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Where did nunchuck or numchuck or nunchaku come from?

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  1. leonard says:
    112

    [fun on the run] :razz:

    S[SMART ART]A…
    Is Siberia the lagest region of Asia—Bigger than CHINA and JAPAN?
    Would your belly hurt if I head butted there?…Is pagan piercing art of perts and allowed in karate?
    my head butt(christ-sake :lol: :razz:

    :smile: [orient] of Med.di.terrori’m bord.ered :wink: :eek: [fun]

  2. swampwiz says:
    111

    Wow, Marina looks like a Greek goddess in this outfit.

  3. jimi bluekite says:
    110

    Very sorry Marina my dear teacher for handing my homwork in late :oops: I could blame my dog but I don’t have one and if I did I doubt He/She would eat computers.

    Any way to the home work, it has been a long time since I watched a Bruce Lee movie so my memory is a bit vague, Also all the vidoes that I have are quite old and have most of the weapon scenes missing as they were cut out by the British censors.
    In the Big Boss (Which I think was also realeased as the Chinese connection.) He uses a saw in the Ice factory,
    In Way Of The Dragon (The one with the Chuck Norris showdown at the end) He uses a wooden dart as well as the nunchaku.
    In Enter the Dragon he uses Hardwood Escrima sticks, Nunchaku and a cobra to scare the radio men and In Game of Death he uses a stick of green bamboo (to represent flexibility) against Dan Inosanto, they both switch to Nunchaku and duel it out, but this wasn’t included in the final cut.
    Bruce Lee was proficient in lots of weapons I think the philosophy he had was that you first had to learn how use a weapon so that you understood it and were able to work out how to defend yourself against it.

  4. gemini3 says:
    109

    about the weapons use bruce lee in the movies i think the boo,by the way you are so beuty queen Marina. :roll:

  5. hot4germanword says:
    108

    Hello Marina,

    i dont know if you do german words, but this one ist awful.
    “Gipskrieg” (Plaster War) In Wikipedia is written,that the word means, that there was or will never be a war because of Gips (plaster) It is usualy used if someone tells a story that can´t be true. The answer is then: dont tell me there is a gipskrieg.
    I just think this is such a boring answer it cant be true. If the answer is true i apologise for bothering you but if not……

    yours
    a Fan since ca.20 mins
    best web 2.0 idea since Arnold S. became Govener congratulations

  6. animalntaz says:
    107

    I gotta say, Marina… it looks kinda creepy how you clinch your teeth in the freeze frame above. :twisted:

  7. henk devill says:
    106

    Hi marina, this is the first comment on this site for me.
    I would like to know the origin of the word etcetera. Where i live (Holland) it is quite often used, but i dont get how such a “wierd” word can end up in the dutch language

  8. animalntaz says:
    105

    Hey, I just noticed Marina’s opening music. (Or at least it may belong to someone else.)

  9. destructo524 says:
    104

    where does the racial slur nigger come from or the racial slur spick come from.

  10. martinra says:
    102

    Hello, could you please describe the origin of ‘Baloney’

    Thanks
    Richard Martin
    Maidstone
    Kent
    England

  11. animalntaz says:
    101

    I knew about the appropriate pronounciation of nunchuku.

    HOMEWORK: I haven’t seen that many Bruce Lee movies, so I can only guess the shuriken and maybe a bo. I can’t picture him with a katana or a sai.

  12. alternateffm says:
    100

    Hello!
    Just read your interview @ spiegel online and seeing you in that shirt I asked myself where does the word tattoo come from. Btw I think that thing you do is a very funny.
    Best regards from Germany!

  13. thoughtful.man says:
    99

    Hello Marina,

    can you explain the origin of “precipitation” and the verb “precipitate”,
    whereas the noun has interestingly two meanings rain and also
    “working too fast”.

    Thank You!

    PS: Your Videos combine elaborated philosophy together with a
    absolutely nice outfit. So you are probably doing more for
    education than years of school classes. Congratulations.

    Cheers
    Josef

  14. Che Volay says:
    98

    from now on Che will only speak in the third person

    { Che is struggling to keep control of his ego after Marina inflated it yesterday }

  15. benedikt says:
    97

    Hi, could you tell something about the origin of the word “Esperanto”?

  16. juniorofmsz says:
    96

    so i was doin a blog on my youtube and came across the word “brainfart” i started to wonder where or how that word came to be. if you could help me out that would be great.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBdgVAsCIl0
    (this is the video i announced the word in)

  17. gstuart0770 says:
    95

    What is the origin of “JackPot”???? Jack must be a lucky guy!!!

