Bad Day for Wannabe Bruce Lees

[GeneChing]

This thread is somewhat parallel to our Bad Day for Samurai Wannabes thread (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52919) but about nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html). We'll see where this goes...;)


Bankrupt man says his life is threatened (http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/3244262/Bankrupt-man-says-his-life-is-threatened)
The Press
Last updated 07:45 20/01/2010

Bankrupt moneylender Darryn Hunt treats his home like a fortress, convinced his life is threatened by investors who claim he owes them millions of dollars.

At noon on Monday, the curtains in his Rangiora home were drawn. The only view outside was through two screens linked to security cameras monitoring the back and front of the house.

The cameras were installed this month, two days after four men approached Mr Hunt's home seeking money he allegedly owed.

His wife, Ruth, called the police, who arrested two of the men for offensive language.

He said he did not sleep at night and watched the security cameras constantly, fearing for his life.

"It's been arranged and it's going to happen [an attack]," he said. "I'm worried sick about it. I can't move because I'm on bail."

Mr Hunt said four hooded figures in a white Honda Civic had made short stops outside his house, but drove away when he went to confront them, armed with his nunchaku.

Two nunchakus sit on the couple's bed, and Mr Hunt said he had a samurai sword.

"I'd do whatever I have to do to defend myself."

Mr Hunt was adjudicated bankrupt in October 2007, for the third time, on petition from an Australia- based investor claiming he was owed $4.1 million. Mr Hunt's investors included former All Blacks, Black Caps and Crusaders.

Both of his moneylending business were wound up soon after the bankruptcy, but almost no money was recovered.

In November last year, the Serious Fraud Office charged him with one count of obtaining investors' funds by deception and two of obstructing an investigation.

Since being made bankrupt, Mr Hunt said, he had moved house several times to avoid aggressive investors.

Death threats against him and his family had been made by email, post and on notes left on his car's windscreen.

He said he had been told he would be killed in prison and, in a separate threat, that his family would be chopped up and put in bodybags.

Mr Hunt and his wife are unemployed and rent their Rangiora house, living with their 16-year-old son and seven cats.


Manslaughter plea nets homeless man 25 months (http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jan/07/manslaughter-plea-nets-homeless-man-25-months/)
By Laura McVicker
Columbian Staff Writer
Thursday, January 7, 2010

A transient was sentenced Wednesday to 25 months in prison for second-degree manslaughter.

Jeffrey R. Marshall, 31, was sentenced by Clark County Superior Court Judge John Nichols. Marshall had pleaded guilty to the charge at a Dec. 18 hearing.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed by the Vancouver Police Department, Marshall attacked an acquaintance, Benjamin J. Hernandez, at Waterworks Park on May 13, 2006, with an object, described as a lead pipe or a type of homemade nunchaku.

Hernandez suffered a jaw fracture and underwent surgery at Portland’s Legacy Emanuel Medical Center. Following the procedure, swelling in his throat caused Hernandez to suffocate.

Deputy Prosecutor Tony Golik contended his death was caused by a combination of the assault, the surgery and pain medication, and that Marshall recklessly caused his death.

Witnesses told police that Marshall, upset over a previous altercation, approached Hernandez at the park at Fourth Plain Boulevard and Fort Vancouver Way. Marshall reportedly had slung a sock filled with rocks or weights in the fashion of a nunchaku, and had knocked Hernandez to the ground, according to the affidavit.

Then, two weeks after the incident, Marshall provided details about the alleged assault to a friend. Marshall said “he got in a fight with a guy and just freaked out.” He told the friend he had used a lead pipe in the fight, the affidavit said.

Though the incident happened more than three years ago, Marshall wasn’t arrested until October because he was homeless and, therefore, difficult to track down, prosecutors said.

Marshall’s court-appointed attorney, Clark Fridley, said Wednesday his client wanted to plead guilty because “he realized that he was in an altercation with somebody and (that) they died and he wanted to take responsibility for it.”

Police Blotter is fruitful

FELONY ARRESTS (http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/police-90087-blotter-safety.html) • Merle Ray Ellis, 46, of Citrus Heights, was arrested by Yuba County Sheriff's Department at 6:33 p.m. Friday at North Beale Road and Woodland Drive on suspicion of possession of nunchaku. He was booked into Yuba County Jail.
FELONY ARRESTS (http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/police-90251-blotter-law.html)• Daniel Lee Hatz, 41, of the 700 block of Evergreen Drive, Wheatland, was arrested by the Wheatland Police Department at 7:51 p.m. Dec. 30 at Highway 65 and Second Street on suspicion of possession of nunchaku. He was booked into Yuba County Jail.
FELONY ARRESTS (http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/police-90706-blotter-law.html) • Gerardo Gonzalez, 27, of the 1800 block of Berry Road, Rio Oso, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol at 10:45 a.m. Jan. 13 at North Beale Road and Feather River Boulevard on suspicion of possession of a nunchaku. He was booked into Yuba County Jail.

[Lucas]

i used to know this guy who would make bruce lee sounds when he sparred. it was really funny, but he was totally serious.

[Xiao3 Meng4]

This movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utrt1-_1GjY&feature=related) = this thread. :D

[GeneChing]

I'm getting so into Police Blotter:

FELONY ARRESTS (http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/police-91080-blotter-safety.html)

• Dustin Jones Santos, 21, of the 1100 block of East 22nd Street, Marysville, was arrested by the Marysville Police Department at 1:29 a.m. Jan. 24 in the 1300 block of Hobart Drive on suspicion of nunchaku possession with intent to sell. He was booked into Yuba County Jail.


Police win seven-year fight with weapons shop (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/01/24/police-win-seven-year-fight-with-weapons-shop-86908-21991763/)
Jan 24 2010 Norman Silvester, Sunday Mail

A SHOPKEEPER has been banned from selling dangerous weapons after a seven-year battle by police.

David McCormick offered weapons including samurai swords, replica firearms and airguns from his Handyman store.

At one stage, police chiefs were forced to hand back more than 30 weapons, including nunchaku fighting sticks, after a failed prosecution.

But now they have managed to close down the weapons side of the business after McCormick's son Steven, 38, was convicted of three charges of selling illegal weapons.

His father said he had now withdrawn all weapons from sale in his shop in Saltcoats, Ayrshire.

The shop has also lost its licence to sell airguns.

But McCormick says his son, who was caught in a police sting operation last year, intends to appeal.

They raided the shop and confiscated weapons worth thousands of pounds after Steven sold an undercover cop a knife disguised as a brooch.

He was convicted of selling the disguised knife, a weighted short-chain weapon and a Japanese concealed sword when he appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

He was fined a total of £1800 and the sheriff also ruled that the weapons should not be returned to the McCormicks.

David, 61, said : "We do not sell to neds or criminal types. Most of our customers were martial arts enthusiasts."

A police spokesman said: "We are committed to removing dangerous weapons from the streets.

Want to buy some chuks? (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html) Just make sure you're in a state where they are legal. ;)

[GeneChing]

Bruce was into pot and nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html). Is there a connection? :rolleyes:

Traffic Stop Leads To Seizure Of 130 Marijuana Plants (http://www.turnto23.com/east_county/22360808/detail.html)
3 Arrested
POSTED: 6:22 pm PST January 27, 2010

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Three people have been arrested and 130 marijuana plants have been recovered after deputies pulled over a 19-year-old woman.

On Wednesday morning, Kern County Sheriff's Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Katie Parker, 19, of Bakersfield, at Haley and Columbus Streets.

Deputies said the car Parker was driving was reported stolen from Taft.

Deputies said Parker had a small amount of marijuana in her possession.

Deputies arrested Parker.

The stolen vehicle was returned to the owner, deputies said.

Deputies obtained a search warrant for Parker's residence.

The residence is located in the 1700 block of Crestview Street in Bakersfield.

Deputies said they located Parker's husband, Matthew Bryant, 27, and Stuart Carroll, 32, inside the residence.

Deputies said they found over 130 marijuana plants being grown inside the residence.

A scale and packaging were also seized.

A billy club and a pair of nunchaku were also located inside the home.

Parker, Bryant, and Carroll were all arrested on charges of illegal cultivation and possession for sales of marijuana as well as conspiracy.

Carroll and Bryant were also arrested on charges of possession of a deadly weapon.

In addition, Parker was also arrested on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle.

All three were booked into the Kern County Jail.

[uki]

it's amazing at what is considered "illegal" - ironically these people were arrested by people allowed to wear and use guns, go figure. :rolleyes:

[zerojjc]

About two years ago, my kung fu brother and i were playing with my nunchukas. He was showing me a move and i was trying it out. We were in the parking lot of my kung fu school standing near my car. A cop pulled up and rolled his window down. I couldnt hear what he was saying so i put the chucks down and walked closer. He told me that those are illegal to be in public and if i didnt put them in the trunk and take them home he could arrest me. I didnt argue with him and i did just that, but i thought it was kind of silly when we were right outside of a kung fu school. And then i thought back to all the times i would bring them to the park and practice outside with the guys. We could have been arrested, thats craziness. Im happy the cop didnt check my car because i had some razor sharp ninja swords in the trunk. :p

Needless to say i now leave everything in my house/backyard.

[GeneChing]

Suspicion? He was busted because they suspected he had nunchuks?

FELONY ARRESTS (http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/police-91253-blotter-safety.html)
• John Matthew-Zachary Francis, 19, of the 4600 block of Fleming Way, Olivehurst, was arrested by Yuba County Sheriff's Department at 9:07 p.m. Friday on Fleming Way on suspicion of possession of nunchaku. He was booked into Yuba County Jail.
I know, it's just the legaleze, but that sounds really funny.

[GeneChing]

A statuesque female song and dance duo wielding nunchuks? Could be good. Can't tell without pix and my web fu failed me on finding any.

Feb 5, 2010
Feel the Tiger beat (http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_486947.html)

MANDOPOP nightspots are gearing up for a roaring weekend from next Friday to Feb 14 to usher in the Year of the Tiger.

Revellers are spoilt for choice, with at least five Lunar New Year parties being held at the big clubs, compared to just three last year.

Putting the year of the ox - and the yoke of its recession - behind them, club owners are spending more this time around to wow partygoers with entertainment offerings. They have their paws on bigger amounts, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, which they have spent on acts that include spectacular dance routines with martial arts elements and a musical called Journey To The West.

Last year, operators spent modestly and staged less elaborate shows, when the sums for the ox were not so bullish. The new acts include a female dance duo called 520, who will perform at the Shanghai Dolly club in Clarke Quay in what is billed as a Grand Shanghainese Reunion Show.

The statuesque pair from China, both 1.72m tall, make their song-and-dance routine stand out from the crowd through the use of nunchaku or martial arts chain-sticks. These sticks, made famous by the late Bruce Lee in his movies, are weapons that can be whirled around, having damageinducing wooden handles and chains that can wrap around an object.

The duo were hired by the three-month-old club last month, along with three female singers and two deejays from China. The Grand Shanghainese Reunion Show next Saturday and Sunday will launch these new acts.

[GeneChing]

There's a nunchuk bust on almost every installment. :eek:

Police Blotter: Feb. 17, 2010 (http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/police-91875-blotter-safety.html)
Police blotter listings are compiled from reports filed with area law enforcement and public safety agencies.

FELONY ARRESTS

• James Benaiah Renton, 21, of Oroville, was arrested by the Yuba County Sheriff's Department at 11:56 p.m. Feb. 14 at Highway 70 and Plumas Lake Boulevard on suspicion of possession of nunchaku. He was booked into Yuba County Jail.

[GeneChing]

Didn't this guy see Return of the Dragon? Never brandish rice flails if you don't know how to use them.

Halesowen man knocked out after threatening people with nunchucks (http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/5036355.Halesowen_man_knocked_out_after_threatenin g_people_with_nunchucks/)
12:25pm Tuesday 2nd March 2010

A 23-year-old Halesowen man seen standing in a Kung Fu pose weilding a pair of nunchucks ended up being knocked unconscious to the ground.

The two men carried out their own form of "summary justice" on Sami Noor before fleeing from the scene, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.

Recorder James Burbidge QC told Noor, "That is the trouble with street fighting - there are times when you end up much worse off than the other man."

He added, "Those who fight in the street normally go straight to prison. If you fight again in the future that is where you will definitely end up."

The Recorder admitted he was not satisfied who started the fight adding: "I do not know if you were the main protagonist. But if it had been proved you produced this weapon you would have gone to prison."

Noor of Foxhunt Road, Halesowen admitted affray and he was made the subject of an 18 months Supervision Order after the Recorder ruled it was clear he needed "guidance and help."

Mr Oliver Woolhouse defending said the nunchucks, also known as rice flails, did not belong to Noor - he had simply picked them up because there were other men around him.

He said Noor was kicked into unconsciousness by the two men adding, "Some form of summary justice was immediately meted out."

Mr Gurdeep Garcha prosecuting said a man working at the Chevrolet Garage in Dudley Road, Halesowen saw Noor in an altercation with the two other men.

Noor was holding the set of rice flails in a Kung Fu pose and he was seen to strike the one man on the shoulder about three of four times.

He was being aggressive and intimidating, said Mr Garcha, but he then ended up on the floor where he was kicked about four times and he was still in a prone position when police officers arrived on the scene.

[GeneChing]

Two wooden chair legs tied together don't make a good nunchuk...:rolleyes:

Attack with nunchakus (http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/03/25/136131_tasmania-news.html)
SALLY GLAETZER

March 25, 2010 12:01am

A MAN attacked his neighbour with a home-made nunchaku then later offered to stitch the wounds, a court has heard.

Andrew Leigh Webb, 24, of New Norfolk, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court in Hobart yesterday to assaulting and wounding a man who lived in his apartment block.

On July 16 last year, a group of people attacked Webb's unit, breaking windows and kicking holes in the door.

His lawyer Steve Chopping said there was no apparent reason for the attack but Webb suspected his neighbour was involved.

He stormed into the man's unit and dragged him outside.

Webb kicked the man, then left and returned with nunchaku he had made from two wooden chair legs tied together with rope.

He hit the man to a leg and the head, causing a deep gash above his victim's ear.

Webb ran off but later returned to find his victim bleeding.

"Come to my place, we'll stitch you up, you'll be right," Webb said to his victim.

The court heard the man refused and held on to furniture to prevent himself being dragged outside.

Police arrived to investigate the attack on Webb's unit and he told them his neighbour had been bashed.

He denied being involved in the assault.

Webb's victim stayed in hospital overnight and needed four staples and three stitches for the gash on his head.

Mr Chopping said his client had suffered traumatic events in his family life and was drunk at the time of the attack.

He said Webb took pride in his unit and lost control when it was trashed.

Justice Peter Evans jailed Webb for six months.



Drunken nunchaku attack ends in jail (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/24/2855066.htm?site=idx-tas)
Posted March 24, 2010 16:06:00

A southern Tasmanian man who split open another man's scalp with a home-made nunchaku has been sent to jail.

Andrew Leigh Webb pleaded guilty to assault and wounding at New Norfolk last July.

The Supreme Court in Hobart heard the 24-year-old lived in a block of units for disadvantaged people.

On the night of the crime, Webb's unit was trashed and he believed the complainant was involved.

He dragged the complainant from a nearby unit and kicked him several times, before leaving and returning with a home-made nunchaku made from what appeared to be chair legs tied together with rope.

He hit his victim's shin and head with the weapon, causing a six centimetre head wound that required staples and stitches.

The court heard Webb was drunk when he committed the attack.

Justice Peter Evans sentenced him to six months in jail.

Drunken Nunchaku would make a great name for a rock band. Long live kung fu music (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36569)!

[uki]

mr. chopping.... LOL

[GeneChing]

...was this a member here? :o

Mentally ill man was armed with nunchucks (http://www.herald.ie/national-news/courts/mentally-ill-man-was-armed-with-nunchucks-2136873.html)
By Conor Gallagher
Wednesday April 14 2010

A mentally ill man who was found in possession of a set of nunchucks in the city centre has been given a suspended sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Andrew Doyle (36) of Rutland Avenue, Seagull House, Crumlin told gardai that he had the martial arts weapon for his own protection.

Judge Desmond Hogan said he believed the matter should have been dealt with in the District Court and sentenced Doyle to six months, suspended in full on strict conditions.

Doyle pleaded guilty to possession of the weapon on O'Connell Street on February 21, 2009.

Garda David Ryan told prosecuting counsel, John Quirke, that he saw Doyle acting suspiciously and approached him. He asked him for his details and Doyle admitted straight away he had the weapon.

He was arrested and charged at Store Street Garda Station before being released. Gda Ryan said Doyle had two previous convictions, for assault and car theft.

Defence counsel David Hegarty said Doyle was dealing with severe mental issues at the time and suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.

[GeneChing]

Dumbarton thug is jailed after row over macaroni (http://www.lennoxherald.co.uk/dunbartonshire-news/dunbartonshire-news/2010/07/30/dumbarton-thug-is-jailed-after-row-over-macaroni-114557-26942497/)
Jul 30 2010 Lennox Herald (main ed)

A THUG covered in macaroni leapt from a wardrobe at police with a set of nunchucks and told them: “Yous are f****** getting it.”

Douglas Harkin lost the plot after being the victim of a food prank at his ex-girlfriend’s house and then lashed out when cops arrived.

The 21-year-old had been hiding from officers and jumped out at them with the dangerous weapon when they opened the wardrobe doors.

Harkin, of Barwoodhill in Dumbarton, admitted the offence when he appeared from custody at Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week.

The court heard how Harkin, who was on probation at the time, flew into a rage following a boozing session with his ex-girlfriend at her home in Merkins Avenue, Bellsmyre, on March 17.

Defence lawyer Paul Crozier explained: “He fell asleep and wakened to find his former partner had filled his boots with macaroni. She also put macaroni over him.

“He woke up and threw the boot at her. That’s why he lost his temper.”

The court heard how the frightened girl phoned a friend for help and the police were later contacted.

Fiscal depute Jeanette McLean said: “Prior to their arrival, the accused continued to make threats to the victim, saying ‘if the f****** polis come here I’ll f****** kill you’ and ‘already dead anyway’.

“These comments were made in the presence of two (of the victim’s) friends who had made their way to the locus.”

When the police arrived, Harkin hid in a bedroom wardrobe with the set of nunchucks in the waistband of his trousers.

After the police opened the wardrobe doors, Harkin reached towards his waistband and leapt out shouting: “I’ve had enough of you c**** harassing her. Yous are f****** getting it.”

The two cops struggled with Harkin and he thrashed about trying to resist arrest. They finally managed to restrain him on the bed and he was led away, while still shouting and swearing, down the hallway.

Lawyer Paul Crozier said that Harkin regretted going to his ex-girlfriend’s house that night.

He said: “It was an act of extreme foolishness on his part. He wanted to get back with her.”

Harkin, who had spent 64 days in jail since the incident, also previously admitted possession of an imitation gun at Greenlands Reservoir, near Overtoun House, in Dumbarton, on July 10 last year.

