Bruce Lee, David Carradine and Carl Douglas, in the 70's everybody was "Kung Fu fighting"
Therefor the Home made Nunchuk was born
A chain stolen from a lavvie cystern.
Your Ma's broom/rake/hoe handle sawn into lenghts
A couple of nails and Boab's yer uncle."You will have someones eye out with that".
Advantages - Cheap and available.
Drawbacks - Flimsy chain liable to snap, Handles flew of regularly as the nails were traditionally hammered in with a half niddrie, Splinters in the newly created blisters on your hands. Hitting yourself in the eye, back of head, knee and baws. Getting a thick ear when your ma went to rake the back green a week later.
Ah but they looked the part
"Those cats were fast as lightning"
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Yes the home made nunchucks! Not only were the lavvy chains a bit weak, they were also bloody sharp! They didn't just break at the wrong time they could also take the skin off your face or your hands. Although we copied a lot of the Kung Fu stuff we stopped short of picking up that red hot pot with our arms gaining the Kung Fu masters hot tattoos. Grasshopper indeed.
I knew a boy that picked up one of those pots.
It had Jas on one side and Fish on the other.
Left him scarred horribly terribly.
Didn't he also put on a pair of red hot headphones? I am sure he still has the scars to prove it. I when threatened he could whirl like a Dervish!
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