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<blockquote data-quote="JDJblatherings" data-source="post: 3798501" data-attributes="member: 52044">I've used a flail hundreds of times it was called a nunchuck,&nbsp; that traditonal martial arts favorite is a light flail.&nbsp; Just look at a martial arts student or fan with a nunchuck and you can see all the danger points in their use (probably more so then the european style), thanfully there are prective chucks that are foam padded or I'd have beaten the back of my own head in or smashed my elbows into oblivion.&nbsp; They can apply a lot more force then one imagines, they are fast, they are hard to parry well (unless you have a spear or staff), they do require a heck of a lot of practice to use well in a fight.&nbsp; You aren't too likely to bash youreself with an effective attack blow but they do bounce about and youmay indeed hit yourself as they are deflected or you swing crazily in a manner you haven't drilled while trying to hit a target&nbsp; (that is what all the crazy manuvers and katas are for to train you to move the weapon in virtually any situation in an actual fight).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JDJblatherings, post: 3798501, member: 52044"] I've used a flail hundreds of times it was called a nunchuck, that traditonal martial arts favorite is a light flail. Just look at a martial arts student or fan with a nunchuck and you can see all the danger points in their use (probably more so then the european style), thanfully there are prective chucks that are foam padded or I'd have beaten the back of my own head in or smashed my elbows into oblivion. They can apply a lot more force then one imagines, they are fast, they are hard to parry well (unless you have a spear or staff), they do require a heck of a lot of practice to use well in a fight. You aren't too likely to bash youreself with an effective attack blow but they do bounce about and youmay indeed hit yourself as they are deflected or you swing crazily in a manner you haven't drilled while trying to hit a target (that is what all the crazy manuvers and katas are for to train you to move the weapon in virtually any situation in an actual fight). [/QUOTE]

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