Sheriff Bill Dunlop sentenced Harkins for all crimes, jailing him for a further 60 days.
This is another reason why I recommend nachos (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=37625) over macaroni.


Accused of nunchucks possession (http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Accused-of-nunchucks-possession.6443362.jp)
Published Date: 28 July 2010

A MAN has been remanded in custody after being accused of being in possession of a set of nunchucks.

Christopher Bowlt, 27, appeared before Hartlepool Magistrates Court charged with allegedly possessing the traditional oriental weapon – two sticks connected at their ends with a short chain or rope – on July 24.

He is also accused of using threatening words or behaviour on the same day, in the Rift House area of town.

Chairman of the bench Barbara Sutherland remanded Bowlt, of Caxton Grove, Hartlepool, into custody, to return to court on August 2. Getting busted for possession sucks.

[GeneChing]

I like the sound of that. Drunken numchuk. Sounds like a great name for a punk band.

Attack with sticks, get stuck in jail (http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_st_lucie_county/fort_pierce/attack-with-sticks,-get-stuck-in-jail-)
Man busted in attempted nunchaku attack
William Carroll
Posted: 09/24/2010

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. - A 43-year-old man was arrested following a reported attempted nunchaku attack that didn't exactly rise to Bruce Lee standards.

William Carroll, of the 1800 block of North 49th Street in Fort Pierce, for an "unknown reason" on Tuesday got upset with a man in the 3900 block of Avenue I, according to a recently released arrest affidavit.

Carroll, who was too intoxicated to answer the questions of sheriff's investigators, grabbed a nunchaku and started "banging on the front door." After the man opened the door, Carroll allegedly tried to attack him with the nunchaku. The man punched Carroll in the head and sustained a possible broken hand during the fight. He wasn't hit by the nunchaku.

Nunchaku, said to have originated in Okinawa, consists of two hard sticks joined by a short length of cord or chain. Lee put them to good use in the 1973 classic Enter The Dragon.

When sheriff's deputies initially arrived, Carroll smelled of booze and had an "obvious" head injury. He was too intoxicated to answer questions and eventually ran from the crime scene, though investigators got him handcuffed in the 3800 block of Sloan Road.

The affidavit didn't state where Carroll got the nunchaku or whether he'd seen Enter The Dragon, in which Lee's character is sent to infiltrate the island of a crime lord named Han through Han's martial arts tournament.

Carroll entered the jail on charges including aggravated assault, burglary with assault or battery and resisting an officer without violence.

[Chief_Suicide]

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/yuba-99624-county-department.html

Benjamin Mendez, 32, of the 6200 block of Fairway Drive, Yuba County, was arrested by the Yuba County Sheriff's Department at 2:45 p.m. Sept. 30 at North Beale Road and Avondale Avenue on suspicion of possessing nunchaku. He was booked into Yuba County Jail.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20100909/COURTRECORDS/9090812/0/NEWS05

Roy P. Kehoe, 49, of 25 Horseshoe Drive, Auburn, charged with possession of chemical mace without a firearm ID card, fined $100, $90 victim witness fee; carrying a dangerous weapon (nunchaku), fined $50; two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (nunchaku, concrete) and assault and battery, dismissed.

And a picture from Gene's article above.

http://media2.wptv.com//photo/2010/09/24/xnun_20100924113742_320_240.JPG

[GeneChing]

Border officials confiscate nearly $1 million in goods in 2010 (http://www.estevanmercury.ca/article/20110126/ESTMERCURY0112/110129911/-1/estmercury/border-officials-confiscate-nearly-1-million-in-goods-in-2010)
January 26, 2011

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) came off a very busy month of December with a number of incidents involving people attempting to avoid paying GST or other taxes as well as a number of people being denied entry due to criminal records.

In 2010, CBSA officers at North Portal alone, seized almost $1 million worth of goods and restricted, controlled and prohibited items from travellers entering Canada.

With these seizures, some were held as forfeit while others were returned to the individuals after they paid penalties. Assessed penalties in 2010 totalled $203,639 while the goods seized were valued at $990,170.

CBSA is also acknowledging International Customs Day today (Wed. Jan. 26) as the public’s way to recognize the contribution customs services make to Canada at their international borders and ports. The day is being marked in several ways across the country to acknowledge the valuable work being done by CBSA employees.

As evidence of the type of work they do, it was reported that on Dec. 4, a North Dakota resident was denied entry into Canada when officers discovered through investigation that the subject had been charged with being in possession of marijuana, driving while intoxicated and was a fugitive from justice.

...

On Dec. 31, a commercial driver from Texas was denied entry due to previous convictions for robbery and assault.
On the first day of the month, an Alberta resident moving back to Canada declared a nunchaku and an over-capacity ammunition magazine, both of which are prohibited in Canada. While CBSA officers conducted an examination of the vehicle, they found a second nunchaku and two more over capacity ammunition magazines. All weapons and ammunition were seized and the traveller was issued a $1,000 penalty.
Now why would you declare one and not the other?

[sanjuro_ronin]

Now why would you declare one and not the other?

He's from Alberta.

[crashhelmet]

Am I the only one that noticed that almost all of these reports of Nunchaku arrests were in Yuba County, California?

There's nothing up there but an Air Force base and a crap load of farm/ranch land. I'd expect a lot of reports of cattle tipping before Nunchaku arrests :p

[GeneChing]

I think we get so many Yuba reports because Yuba posts their police blotter online and that comes up high in the web searches. I'm more intrigued about how many numchuk (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html) wielders are drunks or stoners. Here's another one - with oysters no less.


Latest Media Releases
Man charged, drugs, air rifles and oysters seized in raid – Cundletown (http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_releases?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNB JTJGJTJGd3d3LmViaXoucG9saWNlLm5zdy5nb3YuYXUlMkZtZW RpYSUyRjE1NTAzLmh0bWwmYWxsPTE%3D)
Friday, 25 Feb 2011 11:14am

A man has been charged with drug, weapons and larceny offences following the search of a house at Cundletown yesterday.

Police from Manning/Great Lakes Local Area Command have been working with NSW Fisheries as part of a joint operation to investigate the theft of oysters from Scotts Creek, Mitchells Island on Sunday 20 February 2011.

As a result of investigations police and NSW Fisheries officers attended a house in Princes Street, Cundletown at 10:40am yesterday.

During a search of the property police allegedly located a large amount of oyster shells in a garbage bin as well as inside the kitchen fridge.

It will also be alleged twelve cannabis plants and an amount of dried cannabis was found in a garden shed while more cannabis, two air rifles, two sets of nunchaku and ammunition was also seized during the search.

At 3:30pm a 38-year-old man attended Taree Police Station where he was arrested and charged with two counts of possess prohibited weapon and one count each of possess prohibited drug, possess prohibited plant and larceny.

He has been granted conditional bail to appear in Taree Local Court on Tuesday 22 March 2011.

Investigations into the matter are continuing. Police are appealing for anyone with information on this or similar matters is urged to contact Taree detectives via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. All information will be treated in strict confidence.

[extrajoseph]

Hidden Nunchaku (that you don't miss a chance to advertise :eek:), weeds (any ads on that for medical use?:D) and oysters (goes well with a can of cold beer:p) are nothing compare to hidden body in one's backyard. Australia is a big place one can hide almost anything for a long long time...


Man, 81, faces WA court on murder charge. 14:06 AEST Sat Feb 26 2011

An 81-year-old man extradited from Tasmania has appeared in a Perth court charged with the murder of a woman 19 years ago.

Ronald Leslie Pennington appeared in East Perth Magistrates Court on Saturday morning charged with wilflully murdering Cariad Anderson-Slater in July 1992.

Pennington was flown in from Hobart under police escort on Friday night.

The cold case was reopened after the discovery during demolition work of human remains, believed to be those of Ms Anderson-Slater, buried at Pennington's former residence in the Perth suburb of Woodlands.

Pennington, a retired schoolteacher, has denied any involvement in Ms Anderson-Slater's disappearance.

[GeneChing]

I'm sure the author means "like Bruce Lee" not Jackie Chan... martial arts stars are so indistinguishable. :rolleyes:

NYC man arrested at casino for threatening man with nunchucks (http://citizensvoice.com/nyc-man-arrested-at-casino-for-threatening-man-with-nunchucks-1.1227365#axzz1chCrpG8p)
BY BOB KALINOWSKI, Staff writer
Published: November 3, 2011

A New York City man's Jackie Chan impersonation got him arrested early this morning at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino in Plains Township.

Police said Juan B. Soto, 43, of W. 46th St. in New York pulled a set of nunchucks on a stranger near the bus entrance of the casino around 1:40 a.m.

Soto was charged with possessing a prohibited offensive weapon and simple assault.

According to arrest papers:

The victim, Albert Tucen, told police an unknown man, later identified as Soto, approached him and started "acting crazy." He said Soto then "pulled out a set of nunchucks and began swinging them around like Jackie Chan."

Upon police arrival, a security officer pointed out Soto as the suspect. Police identified him through a welfare card in his possession, and later through digital fingerprinting.

The security officer had seized the nunchucks and provided them to police.

Soto was arraigned this morning in Wilkes-Barre Central Court by Magisterial District Judge Andrew Barilla. He was ordered jailed in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $2,000 cash bail.

[GeneChing]

My intention of this thread was to be about nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html), but this one isn't. It still fits tho...


Bleeding Centralia Man Cited After ‘Bruce Lee’ Kung-Fu Kick of Church Window
Posted: Wednesday, August 8, 2012 11:00 am
By Stephanie Schendel sschendel@chronline.com

Three Centralia men were cited and released for suspected malicious mischief early Tuesday morning after one of them admitted to police that he “karate kicked” a church window like “Bruce Lee,” according to Centralia police.

Police responded to a call of three male suspects running away after breaking a window on the 200 block of North Washington Avenue at 1:52 a.m. Tuesday, said Sgt. Stacy Denham from the Centralia Police Department.
Providence lg Rec

The witness, who called 911, heard glass break and saw three men run down the block into an apartment building, where it turned out the suspects all lived, Denham said.

Police contacted three individuals; Christopher T. Baker, 23, Centralia; Aaron M. Perez, 20, Centralia, and Kalin E. Maxwell, 20 of Centralia.

When police contacted the men, they noticed Maxwell, who was shirtless, was bleeding from his hand, chest and from above his ankle.

When police asked Maxwell about how he sustained his injuries, Maxwell allegedly told police he got the cuts from a wrestling match, Denham said.

When that excuse didn’t work, Denham said, Maxwell then told police he fell while “trying to run up a wall.”

When officers pointed out that the cuts weren’t consistent with injuries that could be sustained from wrestling or running up a wall, police said, Maxwell finally admitted that he “karate-kicked the church window like Bruce Lee.”

Maxwell’s friends, Perez and Baker, then admitted to police that they were there when Maxwell kicked the window, and that they were “egging him on to kick the window.”

All three men were cited and released, Denham said.

Police do not believe alcohol or drugs were a factor in the men’s behavior, which reportedly Maxwell admitted was “super idiotic.”

[Happy Tiger]

Funny
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6e6_1347982094

[sanjuro_ronin]

Being out numbered sucks !

[Lucas]

I hate it when people record me without my permission.

[B.Tunks]

http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh9eP79DHx4qm1Alqq

[Sima Rong]

Wow, that looks like the real application of liang jie gun against a crowd. I am amazed at his skill of reverse multiple beatdown.

[hskwarrior]

a real bum rush!!!!!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a0_1349442119

(ok he's not a mma fighter - i lied)

[Syn7]

a real bum rush!!!!!

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9a0_1349442119

(ok he's not a mma fighter - i lied)

They are all pussies. At least the guy who got it confronted them all and when it was over, he walked away. All those hits and people and no damage? That was no different than a schoolyard swarming. They even had weapons and no damage. Weak.

[GeneChing]

This reminds me of our skate ninja (http://www.martialartsmart.com/88-18l.html) (even tho he wields sai (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-sai-tonfa-kama.html) instead of nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html)). I never did understand the appeal of this shirt...:confused:

‘Nunchuck Kid’ swings through campus (http://www.thesetonian.com/news/nunchuck-kid-swings-through-campus-1.2906384#.UHWrh6Nh5nk)
By Lorena Hernandez
Staff Writer
Published: Thursday, September 20, 2012

A new light emerges on the mysterious “nunchuck kid” as he gains attention for cruising on his skateboard while simultaneously swinging his nunchucks around campus, never sticking to a single location.

Questions still surround the “nunchuck kid,” with safety concerns at the forefront, but many do not know who he is, as he seems to come out at different times, adding to his allure.

Head of Public Safety Patrick Linfante said that he had never seen the student.

Linfante also added that he is concerned with the safety issue this “nunchuck kid” brings to campus.

Linfante elaborated on the allowance of them on campus. “It is not illegal to own (nunchucks) in the state (of New Jersey), but we prohibit them on campus for safety reasons,” Linfante said.

Safety is Seton Hall University’s primary concern for the good of all the students, according to Linfante.

Student Ashley Anthony nunchucks can be seen as a form of a weapon carried by the student.

“It could be a weapon that might hurt someone,” Anthony said. “But as long as he does not hurt anyone around him I guess it’s okay.”

The nunchuck kid is not seen as a threat by anyone, to any faculty’s or student’s knowledge, but the nunchucks themselves still make some students a little wary.

Junior Ashlie Verano said she would be a little frightened if she saw this person, but since no one has been hurt, no one should say anything to him.

“I mean, if he hasn’t done any real harm, then why does it hurt if he wants to swing his nunchucks around,” Verano said. “So just let the kid be.”

No one has complained about any incidents incurred by the “nunchuck kid” but safety is still a concern, according to Linfante.

Even though no one has reported being hurt by this student carrying nun chucks, Linfante said he still believes this could be a dangerous situation and wants to talk to this person.

Students have reported seeing this “nunchuck kid” in various locations like the campus Green and near Corrigan Hall.

Freshman Alaira Brenton spotted him near the Green.

“He was on the Green, under a tree swinging his nunchuck,” Brenton said. “He really caught my attention,”

Brenton said she agrees that as long as he isn’t hurting anyone he should nun chuck away.”

The “nunchuck kid” is gaining fame throughout the campus, but most Seton Hall students still don’t know who he is, like student Kate Molinari.

“I don’t know who he is,” Molinari said. “But I’d like to see that.”

Students all over Seton Hall’s campus are left wondering about the identity of this mysterious figure that is gaining a name for himself in Seton Hall news.

Although many have heard about this nunchucking kid, not kidy have seen him , adding to his elusiveness.

Freshman Albery Paula said that she would love to see him.

“I have heard of him but never have seen him,” Paula said.

Paula said even though she has never seen him in person, she knows enough about him because everyone is talking about him.

Even though students have caught a glimpse of the mystery nunchucking kid he evades the eyes of most students.

Sop****re Nicole Fischer says she is interested to see this mystery ‘nunchucking’ kid, and wonders why she has not yet.

“I have never seen this person, but I would really like to,” Fischer said. “The entire thing seems pretty crazy but I kind of want to meet this person. He seems interesting, I mean who else does this?”

Fischer added that she has never seen him makes it more interesting.

Many have seen him by chance and others because they have come too close to the flying nunchucks.

Linfante said he would like for the “nunchuck kid” to come down to Public Safety and have a talk.

The moral of this story is that drugs and nunchucks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html) don't mix.

Police: 'Naked intruder' had drugs, nunchucks in car (http://www.acorn-online.com/joomla15/trumbulltimes/news/localnews/130216-police-naked-intruder-had-drugs-nunchucks-in-car.html)
Written by Jill K. Dion
Wednesday, 19 September 2012 13:22

Benjamin Prue, the 25-year-old former Trumbull High standout athlete who was shot after allegedly breaking into a Milford home in July, was in Milford Superior Court Monday in response to home invasion and some new charges.

Faced with new violations stemming from that July 21 home invasion, Prue's cases were consolidated and continued to Oct. 9.

The young man has gained notoriety not only for his athletic past but also for his lack of clothing during the alleged home invasion, leading local media to dub him "the naked intruder." He entered the court room with a line of others who have been held in police custody: Prue wore an oversized gray sweatshirt and glasses. His hair was shaved close, and he did not speak during the proceedings.

His attorney, Edward Gavin, said that on Monday morning a judge moved Prue's case from the downstairs court to the upstairs court, where more serious crimes are heard. On Monday afternoon, the court agreed to consolidate the old and new charges that police presented. All will be heard in the upstairs courtroom when the case continues next month, Gavin said.

Prue was initially charged with home invasion, first degree burglary, assault on an elderly victim, threatening, interfering with police and resisting arrest.

This week, police charged him with carrying a weapon in his vehicle, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Gavin said the additional charges stem from the night he was arrested. Police said at the time that Prue did not have a weapon, but they later reportedly found nunchucks in his car.

Prue has been held at the Bridgeport Correctional Center on a $300,000 bond. His bond was increased another $500 with the new charges filed Monday.

Milford homeowner Gerald Mirto, 67, shot Prue as he was trying to steal a television from his home in July, Mirto told police. The homeowner also told police that Prue was naked when he found him in a downstairs room, and that he rushed Mirto when Mirto told him to leave the house.

Prue had at least two surgeries and was listed in critical condition for several weeks before being released from the hospital and taken to Bridgeport.

Prue most recently lived in Rolesville, N.C., and is formerly of West Haven and Trumbull. According to news reports, Prue was an award-winning swimmer at Trumbull High School, and later at Virginia Tech and Southern Connecticut State University.

[GeneChing]

Jimmy Kimmel and Tracy Morgan's Emmy Prank (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbSywQ6S2rc)

Who dat ninja? ;)

[GeneChing]

I found this from a link on the next one. Even though it's dated, it's too precious not to add to this:

Man uses home-made nun-chucks to fend off guards, escape from St. Louis jail (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-home-made-nun-chucks-fend-guards-escape-st-louis-jail-article-1.956080)
By Ethan Sacks / DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 3:23 PM

He entered the dragon - and exited the prison.
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.956081.1318386010!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/alg-lorenzo-pollard-jpg.jpg
Lorenzo Pollard, 31, escaped from a St. Louis corrections facility by using nun-chucks he made out of his bed sheets and parts from a chair in his cell to fend off more than a dozen guards, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reported.

Pollard, who was incarcerated on theft, trespassing and resisting arrest charges, made his brazen jailbreak Friday night as he was being led to the showers by several guards, Police Capt. Sam Dotson told the newspaper.

In a fight sequence that would have made Bruce Lee proud, Pollard kept the guards at bay by swinging the nun-chucks.

He then leaped to a railing and used the weapon to shatter glass blocks in the wall, crawled to the grounds below and somehow managed to scale two barbed-wire fences to freedom.

The ninja-like escape is just the latest embarrassment to St. Louis' beleaguered municipal jail system. Its commissioner, Gene Stubblefield, was placed on forced leave before Pollard's flight to freedom for several previous jailbreaks and allegations he mismanaged bill payments, according to the Post-Dispatch.

