Nun-Fu?

Singapore -- It could perhaps have been nun-fu ... she could even have been a nunchaku fan.

However, 55-year-old Sister Linda Sim is not into kung-fu or weapon arts, she is an avid taekwondo practitioner, according to koreaherald.com.

While visiting Korea recently with some of her students to participate in a taekwondo youth camp, the Singaporean nun told reporters she is finding strength and also peace in taekwondo.

Sister Linda reportedly took up the martial art in her church when she was 17-years-old.

Wannabe Ninja

Mississippi -- Dang! A middle-aged ninja wanna-be confronting police? Aren't these guys usually teenagers who's been watching too many fantasy movies?

And I really do wonder what's next... A black clad granny sneaking her walker around the neighborhood while clasping her "numbnuts" (aka. nunchaku)?

In any case, I digress - you can read more about the 49-year-old Biloxi man who was taken down by police after threatening officers with a pair of nunchaku and a throwing star. You really can't make this stuff up... :-)

Oh, and don't forget to check out more of our beloved Martial Arts Maniacs here.

Prehistoric Bird and Numbnuts

Csmonitor.com reports about this prehistoric "ninja" bird which apparently was sort of equipped with numbnuts ... or nunchaku as it is commonly called.

Paleontologists reportedly have discovered remains of a prehistoric flightless Jamaican bird whose wings evolved into nunchacku-like weapons.

Very cool and totally wing chun approved if you ask me :-)

Kung Fu Hamster

Hi-ya... This little hamster fella is too cute - and one mean numbnut expert if I may say so :-)

In Need of Kung Fu

Oh dear... I'm afraid this person here will be out of luck. This individual will soon realize that the only effective counter against the deadly "ninjas" is the equally lethal "nunchucks" known as dumbchucks or numbnuts.

Never mind that it is really no plural s-ending in Japanese - like: one ninja, several ninja - and that the proper term is nunchaku. That's just boring details :-)

Numbnuts and Sword

Ohio -- "It looked like a violent and graphic scene in a karate movie." This was the description given by witnesses to a recent fight in Toledo, according to wtol.com.

A fight between two men at an apartments building allegedly escalated and ended with one person being stabbed several times and seriously injured by a sword.

According to witnesses, the two men were fighting when one of the men ran into an apartment to get his older brother. The brother then came out with nunchucks (aka. numbnuts or dumbchucks) and went after another person in the crowd.

Apparently the numbnuts wasn't the right tool for the encounter. Witnesses said the man then ran back inside and came out with a sword.

It's martial arts 101 really: The krotty sticks/dumbchucks is purely designed for those who are fond of self harm. The real thing -- called nunchaku -- may only be handled by those who actually knows what they're doing.

And man ... numbnuts as well as a sword? This "brother in arms" must definitely be a martial arts enthusiast.

Martial Arts Enthusiast

Connecticut -- A man attempted to steal money from a downtown Stamford bar on September 26, according to thestamfordtimes.com and now police says the man "may be a martial arts enthusiast."

First and foremost, whenever a term like "martial arts enthusiast" is used in settings like these, it tends to indicate a full blown Martial Arts Maniac.

And what is it that told police they may be dealing with such an individual in the first place? The fact that the suspect laid in wait while the receipts were being compiled by the manager - in other word a sneaky ninja? Or was it perhaps his athletic build which gave him away?

Did he flash on of them totally awesome and deadly dumchucks, or go into a kung fu stance? Did he flash a couple equally impressive fast and furious judo chops; perhaps uttering the all time classic: "I know karate!" (pronounced 'krotty')? No?

Then what? This is so confusing...

Numb Nuts No More?

Finally, it seems someone has come up with some useful outlets for the "numbnuts" (aka nunchaku). How about golf, baseball and opening champagne? :-)

Nunchaku Painting

China -- Way cool (and finally a worthwhile usage for the usually daft "numb-nuts")!

Anyhow, here's a young street painter in Beijing, who reportedly is creating a sketch of legendary Bruce Lee. He's seen in this picture using nunchaku dipped in paint.

Paint fu for sure! And what better way to combine two arts...

Ping-Fu

Here's a way cool video of "Bruce Lee" use "numb-nuts" in a ping-pong match. It's an ad for a Nokia phone - very well done :-)

Ninja Bros Arrested

New Jersey -- In August, Clifton police arrested two men dressed liked ninja, according to cbsnews.com.

The two young self-acclaimed "crime fighters" (aged 19 and 20), who were armed with martial arts weapons, said they were "sending a warning to drug users".

The couple allegedly called themselves "Shinobi warriors." They wore vests of the black SWAT-type and carried knives, throwing stars, swords, nunchaku and a bow and arrows.

Guys, guys, guys (young guys, that is). Please stop reading all this ninja drivel. Grow up, please...

Back With a Vengeance

Minnesota -- You may recall the St. Paul guy called "Afro Ninja". If you do, you may also remember how he tried to do a back flip/nunchaku routine back in 2004 and ended up with a rather impressive - and painful, for sure - face plant.

Startribune.com reported on August 5 how the man - who is actually a professional stuntman - is working on turning misfortune into a positive thing. How? Allegedly by making a movie about it. The clip has reportedly been the basis of a low-budget film that he has starred in as well as produced, called "Afro Ninja: Destiny".

All the credit to him, I say. Seriously, show me someone who haven't taken a nosedive and I'll show you a liar (or a person with severe lapses of memory).

