Basic nunchaku for karate people

We've been teaching some super basic nunchaku in our dojo to broaden our syllabus and to improve basic movement and flexibility in our students. Watch to find out why a Goju guy teaches nunchaku in a traditional Okinawan dojo.
This is a resource video for our dojo, but we hope you will find it useful too!

00:00 - Intro
02:05 - why a karate instructor uses nunchaku in a Goju Ryu dojo
04:15 - Source of knowledge for this video
05:00 - First drill
06:31 - Second drill
06:57 - Third drill
07:36 - Another drill (drum roll)
08:21 - The lassoo (yeehah)
08:31 - Slightly more complicated drills
09:18 - The narrower stance
10:28 - Figure of 8
11:16 - Stepping and counting drill with whip-around
13:11 - Stepping drill 2 with drum roll
14:20 - Stepping drill 3 with figure of 8
14:51 - Blocking with stepping
18:03 - Basic kata
19:47 - We're in print!

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