"The current system in the jails is unacceptable," Mayor Francis Slay wrote on his blog after the jailbreak. "Keeping the prisoners inside the jails is the barest minimum requirement, and it has not been met."

Pollard's freedom was short-lived: he was reapprehended late Sunday.


Maine woman uses nunchucks on ex-boyfriend who allegedly attacked her (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/maine-woman-nunchucks-ex-boyfriend-allegedly-attacked-article-1.1181156?localLinksEnabled=false)
Victim of alleged jealousy-fueled attack in Winslow spotted weapon on wall and hit her ex-boyfriend several times before ultimately calling the police.
By Michael Walsh / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, October 11, 2012, 5:16 PM

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1181155.1349989713!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/nunchuks12n-1-web.jpg
Christopher Rolling Fox, 33, has been charged with a host of crimes in an alleged attack on his ex-girlfriend, who he reportedly suspected was seeing another man.

A woman fended off an allegedly knife-brandishing jealous ex-boyfriend with nunchucks.

The traditional martial arts weapon — though unstoppable in Bruce Lee's hands — was not enough to stop the attacker, but the woman, whom police didn’t name, managed to strike him multiple times.

She told officers that the nunchucks helped during her intoxicated ex-boyfriend's assault, according to Lt. Josh Veilleux of the Winslow Police Department.

"She had the nunchucks hanging on the wall as a display piece, so she grabbed them … trying to get out," Veilleux told the Daily News.

Christopher Rolling Fox’s resourceful ex-girlfriend spotted ornamental nunchucks and used them against him during an alleged jealousy-fueled attack. Although she struck him several times with the weapon, the blows were not enough to stop the attack, authorities said.

The incident began when Christopher Rolling Fox, 33, walked to his ex-girlfriend's apartment in Winslow, Maine, around 10 p.m. after a night of drinking.

Fox was said to be furious because he thought she was seeing another man. The couple broke up a couple of months ago, and she wanted to move on. But Fox kept trying to reconcile, according to Veilleux.

Fox reportedly pounded on the woman's door until she opened it.

Fox allegedly pushed her into the kitchen table and threw a chin-up bar at her. He also punched and kicked her repeatedly, according to authorities. The stove and refrigerator were knocked from their places, according to the Morning Sentinel.

She dialed 911, but Fox ripped the phone from her hands before she could speak, police said.

That's when she spotted the nunchaku display piece and decided to turn the Okinawan weapon from ornamental to protective.

She grabbed the nunchucks from the wall and swung them at Fox, hitting him several times, police said.

"It did help her," Veilleux said. "But he was still able to pin her up against the wall."

She ran to the bedroom phone, dialed 911 again and told the dispatcher her address before Fox could seize the phone from her hands again.

Fox picked up a knife and threatened to commit suicide. Then he locked the front door to trap her inside. But she managed to escape from the apartment when he turned his back to grab another knife.

Fox was uncooperative when police found and arrested him, reported the Morning Sentinel. He was charged with aggravated criminal trespassing; criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon; domestic violence assault; criminal mischief; obstructing the report of a crime; possession of marijuana; and failure to provide a correct name, address and date of birth.

[Bacon]

Okay that prison escape is awesome!!!!!!

[Happy Tiger]

Okay that prison escape is awesome!!!!!!
(Said in voice of Chris Tucker) UN-BEE-LeeVable!!! :)

[GeneChing]

But I just had to post this photo. Also, the article summarizes our nunchuk (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html) situation here in CA very succinctly.


Nunchucks Are Banned in California...Except in Martial Arts Schools, Where They're All the Rage (http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2012/11/nunchucks_martial_arts_karate.php)
By L.J. Williamson Thu., Nov. 15 2012 at 1:37 PM

http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/karate.jpg
Chris Pellitteri demonstrates the art of nunchucks.

To the uninitiated, the list of illegal weapons in the summary booklet of California Firearms Laws might be mistaken for an algebra text. Full of unintelligible strings of letters and numbers -- MAS 223, HK-PSG-1, Encom MP-9 -- and obscure terms (thumbhole stock, flash suppressor, center fire, forward pistol grip) the booklet also contains specific definitions for illegal items: A short-barreled shotgun is one with a barrel of less than 18 inches. A short-barreled rifle has a barrel of less than 16 inches. A large-capacity magazine is one that can accept more than 10 rounds.

All of it evokes the militaristic, menacing world of weaponry: sophisticated, technical, deadly. Until you get to the section defines the term nunchaku -- basically, two sticks on a rope.

In California, possession of an AR-15 -- the same gun that James Holmes used to shoot up a Batman premiere in Aurora, Colo. -- is legal, provided it was bought and registered prior to 2000. Possession of nunchaku, or nunchucks, however, is a felony -- no matter when they were purchased.

The nunchucks ban was added to the California penal code in 1974, at a moment when the United States was in the kung-fu grip of a martial arts craze. Sparked by the 1973 release of Bruce Lee's Enter The Dragon and spurred by such pop phenomena as the TV series Kung Fu and the song "Kung Fu Fighting," martial arts fever was spiking, along with a faddish interest in martial arts weapons.

Menaced by the trend, Newsweek published a sensational article on nunchucks, called "Killing Sticks." The article's alarm bells prompted lawmakers around the country to contemplate bans, but only New York, Massachusetts, Arizona and California followed through, with then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signing California's bill into law.

In California, desperate martial arts instructors made a successful plea to the state assembly the following year to amend the bill. It now allows possession of nunchucks -- but only on the premises of a martial arts school.

Sensei Chris Pellitteri is a karate instructor with a studio in Upland; he teaches two weekly classes on using nunchucks. At the age of 15, Pellitteri made his first pair of nunchucks out of a chopped broom handle and a piece of dog leash chain. If, wanting a practice pair, any of his students did the same at home, they'd be guilty of a felony.

Pellitteri would like to see the law repealed. Yet rather than express outrage, Pellitteri describes the ban as "silly" -- and describes efforts to change it as nearly hopeless.

"Nunchucks is a subset of martial arts, which is a subset of sports, and you go down and down and down, and I don't see that being enough people to care," he says.

It's "not like the NRA guys that call every day and leave messages for the representatives and get things done."

Despite his 7th degree black belt in karate and a 6th degree black belt in nunchaku, along with 25 years of teaching martial arts, the 42-year-old Pellitteri looks nothing like a ninja. Soft, round and bearded, he's easy to spot in his black karate gi amid the white gi of his students. At the entry to his dojo, there's a faux-menacing poster that says, "The Pellitteris: We're Coming To Get You!" It's an image of Pellitteri, his 5-year-old son and his 3-year-old daughter, all in karate gear, fists at the ready. His son's belt is purple, his daughter's pink.

Kids, of course, are the lifeblood of any karate business. Even while Pellitteri maintains the formalities of martial arts custom -- students bow as they enter and exit the dojo and answer him with a shouted "Yes, Sensei!" -- he rules the roost more like a favorite uncle than a feared fighting master. At the end of class, the kids line up and yell, "Thank you, Sensei!" to which Pellitteri barks: "Car Wash!" His students respond by clapping out the rhythm to the disco-era tune.

As the kids class files out and the smaller group of nunchucks students files in, the playful atmosphere hardly changes. Although these students are dedicated, they're clearly not trying to become Bruce Lee-style killing machines. They're just here to learn Pellitteri's techniques, which incorporate a blend of traditional and "freestyle" moves, defined as "the flashy stuff that looks cool."

Elaborates one student, "Nunchucks are good for learning hand-eye coordination, and they help you think about how to move your body, but they're not really practical for self-defense."

Nunchucks originated from a rather primitive agricultural tool -- a flail for separating rice from chaff. The trouble with this farm-boy weapon is that it takes a significant amount of instruction just to reach a point at which you can consistently smack your target more often than you smack yourself. The San Diego Police Department, which employed them for a time, gave up after realizing that most of the available alternatives didn't require nearly as much training. Obviously, a well-placed klonk with a wooden stick is enough to ruin anyone's day, especially if that stick is attached to a fast-swinging rope. But a beginner could score roughly equivalent damage points with the handle of a garden rake, or any wooden stick you had lying around -- and possessing most wooden sticks isn't a felony.

Pellitteri theorizes that because lawmakers who want to buck the NRA frequently find themselves outgunned, they do what they can by aiming for easier targets -- like nunchucks. In New York, a guy named Jim Maloney mounted a Second Amendment challenge to that state's ban but was unsuccessful. Maloney then took his case to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. There, a panel of three judges, including a pre-SCOTUS Sonia Sotomayor, upheld New York's ban, determining that the Second Amendment keeps the federal government from limiting weapon ownership but doesn't prevent state governments from doing so.

Other than that case, there's been little initiative to have any of the bans lifted. Unlike the NRA, the martial arts community has no lobbying group. Pellitteri circulated an online petition for a while but never got enough signatures to effect a real change.

The class ends with a game that might be described as nunchucks baseball. A student hauls out a Rubbermaid garbage bin filled with chopped-up pieces of Styrofoam pool noodles and begins pitching them, one by one, to the other students, who swat them in midair with their nunchucks, sending them flying around the room like gaily colored snowballs.

Soon, the floor is littered with chunks of bubble-gum pink, lime green and periwinkle blue, as if there has just been a particularly riotous party. But the party's over almost as soon as it's begun, and it's time to toss the foam bits back into the garbage bin. Then the students hang their nunchucks back on the dojo wall, because, of course, they can't take them home. That would be a crime.

[GeneChing]

It's a funny article so I pasted the whole thing.

Eric Millikin's safe driving tips: Never swing nunchucks through sunroof while driving (http://www.freep.com/article/20121115/BLOG44/121114042/Eric-millikin)
November 15, 2012
By Eric Millikin
Detroit Free Press

Looking for some safe driving tips? Just do the opposite of anything you read below.

Woman arrested for swinging nunchaku through sunroof while driving

Carlsbad Current-Argus (New Mexico) says: "A woman was taken to a hospital for mental evaluation after she was seen swinging nunchucks from the sunroof of her yellow Mustang ... [Police were] able to stop [the woman] at mile marker 42 after spike strips were deployed."

Eric says: I know it's not safe to text while driving, but there's no need for us to resort to long-distance communication through nunchaku sign language.

Man with dead skunk hanging from car charged with DUI

CBS 9 WAFB says: "A witness spotted a Chevy strike a guardrail ... When officers caught up with the driver, they say it was giving off the all-too pungent scent of a skunk. The dead animal was hanging from the back of the vehicle in a plastic bag. But the rotten [skunk] couldn't mask another strong smell: alcohol."

Eric says: I can hear Johnnie Cochran in court saying, "You'd have to be pretty drunk to only single-bag your dead skunk."

Man busted for DUI twice in the same night at the exact same time

CBS News says: "An Ohio man was ... first pulled over by an Urbana, Ohio, cop when he was spotted driving an Oldsmobile the wrong way in an alley, in the early morning of Sunday, Nov. 4. The time was 1:08 a.m. ... At 2 a.m. the hands of time were set back to 1 a.m. in deference to the end of daylight saving time. ... the same officer was patrolling in Urbana's municipal parking lot when a vehicle 'backed out of a spot rapidly and nearly collided with my cruiser.' ... And so, for the second time that morning - and again at precisely 1:08 a.m. - he was arrested for drunk driving."

Eric says: Presumably that's the Oldsmobile with the 1.21 gigawatt flux capacitor?

Man slams car into house, offers homeowner pizza

Indianapolis Star says: "After crashing his Mustang into a Far-Eastside home, an Indianapolis man had one question for the homeowner: 'You want some pizza?' ... [The man] told police he drank five beers while waiting for the pizza at a friend's house. He then left the house and was eating a slice when his foot somehow became stuck on the gas pedal."

Eric says: He drank five beers while waiting for a pizza? I thought pizza had to be delivered in 3 beers or less, guaranteed.

Drive safely everyone. Be sure to always have a designated driver when traveling through time with a dead skunk to deliver pizzas with your nunchucks.

[GeneChing]

Hold the phone... some guy cuts another cuts another guy up with a machete and then is only charged with possession of nunchuks?

Novato Immigrant Pleads Guilty To Nunchuks Possession, Avoids Machete Assault Charge (http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/10/22/novato-man-pleads-guilty-to-nunchuks-possession-avoids-machete-assault-charge/)
October 22, 2012 2:49 PM

NOVATO (CBS SF) – A Novato man accused of a machete assault had the charged dropped after agreeing to a deal in which he pleaded guilty to possession of nunchuks.

29-year-ol Sender Catzim is also being detained on a federal immigration hold pending investigation into his citizenship status.

Officers responded to reports of a fight involving a machete on Leafwood Drive July 21 that left a 22-year-old man with a head injury and a number of cuts on his arms, police said.

Catzim was identified as the suspect and arrested at his Novato home two days later. Police found a set of nunchaku, or nunchuks, a traditional Japanese weapon made of two sticks connected with a short chain or rope.

Possession of nunchuks is illegal in California and several other states, along with a number of countries.

Catzim faced assault with a deadly weapon charge for the alleged machete attack and possession of nunchuks, but the assault charge was dismissed in return for the guilty plea on nunchuks possession.

According to his public defender, there was doubt over which person actually possessed the machete during the fight.

Catzim, who remained in custody at the county jail, was expected to be sentenced in November. Get your nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html) here (unless you're in CA like me :( )

[daiyoshida]

But I just had to post this photo. Also, the article summarizes our nunchuk (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html) situation here in CA very succinctly.

Big change from when I was growing up in LA. I used to walk around with nunchuku sticking out of the back of my pants and nobody stopped me. (The best place to buy
them was the Okinawan place on Pico BLvd. Went out of business ages ago.)

When I was teaching in Covina, CA a lifetime ago, I taught kids nunchuku as part of warm up routine. I couldn't get them to do forearm strengthening drills for 20 reps but with nunchuks they would go at it until I tell them to stop. Ah, memories.

[GeneChing]

Actually, this is a good day for future Bruce Lees.


Baby Nunchucks Rattle - Ninja Nunchaku (http://www.etsy.com/listing/60427630/baby-nunchucks-rattle-ninja-nunchaku)
http://img3.etsystatic.com/000/0/5537463/il_570xN.188203531.jpg
Is your baby a ninja? is your baby skilled in the art of Nunchaku-Do? If so or if you would like to train your baby to be a ninja then this is the rattle.

Soft plushy rattle perfect for early training.. and more perfect for hip parents who will probably have just as much fun bopping each other with this rattle as the baby will!

Baby Numchucks come in a bento togo box perfect for gift giving at baby showers!

Nunchucks are available without the rattle for older ninjas as well as Nunchuck pillows for the ultimate ninja pillow fight:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/sushibooties?section_id=6365972

[GeneChing]

Woah now, "mixed martial arts weapons"? That's so wrong. :confused:



Hampton Beach weapons sales hard to enforce (http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130803-NEWS-308030323)
Controversy arises over town weapon ordinances

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=SO&Date=20130803&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=308030323&Ref=AR&maxH=230&maxW=370&border=0&Q=80
The 2nd Amendment Gifts & Military Souvenirs store on the Hampton Beach strip sells T-shirts, switchblades and air-soft guns.Raya Al-Hashmi photo

Nick B. Reid
By Nick B. Reid
nreid@seacoastonline.com
August 03, 2013 2:00 AM

HAMPTON BEACH — John Gebhart, who was shot in the back years ago by a blow dart while gardening on Ocean Boulevard, thought two ordinances adopted in 2011 were going to curb the sale of those sorts of weapons at Hampton Beach.

But now, Gebhart and his wife, Linda, are surprised to see what seem to be new stores with more violent faces than those that existed before, despite the law.

Linda said Mohab Sharabia, who runs most of the shops on the B Block, "is like an insidious cancer that's getting his tentacles into all these stores" and most recently opened up what she deemed "an ice-cream/weapons store."

The first change to the town ordinance adopted in 2011, defined "mixed martial arts weapons" as "throwing stars, throwing darts, nunchaku, blow guns (and) any other objects designed for use in martial arts that are capable of being used as lethal or dangerous weapons," and it says their sale "shall be restricted to an area at the back of the store enclosed by a wall creating a separation from the rest of the store and kept in locked cases not accessible to the public."

The other, a petitioned warrant article related to zoning, says that no business selling "deadly mixed martial arts weapons" shall be permitted within 2,000 feet of schools or parks, which includes the beach.

The Gebharts said they felt the intention of the voters, who accepted both articles by nearly a 5:1 margin, was clear: They don't want their family beach being characterized by weapons.

So, what are they to think when they see new signs cropping up in the B Block, such as the "2nd Amendment Gifts and Souvenirs" store, which displays T-shirts out front, with slogans like "iPac" and the image of a pistol, and a veritable armory of knives and swords in the back. Or when what used to be an innocuous ice-cream shop is tied in with the stores around it, becoming "Maya's Mini Mall," which still sells ice cream and fried food in front, but also has airsoft guns, nunchaku and claymores just a few feet ****her back?

Sharabia, for his part, said he is complying with the town ordinance and even agrees with its ideology.

"I agree to it myself. I have kids. I have a family. I understand. We don't have the items (in question) in the front of our stores," he said, noting there are signs saying patrons must be over 18 to go into the back section.

Since he owned his stores before the ordinance change, Sharabia is grandfathered in.

"If you see that there's items not suitable for your children, you don't have to take them into this area or this room, and you only keep them in the jewelry and the T-shirts and the tattoos," he said.

Sharabia said the 2nd Amendment store filled an untapped niche on Hampton Beach and many families with connections to the military like to buy related memorabilia.

"It's not new stores; I have five stores on Hampton Beach," Sharabia said. "Four of my locations we have martial arts."

Those four stores are Mohab's Jewelry, which he has owned since 2005; Hot Trendz, which he has owned since 2006 and is now the 2nd Amendment store; The Third Eye, since 2008; and Maya's Accessories, which has now been connected to the adjacent ice-cream shop to create Maya's Mini Mall.

The ice-cream shop leads back into a room with jewelry and weapons, which Sharabia said used to be part of Maya's Accessories.

Now, "It's one big store, (with walls removed) so you can shop across all the locations," Sharabia said.

Sharabia has taken steps to comply with town ordinances, such as constructing an archway in Maya's Mini Mall that separates the weapons from the jewelry section of the store, but it seems the ordinances may not have any value anyway, according to a discussion at the selectmen's meeting Monday.

Town Manager Fred Welch said the ordinances may be "defective" and that the two articles may be "mutually exclusive" because one article "was petitioned and doesn't have the technical qualifications that the other ordinance does."

"Therefore, it's very difficult to enforce. It may be impossible to enforce. We may have to go to Town Meeting to amend that one," Welch said Monday.

Town Attorney Mark Gearreald, who couldn't be reached for comment this week, is looking into the issue and is expected to report back to Welch and the selectmen. Welch said, if Gearreald determines there's a problem, he would suggest that the selectmen work with the Planning Board to present a warrant article for the 2014 Town Meeting.

Linda Gebhart said she is hoping something will be done to maintain the family integrity of the beach.

