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BUt I digress, use nunchaku techniques with a chain? why? from what Ive seen of nanchaku playing (I wouldnt call it fighting) most of the training is just there to look cool. Also traditional martial arts generaly dont teach you to use lead pipes and chairs, because those weapons arent traditional and using them doesnt look as impressive.
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i don't train in nunchaku to look cool. as an attack i let it rest on my back and whack. if you're still comming where ever the chucks are whack again. the twirling and failing are control exercises and just methods of chambering rather than being strikes themselves. oh i can do the whole bruce lee shebang but what for? i use it like i would use a stick (somewhat) and what's cool about it is how a simple flick of the wrist can be as sharp as a chambered stick strike. the movements are actually more subtle. that's how i can use a chain.
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And you say we all have and use chi? what is chi? is it to do with kineasthetic ability? An increase in a particular neurotransmitter (forgotten which one? or is it some religious mumbo jumbo I wouldnt touch with a 10 foot clown pole?
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using physics and physiology to interpret chi it can be any of the following in a different context.
muscular strength (as in a direct strike)
shift of center of gravity (sinking of the chi in tai chi)
vectors (in the sense of power which can be directed and redirected in aikido, sticky hands, f a jing and push hands)
kirlian energy (the mystical mumbo jumbo that can be observed via a special photography technique)
increased ATP production in the cells (as in internal energy)
more oxygen in the blood (as in the ki for ibuki)
visualization aid (the colored energy we imagine to direct strikes etc.)
this de-mystification does not diminish the power of chi it just makes it more down to earth. It's not mystical just poorly explained.
don't blame the ancient masters, they could not observe it the way we do because they never had the vocabulary of sir isaac newton. But they saw what they saw and knew what they knew and recorded their observations using their limited knowledge. not bad, just incomplete.
E.g. we know
4 corners of the earth now to mean all
over the world rather than actual corners but 4 corners still sound more romantic.
