Nunchucks Are Fucking Useless

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The Nunchaku is a light flail weapon. And that is why it's fucking useless.

Flailing weapons sacrifice accuracy, control and are mostly ineffective at close quarters. The joint allows the weapon to bounce off it's target after contact, preventing any follow-through which might help cause more damage. They're also more difficult to use in formation than a sword or spear.

Because nunchaku handles are both the same length, it makes own-goals much more likely. Don't be surprised if you end up hitting yourself.

Flails need to have an extremely heavy striking end to make them worthwhile. Then the extra speed generated by the joint can actually be useful. For example:

An actual European military flail.

Flails are more useful as
agricultural tools (shown here
threshing wheat in 1270).

This thing will cause a lot of damage if it makes direct contact. And you won't accidentally hit yourself because the handle is so long. There are still drawbacks - low accuracy, ineffective at close range, and now it's slow and heavy too.

But it can come in handy if your opponent has a shield. It can wrap around the shield, striking the defender even if the handle is blocked. Other than that, I really can't think of a good reason to use a flail/nunchaku. Which is probably why they weren't actually very popular weapons historically.

Typical modern nunchaku are both difficult to use and cause little damage. Instead of cutting a stick in half and tying the ends together, leave it in one piece and you'll have a much more effective weapon.

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EDIT:

Wow. This giant dildo is a more effective weapon than any nunchaku I've ever seen. I'm totally serious. I've watched as many videos of people fighting with 'chucks as I can find on the internet (google "nunchuck felony fights"), and I've never seen anyone get dropped like this.