"I'm trusting that somehow the process will work, that logic will prevail and somehow put a stop to this," she said.


This one is random but local.


San Francisco police arrest nunchaku-wielding suspect (http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/san-francisco-police-arrest-nunchaku-wielding-suspect/Content?oid=2530985)
by Rob Nagle @SFEX_RobNagle
A man was arrested on weapons violations and resisting arrest after swinging around nunchaku in an area with children in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood on Tuesday, police said.

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GETTY IMAGES FILE PHOTO | CLIP ART

A man was arrested on weapons violations and resisting arrest after swinging around nunchaku in an area with children in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood on Tuesday, police said.

Move over Michelangelo, there's a new nunchaku-wielding ninja on the block – and he was not afraid to come out of his shell this week.

However, the home-grown martial artist was arrested in the Bayview district Tuesday afternoon, police said, when he would not put down his homemade nunchaku at the request of police officers.

The suspect was reportedly twirling his weapon around in the first block of Cashmere Street about 4 p.m. in an area where children also were present, police said. Nunchaku are illegal to possess.

When officers arrived, they reportedly saw the suspect swinging his nunchaku around in front of a group of adults and children. As officers got closer, the crowd dispersed. The suspect refused to drop the weapon, which led to a scuffle. The man was eventually taken into custody. But nunchaku were not the only weapon in this ninja's arsenal.

A search of the suspect also revealed several homemade shurikens in his pants. Shurikens are commonly known as throwing stars and can be used for throwing, stabbing or slashing. They can be made from everyday items such as nails or knives.

The suspect was booked at the Bayview Police Station on weapons violations and resisting arrest.

[GeneChing]

at least there were no arrests.


Rationalists fight superstition with dignity and nunchakus (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-22/bangalore/41435861_1_karnataka-superstition-karate)
N D Shiva Kumar, TNN Aug 22, 2013, 05.42AM IST

BANGALORE: Life has not been easy for Karnataka's rationalists. To protect their lives, they have learnt karate and even carry a nunchaku.

"The threats are real. It's risky. Unless a person has courage and conviction, it's not possible to propagate rationalism . They have killed (Narendra) Dabholkar now, the next person could be me. But I won't be out of it just because of threats,'' said Narendra Nayak, president of the Federation of Indian Rationalists' Association, who has escaped three murder attempts. He sustained head injuries in an attack, and miscreants tampered with his scooter brakes twice.

"I even learnt karate and went around with a nunchaku. After a while, I abandoned the knife because I realized all that is needed is self-respect and courage,'' said Nayak.

Hulikal Nataraj, who founded Pavaada Samshodhane Kendra in 1994 to bust Miracle men, said he gets threat calls round the clock. "I don't remember the last time I had good sleep. I became a rationalist after seeing a godman rape my mother in 1979 when I was in Class 9. That incident is still fresh in my memory. It gave birth to the rationalist in me. I am aware of the dangers in my path, but can't care less. Death comes only once,'' said Nataraj.

It was the late educationist H Narasimhaiah who pioneered the rationalist movement in Karnataka in the 1970s. Reormers like Nataraj and Nayak have continued the social crusade. "The number of rationalists in the state has increased . But not many of them are courageous. They inform us about the exploitative and primitive practices, but don't accompany us," said Nataraj.

Dabholkar's murder has only strengthened the rationalists' resolve ."It is unfortunate that the opponents of scientific and rational ideas have answered the issues through bullets... by carrying forward his work and spreading rationale ideas further, we should uphold the values for which Dr Narendra Dabholkar stood for,'' office-bearers of the Bharath Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Karnataka, said.

Thankfully, rationalism is alive and kicking in Karnataka. "It (rationalism) is breathing. By the way, it's a thankless job,'' said Nayak.

TIMES VIEW

Social reformer Narendra Dabholkar's murder in Pune on Tuesday has flung India back into the dark barbaric ages. As we have seen in the recent past, there is just no room for dissent. Or for its mildest form, opinion. We ask meaningful questions but postpone the obvious answers. Can a society progress when liberal voices are strangled? Can a nation lead when it abandons reason without a fight? Can superstition be allowed to dictate political agendas? How long are we going to fool ourselves by wearing the masks of democracy and modernity? Shouldn't we as individuals fight moral devaluation and social depravation caused by superstition and black magic? But it is also our proud right to defend crusaders like Dabholkar. However painful it may sound, writer Kiran Nagarkar was right when he said: "I feel that this country is incapable of defending people who fight for the rights we are entitled to."

[Kellen Bassette]

miscreants tampered with his scooter brakes twice.


I don't know about you, but I hate when miscreants tamper with my scooter!

[enoajnin]

First he has his body guards carry him on their shoulders along the Great Wall then he does this: Justin Nunchuks (https://twitter.com/BelieveTUpdates/status/384755253813338112)

[GeneChing]

Oh man, I can't stop giggling over that. Beiber chuks!

Meanwhile, here's something more to think about:

Life changing (http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/9217925/Life-changing)
Last updated 05:00 29/09/2013

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Angela Crompton

Glen Campbell's (centre with dog Kaz) brain injury has transformed life for his brother Scott Deans and mother Francie Vallance.

Glen Campbell and his family's life changed forever when an aggressive neighbour smacked him on the head with a nunchaku.

It happened 23 years ago but the 45 year old still thinks he is 21, has a five-minute maximum concentration span and needs 24-hour care.

More than 90 people a day in New Zealand have a traumatic head injury and the effects can last a lifetime. Glen was left permanently retarded after emergency surgeons were forced to remove part of his brain to clear two blood clots caused by the assault. His assailant, meanwhile, faced an 18-month jail sentence but had it halved to nine months by admitting he had caused grievous bodily harm.

Life for Glen's mother Francie Vallance and younger brother Scott Deans has permanently changed, too. Scott provides Glen with 24-hour care from Wednesdays to Saturdays; Francie from Saturdays to Mondays. Two other people work the 24-hour, Monday and Tuesday shifts.

Each day follows a similar routine, Scott says.

Glen is showered and dressed in the morning then served breakfast. Daily housework includes changing and washing the bed sheets he usually wets overnight. In the afternoon he might be taken for a drive to see a friend or go for a walk along the beach.

Back home there is washing to bring in, tea to get sorted and an evening meal to serve. Then Glen is washed, helped into his pyjamas and encouraged to wind down before bed. He cannot concentrate to read, loses interest in television after five minutes and studying the computer screen causes headaches and sometimes seizures. Those occur regularly, Francie says, describing them as "petit mal" or "out-in-space moments".

"We have learned not to try and bring him out. He has to do it himself."

Francie, 66, used to be a caterer but says she feels more like a neurosurgeon after learning how to best care for Glen.

He must be watched at all times. He no longer understands everyday dangers, like traffic on the roads or water boiling in the jug. Poor balance results in regular falls. "He's had some terrible crashes."

Brain injury victims fall outside the support networks set up for people born with intellectual disabilities or who experience a mental illness, she says. ACC, however, has provided Glen with a house to live in and, through the Florence Nightingale home support agency, pays Francie, Scott and the other two caregivers to look after him.

Glen also has a "wonderful case manager" who works hard not to let the distance between Blenheim and her Palmerston North base be a barrier.

Francie is grateful for the guidance a nurse at Wairau Hospital provided 23 years ago and the close friends who have remained loyal and supportive.

"But you lose a lot as well. They don't know how to handle it."

BRAIN INJURY FACTS

Ninety New Zealanders a day experience a traumatic brain injury, described as either mild, moderate or severe.

Mild symptoms usually disappear after one to 14 days but sometimes continue for three to six months, liaison officer for the Nelson Brain Injury Association, Diann Brett says.

Someone with a moderate to severe injury is likely to experience some physical, cognitive or behavioural disability. These can include: fatigue, mobility problems, headaches, speech articulation, swallowing difficulties, a loss of hearing, taste, smell, vision or touch, attention and memory problems, reduced problem-solving skills, language difficulties, cognitive inflexibility, emotional and behavioural problems, agitation, verbal and physical aggression and job loss/disruption.

[GeneChing]

Initial Pellitteri post (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?56216-Bad-Day-for-Wannabe-Bruce-Lees&p=1197026#post1197026).

Check out our latest ezine offering: When Nunchuk Skills Get You Busted: Nunchaku and the Law (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=1135) by Greg Lynch Jr

[GeneChing]

The chucks in the photo look like nerf chucks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/50-17k.html).



Hereford martial arts nunchucks and knife attacker jailed for six and a half years (http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11186483.Martial_arts_nunchucks_and_knife_attacker _jailed_for_six_and_a_half_years/?ref=var_0)
1:21pm Thursday 1st May 2014 in News

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Hereford Times: Nunchucks like these were used in the attack.

A JEALOUS man has been jailed for six-and-a-half years after attacking a workmate in his Herefordshire home with martial arts nunchucks and a knife.

Michael Judge, 44, wrongly suspected Sebastian Cieslinski was having an affair with his partner, Worcester Crown Court heard.

His resentment against his workmate grew over a couple of weeks and on September 20 last year, he left work at lunchtime and went armed to his home in Old Hill Court, Hom Green.

When Mr Cieslinski opened the door, Judge attacked him with the nunchucks and knocked him down, the jury was told.

He then attacked him with a kitchen knife and kicked and punched him but Mr Cieslinski fought him off.

Mr Cieslinski had bruising to his head, a black eye and a cut to his shin after the attack, the court heard.

Judge, of Bell Green, Coventry, pleaded not guilty to aggravated burglary and wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

The jury cleared him on the burglary charge after deciding he had entered through the door and not through the window, as the prosecution had alleged, but found him guilty on the wounding charge.

John Dyer, defending, said Judge had not been in any trouble with the courts for 20 years. He had four children and two grandchildren from relationships with three women.

Mr Dyer said he had spent most of his life in Coventry but had been working for the National Grid in the Ross-on-Wye area for two years and had known Mr Cieslinski during that time.

They had been friends and Mr Cieslinski had spent one Christmas with Judge and his partner when he could not get back to Poland.

“He can’t explain why he suddenly became jealous with no justification,” Mr Dyer said. He spent two weeks “working himself up” against Mr Cieslinski, who was completely blameless.

Judge had since split up with his partner of the time and had started a new relationship, Mr Dyer said.

“He had everything to live for and he has lost it in 15 minutes of madness,” Mr Dyer said.

Judge Michael Cullum said Judge had gone to Mr Cieslinski’s home with two weapons to attack him with the intention of causing him serious harm.

[TaichiMantis]

So does wielding = twirling?



CUMBRIAN ADMITS MARTIAL ARTS WEAPON ATTACK
By Ian Duncan

Published at 11:51, Tuesday, 15 July 2014
A 43-YEAR-OLD man has admitted wielding a traditional Japanese martial arts weapon and assaulting a man and a woman in Maryport.

Rolland Caceres, who lives in Jollybeard Gate, in Alston, was arrested in Moorside Drive last year while allegedly armed with nunchucks – two wooden sticks connected by a chain or rope.

He appeared at Carlisle Crown Court yesterday where he was due to stand trial but admitted the three charges before the hearing began.

He also pleaded guilty to two charges of assault causing actual bodily harm.

The hearing was adjourned until August 15 for background reports.

Caceres was released on conditional bail and ordered not to enter Maryport or contact witnesses.

Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk

[GeneChing]

...and no numbchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html)? :confused:


Victim threatened by knife-wielding man who says he is Bruce Lee (http://www.wkrn.com/story/26124427/victim-threatened-by-knife-wielding-man-who-says-he-is-bruce-lee)
Posted: Jul 27, 2014 1:57 PM PDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -

A 49-year-old man was arrested after police say he threatened another man with a knife after introducing himself as Bruce Lee.

The incident happened Saturday in the 1000 block of Murfreesboro Pike around 2:30 p.m.

According to an affidavit, 49-year-old Arsenio Avila began to yell at the victim while walking down the road, stating he had a backpack and that he was Bruce Lee.

The victim told police he responded by saying he was Mike Tyson.

Avila reportedly then put his backpack down and pulled out a 10-inch knife, walking toward the victim in a threatening manner.

The victim as able to run away and call authorities.

Once police were on the scene, officers stated they noticed Avila was heavily intoxicated. Avila also reportedly admitted to having a large knife but that he lost it. The knife was never found.

Avila was charged with aggravated assault and public intoxication, as well as one count of unlawful possession after police say they found weed in his pocket.

He was booked into the Metro jail on $8,500 bond.


Good Samaritans stop ‘Bruce Lee’ in home invasion (http://nypost.com/2014/07/26/good-samaritans-stop-bruce-lee-in-home-invasion/)
By Matt McNultyJuly 26, 2014 | 6:00am

A home invasion in the Bronx was thwarted by some good Samaritans Friday evening, cops said.
Police say Bruce Lee, 29, of Brooklyn, pushed his way into the victim’s home on East 190th Street just after 6 p.m.
Lee tied up the victim’s hands and feet with duct tape and made off with the woman’s cell phone. jewelry, and money before fleeing the building, according to police.
As Lee left, the woman was able to call for help while still bound by duct tape, and several neighbors stopped Lee and held him down while they waited for cops to arrive, police said.
Cops said Lee was carrying an imitation gun, which he used to intimidate his way into the woman’s Bedford Park apartment.
Lee was charged with burglary, grand larceny, robbery, and unlawful imprisonment.

[Jimbo]

I've long felt that, although obviously numchuks (nunchaku) can cause injury, IMO it's more likely to hurt the user if he actually tries to use it. Whipping them around at high-speed in the air, Bruce Lee-style, looks impressive, but actually making contact with a person or solid target can often ricochet it right back at yourself.

In Taiwan, I had a classmate that also studied under my northern-style teacher. My teacher also practiced nunchaku (liang jie guen) on his own very well, and that's what he taught the kid. This young guy could/would only practice the nunchaku due to a leg deformity. He could not kick, punch/strike, etc., but he was very good at handling the weapon. He carried around a pair of steel nunchaku in his waistband that he made himself...they were well-made. And those are what he practiced with. To be honest, I still consider him, as far as manipulating the nunchaku, as the best I've ever seen anywhere.

He claimed that one time some guy tried to rob him, and he used his nunchaku to KO the guy...first one simple forward flick to the hand holding a knife, then a second to the guy's head. I'm still not sure whether his story is true or not, but I suspect if he were lying, he would have embellished it more than saying he used two simple forward flicks. And I do believe he practiced hitting solid objects...his 'chuks had a lot of wear marks.

[GeneChing]

I feel for this guy. Maybe he was just trying to be Michelangelo from TMNT (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?45508-T-M-N-T).


Saturday, 08 November 2014 22:07
Turlock Police Arrested Suspect with Nunchucks (https://www.turlockcitynews.com/crime/item/4085-turlock-police-arrested-suspect-with-nunchucks)
Written by Brandon McMillan - brandon@turlockcitynews.com

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Allen Barriga-Avila, 23, was arrested for possession of nunchucks. Allen Barriga-Avila, 23, was arrested for possession of nunchucks. Courtesy of Turlock Police Department

Despite a rainy Halloween, there was no shortage of ninjas out and about during the holiday weekend.

Turlock police arrested a suspect allegedly in possession of nunchaku, commonly known as “nunchucks,” shortly after midnight on Nov. 3.

Officers contacted a male subject, later identified as Allen Barriga-Avila, 23, at approximately 12:50 a.m. on the 1800 block of Shadow Park Drive.

Barriga-Avila had been reported as a suspicious person, reports the Turlock Police Department.

Upon contacting Barriga-Avila, officers allegedly found that he was in possession of nunchucks, reports Turlock police. It is illegal to possess nunchucks under California Penal Code 16590.

Barriga-Avila was arrested and booked.

[GeneChing]

Motorist arrested after pulling out martial arts weapon (http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/article_bea73e26-4421-56f8-b369-1f8017ad8360.html)

http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/dailycommercial.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/bb/bbbb7826-5d69-542b-8cc8-734ce07b174b/55242753a3d72.image.jpg?resize=300%2C400
Hector R. Claudio

Posted: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 1:41 pm

CLERMONT – A 30-year-old man was charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly pulled a pair of nunchuks on a motorist during a road-rage incident.

Hector R. Claudio was released from the Lake County jail after posting a $2,000 bail.

According to an arrest affidavit, Clermont police responded to Walmart on Saturday after a man said his family was traveling in a car on U.S. Highway 27 when a motorist driving in an “erratic manner” wouldn’t allow their vehicle into the left-turn lane.

The two vehicles stopped at the store and the motorist – later identified as Claudio – got out of his vehicle with a set of nunchuks, a martial arts weapon with two sticks connected by a chain. The husband said Claudio started swinging the nunchuks around and telling him to get back in the car or he would hit him with it.

The husband got back into his car and Claudio went inside the store. Police waited for Claudio to come out of the store and he was arrested after admitting having nunchuks in his vehicle, the affidavit states.


I guess we can add Donnie Yen/Ip Man (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?57165-Ip-Man-3&p=1282620#post1282620) to this list too....:rolleyes:

[Jimbo]

If the following incident had occurred in most other places, this guy would have gotten clobbered and stomped by another passenger(s). Or if cops, they would've at least tased him, and probably a lot worse. In some areas he would be shot.

I'm a bit surprised the HK cops are being so passive in this vid. One time in HK in the mid-80s, I witnessed three plainclothes HK cops behave in a highly aggressive, abusive manner toward a Taiwanese woman at a hostel. They were accusing her of associating with gangsters. I know all cops aren't the same in a city, but the obnoxious way those plainclothes cops acted gave me the impression that was business as usual in HK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0KxVZqavrw&sns=em

[GeneChing]

I'm all over this!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQiEEUZ-Me4

[GeneChing]

...with nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html)....wait...what?!?



Man in Bear Costume Hassles Actual Bears in Alaska (http://www.people.com/article/man-bear-suit-harasses-bears-alaska)

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By Alex Heigl @alex_heigl

08/14/2015 AT 11:15 AM EDT
Police in Anchorage, Alaska, are searching for a man in a full-body, "fairly realistic" bear costume who was seen harassing several actual bears feeding on salmon in a river.

The Associated Press reported that "it wasn't immediately known what the man was trying to accomplish."

Alaska Fish and Game Assistant Area Management Biologist Mark Sogge told the AP that the incident occurred at a weir (an artificial obstruction placed in a river and used to trap or count fish) in the Chilkoot River, where a crowd had gathered to watch a bear and two cubs feed on the salmon.

The man, wearing a full-body bear costume, ran through the crowd, getting dangerously close to the cubs. A Fish and Game employee attempted to speak with the man, who refused to identify himself, telling the employee, "You have the license plate number. You figure it out," before driving off without bothering to remove the costume head.

Troopers are investigating, and the man could face wildlife harassment charges. Bizarrely, spokeswoman Megan Peters told the AP, "This is not the first time we've encountered a man in a bear suit."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFxB3JQqo7Q

That would be the above incident, captured on the now-canceled Alaska State Troopers reality TV show, in which a man in a bear suit was filmed resisting arrest. He was later shown to have a pair of nunchaku concealed in his bear suit.

