I read in the trivia of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 80's/90's animated series that this movie led to nunchakus being illegal in many countries. Can anyone elaborate?
"There is no escape, John!"
It was actually Enter the Dragon that led to the banning of nunchakku in Britain. The chairman of the board of film censors was driving around after the film had been released in Britain and he seen kids in the streets using home made nunchakku and reported this to the rest of the board.
shareOh. Did it work? Did kids stop playing with home-made weapons?
Seriously, I'm not being sarcastic. I wasn't alive back then.
"There is no escape, John!"
No. They still sold posters and magazines with them in, so kids just made them by copying the pictures.
I myself made a pair and used to hit this kid up the street with them. He on the other hand used to attack me with a broom handle (he'd seen this on the TV series Kung Fu).
That reminds me of when a friend of mine made some nunchaku out of wood and string when we were kids during the Ninja Turtle craze. I hurt myself, of course.
"There is no escape, John!"
I still have a pair hanging up in my garage. Haven't used them for years but used to swing them around quite well.
shareIt was the paranoia and ignorance of the left-wing, ultra-liberal California legislature, liberals who do not believe in the concept of self-defense, believing that it only adds to the violence. The law-abiding citizen is supposed to leave self-defense to the police. Somehow, I hold martials artists responsible also. During the Bruce Lee movie era, as the story goes, some self-styled martial artists, perhaps seeking to impress, told the California legislators that the nunchaku could generate 1600-lbs of impact pressure per square inch. The nunchaku was subsequently the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Suitably impressed and frightened, the ignorant legislators promptly banned the nunchaku, not realizing how dangerous the nunchaku was to the OPERATOR, more than to its target.
shareWhen it comes to Nunchaku (there is no such thing as 'nunchakus', as 'nunchaku' is already plural, as japanese words don't have separate plural form - just like 'The Last Samurai' is plural, it does not refer to one, but many samurai), the same rules applies as Moonwalking and Michael Jackson;
many people may do it, but only Bruce Lee could do it correctly.
many people may do it, but only Bruce Lee could do it correctly.
Not true. Dan Inosanto also could do it correctly.