagine what would happen if I get a slash or two in!

T-P-S
Profile Joined June 2007
United States204 Posts
June 12 2007 09:10 GMT
#52
Just as it's been said before, if we're assuming that both people are skillful with the weapons they have, nunchaku would win. If they were both amatuers, buttefly knife.

Aside from this, I'd pick the nunchaku fighter for various reasons:
First, on butterfly knives. They do not have have a two-sided blade, only one edge and an unsharpened swedge. This not only limits their stabbing potential, but also means that slashing attacks can only be done from one side per weapon. Also, butterfly knives rarely have a blade longer than 4-5 inches, which means they must get closer to make contact than a normal six-inch dagger. Butterfly knives are NOT throwing weapons. The best bet anybody would have is to do what Drone suggested and close the handles, then hurl it like a rock.

As for nunchaku, a skilled user would probably just drop one before fighting. It's a two-handed weapon. Using two of any light weapon is more often than not going to decrease your effectiveness because you cannot use the leverage provided by your bodyweight on simultaneous attacks (and keep your balance, anyway). Nunchaku not only increase your contact reach a great deal more than a butterfly knife, it is also used for quick strikes from confusing angles. A real master using a pair can make attacks from very strange angles that are difficult to foresee and therefore harder to avoid.

The last big reason I'd bet on the nunchaku is the stopping power. It's a fight to the death as said in the original post, so it's safe to assume that both fighters are pumping adrenaline. With the exception of hits on critical points of the body, the knifer is going to be only making superficial wounds that cause a lot of pain. Obviously, one of the major side-effects of adrenalie is that it suppresses your ability to feel pain, which would decrease the effectiveness of the knifer. The nunchaku have the potential to break bones and drive strikes back/away, and regardless of how strong you are with adrenaline pumping through you, you're not going to fight effectively with your main arm broken.
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kiero
Profile Joined May 2007
Canada136 Posts
June 12 2007 09:21 GMT
#53
Like most people have mentioned, nunchucks are amazingly difficult to handle. They have a tendency to bounce back onto the user after an attack. This reminds me of that ultimate fighter/ weapon thing on national geographic that was flying around here a while ago.
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