[GeneChing]

Court punishment enough for nunchaku (http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/court-punishment-enough-for-nunchaku/2755521/)
28th Aug 2015 8:21 AM

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MAGISTRATE Graeme Tatnell said appearing in court was punishment enough for a 52-year-old Scarness man found with nunchaku.

Raymond Thomas John Polworth pleaded guilty in Hervey Bay Magistrates Court yesterday to possessing the weapon.

The court heard the nunchaku was found by police after a search was conducted on August 8.

Polworth purchased the nunchaku when he was 15.

Mr Tatnell said Polworth due to Polworth's age and lack of criminal history, appearing in court was punishment enough.

"It's just amazing this type of offence - you can buy the weapon but you cannot possess it," he said.

Wonder what inspired the initial search.

[GeneChing]

Maybe these are examples of good days for wannabe Bruce Lees....



Jury acquits Hagerstown man of assault with 'nunchaku' (http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/jury-acquits-hagerstown-man-of-assault-with-nunchaku/article_d00a05b2-534c-11e5-a02a-e7be42be90fb.html)

http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/heraldmailmedia.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/50/15021632-308b-11e3-b17a-001a4bcf6878/5254c06b2e67a.image.jpg?resize=300%2C169
Court News
Posted: Friday, September 4, 2015 5:35 pm

Posted on Sep 4, 2015by Don Aines
After deliberating for four hours, a Washington County Circuit Court jury on Thursday acquitted a Hagerstown man accused of attacking two people with a mace-like weapon.
Rodney William Wolfe, 42, of South Potomac Street was found not guilty on two counts each of second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, and one count of carrying a dangerous weapon.
A Hagerstown police officer went to Locust Point shortly before 2 a.m. on March 22 for a report of “several subjects being chased down the street by another subject” holding what the caller thought were “nunchaku,” a martial-arts weapon consisting of two sticks joined by leather or chain, according to the charging documents.
A man told the officer he was talking to a woman in Gerbers Alley, when a man from an upstairs apartment yelled at the woman to be quiet, the documents said.
After an exchange of words, the man in the apartment ran outside with the weapon, which was described by one victim as a spiked ball connected to a stick by a length of chain, the documents said.
The victims told the officer that the man was swinging the weapon at them and yelling racial epithets at the male. They ran to the male victim’s house, the documents said.
Don Aines is a reporter for The Herald-Mail. He can be reached via email at dona@herald-mail.com.

[GeneChing]

There's a vid too.



In Bruce Lee-like move, Northern California police department to adopt nunchakus (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-northern-california-police-department-to-adopt-nunchakus-20151026-htmlstory.html)
By Veronica Rocha

Looking for another nonlethal way to take down suspects, the Anderson Police Department decided to go the way of the dragon.

The police force in the Northern California town of about 10,000 people plans to equip its 20 officers with nunchakus, also known as nunchucks.

Basically, they’re what martial arts legend Bruce Lee used – besides his fists of fury and feet -- to take down all those bad guys in his movies.

The police department was looking for a versatile tool that would limit injuries to officers and the people they detained – but that would still be an effective means of subduing an unruly suspect. Anderson’s top brass decided nunchakus were the way to go, said Sgt. Casey Day.

“It gives us the ability to control a suspect instead of striking them,” he said.

Of course, if you’ve watched enough Lee movies you’ll notice that he didn’t use nunchakus to pacify his enemies. He beat them up with them. But Anderson police insist they can detain someone with them in a relatively peaceful way.

Graphic: comparing batons and nunchucks

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On the website of the nunchakus’ manufacturer, Orcutt Police Defensive Systems Inc., the restraint technique is demonstrated. It shows a male officer using the nunchakus to grip the ankle of a man who is kicking his foot toward the officer’s face. The photo also depicts a female officer using them to hold a man’s wrist.

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The weapon, or tool, is often made of two wooden sticks or bars tethered together by a metal chain. (Developed by retired Colorado police Sgt. Kevin Orcutt in the 1980s, the Anderson Police Department's nunchakus are made of a hard plastic connected by a nylon cord designed to wrap around wrists and ankles). Wielded by martial arts experts, nunchakus can be used in complicated motions to fight off attackers. In the movies, including some of Lee’s, the occasional bad guy who gets the bright idea of trying to use it himself usually whacks himself in the face.

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Day was recently certified to train the department’s officers on the proper use of the nunchakus. He wants officers to have another option besides the baton, a traditional impact weapon. Officers won’t be required to use nunchakus, he said. But if officers decide to use them, they must pass a 16-hour training program.

Day, a 15-year police veteran, said he has given up his baton for nunchakus.

“I see the value and the safety they bring to me,” he said, adding that nunchakus provide a distance between an officer and a suspect.

Sure, he was skeptical at first, Day said. But once he used the nunchakus, he was sold.

The pincher-style nunchakus became popular in the police community in the 1980s, said Greg Meyer, a use-of-force expert and former Los Angeles Police Department training captain. Anaheim, San Diego and the LAPD are just some of the agencies that have used them– at least for a while.

Some law enforcement agencies stopped using nunchakus when officers improperly used them -- in some cases resulting in broken wrists, he said.

In 1991, the LAPD agreed to stop using nunchakus at protests– a decision sparked by a federal lawsuit filed by anti-abortion activists.

The department opted to settle the lawsuit following the March 3 beating of Rodney G. King, which happened that same year. At the time, Deputy City Atty. Jack Brown, who was representing the LAPD, said the department was concerned about the public perception over using nunchakus to subdue people.

Day hasn’t used his nunchakus, but is confident he will use them properly.

“I don’t go around looking for trouble,” he said.

Neither did Bruce Lee.

Twitter: @VeronicaRochaLA

Must add this pic too - it came from the L.A. Times but didn't make the web version and was only picked up by buzzfeed.
http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/2015-10/27/9/enhanced/webdr07/grid-cell-15090-1445952573-2.jpg

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kDso5Fz0cg

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CgMENvq2UU

I can't believe Nasia Jansen has escaped our attention here for so long. :o

[GeneChing]

More on Peace Officers and chucks (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?56216-Bad-Day-for-Wannabe-Bruce-Lees&p=1288204#post1288204).


Calling Bruce Lee: Will more police acquire nunchucks? (with related video) (http://americancityandcounty.com/law-enforcement/calling-bruce-lee-will-more-police-acquire-nunchucks-related-video)
Jan 15, 2016 Michael Keating | Government Product News

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The Anderson, Calif., police acquired the Orcutt Police Nunchaku (OPN) from Denver-based Orcutt Police Defensive Systems, Inc. (OPDS). The photo shows examples of the OPN product.

A Northern California town has decided to equip its 20 officers with nunchaku sticks, a martial arts weapon. Police in Anderson, in California’s Shasta County, believe that the device, sometimes referred to as nunchucks or nunchucku, will help officers take down suspects. With the product, trained officers can quickly hobble wrists and/or ankles; the device can help control a suspect without brute force.

The Chinese Kung Fu weapon features double sectional sticks often connected by a nylon cord. It was made famous in Bruce Lee movies from the 1970s.

Manny DeCastro, president of Buki Yuushuu LLC, tells GPN that in the hands of a talented practitioner, the Nunchaku is an extremely useful weapon. “The weapon can simply be used to block and lock an assailant, striking, all the way to the actual use of deadly force.” He adds: “Yes, the Nunchaku can do it all.” DeCastro’s firm, based in Stonington, Conn., custom-manufactures the product in different lengths, weights and sizes.

Police have an abundance of weapons, says DeCastro. “The police utility or duty belt is already filled with weapons they don’t know how to use. Why add another one?” He notes that police already carry guns, Tasers, PR-24 (batons), pepper sprays, slap-jacks and similar devices.

DeCastro says it’s not about giving police nunchucks so they can carry more weapons. “It’s about police having the ability and training to use them. Our police departments, in my opinion, need more training in use of force and the proper weapon for this use. We need to help these people to do the difficult job that they do.”

DeCastro says that police need to define the outcome they want when the weapon is used. He says that the length, weight and size of the nunchuck will produce different outcomes in the hands of an officer.

The manufacturing executive says training is crucial, and should be included in the purchsse of a nunchuck. “As with any other weapon, training is always required. With the Nunchaku it is absolutely required as the weapon is so fast, in the hands of the untrained, they could easily get hurt themselves.”

In the video, an Anderson, Calif. officer tells how nunchucks are used to subdue unruly suspects.

[GeneChing]

LEGALIZE IT!


Updated Jan 20, 2016 - 11:39 am
Arizona House committee holds bill to legalize nunchucks (http://ktar.com/story/862810/arizona-legislator-sponsors-bill-to-legalize-nunchucks/)
SHARE STORY BY ASSOCIATED PRESS | January 20, 2016 @ 8:18 am

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PHOENIX — An Arizona House committee has held a bill that would legalize nunchucks.

Republican Rep. Mark Finchem of Oro Valley sponsored House Bill 2042 to legalize the weapon popularized by martial arts films.

The House Judiciary Committee met Wednesday.

Former Sen. Kelli Ward (R-Lake Havasu City) attempted to legalize nunchucks last session. Her amendment to a relatively minor bill that didn’t pass included the legalization of silencers and sawed-off shotguns.

Finchem’s measure defined “nunchakus” as an instrument that consists of two or more sticks, clubs, bars, or rods connected by ropes, cords, wires, or chains to create a self-defense weapon.

And then there's this...:eek::confused:


SC woman accused of beating husband with nunchucks because he wouldn’t have sex with her (http://myfox8.com/2016/01/24/sc-woman-accused-of-beating-husband-with-nunchucks-because-he-wouldnt-have-sex-with-her/)
POSTED 9:03 PM, JANUARY 24, 2016, BY WEB STAFF

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Sondra Earle-Kelly, 51, of Rock Hill

ROCK HILL, S.C. — A South Carolina woman is accused of beating her husband with nunchucks because he refused to have sex with her.

The Charlotte Observer reported that Sondra Earle-Kelly, 51, of Rock Hill, faces charges of aggravated domestic violence in connection to the incident.

Police were called to the suspect’s home in Rock Hill on Sunday night and found blood “all over the victim when they got there.

The victim reportedly refused to have sex with the suspect, causing her to become upset. The suspect then allegedly threw ceramic figurines at the victim and hit him with nunchucks.

The suspect was jailed under a $15,000 bond. She had reportedly been taking Xanax that night.

[GeneChing]

Jail term upheld for man convicted of assaulting woman with martial arts weapons (http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/jail-term-upheld-for-man-convicted-of-assaulting-woman-with-martial-arts-weapons/38219118)
John Edgar Phillips used nunchucks against son's mother as boy witnessed crime
Paula Dobbyn/KTUU
POSTED: 03:11 PM AKST Feb 26, 2016 UPDATED: 03:17 PM AKST Feb 26, 2016

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Courtroom generic shot.

The Alaska Court of Appeals has upheld the maximum five-year prison sentence for a man convicted of attacking a woman with nunchucks.

John Edgar Phillip, 54, had appealed the sentence, claiming the superior court failed to make the necessary “worst offender” finding to impose the highest sentence possible for his conviction of third-degree assault.

The case stemmed from Phillip’s August 2013 domestic violence assault involving nunchucks, a martial arts weapon consisting of two sticks connected at one end by a short chain or rope.

According to court documents, Phillip and the woman's 8-year-old son witnessed the assault. It was Phillip’s fifth felony conviction.

The woman also was the victim in a 1998 misdemeanor fourth-degree assault by Phillip, court records show.

The victims in all of Phillip’s other assault cases – felony and misdemeanor – have been women, the appeals court judges noted in their decision on Wednesday.

Phillip has 17 other misdemeanor convictions, three of them for driving under the influence.

Superior Court Judge Vanessa White found that Phillip has a long history of assaults and other dangerous behaviors while drinking alcohol. White found Phillip’s continued alcohol dependence, plus his earlier diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, presented “a tremendous danger to those around him,” court papers said.

The appeals court sided with White, noting Phillip’s record and the superior court judge’s remarks at sentencing.

ugh...some people...:mad:

[GeneChing]

First Nasia (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?56216-Bad-Day-for-Wannabe-Bruce-Lees&p=1289378#post1289378) and now Anna. Is this now a thing? Because I would totally support that. We may need a nunchuk hotties thread.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi_FqHU_bt4

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0M89_lKVVg

If we can find a 3rd hottie, I'll totally copy this off into a nunchuk hotties thread.

[GeneChing]

If we can find a 3rd hottie, I'll totally copy this off into a nunchuk hotties thread.

Not that I was looking...the new one Jennifer Li just popped up on my facebook - see Nunchuck Hotties (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?69356-Nunchuck-Hotties)

[GeneChing]

click for vid.


WWE'S BO DALLAS
VIDEO OF DRUNKEN AIRPORT ARREST
... Are Those Nunchucks? (http://www.tmz.com/2016/09/12/bo-dallas-public-intoxication-arrest-video/)
229
24 9/12/2016 12:45 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
EXCLUSIVE

THE DRUNKEN ARRESTTMZSports.com
TMZ Sports has obtained footage of WWE superstar Bo Dallas being arrested at an airport in Texas ... moments after he was booted from his flight to Mexico for drunkenly yelling at the flight crew.
In the video, taken on August 26th, you see Bo can barely stand up straight and is slurring his words when approached by security at Dallas Fort Worth airport.
According to the police report, first obtained by ProWrestlingSheet.com, Bo told the cops he had been drinking earlier in the day -- and when asked how much he replied, "I'm not really planning on driving tonight."
Bo was arrested for public intoxication -- but cops noted he was extremely cooperative.
Bo told cops he was a wrestler for WWE -- and officers noted he's a "strong boy."
Make sure to check out the end of the clip when the cops search his backpack and find an item they believe to be nunchucks ... but it's really a jump rope.
No word if Bo ever got to Mexico.
Not nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html)...jump rope (http://www.martialartsmart.com/training-equipment-weights-jump-ropes.html). :rolleyes:

[GeneChing]

It amuses me that 'homemade nunchucks' precedes 'prohibited ammo' in this headline.


Oct 05, 2016
Windsor man arrested with homemade nunchucks and prohibited ammo (http://www.theweeklynews.ca/news-story/6896616-windsor-man-arrested-with-homemade-nunchucks-and-prohibited-ammo/)

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Ammo and homemade weapons seized
File photo
St. Thomas-Elgin Weekly News

A 34-year-old Windsor man has been arrested by St. Thomas police after bullets, as well as several homemade weapons, were found in his car.

Officers had received a call from a concerned resident, notifying them of a suspicious-looking person sitting in a car for an extended amount of time on their street.

After police arrived, the man got out of the car and began speaking to officers, while appearing very nervous.

A check of the vehicle found the plates were not only unattached, but the stickers weren't meant for the car either, according to a return from the Ministry of Transport.

In addition, the man had also gave a name that didn't match any of the information provided.

The driver was placed under arrest for obstructing police, and both he and his vehicle were searched at which time police found close to 90 .38 caliber bullets, five of which were in his pocket, along with two homemade nunchucks, a knife, a saw blade, and a large magnet with sharp fragments attached to it.

As a result, the man is facing multiple charges including possession of prohibited ammunition, and breach of probation. He was held in custody pending a bail hearing.

[GeneChing]

Being acquitted makes this a good day after a prior bad day.


Nunchaku-enthusiast rights victory as 48-year-old chiropractor acquitted of possession charges (http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/03/10/nunchaku-enthusiast-rights-victory-as-48-yaer-old-chiropractor-acquitted-of-possession-charges/)
Master Blaster 4 days ago

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Now everyone in Japan is free to exercise their inalienable right to hit themselves in the head – openly and without fear of prosecution.

On 8 March, Judge Kazuo Oizumi of the Hiroshima High Court reversed the weapon concealment conviction of a 48-year-old chiropractor. The previous conviction was handed down after a police officer discovered three pairs of nunchaku in the man’s car while questioning him in the parking lot of a convenience store.

The details of what happened in the parking lot were unclear, but I assume it went something like this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFvDBW3m40c

The man had originally been fined 9,900 yen (US$86.50), but Judge Oizumi rescinded the punishment ruling that, “In modern times, nunchaku are used for legitimate purposes like as a hobby or martial art training exercise” and that “It was reasonable to assume someone would have a collection of them [in a car] to train with after work.”

A fair judgment seeing as nunchaku have to be one of the least effective weapons in existence. This is evidenced by the fact that Michelangelo is consistently the worst character in any Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game. Moreover if I were about to go into battle and given a choice of nunchaku or a spoon, I would choose the spoon without missing a beat – I could at least try to poke at my enemy’s eyes with a spoon.

continued next post

[GeneChing]

Of course, we all know this is not the real Bruce. :rolleyes:


The fact that this man had three pairs only works in his favor as nunchaku are one of the few weapons in existence that are less effective the more you have of them. They’d just get tangled up. Don’t get me wrong. In the right hands, nunchaku are quite possibly the coolest thing on Earth. For example, here is the master himself, Bruce Lee at work.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC7BSSZXIg0

But who among us can reach that level of skill? You would be better off channeling the energy and discipline needed to do that into becoming a doctor or super-fast finger snapper.

Here’s what readers of the news had to say:

“HYYYYyyyyaaaahhhhh!”
“Bruce Lee himself said that nunchaku have almost no offensive power and are only good for performance.”
“I would be more afraid of a guy wielding Joy-Con.”
“I guess some cop was trying to meet a quota.”
“The policeman who made the arrest was probably more of a Jackie Chan guy.”
“It was probably a good arrest. Anyone hanging out in a parking lot with nunchucks is up to no good.”

So it would appear that most are in agreement that nunchaku are hardly weapons and should be allowed to be carried freely in Japan.

But don’t go dusting of that RPG launcher in your closet for a quick run to the 7-Eleven just yet. Remember what one man and his car-load of ninja stars taught us: not all weaponry is judged the same, so proceed with caution and a little common sense.

Source: Asahi Shimbun via Hachima Kiko
Top image: Wikipedia

[GeneChing]

That's a really crappy nunchaku. Get your good nunchaku here (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html) unless you're in the states of California (like Mr. Jeffery Westley here), Massachusetts, and New York or Canada.


Andrew Goff / Thursday, March 16 @ 8:50 p.m. / Crime

Fortuna Police Discover Firearms, Nunchaku, Brass Knucks, Meth During Traffic Stop; Driver Arrested (https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2017/mar/16/fortuna-police-discover-firearms-nunchaku-brass-kn/)

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FPD

Fortuna Police Department press release:

On March 16th, 2017 at 2:30 pm, Fortuna Police Department officer performed a traffic stop on a vehicle on 12th Street near Dinsmore Drive for a traffic violation. While officers were speaking with the driver, they observed what appeared to be the stock of a firearm sticking out from the back seat area. The firearm was partially concealed by other items in the rear seat.

