Mike's nunchucks

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by heretic888

As an aside, there is no "black belt" in classical Japanese budo, including ninpo. There are kyu ranks and dank ranks, but no multicolored belts. And even the kyu/dan ranking is a product of gendai budo, not koryu budo.

Its unlikely Splinter used any type of formal ranking system when training the turtles, nor would such a ranking even be necessary in their case. He probably just introduced them to new material when he felt they were individually ready.

I agree that I don't think Splinter used any sort of ranking system with the turtles, because I imagine that the turtles would resent it if he had put some visable mark that one was more skilled than the other. But I have always wondered on the use of the bandannas and knee and leg paddings. I wonder if they are supposed to mean any thing or if they hold about as much importance as clothes and have no meaning behind it.Or even why their bandannas are colored? Do you think Splinter choose the color for them or do you think they choose what color to wear? In the old toon when I was a kid and I was taking kenpo I thought their colors signified what rank they where and that why they wore them.

But if Mike's using two chucks he is definately one skilled little kid. That's all I was trying to say.

now that I rewatch that scene I noticed all Michaelangelo did was twirl them before he attacked Leonardo, which I guess even a beginner could do right? However Michaelangelo was quite young at the time and yet he was obviously doing weapons training. I would think that the turtles would get into weapons training when they where a little older and advanced but here is little Mikey already with his signiture weapon. Just how advance where the turtles at tots age if Splinter was already introducing wapons in to their training. Also is it true that the chained nunchuck is a fairly recent thing? I read some where that more commonly the nunchuka was fashioned together with horse hair rather than a chain.

Also what other "flexable" weapons could you imagine Michaelangelo useing other than the nunchuka. I was watching Inyusha last night and it was foucused on a character named Kokaku and he uses a weapon that is basically a sicle blade with a handle and chain (I think its called a kursuri gama) and I saw how flexable it is as a weapon, and I wondered if it is the same family as nunchuka and if it is realistic that Michaelangelo would use it?