The only thing that separates our mishaps to his, is that there were no camera to shoot us when we did our "seriously silly break-fall routine" :-)

Nanchucks

Nanchucks? They are obviously talking about the deadly lamb chops... Some folks also call them numb nuts (wonder why...).

Story:
Australia -- Police in Perth say a 38-year-old man attempted to board a bus while under the influence of alcohol, according to abc.net.au.

The bus driver refused to allow the man onto the bus and it is alleged he attempted to hit the driver with nanchucks.

Police say a 60-year-old woman was injured during the incident and required treatment in hospital.

The Ninja Hunt

New York -- The Staten Island "ninja burglar", who is now thought to have robbed eighteen homes on the island in the past seven months, acquired his honorific in September, when he encountered a Dongan Hills resident named Phil Chiolo while raiding Chiolo's home.

He was dressed all in black, with a black face mask, Chiolo said, and he carried nun-chucks, which he used to club Chiolo in the chest, head, and shins before Chiolo was able to retaliate by stabbing at him with a steak knife.

Chiolo, who suffered a welt near his collarbone, said the other day that he is fine, but Staten Island has since gone ninja mad, with the burglar enjoying a kind of romantic outlaw notoriety. Other victims have likened him to a gazelle or a cat ("very athletic, very quiet, and very fast"), capable of scaling walls and leaping noiselessly out windows. (No one has heard him speak.)

Halloween Dumbnuts Assault

An 18-year-old man from Horsham, West Sussex, has been charged with killing a 15-year-old boy at a Halloween party news.bbc.co.uk reports.

The victim died in a nunchaku attack at the party, in Horsham, on Saturday morning.

The dead youngster was one of two teenagers found with head injuries after police were called to the address.

Religious Leadership

Illinois -- Police continue to sort out incidents that turned violent over the weekend between two Rock Island church families, according to qconline.com.

Police say it started at a house where an 18-year-old was stabbed by a church leader on Saturday and continued into another church Sunday.

A minister's son was reportedly arrested for threatening people with a "karate-like" weapon, police said.

Great religious leaders... and what a "mass"! And the "karate-like" weapon must have been one of them numb-nuts ... ehh ... dumb-ducks? You know the two sticks tied together with a cord thingy :-)

All That Ninjazz

New York -- A ninja-clad burglar was sent scurrying from a Staten Island kitchen early yesterday when the homeowner stabbed the samurai sneak in the shoulder, according to nydailynews.com.

Phil Chiolo said he had just gone to bed when he heard what sounded like a pan hit the kitchen floor about 1 a.m. in his Dongan Hills home.

"When I got into the kitchen, the door was jimmied open," the resident said. "To my surprise, there was a man standing there dressed in a ninja costume, with nun-chucks and everything. All I saw was his eyes."

The intruder immediately struck Chiolo across his collarbone with the nun-chucks, he said.

Read this and other martial arts stories at: Your Martial Arts Resources

Numbnuts Assault

What are you talking about ... Are you saying he beat the man with Numbducks - and he didn't die? But, but, but, those Dumbnucks are über deadly! Pure ninja! Even more deadly than the scary "throwing stars" ....
This can't be - It's common knowledge amongst ninja that the only man who can survive a real Bumsucks assault is Kato from the Pink Panther movies.

Story:
Wisconsin -- A suspect hit another man so hard with nunchuks (sic.) that it broke one of the sticks over the man's head and left an imprint of the chain on his neck, according to a criminal complaint.

The 42-year-old Delavan man was charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, burglary, criminal damage to property, criminal trespassing and disorderly conduct.

He is accused of going to the man's house July 14 because his ex-girlfriend was there and he wanted her home, according to the complaint. The two were living together as friends.

When she refused to leave with him, the suspect kicked in the door and began beating the 50-year-old man with nunchuks, a martial arts weapon fashioned from two sticks joined by a chain.

The woman, also 50, wrestled it away from him and threw it outside, according to the criminal complaint.

The victim ran out the door, but the suspect chased him down, continuing the beating with a broom, according to the complaint.

The victim received staples for a severe cut to the head and suffered a broken wrist, according to the complaint.

Source

Extremists With Dumbchucks

The "dumbchucks/rice flail" (nunchaku) for someone as dumb as this - how fitting ...

Story:
A man who called for British troops to be brought back from Iraq in body bags at a demonstration against cartoons said to be offensive to Islam was today found guilty of inciting murder.

The a 24-year-old web designer from north London, is one of four people convicted of various charges following a protest near the Danish embassy, in central London, last February.

It was organised following the publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad - including one showing him as a terrorist - in a Danish newspaper. The cartoons were reprinted around Europe.

Following the verdict, the court was told he had previous convictions for offences including causing criminal damage by covering up naked women on advertising posters and having a rice flail martial arts weapon in his car.

Source

Too Much Vegetables

Perhaps too much vegetables can turn you into one?

Story:
A vegetable trader has been arrested on suspicion of killing and beheading at least six of his employees, and dumping four of their torsos outside a high-security jail in Delhi.

Police said yesterday that the 40-year-old man had confessed to killing the six people in the second grotesque case of serial killing to shock the Indian capital within six months.

The trader is said to have killed one man because he would not comply with his request to stop eating meat and another for having an affair with a friend's daughter. Two others were murdered because he believed they were womanisers who drank too much.

Newspaper reports said that he would tie their hands on the pretext of punishing them and then strangle them using nunchaku, a martial arts weapon made of two wooden sticks connected by a chain.

Source