During a search of the vehicle, officers located a loaded, 12 gauge pump shotgun which had been modified to have a short barrel and pistol grip stock, one pair of metal knuckles, also referred to as “Brass Knuckles”, a pair of homemade nunchaku, and 13.9 grams of methamphetamine.

The driver, 28 year old Jeffery Westley of Hemet, California, was arrested and booked into Humboldt County Correctional Facility on the following charges;

33215 PC- Poss. Short barreled shotgun
25850(a) PC- Poss. Loaded firearm within a vehicle
22010 PC- Poss. Nunchaku
21810 PC- Poss. Metal knuckles
11377(a) H&S- Poss. Controlled substance.

[GeneChing]

Harsh story. Being a caretaker is tough work.


Youngstown report: Man said he attacked woman with nunchucks and scissors (http://wkbn.com/2017/05/02/youngstown-report-man-said-he-attacked-woman-with-nunchucks-and-scissors/)
Ronald Washington, 60, told police, "I'm ready, take me in, I did it," according to a police report
By WKBN Staff
Published: May 2, 2017, 6:34 am Updated: May 2, 2017, 8:39 am

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YOUNGSTOWN: Arrested May 1 - Ronald Washington, 60, charged with felonious assault

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A man told police that he attacked his home health care aide because she had a boyfriend, according to a police report.

Police were called about 11:40 a.m. Monday to a home in the 1200 block of Salt Springs Road on reports of a stabbing.

When police arrived, they found a woman sitting in a car crying. They also saw a man in the doorway of the house, later identified as Ronald Washington, 60, who said to them, “I’m ready, take me, I did it.”

When police questioned Washington, he told them that he had been having a relationship with the victim and that when she told him she had a boyfriend, he attacked her with scissors and nunchucks, according to a police report. Police found scissors and nunchucks on the floor by the bed.

The woman told police that Washington asked her if she had a boyfriend and when she said yes, he became irate and began insulting her. He then took a pair of scissors from his nightstand and began making slashing and stabbing motions, hitting her in the head, the report stated. The woman grabbed the scissors and suffered a cut to her hand.

The man said he was partially paralyzed and police had to take him out of the house in a wheelchair.

Washington was charged with felonious assault.

[GeneChing]

Martial arts weapon increases penalty (http://www.record-bee.com/article/NQ/20170117/NEWS/170119896)

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Jayson Danning

By Hans Peter, hpeter@record-bee.com LAKEPORT >> Browsing the Lake County arrest records, one becomes apparent of a variety of charges, none of which
POSTED: 01/17/17, 11:30 PM PST | UPDATED: ON 01/17/2017

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Actor Bruce Lee with ‘nunchucks.’ Archival photo

Use of a controlled substance — misdemeanor. Petty theft — misdemeanor. Concealed firearm — misdemeanor. Possession of Nunchaku — felony.

Do not adjust your newspaper, that is not a typo; nunchaku can put you in prison, if they don’t put you in the hospital first.

Around 10 a.m. Monday morning, Lakeport Police arrested resident Jayson Danning for probation violation. After a quick search, Lakeport Police Officer Joe Medici found a pair of nunchaku in Danning’s possession. The find effectively boosted Danning’s bail from $5,000 to $15,000.

Just a few hours later, Taliaalene Correia was arrested in Nice due in part to the possession of a concealed firearm and metal knuckles. The combined bail for these violations amounted to $10,000.

“It’s a joke,” said seventh-degree black-belt Fred Langston, who said the possession of nunchaku is far from dangerous behavior. “This is a pretty ridiculous law.”

For those who’ve never seen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or a classic kung fu movie, nunchaku, often called “nunchucks” refers to a couple of wooden rods tied to one another by a small length of leather, chain, etc. The wielder of such a weapon can swing one rod around by the handle of the other, creating an effective striking weapon. Granted, only skilled martial artists should ever pick up a pair, and only inside an official martial arts studio, which marks the only legal place to wield them.

“If you’ve ever tried to pick up nunchucks, you’ll beat the crap out of yourself before anyone else,” Langston said. As owner of the Lake County Martial Arts studio, he’s tried to teach students how to use the tools. “When my students come in to learn how to use them, I give them a pair of rubber and Styrofoam nunchucks because they’re going to hit themselves.”

Langston said nunchucks were all the rage in the late 1960s and ‘70s, when martial arts became popular in America. As they became a trendy item, he said the public overreacted; California and several other states instated strict laws against the simple possession of nunchaku: two sticks attached by a string.

Granted, the weapon has an intimidation factor. Movie star Bruce Lee popularized the weapons through this movies; fans will remember the way he expertly moved the weapon about his body with intense speed and agility, all to the soundtrack of Lee’s hooting and overdubbed nunchuck sounds.

Despite this flamboyant display of kung fu mastery, Langston said the weapon simply isn’t very effective, even though he can expertly wield them. He said some completely legal weapons pack a much bigger punch, and can actually be controlled by rookies.

“I’d much rather use a short staff or bow staff,” Langston said. He also said many weapons like metal knuckles should be considered far more dangerous than nunchucks. “All you have to do is put them on and you can use them.”

Langston said he was pulled over near San Diego during a professional trip in which he carried a collection of martial arts weapons in his truck. He said officers searched his vehicle, ignoring swords, staves, and nearly every item in his armory — every item except his nunchucks.

After nearly an hour of convincing the officers of his role as a martial arts teacher, the police allowed him to travel on without arresting him.

Langston said the Nunchuck law is overkill, but he figures nobody will fight it, as legalizing the weapon simply isn’t worth the trouble.

“I don’t think anybody with bother with it,” he said.

A staff (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-staffs-batons.html)is harder to pack than nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html), but I agree with Langston.

[GeneChing]

http://www.readingeagle.com/storyimage/RE/20170808/NEWS/308089928/AR/0/AR-308089928.jpg&exactW=700&Q=80&exactFit=crop&RCRadius=20

Reading man gets state prison for assaulting victim with martial-arts weapon
Tuesday August 8, 2017 12:01 AM
By Stephanie Weaver
READING, PA
A Reading man was sentenced to two to 10 years in state prison for breaking into a Muhlenberg Township apartment in February 2016 and assaulting a man with a martial-arts weapons.

Defendant Thatcher D. Jones, 37, of the 700 block of North 10th Street was stabbed twice by the victim in self-defense and had to undergo surgery.

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Jones pleaded guilty on Aug. 1 before Judge Patrick T. Barrett to burglary and aggravated assault.

"Obviously what I did was wrong," Jones said. "I was never in trouble before and I don't plan to do it again. Lesson learned."

Jones told Barrett that drugs were the real issue and said he took several medications that "didn't mix well."

"I blacked out a lot and would find myself in places that I didn't know where I was," he said.

Jones said that he was clean when he was arrested in January and has been completing drug treatment programs while in prison. He will receive credit for 179 days served.

According to authorities:

Jones broke into an apartment in the Oak Forest complex in the 2200 block of Hampden Boulevard about 2 a.m. on Feb. 15, 2016.

The renter of the apartment, Zhexi Li, told police that he heard someone in his apartment, so he hid in a closet and contacted his friend Yifu Chen.

Chen went to Li's apartment, where he discovered an open sliding door.

He entered the apartment and called out to his friend, but instead was confronted by Jones. The men began to fight and Jones struck Chen in the head and face several times with a metallic nunchuck.

Chen was bleeding severely from the attack, but was able to grab a knife he had and stab Jones twice. Jones then ran from the apartment.

Chen was taken to Reading Hospital for treatment.

As police were investigating the break-in, they received a report of a stabbing victim, Jones, at a gas station in the 800 block of North 13th Street.

Jones told officers that he had been jumped elsewhere in the city by an unknown assailant. He was taken to Reading Hospital, where he underwent surgery.

Police sent a blood sample from the knife for DNA testing and it came back as a match for Jones.

Police determined that Jones' story was false and that after being stabbed he went to another apartment in the same complex where a woman he knew lived.

She helped him get cleaned up before he left and contacted police.

Assistant District Attorney Jason C. Glessner said that the two victims in the case were college students who no longer live in the area.

Contact Stephanie Weaver: 610-371-5042 or sweaver@readingeagle.com.


STEPHANIE WEAVER | REPORTER
Stephanie Weaver covers the courts for the Reading Eagle.
Phone: 610-371-5042
Email: sweaver@readingeagle.com



When they say 'martial arts weapon', it's always nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html) or shuriken (http://www.martialartsmart.com/16-12pak.html).

[GeneChing]

Horrible. Poor Ms. Melson. Imagine what was going through that witness's mind.


Guilty verdict in Vanessa Melson case (http://www.palestineherald.com/news/guilty-verdict-in-vanessa-melson-case/article_56aabc8e-89eb-11e7-8813-33f6ee989873.html)
Pennylynn Webb Aug 25, 2017

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A jury found Robert David Mobley Jr., 41, of Elkhart guilty on Friday for first-degree felony aggravated kidnapping in connection with the 2015 death of Vanessa Melson.

The trial began Monday and entered the punishment phase late Friday afternoon. The state and defense rested after lunch on Friday. Just 30 minutes after retiring to the jury room, jurors returned with a guilty verdict.

“I am just extremely happy that the victim's family is beginning to get some closure in this case,” said Houston County District Attorney Donna Gordon Kaspar, who said she would make a formal statement about the trial early next week.

Punishment has been set for 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 28.

The case was tried in the court of the honorable Judge Pam Fletcher in the 349th Judicial District Court in Houston County.

For the state, Kaspar presented witness testimony, audio recordings and photographic evidence.

The photographic evidence included that of a small hand print found on a wall in the Henderson house and of a burn pile, a short distance from the house, where investigators found remnants of the jewelry, a buckle, a cellphone and a glass meth pipe that they believed were on Melson's person before she was killed.

Investigators believe that nunchaku were used in the murder of Melson.

During the trial, Brenna Theuer, who was living with James Henderson, on the property where Melson's body was found in a shallow grave, testified of the events that unfolded before Melson's murder.

Theuer told the courtroom the night that Mobley and Melson came to her home, she got into a heated argument with Mobley, asking him to leave her home and then retreated to a bedroom, where she heard noises, including screaming, and Mobley beating the wall with a nunchaku and later him hitting what sounded like a body with it.

Theuer reported that she tried to call 911, but Henderson took the phone from her.

She said, at one point, she left the bedroom to see Mobley holding the nunchaku and Melson on the floor.

She stated that she later heard what sounded like more of a beating and what sounded like a sexual assault, of Mobley having sex with Melson.

Theuer reported that at some point the screaming stopped.

She reported seeing two area rugs from the home in the back of Mobley's Chevy pickup, with hair coming out of one of them.

She reported that she saw Henderson holding a dirty shovel and that he returned around 9 a.m.

Mobley's trial testimony did not match up to what his previous video-recorded interviews with Houston County law enforcement.

Mobley testified that Vannessa Melson was on drugs the night he picked her up from his father's home, and that he left her at the home of James Henderson and Brenna Theuer and went to his mother's house, returning the next day and finding Melson gone.

Mobley said it wasn't until he was working for MKS Services LLC in North Carolina that he found out that Melson was missing.

Mobley testified that he had never seen the alleged murder weapon, a nunchaku.

[GeneChing]

It's gotta be bawang. He's got us all bawanged up when it comes to KFC.


Dramatic moment KFC customers perform a citizen's arrest - on the driver of a car loaded with weapons including a gun, knife and nunchucks (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4849402/Driver-crashes-car-loaded-weapons-outside-KFC.html)
A man has crashed his car loaded with weapons outside a KFC in Ipswich, QLD
The 42-year-old was allegedly in possession of guns, knives and a nunchuck
Onlookers stepped in and took his car keys away, to prevent the man offending
By Josh Hanrahan For Daily Mail Australia
PUBLISHED: 19:29 EDT, 3 September 2017 | UPDATED: 04:07 EDT, 4 September 2017

A brave bystander has stopped a man who drove a car loaded with weapons through a construction site at a KFC restaurant in Queensland.

The 42-year-old crashed his vehicle into a temporary fence near the store in Ipswich, east of Brisbane, before onlookers allegedly noticed a number of weapons inside.

Worried about the danger the guns, knives and nunchucks allegedly possessed by the man posed, Steve Kenefick stepped in and took the man's car keys from him.

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A brave bystander has stopped a man (pictured) who drove a car loaded with weapons through a construction site at a KFC restaurant in Queensland

After taking the keys from the man, he urged him to wait for police inside the KFC.

'Mate, you are not getting the keys,' Mr Kenefick told the man.

'I said: "Come in. Go for a feed in here".'

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The 42-year-old crashed his vehicle - which allegedly had guns, knives and nunchucks inside - into a temporary fence near the store in Ipswich, east of Brisbane. He faces court in September

When police arrived soon after they arrested the 42-year-old and charged him with possessing a Category M weapon

He was also charged with possessing a knife in a public place and driving with a suspended licence.

The man is due to front Ipswich Court on 29th September.




Bad Day for Wannabe Bruce Lees (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?56216-Bad-Day-for-Wannabe-Bruce-Lees) @ KFC (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?22096-the-Kentucky-Fried-Thread)

[GeneChing]

EXCLUSIVE
Dirtbag Dad! Kevin Hart’s Father Busted For Stabbing Man In Head Over $6 Dispute (https://radaronline.com/videos/kevin-hart-dad-criminal-rape-assault-record/)
Henry Witherspoon has a rap sheet of three decades of felonies, violence and prison.
By Radar Staff
Posted on Dec 13, 2017 @ 7:40AM

Kevin Hart has a reputation as one of comedy’s bad boys — but he’s an angel compared to his wild-man dad, who’s had multiple drug busts, was found guilty of sexual assault — and was even accused of stabbing a man in the head after stealing $6 from him, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively!

Court records obtained by Radar reveal Witherspoon and two accomplices cowardly robbed a lone 16-year-old at gunpoint in 1969, ten years before 38-year-old Kevin was born.

A year later, Witherspoon was arrested for running a craps game — but he was just getting started.

The year Kevin was born, 1979, he was found guilty of rape and simple assault!

In 1987, cops actually saw him viciously attack a guy with martial arts nunchaku sticks after he’d already robbed him of $270. His victim got ten stitches — and Witherspoon got three years of probation after pleading guilty to aggravated assault.

So it was probably a good thing that Witherspoon, a cocaine addict, was almost never home after Kevin turned eight. He worked as a refrigeration mechanic and lived in a Philadelphia room with his girlfriend, leaving his wife, Nancy Hart, to raise the future comedy superstar and his older brother, Robert, on her own. Tragically, Nancy died of cancer in 2007.

Without his family, Wither*spoon continued to spiral out of control. He was locked up in 1988 for DUI after his car was involved in an accident.

In 1999, Witherspoon had a horrible year. He was charged with stabbing a man in the head, according to court documents obtained exclusively by Radar.

The charges were later dismissed, but that same year Witherspoon was arrested twice within a few months for buying crack cocaine. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two to four months in prison and two years probation.

But Witherspoon was also ordered to complete drug and alcohol treatment — and that finally turned his life around.

Court records uncovered by Radar quote his lawyer as telling the judge, “He’s basically someone who has said, ‘I’m too old to live this life anymore, I need to change this.’”

It’s a story nobody dreamed would have a happy ending, but Kevin has actually reconciled with his wayward dad!

“The way I see it, things happen for a reason,” Kevin said. “If my dad had been around and didn’t do drugs, I may be handling my success differently. I may be on drugs!”

Still, the comic superstar may have inherited some of his dad’s crazy ways: He was arrested on DUI charges in 2013 — and just last September he became embroiled in an extortion plot involving a steamy sex video with a Las Vegas model. The FBI is investigating the case!

Kevin publicly apologized to his wife, Eniko Parrish — who was pregnant at the time — and his children Heaven, 12, and Hendrix, 10, who he had with ex-wife Torrei Hart. It was “a bad error in judgment,” Kevin confessed.

Good ol' nunchuks. (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html)

[GeneChing]

Nunchaku no toy, Bundy dad finds out (https://www.news-mail.com.au/news/nunchaku-no-toy-bundy-dad-finds-out/3305847/)
8th Jan 2018 2:52 PM

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The Bundy dad was fined $200.
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by Carolyn Booth

PARENTS thinking of making your kids home-made weapons take note.

Nunchaku are illegal in Queensland and even a rustic set made from cut lengths of a broom handle and chain could land you in court.

It was a lesson Dallas Kenneth James Wallace learnt the hard way after Bundaberg police found the nunchaku during a search of his home on December 6 last year.

Wallace said he made it for his kids to "muck around with” and didn't know they were illegal.

He was fined $200 in the Bundaberg Magistrates Court today.

$200 will buy you a lot of nunchuks (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html)

[GeneChing]

Not a nunchuck (http://www.martialartsmart.com/weapons-nunchakus.html). A flying kick.


Richmond librarian allegedly assaulted with ‘flying Bruce Lee kick’ at homeless housing meeting (http://www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/03/01/librarian-kicked-richmond-housing/)
Graeme Wood / Richmond News
By V.I.A. - March 1, 2018

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A librarian was assaulted at a public open house for temporary, modular housing for homeless in Richmond Wednesday evening. Daisy Xiong photo

According to multiple eyewitness accounts, a librarian was assaulted at a public open house for temporary, modular housing in Richmond Wednesday evening.

On Thursday morning, police confirmed an investigation has opened into an alleged assault in the 7000 block of Minoru Gate.

Stan Lomas, a longtime Richmond resident, said he had arrived at the Richmond Public Library Brighouse Branch to use an animation program.

He was seated nearby a large crowd of people conversing in Cantonese and as such didn’t know what was going on initially.

“You could feel the energy,” he said.

He said he then heard a commotion and “someone had gone over and up turned the table.

“This place was packed. Then there was lots of yelling,” he said.

Between this time, Lomas said he figures the older librarian had approached the crowd to separate homeless advocates and the crowd. He said he suspects the suspect was against the project that would see 40 units built at 7300 Elmbridge Way.

As Lomas was about to return to his animations, the suspect ran at the librarian and did a “flying Bruce Lee kick” into her stomach.

Related Article: CNN says FBI is "interested" in Ivanka Trump's business deal with Vancouver's Trump tower
“I was surprised she wasn’t as injured as she looked because she was able to get up. I know that would have knocked me out,” said Lomas, 67.

He said the suspect, described as an Asian man in his mid-20s, wearing a backpack, fled the scene.

Resident Kehui Au said she also witnessed the kick.

“The guy went to the librarian and kicked her. It looked like she was in a lot of pain,” said Au.

Richmond RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Dennis Hwang said “it was alleged a female had been assaulted by a male.

“It is believed the alleged offender had kicked a female and proceeded to flee. If anyone has information on this event — I was informed there may have been a number of witnesses present at this function — to call Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212 and quote case 2018-6424.”

A library worker denied to comment on the incident.

Announced earlier this month, the project is an effort to combat the growth of homelessness in Richmond which has increased by 84 per cent since 2014, according to the Metro Vancouver homeless count. The homes will be operated by RainCity Housing, a non-profit housing organization and will offer support services for residents around-the-clock.

