Bad Day for Wannabe Bruce Lees

Wai Jia: The Kung Fu Forum Street/Reality Fighting
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Nunchuks FTW!

This Successful Street Application is actually a Good Day, not a Bad Day for Wannabe Bruce Lees. :cool:

OKC 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

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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.”

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Bikini Nunchuck Demo Gone Wrong_Three Angles

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Nunchuck Hottie or Wannabe Bruce Lee? You decide. :stuck_out_tongue:

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slightly OT

Here’s a wannabe Bruce Lee SON. :slight_smile:

Burglar claims to be son of Bruce Lee | Police blotter
The Redmond Police blotter for Aug. 20 through 22.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018 3:45pm

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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.

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Kyle Morrow

Interesting way to spell nunchucks. There’s a vid…

‘Kung Fu fighter’ jailed for nun chuck attack outside club
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.


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.


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.


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.”

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Good for Laughs

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

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i just couldn’t resist posting this

[QUOTE=PalmStriker;1310830]He’ll be laughing and hugging his new friends in prison.[/QUOTE]

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Mason Donkin

‘retro miniature nunchucks’? Like these? 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
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


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.


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.


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.”

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Jeffrey Sand

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
Updated: Oct 1, 2018 - 1:59 PM

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.

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a plastic straw?

Routine search of Parkland car turns out meth, heroin, nunchucks, plastic straw
BY MYNORTHWEST STAFF
OCTOBER 19, 2018 AT 5:00 PM


(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.


A curved knife was one of many weapons found in the car. (Pierce County Sheriff)

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’? :stuck_out_tongue:

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Now that the nunchuck ban has been ruled unconstitutional…

…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. :wink:

At this point, MAM is still not selling Nunchuks 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. :slight_smile:

I was arrested for having nunchucks in New York. I’m glad the law was overturned. | Marc Thiessen
Updated: December 27, 2018 - 8:43 AM


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

THREADS:
Bad Day for Wannabe Bruce Lees
Nunchucku license?

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nunchucks vs. hypodermic needle

Nunchuck attack defendant makes her case
By Kyle Perrotti kperrotti@themountaineer.com Mar 1, 2019


Westwood apartment
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.


Black Nunchaku isolated over white

“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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A two-fer for a Tuesday

Knives, nunchucks, large snow globe found at Charlotte Douglas checkpoints
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.

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. Here in Cali, chucks with chains are illegal, even if they are foam padded.

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


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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At Pride…in Tel Aviv?

Tens of thousands attend Pride parade in Israel’s Tel Aviv
Friday, June 25th 2021, 6:10 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, June 25th 2021, 10:56 AM EDT

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.

Associated Press reporter Shlomo Mor contributed to this report.

If only it was a rainbow chuck.

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trail of blood from the register must be chilling at 3:45 a.m

3:45 a.m gas station watch sucks.

Man assaulted with martial arts weapon at Olympia gas station
BY ROLF BOONE
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 2:09 PM

Stock photo P. WEI GETTY IMAGES

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.

ROLF BOONE
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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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Ken-Fu Nunchaku Jutsu

Nunchucks Master From The 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.

Eric Kiefer,
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Posted Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 8:04 am ET

(Photo courtesy of Eldridge Hawkins Jr.)
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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I do like those police issue chucks…

Denver deputy suspended for breaking inmate’s wrist with nunchucks

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.

Credit: Kevin Orcutt
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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Martial Club brawl

1 dead after 2 martial arts clubs brawl at Taiwan train station
Weapons found at the scene included nunchaku, machetes, sickles, and samurai swords

By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
2023/09/04 19:04

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.


(Changhua County Police Department image)

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.


(Changhua County Police Department image)

Fifteen suspects have been transferred to the Changhua District Prosecutor’s Office to be investigated for homicide (), assault (), 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.


(Changhua County Police Department image)

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.


(Changhua County Police Department image)

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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I know this is fake news…

…but it made me lol so I had to share it.

