Nunchuck
Where did nunchuck or numchuck or nunchaku come from?
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Wow, Marina looks like a Greek goddess in this outfit.
Very sorry Marina my dear teacher for handing my homwork in late
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.
about the weapons use bruce lee in the movies i think the boo,by the way you are so beuty queen Marina.
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
I gotta say, Marina… it looks kinda creepy how you clinch your teeth in the freeze frame above.
http://twitpic.com/n68o
You posted a link to this pic twice to me. Who is the other blonde suppose to be and what does it have to do with either of my statements?
Here’s that other blond
http://www.youtube.com/user/poptub?blend=1
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
I didn’t even know how “etc.” was spelled.
I second that word request.
Hey, I just noticed Marina’s opening music. (Or at least it may belong to someone else.)
where does the racial slur nigger come from or the racial slur spick come from.
“Aah… a fellow chucker, ay?”
Hello, could you please describe the origin of ‘Baloney’
Thanks
Richard Martin
Maidstone
Kent
England
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.
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!
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
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 }
Example: Che is off to the kitchen to make Pollo Mole Verde
Che will return when everything is under control. Luego
http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/09/28/this-video-is-ironic/#comment-84151
Hi, could you tell something about the origin of the word “Esperanto”?
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)
What is the origin of “JackPot”???? Jack must be a lucky guy!!!
Either that or he is high on dope.
The Google ad for pizza is making me hungry
Marina make one slide out of my CD-drive
what is the origin for the word HOTFOOT…since your leg is wet….what does that have to do with being hot?
Hotfoot
where did the word for whiskey come from?
hello!! can i know the origins of the word jazz! thanks!
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 ;*
There are 106 people logged on at this moment, how many of you are at work and playing around on company time?
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Work? Wassat?
) is hotforwords
I’m retired and at home and the only company I have (or need
Do you expect fringe benefits with this company?
Che read somewhere that Wednesday is the day of the week where most people goof off at work.
does your wife work?
I at the toy factory sniffing Play-doh
Yea! you could say I’m goofing
I coulda’ guessed you worked with toys, thanks to you my kid is employed @ TOYS R US.
Foist ting we’re gonna do after woirk is go down to the bah and do some bier wit di guys, that should be wicked cool
Hey, I encourage my employees to check out hotforwords… lunch or break time only though, ’cause it interupts me.
Like you, Che, I have all the fringe I need on my chin.
Don’t do cartwheels while wearing a kilt
I stay logged in all the time and my email open so if I hear a computer sound I can go and check to see if someone has left me a comment. I am like Uncle Bob, I am retired and Marina and HotForWords is my amusement all day. Unless I am walking my six miles each day.
Does your computer ding when email comes in?
Hey Che yes it dings when a new email or comment comes into my Windows Live. It’s all connected through the Windows Live Hot mail and Windows Messenger. Messenger will send up a flag in bottom right hand corner and make a sound at the same time. Even though I am using FireFox I can still “tab” hot mail and Marina’s site.
Yea kind of cool to be picked as a Pet. Just think you and a few others where picked out of millions of people world wide. Then the other honor is that Marina too time from her very busy schedule to do a video of you. Congrats!
It pays to play nice with others
I so do appreciate Marina accolades.
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Yes it does pay to be nice! To those unruly students that attempt to disrupt the classroom should learn this lesson.
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
The word Yahoo pls
@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 }
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.
A mac pro is just a computer, it’s the monitor that is so “crisp and clear”….
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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.
Che now must run back to the city and buy a new monitor
{ swissssssh! leaving a trail like The Flash }
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.
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.
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!
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 }
good one
please tell Che congratulations on being teachers pet!
Che says, “thank you”
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…….
I use to practice writing Hiragana and Katakana, after I got out of high school. But learning Kanji was too hard for me.
ahh , Bruce Lee , just watched a bit of his movies
. I just know his best weapon is his body ….
Nunchaku, I Have always understood them to be Rice Flails ? Bruce used Shurikins also which are Metal star shaped throwing weapons.
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*
very good, for sure—what about brass knuckles? farmers are great—make some silk! mull on that,bless you all
Fascinating , Thanks for the insight jindai , most instructive