“The tenants will be selected in partnership with BC Housing and RainCity. Richmond residents will be given first priority,” said the City of Richmond’s affordable housing coordinator Joyce Rautenberg.

Currently, the province is contributing $5.9 million to construct the units while the city is contributing land at 7300 Elmbridge Way for the homes for up to five years.

“Looking at the city’s inventory we looked at a few options,” Rautenberg said about the property. “This site was determined to be the most suitable due to the close proximity to transit, Canada Line, buses and proximity to services and resources in the neighbourhood.”

Following the five-year lease, BC Housing would return the site back to the city in its original condition, Rautenberg said. At that time, BC Housing and RainCity Housing would work to ensure the tenants are moved into appropriate housing.

[GeneChing]

This Successful Street Application (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?49825-Successful-Street-Applications) is actually a Good Day, not a Bad Day for Wannabe Bruce Lees (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?56216-Bad-Day-for-Wannabe-Bruce-Lees). :cool:


OKC apartment security guard uses nunchucks against knife-wielding man (https://newsok.com/article/5598003/apartment-security-guard-uses-nunchucks-against-knife-wielding-man)
by KELSY SCHLOTTHAUER
Published: Wed, June 13, 2018 11:59 AM Updated: Wed, June 13, 2018 2:00 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w8wIYf4RGM

Oklahoma City police arrested a man at an apartment complex Friday after he reportedly tried to attack a security guard.

Jerome Dwayne Thompson, 31, was arrested on a complaint of assault with a dangerous weapon about 6:30 p.m. at Wentwood at Grand Hill apartments, 447 Tinker Diagonal St.

Thompson was booked into the Oklahoma County jail, where he remained Wednesday on a $3,000 bond.

The victim, a 31-year-old courtesy officer at the complex, told police Thompson was banned from the property but often stayed with residents.

The victim was putting up flyers referencing Thompson, whom he only knew as "J-Money," when he saw Thompson walking toward him with a steak knife in each hand, according to the police report.

Thompson told the victim he would not leave and that he "would have to kill him because he was about to kill [the victim]," according to the report.

The victim told police Thompson came toward him aggressively, so he pulled his nunchucks out of his pocket and struck Thompson. After a short struggle, the victim held Thompson until police arrived.

While held, Thompson made threats to come back and kill the victim, according to the report.

Police spokesman Master Sgt. Gary Knight said neither man was seriously injured.

"It's certainly something we don't see every day, somebody with knives fighting with somebody who has nunchucks," Knight said. "But thankfully, nobody was hurt, considering both of those types of weapons can do a lot of damage."

[GeneChing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5FkNfnmr9M

Nunchuck Hottie (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?69356-Nunchuck-Hotties) or Wannabe Bruce Lee (http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?56216-Bad-Day-for-Wannabe-Bruce-Lees)? You decide. :p

[GeneChing]

Here's a wannabe Bruce Lee SON. :)


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Burglar claims to be son of Bruce Lee (http://www.redmond-reporter.com/news/burglar-claims-to-be-son-of-bruce-lee-police-blotter/) | Police blotter
The Redmond Police blotter for Aug. 20 through 22.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018 3:45pm

...

11:36 a.m. – Burglary: A man awoke from a nap on his couch to find an uninvited male in his residence collecting snacks on the 16000 block of NE 40th Court. The victim yelled at the suspect, who dropped the pretzels and candy bars he was holding and left the home. Officers arrived quickly, tracked down the suspect nearby and detained him without incident. The victim reported he had not felt threatened at any time by the suspect, who said he was just looking for some food and a place to sleep. The suspect’s identity was not immediately clear, as he initially told police he was the son of famous martial artist, Bruce Lee. The suspect was booked on suspicion of burglary.

[GeneChing]

Interesting way to spell nunchucks. There's a vid...


'Kung Fu fighter' jailed for nun chuck attack outside club (https://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/kung-fu-fighter-jailed-for-nun-chuck-attack-outside-club-1-9368866)
FIONA THOMPSON Published: 09:46 Thursday 27 September 2018

This is the moment police say a teenager "thought he was a Kung Fu fighter" and used a martial arts weapon in a street attack. Kyle Morrow, 19, has been jailed for two years after he admitted attacking a man with nun chucks near to the Bigg Market in Newcastle.

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Kyle Morrow has been jailed.

The 26-year-old victim had been enjoying a night out in March this year when Morrow intentionally bumped into one of his friends outside Mushroom. One of Morrow's friends then started to verbally abuse the group of drinkers before Morrow decided to take action into his own hands. CCTV was played in court showing what followed next as Morrow pulled some nun chucks from his trousers and began to use them in a sustained assault. Police say it shows him wildly swinging the metal bars at the victim before he eventually subsided and fled the area laughing and hugging his friends.

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A still from the CCTV footage which captured the assault where Kyle Morrow used a pair of nun chucks.

The violent assault left the 26-year-old victim needing hospital treatment for what was later diagnosed as a fractured eye socket and a broken nose. Officers in the city centre were made aware of the assault and Morrow was arrested just minutes later after being identified as a potential suspect. As he was being arrested by police the nun chucks in question fell out of his pocket and were seized by officers. Morrow, of Claremont North Avenue, Gateshead, was charged with causing GBH with intent, assault occasioning ABH and possession of an offensive weapon.

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The video clip shows Morrow with the weapon in his hands.

He was jailed for two years after pleading guilty at Newcastle Crown Court at an earlier date. Following the case, investigating officer Detective Constable Steven Patterson said the assault was more akin to a martial arts movie. He said: "There is no place for this kind of behaviour anywhere in our region but particularly not in the middle of a busy night out in Newcastle. "This was an unprovoked attack that was more akin to a martial arts movie then in the middle of the Bigg Market. "You can see from the CCTV that Morrow was laughing and joking with his friends after the assault and that says a lot about him. "These are the actions of a thug showing off in front of his friends by carrying out a violent attack that ultimately scarred his victim for life. "He deserves the significant prison sentence that he has been handed by a judge today and I hope this makes people think twice about their behaviour."

[PalmStriker]

He'll be laughing and hugging his new friends in prison.

[GeneChing]

He'll be laughing and hugging his new friends in prison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hrKdLZaV-Y

[GeneChing]

'retro miniature nunchucks'? Like these (https://www.martialartsmart.com/50-60.html)? Not sure what makes them 'retro' but I like that term.


Hull mum's terror as thief with nunchucks tries to force his way into her home (https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/hull-mums-terror-thief-nunchucks-2094285)
Mason Donkin, 18, was arrested after attempting to prize open a kitchen window with a rusty spade
By Tom Kershaw
15:01, 10 OCT 2018 UPDATED16:35, 10 OCT 2018

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Mason Donkin, 18, was given a second chance by top judge Roger Thomas, QC, at Hull Crown Court on Wednesday

A Hull mum has been left "scared to leave her house" after a man with a set of "retro miniature nunchucks" in his socks tried to force his way into their home.

Mason Donkin, 18, was arrested after attempting to prise open a kitchen window to a home belonging to a family-of-three in Rustenburg Street, east Hull, with a rusty garden accessory.

The mum told Hull Crown Court she had been upstairs with her 10-year-old son at the time of the bodged burglary attempt on August 18, who shouted that someone was in their back garden.

She said during the "terrifying" incident she spotted Donkin from an upstairs window trying to break in her kitchen window, she went downstairs and banged on the glass.

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Mason Donkin, 18, was given a second chance by top judge Roger Thomas, QC, at Hull Crown Court on Wednesday

The mum-of-one then phoned the police and gave an accurate description of the defendant following his arrest in a street nearby.

Hannah Walker, prosecuting, said: "The mother is now scared to leave the house with her 10 year old son after what happened.

“It had caused no end of stress and anxiety - her husband works shifts and is scared when he is not with her in the house."

Donkin was arrested and found with a set of nunchucks - a weapon in the form of two pieces of wood or metal connected together with a short chain.

Judge Roger Thomas, QC, said: "So what are these things? Nunchuck things, is that what they are called? Were they those things that were popular in the 70s, two wooden pipes connected by a chain?"

"Yes, I believe they are known as a retro weapon Sir," prosecutor Hannah Walker replied.

Mr Garth, mitigating for Donkin, said: "They were only described as miniature fitting into one sock, which he handed over to police when he was arrested."

The attempted burglary proceeded Donkin being convicted of two separate theft offences.

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A stock image of a pair of nunchucks

The court was told on Wednesday morning that Donkin had become homeless after falling out with both his mum and dad who had separated. He had previously lived in Hull, but had been bailed to an address in Blackpool, Lancs., with “strict” bail conditions.

Donkin, who appeared in court sporting a grey hooded top, blue t-shirt and white beaded cross, ended up breaching his conditions in September and appeared at the hearing in custody.

He previously pleaded guilty to possessing an offensive weapon and attempted burglary at a previous court hearing.

Judge Thomas told Donkin: “So I guess you’ve seen what inside the prison system is like and what a terrible place it is.”

Donkin replied: "Yes, I know what’s important in my life and family is one of them.”

The judge told him to get on the “straight and narrow” path after rekindling his friendship with his father back in Hull.

Judge Thomas decided to punish Donkin with a community order in the form of a 28 day rehabilitation order. He must complete the order within 12 months.

Judge Thomas said: "The sentences range from three months custody to a community order, but I am not thinking about prison."

Speaking to the defendant, the judge said: "I am greatly concerned about you.

"You are two weeks away from your 19th birthday and to say you have not been in trouble before - this year it has gone badly wrong for you.

"I’ve seen men like you get caught up in the justice system at a young age and then waste years of their adult life trying to get out of it.

"I hope that you do complete the order, I am rooting for you to achieve this.

"You need to abide by the order otherwise another judge will come along and give you a jail sentence."

[GeneChing]

It was actually this Jeffrey Sand story that I was searching for when I stumbled over the Mason Donkin story above. I heard this on the radio this morning during my commute on the Woody Show's redneck contest. Not sure if he won, but he's gotta get points for being in his underwear.


Nunchuck-wielding man arrested following threats in St. Johns County, deputies say (https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/nunchuck-wielding-man-arrested-following-threats-in-st-johns-county-deputies-say/844811340)
Updated: Oct 1, 2018 - 1:59 PM

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/nunchuck-wielding-man-arrested-following-threats-in-st-johns-county-deputies-say/844811340

A man who was on probation for threats against a judge is facing more charges after he was arrested for threatening St. Augustine homeowners with nunchucks, according to a report.

Jeffrey Sand, 67, was arrested Sunday after two homeowners in the Murabella area told St. Johns County deputies that a man tried to get inside their homes.

According to an arrest report, the suspect attempted to make entry into a home on Registry Boulevard by pushing on the door numerous times. A woman who was inside told deputies she was in fear for her life.

The suspect then went to another home and repeatedly knocked on the door and yelled obscene slurs, according to the report. The homeowner said Sand was wearing only a t-shirt and underwear. The victim yelled for the man to leave.

Deputies say the suspect left and then returned armed with nunchucks.

According to the report, he took a "bladed stance" while twirling the nunchucks -- then walked back and forth on a sidewalk in front of the house until deputies arrived.

Nobody was hurt, and St. Johns deputies took the man into custody.

According to the arrest report, Sand is charged with aggravated assault, attempted burglary and violation of probation.

[GeneChing]

Routine search of Parkland car turns out meth, heroin, nunchucks, plastic straw (http://mynorthwest.com/1153985/parkland-car-searched-heroin-meth-nunchucks-found/)
BY MYNORTHWEST STAFF
OCTOBER 19, 2018 AT 5:00 PM

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(Pierce County Sheriff)

A Parkland car was discovered with a massive cache of guns, weapons, and more by Pierce County Sheriff’s deputies.

A 911 call reporting a suspicious black Mercedes had one of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department’s newest deputies and her veteran training partner stumbling on a veritable gold mine of illicit materials.

The pair arrived on the scene to see a man sitting in the front seat asleep with a gun in a holster, and “various narcotics paraphernalia” between his legs.

An additional veteran deputy was called to the scene. The two veterans opened the vehicle doors and removed the gun from the man’s lap as he awoke. Searching the man turned up a narcotics pipe, pepper spray, a double-edged knife, a curved knife, burned tinfoil, $474 in cash, a small baggie of “suspected narcotics,” and most offensively to anyone in Seattle, a plastic straw.

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A curved knife was one of many weapons found in the car. (Pierce County Sheriff)
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After executing a search warrant on the car, an even bigger cache was unearthed. The haul included: four grams of black tar heroin, 22.6 grams of crystal meth, 28 rounds of ammunition, nine knives, a collapsible baton, a golf club, two wooden clubs, bear spray, a rubber mask, two scales, a syringe, pipes, foil, a “pyrotechnic device,” and nunchucks.

The 26-year-old male suspected was then re-arrested on Monday with the added charges for the items found in the car. Ultimately, he was booked into Pierce County Jail for unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, intent to distribute, introducing contraband into a correctional facility.

This perp is packing all that hardware in his benz and the headline says 'plastic straw'? :p

[GeneChing]

...I'm curious if anyone here ever got busted for nunchucks? I'm sure we all know people that got busted for them. I can think of several offhand, although most of them were just warned and not cited. I got shut down for trying to make a pair in wood shop in High School, but I wasn't penalized beyond just being told I couldn't do that for my project (I made a wine rack and a pirate peg-leg instead). Later, I brought a pair to my Humanities class for a speech I gave on Kung Fu and nobody batted an eye, except for the poor kid who was seated in the front row as I twirled them about. ;)

At this point, MAM is still not selling Nunchuks (https://www.martialartsmart.com/nunchuck-nunchakus.html) to NY or the other previously banned states until the dust settles on all of this. As a martial arts vendor, MAM does get audited regularly and it's a huge hassle. But soon, hopefully. :)


I was arrested for having nunchucks in New York. I’m glad the law was overturned. (http://www.philly.com/opinion/commentary/nunchucks-new-york-city-arrest-20181227.html) | Marc Thiessen
Updated: December 27, 2018 - 8:43 AM

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ELAINE THOMPSON

WASHINGTON -- I was arrested for having nunchucks in New York. I'm glad the law was overturned.

When news broke last week that a federal judge had ruled a New York law banning possession of nunchucks unconstitutional, I felt vindicated. You see, as a teenager growing up in New York City in the 1980s, I was arrested and thrown in jail for illegal possession of nunchucks. Really.

During high school, I got into Bruce Lee martial-arts movies. Long before Mayor Rudy Giuliani turned Times Square into a family-friendly theme park, there was a movie theater on Broadway that showed nonstop kung-fu fare. Over summer break, I would go to see Lee movies such as "Game of Death," "Fist of Fury" and "Enter the Dragon," Lee's last film before his death from cerebral edema at age 32 in 1973. The highlight of every Lee movie, for me, was when he picked up a pair of nunchucks -- two short sticks connected by a steel swivel chain -- and began swinging them around his body, taking out dozens of enemy fighters.

After the movie let out one afternoon, I went to a martial-arts store across the street from the theater and bought myself a pair of nunchucks. Unlike the hardwood pair Lee used, I bought a soft pair made of light plywood and covered in bright yellow foam so that when I swung them around and accidentally hit myself on the head, I wouldn't knock myself out.

One day I was riding on the subway going to a friend's house, quietly holding my nunchucks, when a police officer approached me. "Do you know those are illegal?" he asked. No, I told him, I didn't. It hadn't even occurred to me that possessing a pair of the foam-covered nunchucks could be against the law. But it turned out that New York state in 1974 had enacted a complete ban on the possession of nunchucks by private citizens.

The police officer told me to get off with him at the next stop. He pushed me against a wall, handcuffed me, threw me in a squad car and took me to the New York Transit Police station on Columbus Circle, where I was put into a cell with a bunch of drunks and booked on charges of a Class A misdemeanor, "criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree."

I used my one call to phone my mother -- a doctor who worked treating heroin addicts in the South Bronx. She came down to the station and berated the arresting officer in her thick Polish accent, offering to take him to Central Park and point him to all the drug dealers selling heroin there. Why didn't he do something about them, rather than harassing a harmless teenager? She had to spend thousands of dollars to hire a lawyer, who told us that the charges were serious and that I could face jail time. We went to court, and he cut a deal to have the prosecution deferred. I stood before a judge who told me if I did not commit another crime in the next 12 months, the charges would be dropped and my arrest record expunged. Until then, I was a "juvenile offender." I passed the time without incident and never picked up a pair of nunchucks again.

I have often wondered what would have happened to a kid whose mother could not afford a decent lawyer. It was absurd that a teenager could have had his life ruined, and be stuck with a criminal record, simply because he wanted to be like Bruce Lee.

I always knew my arrest was a travesty. Now three decades later, the law under which I was arrested has been declared unconstitutional. Citing the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, which applied the Second Amendment to the states, U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen, who was nominated by President Obama, ruled that "the possession and use of nunchaku is protected by the Second Amendment" and that the sections of the New York law banning them are "an unconstitutional restriction on the right to bear arms ... and are, therefore, void."

The suit was filed by a lawyer named James Maloney, who, like me, had been arrested for possessing nunchucks. He has been fighting this fight since his arrest in 2000. Eighteen years later, he and I have been vindicated. Americans have a constitutional right to keep and bear nunchucks. Not just the foam kind, but the real thing.

I have the feeling that, somewhere up there, Bruce Lee is smiling.

Marc Thiessen writes a twice-weekly column for The Post on foreign and domestic policy. He is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and the former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush. @marcthiessen

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Nunchuck attack defendant makes her case (https://www.themountaineer.com/news/nunchuck-attack-defendant-makes-her-case/article_f6ffe900-3b62-11e9-bf39-871c6cd79714.html)
By Kyle Perrotti kperrotti@themountaineer.com Mar 1, 2019

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NEIGHBORS — The distance between Gentry’s and Smith’s apartments, seen here, is only about 30 feet.

Neighbors sometimes feud, but since Kathleen Smith moved in next to Janet Gentry, it’s been almost constant.

The Mountaineer wrote last week about the women’s latest feud, which ended with Gentry being charged with assault with a deadly weapon for using nunchucks on Smith during an altercation. But not long after the story, which featured quotes from Smith, ran in print, Gentry reached out to tell her side of the story.

Much of what she wanted told appeared in the incident report, which was filled out by Deputy Kevin Brooks, who first responded on the scene.

“Upon arrival, I observed five individuals arguing amongst themselves and posturing like they were going to fight,” Brooks noted in the incident report. “I gave several commands for everyone to separate. It took several attempts of this to get compliance.”

Gentry said the incident began when she observed Smith, along with her boyfriend, Bobby McCollough, who had recently moved into the apartments after being displaced by the Suyeta Park Apartment fire, embroiled in a heated argument with her son. At one point, she was afraid McCollough was going to assault Smith’s son. That’s when Gentry called 911.

“She was standing in the yard when she said, ‘you need to go on down the road,’” McCollough said.

Smith said her altercation with Gentry escalated because she was frustrated with what she perceived as her neighbor’s intrusion into a personal matter.