Tool Fan Misses Entire Set Untangling Ponytail from Nunchucks


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.

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Kerala student’s death in school gang clash: Cops recover nunchaku used to assault him

The Kerala police said the chats between the five accused—all of whom are Class 10 students in a Government School —both before and after the incident revealed that this was a planned crime. [IMG2=JSON]{“data-align”:“none”,“data-size”:“full”,“src”:“https://media.assettype.com/thenewsminute%2F2025-03-03%2F7dg70c7g%2FMuhammad-Shahabas.jpg?w=480&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max”}[/IMG2]
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Written by:
TNM Staff
Published on:
02 Mar 2025, 10:32 pm

A day after the death of 16-year-old Mohammed Shahabas, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a school gang fight in Kerala’s Kozhikode district on March 1, the police recovered the nunchaku allegedly used to assault him. The nunchaku is a martial arts weapon most commonly associated with Karate and Kobudo, though it is also occasionally incorporated into weapon training for Taekwondo, Kung Fu, and other modern martial arts. The police also seized mobile phones, laptops, and other belongings from the houses of the five accused, all of whom are Class 10 students in a Government School.

Kozhikode rural Superintendent of Police (SP) KE Baiju told the media that the murder had been planned. “The students’ chats before and after the incident revealed that this was a planned crime. The investigation is ongoing, and police are examining the mobile phones and social media groups they used to communicate,” he said.

Meanwhile, the state government has decided to allow the accused students to participate in the Class 10 board exam. Protesting this decision, the Kerala Students Union (KSU) and the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) staged a march to the observation home in Vellimadukunnu, where the accused are being held. Speaking with the media, Shahabas’ father also expressed his displeasure with the decision to allow the accused to sit for the exam.

“If my son were alive, he would have been able to write the exam. Even when students cheat, they would not be allowed to write the exam, or any other exams. Here, these students are murderers. We can’t accept this. At least they should not be allowed to write the exam this year,” he said.

The gang clash occurred on February 27 between students from a Government Higher Secondary School, and the MJ Higher Secondary School. The fight stemmed from a dispute at a tuition centre farewell party held on February 23. According to reports, Shahabas was not a student at the tuition centre but had attended at the invitation of his friends. Shahabas had no visible injuries after the fight and was taken home by his friends. Later that night, he vomited and fell unconscious. He died while receiving medical treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital.

A day after the fight, the police arrested five students in connection with the incident and transferred them to the Observation Home in Vellimadukunnu.

Senseless waste of human life…

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> # Man Worried He May Go His Entire Life Without Mastering The Ancient Art Of Nunchaku

LIFE· Feb 5, 2026 · BabylonBee.com

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LITTLE ROCK, AK — As Darren Phillips pulled himself out of bed on Thursday morning, it became apparent to him that there was a growing chance that he could go his whole life without ever mastering the ancient art of the nunchaku.

“This is my greatest fear,” he said. “What’s the point of life if I can’t execute a perfect Maezato no Nunchaku? How am I going to protect anyone from a sudden ninja attack if I can’t even do that?”

Nunchaku, also called nunchucks, are a classic martial arts weapon with two sticks connected by a cord or chain. The weapon has captivated American men since they were made popular by Michelangelo of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the 1980’s, though film star Bruce Lee later stole the idea.

According to sources, there is little reason for the average person to learn nunchaku due to the prevalence of guns and swords in the world. However, there remains something alluring about the ancient Okinawan weapon that appeals to the deep, hidden desires of a man.

“Bruce Lee looks so cool when he uses them,” Phillips said. “But not as cool as Michelangelo. I want to look cool. But now it might not ever happen.”

Family members hoping to comfort Phillips reportedly encouraged him to go to a kid’s karate class and learn the nunchucks if that would make him feel better, but he declined, saying he had too much work to do.

At publishing time, Darren Phillips had been found dead as the result of a ninja attack.