Most Useless Martial Art Weapon

[Graveking]

nunchucks no war in history was won with that weapon and when was the last time you heard of some on being bludgeoning to death by it? you might as well beat them to death it would be faster.

 

[neuromasser]

Nunchucks definitely, and the second one must be Sai. I never understood the point of that one :/

 

[Graveking]

Nunchucks definitely, and the second one must be Sai. I never understood the point of that one :/

well the Sai was a originally a a farming tool its slow going out of the body but if aimed at the torso it has a 70% kill possibly for each hit.

 

[giga524]

nice dancing cat dude

 

[NeutralDrow]

There are no "useless" martial arts weapons, if the wielder knows how to use them.

That said, I might go with kusarigama. Sure, they're effective against swords, the kama is a kickass weapon close range, and they can be used to entangle. However, they still require space to use.

Nunchucks definitely, and the second one must be Sai. I never understood the point of that one :/

Well, when the other guy is coming at you with a sword, they're pretty good. Especially if you carry the standard three (since they can be thrown).

I have to go with nunchucks. They hurt the user if used improperly. They're not even that effective if the user is an expert. Hell, if Deadliest Warrior is to be believed, an ordinary guy with a baseball bat could beat an expert with nunchucks.

And that show's credibility takes another hit with me. I would think nunchaku would be great against swung weapons of any kind. How were they using it?

 

[neuromasser]

Nunchucks definitely, and the second one must be Sai. I never understood the point of that one :/

Well, when the other guy is coming at you with a sword, they're pretty good. Especially if you carry the standard three (since they can be thrown).

Well wouldn't it be better if you had a sword? Its much harder to do any blocking or attacking with Sai especially if your opponent wields a sword, spear or something like that

 

[NeutralDrow]

Nunchucks definitely, and the second one must be Sai. I never understood the point of that one :/

Well, when the other guy is coming at you with a sword, they're pretty good. Especially if you carry the standard three (since they can be thrown).

Well wouldn't it be better if you had a sword? Its much harder to do any blocking or attacking with Sai especially if you opponent wields a sword or a spear

Not necessarily. Blocking swords is pretty much the sai's claim to fame, but they're not useless on the attack either...as long as you don't try slashing with them. Stabbing works, sai wielders could often rely on barehanded martial arts ability, or use the weapon similarly to a tonfa.

Except against spears. I'd want a sword or staff against one of those.

 

[Lunar Shadow]

Meditating.

That's not a weapon, it's a way to focus the mind and clear your head of distractions.

 

[Lunar Shadow]

Meditating.

That's not a weapon, it's a way to focus the mind and clear your head of distractions.

I know but some people think it's an actual weapon, can you believe it?

Well I am glad I was civil then, I thought you were one of those morons (no offense).

 

[Lunar Shadow]

Double post.

 

[JWAN]

I think that its nunchucks only because they are so hard to use and cause most harm to the wielder, when used improperly, but thats only what I think. What do you Escapists think is the most useless martial art weapon.

I totally agree, considering they were also made up by someone within the last 30 years

While nobody really knows where the nunchaku originated, it definitely didn't get "made up" 30 years ago.

look it up, they have stuff that similar but the stuff you see in movies is just that, stuff you see in movies

no real historical evidence has been found to know where they were first made or WHEN they were first made

Im going with the movie variations made up within the last 30 years, the common idea of nunchucks

I did look it up. And people have been using flails since the 17th century. That's basically what a nunchaku is, only except for a ball, it's another wooden stick. But to say that the idea of attaching a stick to a chain that's attached to another stick only came about 30 years ago, just isn't true. Were they used as weapons in the 17th century? It doesn't appear that way.

I know you looked it up, you used wikipedia but did you look at the actual souce of the information? The article where they pulled the 17th century out of admits that no such implement was used

 

[JWAN]

I think that its nunchucks only because they are so hard to use and cause most harm to the wielder, when used improperly, but thats only what I think. What do you Escapists think is the most useless martial art weapon.

I totally agree, considering they were also made up by someone within the last 30 years

While nobody really knows where the nunchaku originated, it definitely didn't get "made up" 30 years ago.

it originated somewhere in Asia, but the nunchucks that are seen today were made up within the last 30 years for kung fu movies

Damn, you shouldn't have edited your post. I liked the idea of swinging around nunchicks.

Anyway, I already responded to this a second ago to somebody else.. so I'm not going to repeat myself, if that's ok.

thats fine but using wikipedia as a source is not always airtight, when I read through the sources they used I found that no such implement was used in harvesting whatever it is

and I was going to site the sources but the one I was going to use is gone and all of them have been replaced by new websites

 

[A random person]

Nunchucks, cool but useless.

 

[foggy666]

Nunchuks when handled by anyone who isn't Bruce Lee.

At that point they become weapons of mass destruction.

Yeah but in all fairness you could give Bruce Lee a spork and a half eaten carton of Yogurt and he could kill 20 people within a minute using only them...

maybe, but he still got owned by a gun... no disrespect though, he is still a legend

 

[KaZZaP]

The Yo-Yo was originally intended to be a martial arts weapon, I'm getting this from some commercial tho I dunno if its true.

 

[Xojins]

On topic...oh I don't know. Let's say tri-section staff? Someone want to show me a video of it being used properly? Then I'll change my stance on that.

Jet Li in Fearless

 

[thiosk]

Tanto.

From what i can tell, its main utility is stabbing yourself in the gut.

 

[RoBoDaN]

the flying guillotine, it only worked if you managed to get it over the target's head

 

[Lord Monocle Von Banworthy]

I've never seen a group of people who don't know anything about this subject talk about it this long. I'm expecting someone to link his argument to a YouTube video of a Batman cartoon any minute to prove his point. We actually have people in this thread who believe in:
1. Bruce Lee
2. Nunchaku
3. Ninjas
and that
4. Swords are useless.
5. Knives are more useful when thrown than held.

I can't wait to see what comes up next.

 

[RavingPenguin]

The most useless weapon would be one not currently being used.

Wiser words have yet to be spoken.