  18. Che Volay says:
    94

    The Google ad for pizza is making me hungry
    Marina make one slide out of my CD-drive :grin:

  19. blacklion81 says:
    93

    what is the origin for the word HOTFOOT…since your leg is wet….what does that have to do with being hot?

  20. blacklion81 says:
    92

    where did the word for whiskey come from?

  21. thabrain says:
    91

    hello!! can i know the origins of the word jazz! thanks!

  22. gelucas says:
    90

    Hello my dear teacher, I was wondering about the phrase “closer of you”, and could you possibly tell me the difference or connection with “closer to you” and “closer on you”?

    Thank you ;*

  23. Che Volay says:
    89

    There are 106 people logged on at this moment, how many of you are at work and playing around on company time?

    { all information held strictly confidential } :grin:

  24. Che Volay says:
    88

    Che is so glad to be Teacher’s Pet; he once had a passing thought that he may be recognized as Class Clown then Che would have been scared of himself.

    { since the incident at the circus Che has a touch of caulrophobia }

    ….not really just looking for an excuse to use the fear of clown word in a sentence :roll:

  25. jojobear says:
    87

    The word Yahoo pls

  26. Che Volay says:
    86

    @Capman what time of computer did you buy?

    Do you know on an Mac Pro this site looks different, the replies are in light blue and the third level replies are in a dark gray. The details are superfluous, so crisp & clear.
    It’s the only way to go for those involved in art or video.

    { Che goes out to mail box, looks for check for promoting Apple }

    • Capman911 says:
      86.1

      Hey Che no I didn’t buy one I got a laptop from my daughter. She bought her a new one so I took her hand me down. It is a HP with Windows xp on it. It’s about three years old. I hope it hold together until after Christmas then I am going to buy me a new desktop. I have a new desk top that the whole family uses with Windows Vista on it. I us this one in my bedroom and stay out of the computer area. Or I get run out of the computer area.

    • foxbow says:
      86.2

      A mac pro is just a computer, it’s the monitor that is so “crisp and clear”….
      If replies don’t come up as blue on your screen you should really change the settings and calibrate it :???: ….
      and third level replies are just the same colour as 2e. :???:

  27. r1wolf says:
    85

    Nunchaku aren’t actually that hard to use. Although it’s been over 20 years since I’ve used a pair, I had taught myself how to use them when I was 10 years old.

    • bsomebody says:
      85.1

      This reminds me of a friend of mine who says that understanding quantum physics is not “actually that hard” to understand. He actually gets quite flustered with me when I fail to understand what the hell he is trying to discuss.

      • r1wolf says:
        85.1.1

        I always wanted to study Quantum Physics, I’m just to lazy and hate school though. Besides, I’m doing okay with field service work on Electron and Ion Microscopes! :mrgreen:

  28. Che Volay says:
    84

    Che was thinking that the Yuk! Yuk! Yuk! comment may have been misinterpreted on YT, judging by the thumbs down remarks.
    The meaning was to rhyme with Nunchuck or more like Curly would say on The Three Stooges. Not saying ‘yucky’

    { N’yuk! N’yuk! N’yuk! preceding Curly’s famous hand gestures } :mrgreen:

  29. hitoshi says:
    83

    i haven’t heard of ヌンチャク for a long time which is usually written in Katakana in japanese. nunchaku and shuriken are the things that remind me of my old days when i was a kid with no responsibilities in this society…….

  30. fatbuffalo says:
    82

    ahh , Bruce Lee , just watched a bit of his movies :sad: . I just know his best weapon is his body ….

  31. pricedot says:
    81

    Nunchaku, I Have always understood them to be Rice Flails ? Bruce used Shurikins also which are Metal star shaped throwing weapons.

    • jindai says:
      81.1

      Hey PriceDot,
      If you look at the Japanese history of weapons, you’ll find that nearly all the weapons are converted farming or agricultural instruments. Back in the bad old feudal days, weapons of any kind were outlawed for the commoners, which made them easy prey for the rulers, guards, Samurai and the occasional Ronin, who had swords. But, the commoners were clever, and turned normal implements into weapons. Rice flails, as you rightly noted, were lengthened and became Nunchaku, hand sickles had the handles extended, and they became the Kama weapon (Add a chain and you get a kusarigama). A walking staff was lenghtened, and you have the Bo Staff. The wooden handle of the millstone becomes the Tonfa. My favorite, although the story is in dispute, is the famer’s hand fork becoming the Sai, or Ryukyu, which was particularly adept and catching and breaking the swords of the Samurai and Ronin. And star-shaped shuriken were commonly made from coins or washers and the like.
      Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. *Grin*

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