“I told her, ‘you need to quit putting your nose in other people’s business,’” Smith said.

Gentry said that when she became the target of the heated language from McCollough and his son, who was also on the scene, her son stepped in and told the them “don’t talk to my mom like that.”

Although it isn’t clear who pulled out what first, before long, Gentry’s son had a knife out, while McCollough and his son had a baseball bat and tire iron.

“Clayton (McCullough) was trying to get my son to hit him, and Bobby told me ‘we’re going to make your son bleed,” Gentry said, a claim that McCollough firmly denied.

That’s when the altercation between the two women occurred.

“She hit me from behind,” Gentry recalled, a fact Smith didn’t deny. However, what’s more unclear is whether Smith brandished a hypodermic needle as a weapon.

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“At some point, Mrs. Smith pushed Mrs. Gentry down and was waving the hypodermic needle at her,” the incident report reads. “Mrs. Gentry received a set of nunchucks and hit Mrs. Smith in the back several times.”

But Smith denied that happening.

“I showed them there wasn’t no needle,” she said.

While the back and forth between the parties involved in the altercation paints an unclear picture of who might be to blame, at the end of the day, it was Gentry along with Smith’s son and daughter-in-law who were hit with misdemeanor charges.

weird story. :confused:

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Knives, nunchucks, large snow globe found at Charlotte Douglas checkpoints (https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/knives-nunchucks-guns-found-at-charlotte-douglas-checkpoints/1009082373)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Transportation Security Administration agents have confiscated knives, nunchucks and a chainsaw from passengers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Items such as those can bring checkpoint lines to a grinding halt.

The moment travelers roll their suitcases through the doors, they all have a common goal – making it to their plane in time.

“You need to be on time,” traveler Silvina Giammarra said.

But some travelers don’t always inspect their bags beforehand, which creates a problem for everyone else at TSA checkpoints.

TSA Federal Security Director Kevin Frederick said his agents run into the issue every day.

From a replica gun to real guns, people walk into airports with plenty of items that won’t fly.

“Flabbergasted – we’re talking about explosives on board an airplane. What would make you think you can bring it onboard an aircraft?” Frederick said.

Agents at Charlotte Douglas have stopped brass knuckles, nunchucks and even part of a chainsaw from going onboard.

“They are working really hard,” airline attendant Deandrea Gadsden said. “I never thought a bowling pin could be a weapon.”

Channel 9 learned 65 guns have been found so far this year at the airport and 75 were found in total last year.

Any weapons, especially guns, can wreck travel plans.

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Officials said the average time in a security checkpoint at Charlotte Douglas is just over 9 1/2 minutes, but, if a gun or other dangerous weapon is found, the wait time can more than double.

Even a snow globe can get travelers in trouble because what’s inside it.

“If it is larger than a tennis ball, you cannot and, reason for it: That’s not water in there; that is glycol alcohol,” Frederick said.

This holiday season, more than 32,000 people a day are expected to roll through Charlotte Douglas, and agents will be screening everything.

Agents suggest travelers do themselves and everyone else a favor: Double-check your bags. They also said that if you happen to get stuck in line, always remember it is your safety they are trying to protect.

“It is the responsibility of the passenger on what you can carry and what you can’t carry,” Giammarra said.

Those are the foam chucks carried at MartialArtSmart (https://www.martialartsmart.com/50-30.html). Here in Cali, chucks with chains are illegal, even if they are foam padded.



PD: Man attacks ex-girlfriend with throwing knives and nunchucks (https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/pd-man-attacks-ex-girlfriend-with-throwing-knives-and-nunchucks)
Posted: 1:46 PM, Nov 21, 2019 Updated: 1:53 PM, Nov 21, 2019
By: Joe Enea

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TEMPE, AZ — A man in Tempe has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault for attacking his ex-girlfriend with knives and nunchucks.

Tempe police report that on the morning of November 16, they responded to a call at an apartment complex near Rural Road and Apache Boulevard after a woman pounded on a neighbor's door asking for help.

The woman reportedly told police that her ex-boyfriend Tomas Salinas, 51, attacked her after consuming one-liter of vodka. Salinas allegedly dragged the victim from one room to another by her hair, before grabbing a throwing knife from his 10-piece throwing knife kit and holding it to her throat.

According to the police, the woman also saw a noose hanging from the ceiling on a hook. Court records show that Salinas has used the knives, a sword, and nunchucks to attack and threaten the woman in the past.

Salinas remained in the apartment after the victim escaped for about two hours as police and SWAT team members evacuated nearby apartment units.

He eventually surrendered to police. Inside the apartment, investigators reportedly found the throwing knife kit, multiple sets of nunchucks, and a green rope hanging from the ceiling.

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Tens of thousands attend Pride parade in Israel's Tel Aviv (https://www.wboc.com/story/44179386/tens-of-thousands-attend-pride-parade-in-israels-tel-aviv)
Friday, June 25th 2021, 6:10 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, June 25th 2021, 10:56 AM EDT
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By ARIEL SCHALIT
Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of people attended a Pride parade in Tel Aviv on Friday in one of the largest public gatherings in Israel since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

The vibrant parade and beach party are held on the seafront promenade in the Israeli city, a rare hub of gay culture in the conservative Middle East. Elsewhere in the region ****sexuality is widely considered taboo and is outlawed in many countries.

Some 250,000 people attended the Tel Aviv parade honoring the LGBTQ community in 2019, before it was called off last year because of the pandemic.

Organizers estimated the turnout at Friday's event at 100,000, saying it's one of the largest worldwide since the pandemic struck.

“Pride events in Tel Aviv-Yafo are a long-standing tradition, centered on a message of equality, acceptance, and human and civil rights," Mayor Ron Huldai said. "This year, more than ever, we will celebrate together, march together, and fight together for equality.”

Israel fully reopened this spring after carrying out one of the world's most successful vaccination campaigns, but a recent outbreak driven by the more contagious delta variant has raised concerns.

Authorities are once again requiring people to wear masks in indoor public places starting Friday, and are advising mask-wearing at large outdoor events like the Pride celebrations.

Several marchers said they were sad to have missed the parade last year.

“It is not just a celebration, it is also a demonstration for our rights, for our existence, so it feels really good to be here again to march with everyone,” said Noam Klar.

Nina Korolev said it was the first time she attended a Pride parade.

“It is so delicious, it is amazing," she said. "I’m very proud that I can be here in a free country with free people together. All humans must have the same rights.”

Thousands of people marched through Jerusalem earlier this month in a much smaller Pride parade, celebrating LGBTQ rights in the conservative city amid heavy police security.

Pride events in Jerusalem, home to a large ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, tend to be more subdued. A radical ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed a 16-year-old girl to death at a Pride event in Jerusalem in 2015, an attack that was condemned across the political spectrum.

Police said they arrested a suspected attacker in Tel Aviv after tracking him ahead of the parade. The man in his 30s was found carrying nunchaku, an Asian martial arts weapon, as well as an electric shocker, chains and other “means of assault,” the police said.

The police later also said they arrested a husband and wife who assaulted police officers while trying to enter the parade area so they could heckle the event.

Support for gay rights is increasingly widespread in Israel, where gay people serve openly in the military and parliament. Yet they haven’t attained full equality.

Jewish ultra-Orthodox parties, which wield significant influence over matters of religion and state, oppose ****sexuality as a violation of religious law.

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Associated Press reporter Shlomo Mor contributed to this report.

If only it was a rainbow chuck.

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3:45 a.m gas station watch sucks.


Man assaulted with martial arts weapon at Olympia gas station (https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article254386484.html)
BY ROLF BOONE
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 2:09 PM
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An employee at a gas station in Olympia was assaulted early Monday with a martial arts weapon known as “nunchucks,” according to Olympia police.

Nunchucks typically are two short wooden sticks, connected by chain or rope.

About 3:45 a.m. Monday, police were dispatched to the 3200 block of Pacific Avenue Southeast after a witness discovered a trail of blood that ran from the cash register to outside the convenience store at that location, Lt. Paul Lower said.

After police arrived, they found the employee returning to the store, bleeding from his head. He was taken to a hospital where he was believed to have been treated and released, Lower said.

Police reviewed video at the scene and it showed the employee and two other people arguing near the gas pumps. The argument escalated into a fight, then the employee was struck in the head with the martial arts weapon.

The incident is under investigation, Lower said.

This story was originally published September 20, 2021 10:27 AM.

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Rolf has worked at The Olympian since August 2005. He covers breaking news, the city of Lacey and business for the paper. Rolf graduated from The Evergreen State College in 1990.

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Nunchucks Master From The Oranges Invents New Martial Arts System (https://patch.com/new-jersey/westorange/nunchucks-master-oranges-invents-new-martial-arts-system)
Eldridge Hawkins Jr. is the founder of Ken-Fu Nunchaku Jutsu. He's also a former New Jersey mayor – and a hall of fame martial artist.

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Eldridge Hawkins Jr. (in black), the founder of Ken-Fu Nunchaku Jutsu, demonstrates a takedown technique with the aid of student, Gage Knopf.

ORANGES, NJ — When he was crafting his new martial arts system, Eldridge Hawkins Jr. had a simple-but-tricky vision: it needed to be “realistic.” Apparently, this Essex County master of the nunchucks has nailed his target – and then some.

Recently, the North American Nunchaku Association, one of the most respected nunchaku organizations in the world, became the latest group to recognize Ken-Fu Nunchaku Jutsu as an official martial arts system.

Hawkins – the system’s founder – is a former West Orange resident who served as mayor of Orange from 2008 to 2012. He was inducted into the USA Unified Martial Arts Hall of Fame earlier this year. Read More: Ex-Mayor In The Oranges Earns Spot In Martial Arts Hall Of Fame

According to Hawkins, Ken-Fu Nunchaku Jutsu is a “complete” style that aims to combine the iconic martial arts weapon with more traditional striking techniques.

He writes:

“Specifically, this new nunchaku style fuses various elements of competition katas and swinging strikes of the American-style nunchaku system (as taught by founder Grand Master Michael Burke, 9th Dan), with the close quarter fighting of Chinese Kenpo Kung-Fu/Fusion Kenpo (as instructed by Professor Harry Baker, 10th Dan), Ed Parker’s Kenpo Nunchaku teachings, Jujitsu, and [my] own original techniques. More specifically, several of the strikes, locks, throws and more of Kenpo and Jujitsu have been augmented where appropriate to facilitate self-defense techniques utilizing the nunchaku and everyday objects in conjunction with the standard empty hand techniques.”
Because most people don’t usually walk around town with a pair of nunchaku, Hawkins’ system teaches students to strike, trap, choke or otherwise control an attacker with common items such as sticks, belts or even socks. It’s a style that’s realistic and meets national and international training standards of established martial arts organizations, he said.

Several of his peers in the martial arts have backed up his claims.

“I enjoyed the [Ken-Fu] self-defense and thought it was very useful and practical,” said Chris Pellitteri, president and founder of the North American Nunchaku Association / American Kobudo Association.

“Most nunchaku systems don’t focus on self-defense – it was refreshing to see,” Pellitteri said.

There are several other groups that have agreed with the North American Nunchaku Association on this point, including the American Style Nunchaku Federation, Independent Karate Schools of America, and the United States Martial Arts Federation.


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Hawkins, now 42, began his martial arts career at Red Iron Dragon Karate Academy in East Orange when he was 7-years-old. He earned his first black belt in 2001 in Chinese Kenpo Kung Fu. Over the years Hawkins placed in and won several tournaments while studying different forms of martial arts, earning a master-level rank in different styles including Fusion Kenpo, U.S. Ju-Jitsu and American-style nunchaku.

The former politician, who is known to his students as Shihan E. Hawkins, is the senior international rank examiner in charge of training for the American Style Nunchaku Federation, a member of the United States Ju Jitsu Federation Senior Masters Caucus, and has recently been appointed to the role of vice president in the United States Martial Arts Federation.

Despite multiple knee surgeries, Hawkins has used teaching and his work with Ken-Fu Nunchaku Jutsu to remain active in the sport – and lifestyle – that he’s come to love. And his fellow martial artists say it’s good that he did.

“I congratulate Master Hawkins on the new Ken-Fu recognition from NANA and thank him for his ongoing contributions to the martial arts community and American Style Nunchaku Federation,” said Grand Master Michael Burke, president of the American Style Nunchaku Federation.

The Ken Fu Nunchaku Jutsu technical committee – which helps ensure the quality of training standards – includes Professor Harry Baker, 10th Dan of Baker’s Red Iron Dragon; Grand Master Michael Burke, 9th Dan; Hanshi Bruce Bethers, 9th Dan, as well as other black belts Ashanti Shakir, Rodney Armstrong, Sabu Rashidi, and Hawkins’ father, Eldridge Hawkins Sr.

See current Ken-Fu Nunchaku Jutsu system rank requirements here. Interested students or any dojo sensei interested in learning more can visit the UFC Gym, 498 Main Street in Orange, or visit the following websites: https://kenfununchaku.com or www.FusionKenpo.com.


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Denver deputy suspended for breaking inmate's wrist with nunchucks (https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/denver-sheriff-deputy-suspended-nunchucks-inmate-wrist-broken/73-ff617969-9eab-44a7-abf5-9174bfa686f1)

The City of Denver banned the use of the nunchucks six months after a deputy applied too much pressure to an inmate’s wrist, causing a break.
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Author: Jeremy Jojola
Published: 4:55 PM MST January 10, 2023
Updated: 4:55 PM MST January 10, 2023

DENVER — Newly released discipline documents reveal that a Denver Sheriff Department deputy working at the city jail was suspended for three days after injuring in inmate with nunchucks in April 2021.
According to the Denver Department of Public Safety documents that were dated Dec. 27, Deputy Daniel Rodriguez applied too much pressure to an inmate’s wrist using a device called the Orcutt Police Nunchaku (OPN).
The documents describe an out-of-control inmate who was attempting to bite officers. The inmate might have been high on drugs, according to the records. The records also indicate the discipline decision wasn’t made until December 2022.
“Deputy Rodriguez failed to exercise good judgment in applying increasingly greater pressure on the OPNs, despite being met with no indication from [the inmate] that he was sensing pain,” the documents say.
A former law enforcement officer from Denver invented OPN devices in the 1980s, and since then, dozens of agencies across the country have used them as pain compliance tools.
The devices look similar to traditional nunchucks; however, they are not usually used to strike or hit, but to gain compliance by applying pressure at the joints.
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Approximately six months after the inmate was injured, Denver’s head of public safety banned the use of the nunchucks by police and deputies, according to a departmental directive in 2021.
The directive cited injuries and incidents in which “OPN has snapped or otherwise failed” and said “other options are available to officers and deputies for the purposes of arrest control or pain compliance.”
The creator of the OPN device, Kevin Orcutt, told 9NEWS over the phone there has never been a death associated with their use and that they can be safe if used with common sense.

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1 dead after 2 martial arts clubs brawl at Taiwan train station (https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4989244)
Weapons found at the scene included nunchaku, machetes, sickles, and samurai swords

By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2023/09/04 19:04
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Two Indonesian martial arts groups engage in a brawl in front of Changhua railway station on Sept. 2. (Changhua County Police Department photo)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A violent clash between two rival Indonesian martial arts groups broke out at a train station in western Taiwan on Saturday night (Sept. 2), resulting in one death, one serious injury, and 29 arrests.

The melee took place outside of Changhua railway station, reported ETtoday, with participants wielding weapons and multiple individuals sustaining severe injuries.

One of the individuals died from his wounds, while another is in critical condition. Police said they arrested 29 suspects, and upon further investigation, an investigation was opened on 15 others for involvement in serious crimes.

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The Changhua Precinct of the Changhua County Police Department reported that one 32-year-old Indonesian man was stabbed in the back and later died. Meanwhile, a 21-year-old man was stabbed four times, but is under hospital observation, reported Liberty Times.

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Fifteen suspects have been transferred to the Changhua District Prosecutor's Office to be investigated for homicide (殺人罪), assault (傷害罪), and participating in a deadly brawl.

According to preliminary police findings, there was a disagreement about martial arts training. The two groups arranged a meeting to discuss their differences, but the situation escalated.

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Weapons seized at the scene of the crime included knives, brass knuckles, machetes, samurai swords, survival knives, curved knives, nunchaku, screwdrivers, sickles, rods, utility knives, and cans of mace, among other items.

The police mobilied and expanded their search efforts for suspects. In less than 16 hours, the 24-year-old main murder suspect, an Indonesian national, was arrested in Taichung City.

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The suspect led police to a ditch next to Jixiang Street in Changhua City, where officers recovered the knife allegedly used to commit the murder.

The authorities will inform the brokers and companies of the migrant workers involved to strengthen their management practices. They will also notify the Indonesian representative office in Taiwan to assist the victim's family in dealing with funeral arrangements.

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...but it made me lol so I had to share it.


Tool Fan Misses Entire Set Untangling Ponytail from Nunchucks (https://thehardtimes.net/culture/tool-fan-misses-entire-set-untangling-ponytail-from-nunchucks/)

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BY TED PILLOW | MARCH 12, 2022

ST. LOUIS — Diehard Tool fan Glenn “Stinkfist” Miranda missed the band’s entire set after a brief display of martial arts resulted in him getting a pair of nunchucks tangled up in his ponytail, confirmed sources at last night’s Tool concert who also verified that it was by far the best part of the show.

“I can’t believe this ****!” bemoaned an angry Miranda. “They opened with ‘Hooker with a *****’ and I was so pumped that I attempted some expert-level freestyle nunchaku during the breakdown. Next thing you know, it’s three hours later and I’m just getting the last knot undone as the encore wraps up. If you ask me, they owe me a refund because this wouldn’t have been a problem if security hadn’t made me leave my katana at the coat check.”

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan witnessed Miranda’s plight from the stage and commented on it after the concert.

“Honestly, this happens all the time,” sighed Keenan as he sipped a fruit-forward cabernet while lashing himself a leather bullwhip. “We used to stop playing and get security over to help out every time these dudes would get their long, flowing Gen X man-locks knotted up, but it was making our sets even more interminable than they already are. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: if you’re coming to a Tool show, wear a ****ing hairnet.”

Arthur Brown the stage manager at the Enterprise Center, which hosted last night’s Tool concert, led a crew of maintenance workers to pick up locks of hair that were ripped from heads.

“These Tool fans are a god**** pain in the ass,” Brown noted after the event. “They dress like they’re going to a renaissance fair but they act like they’re at that rave from ‘The Matrix Reloaded.’ First, they all pregame in the parking lot drinking solo cups of mead, and then they try sneaking all sorts of crazy **** into the venue. You’d be amazed at what we confiscate from them. Well, needless to say, nunchucks are officially added to the list of items banned from Tool shows, along with Burmese pythons, vintage artillery cannons, and entire kegs of Mountain Dew Code Red.”

As of press time, Miranda was last seen in the pit at a Deftones show desperately trying to free his ponytail from his wallet chain.

Photo by Jana Miller.
I do like Tool. Worked for them a few times.