8/26/20: Nun-chuck Practice: A_LO1

This week for my jiu jitsu practice, the head coach, decided that as a fun activity for this month, the students would learn how to use nun-chucks. When I first heard this, I laughed but also thought that it would a super cool and rare skill to learn. Soon after the announcement I went to go pick up my nun-chucks from the gym. Luckily for me, they were not real nun-chucks meaning that they were soft rubber and not hard plastic. That would have been painful to practice with. 

The advanced jiu jitsu class is twice a week with the last ten minutes being nun-chuck practice/lesson. The first time I had the lesson we were learning how to do basic nun-chuck skills such as changing direction of the swing, figure eight and switching hands. Within the first thirty seconds, I learned that movies definitely overstate the simplicity of using nun-chucks. To change the direction of your swing, you have to ricochet one of the chucks (I don't know what a singular side is called) off your inner thigh or tricep. This is much harder than it looks. I kept hitting my back instead of my tricep and I had to stick out my leg every time I needed to hit my inner thigh. Switching hands was even harder. I would accidentally grab the rope connecting the two chucks rather than the actual chuck, or I'd completely miss it. Needless to say I was struggling. 

Throughout the week I practiced whenever I could, during a free school period or watching TV. Through repeating the actions I was able to figure out some tips and tricks on my own that would make ricocheting and catching the chuck, easier. From one week of practice, I can now use both hands fairly easily to swing the nun-chucks up and down, side to side and a figure eight. I have learned a few tricks on how to aim the nun-chucks better when trying to ricochet off my tricep and thigh. Unfortunately, I still have trouble catching the nun-chuck behind my arm so that I can switch hands. However, I will continue to practice and even though I'm not super sufficient in nun-chuck usage yet, I am still very happy to have learned the cool yet rare skills of the nun-chuck. 

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