Tuesday, October 16, 2007

"Triple String" Nunchaku

Please, please, please...for safety sake: Triple string your nunchaku. Actually, there is only ONE LONG CORD on this nunchaku. It passes through each bore three times. There are no knots tied, but rather, the ends of the cord are braided along the sides and rely on centrifugal force and friction to keep the cord tight. The standard single pass and double pass methods of tying nunchaku allow knots to slip and if a worn cord fails both will allow the swinging end to fly free, leaving you with half a nunchaku in your hand while friends and family go diving for cover. A tournament judge would definitely be annoyed. If one center strand fails on a triple stringed nunchaku, the other two WILL NOT slip...everyone's happy.



Here, the cord can be seen braided in between the side bores. It appears the same way on the other sides.


This is the top view of the nunchaku where three strands clearly can be seen passing through the top bores.


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Anonymous said...

Getting the last strand through can be tough, but with the help of a needle nose plier and some wire as a guide, it can be done.

You will have to do some planning and experimenting to get the cord the right length for you all three times, or you will have some extra rope bunched up in the wrong place. There is no "right" cord length, you just have to know how far apart you want them to be for your particular uses.

I restrung some 15 inch octagonal macassar ebony nunchaku that came to me from Aznar Weapons in the Phillipines. I like the feel of stringing them this way much better, they feel snugger for striking and spinning, like you have slightly more influence on the end of the nunchaku as it is in motion.

J. Lopez
Albuquerque, NM USA

November 12, 2007 at 3:33 PM
erniesbudolab said...

Thanks for deploying your nunchaku safely.

-ES, Chief Lab Rat

December 26, 2007 at 6:25 PM

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