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Nunchaku: Karate Weapon of Self-Defense

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This book teaches you everything from what the parts of the nunchuck are called, to how to defend agaist a Bo and Knife. I Highly reccommend this book for beginners. If you are not a beginner I recommend the book "Advanced Nunchaku" by the same author.

Fumio Demura has presented us once again with a solid and superb text on this classical Karate weapon. The text is full of clear and precise photos and detailed explanantions of the basics. Sensei Demura covers the history, basic stances,strikes and blocks of this fascinating weapon. Also covered is a range of defensive techniques against the empty hand and various weapons.This book is a must for the beginner of Karate and Weaponry and even experienced Martial Artists should give it a consider.

Demura does an excellent job of explaining basic techniques and applications for each, expecially for those with a decent martial arts background. Between looking at the pictures and reading the explainations I was able to figure out every technique demonstrated. The only downside was that he didn't include a kata in the book.

The pictures could not be easier to follow, the clarificatons and applications of each strike, swing, block or movement are nicely explained and demonstrated. Also the self defence application section is a great way to remain motivated. A beginners' form would be sweet to have. But its a great buy. And yes, I think you must have some martial art experience before you pick up this book.

This book great for anyone wanting to get an introduction to nunchaku. It contains many begining techniques. I highly recommend this book. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I was astonished at the results i received by using this book. It teaches the basics of nunchaku fighting and in no time you will be swinging that weapon like a proffesional.

I have yet to find a decent book on nunchaku and this book is no exception. It covers only the most basic of techniques and that is my main issue with this book. What it covers is covered very well with good explanations and clear pictures but nowhere does this book indicate that it is only an introductory text to nunchaku. There is a follow-up to this book called advanced nunchaku which I haven't read but I believe that this is also fairly basic. I believe that this is a hole in martial arts texts that is waiting to be filled as people have always held an interest in the nunchaku due to their flashy nature - the problem is most people aren't particularly good at using them and they are dismissed as being a weapon for show with little practical application.

I've given this book 3 stars because it is the best book of its type out there that I have seen on nunchaku. Ultimately though it suffers from the same issue that all books on nunchaku suffer from - it is far from complete. As such it can only be recommended to the absolute beginner - someone who has never picked up a nunchaku before.

Fumio Demura's basic books on Kobudo (I have Nunchaku, Bo, Sai, Tonfa) are good. They include some historical data, basic stances and grips, as well as useful drills to train grips, blocks and thrusts. This book on basic Nunchaku, however, does not present a Kata with the weapon, as the Bo book does. Some more on Japanese nomenclature would have been great, also. Still, I recommend it for beginners.

It does exactly as it claims. A great beginning guide to TRADITIONAL nunchaku technqiue

A continous step for improvement is discipline and visualization, with this book you will have a nice good visual guide to perform exercises to get you at beginner-intermediate levels on this ancient weapon, an enlightment for martial arts devotes.

Fostered by Master Fumio Demura lessons you will have the chance to discover numchaku can perfom as a natural extension of the body, a mastery that cannot be achieved else by training.

The book dated from 1971, with his simple look, methodic and short redaction,ilustrations in Black and White could led you to bad evaluation, keep focus that the book is an expression of japanese art, indeed it will portrait the functional purpose and beauty of simplicity that japanese culture evokes.