Homemade DIY Nunchucks

So yesterday, I was at my very good mates house who I train with at kickboxing, and finally got the chance to learn how to use nunchuks. I liked it. I liked it a lot.

Ordered some off the net last night, but decided to make my own today :D

(I'd already made them by the time I took the pics, forgot to take along the way)

Using a piece of spare hardwood we had laying about, I measured 13 inches and marked it with some elec tape

cut them to size using hacksaw

drilled in two holes near the top and one through the middle from top down

laced in strong shoelace and tied together!

sanded down so nice and flat too somewhere in between...

Sorted :) They feel a very nice weight (quite light) for training with for the first time, the ones I have ordered are hardwood with a metal chain (5") with handle length of 12". The ones I have made here are 13" (but still 5" shoelace chain lol)

Here is my first video:



I do not pretend to be a master or expert, I have only just learnt the basics. I havent edited the video to cut out the bad bits, obviously i make a few mistakes but I like to think I am getting the hang of it.

You can even start customising your with electrical tape, and the like.

Disclaimer - A quick bit about me - i've been doing Ju Jitsu since the age of 7 - 18, currently also been kickboxing for 8 months.. martial arts is what i've grown up with so i'm not just a wannabe :)

'The Crazies' - Excellent Zombie/Virus Infection Film!

I saw this film when it came out a few months ago, The Crazies is definitely a zombie/virus film to watch!! Plot is not that dissimilar to most films of the genre, small town gets a virus, infection spreads bla bla bla.. but the cast play it all out very well, whilst the visuals are not low budget either. There are some really squeemish moments.

Check out the ad here for a little taste of gore... mmm....



Well recommended! If anything, I have also learnt never to enter a carwash in a car when you are being chased by zombies :)

Contact Lens Fun

Having worn contact lenses in both my eyes since the age of 13, I am used to that extremely annoying moment whilst rubbing one eye when the lens falls out.

Sometimes it will fall directly onto your hand you are using to rub your eye. Sometimes it will fall onto your jacket. Sometimes it will even fall onto the floor.

These new lenses I have been using for the past 5 months are monthly lenses, so one pair (that's two lenses) have to last a whole month. If one is lost, that kind of messes up that month with the involvement of a brand new lens mid-month - meaning I had to find the lost lens.

Luckily I was in my bedroom in front of the mirror, and I had seen the lens fall straight out my eye in a downward motion (thank you gravity). I then spent the next 20 minutes searching the floor with my face a few inches from the carpet, with one eye closed looking for one small piece of circular clear plastic. It was not on the floor, as far as I could tell.

I searched my t-shirt, my shoulders, "has it fallen onto my socks?" I asked myself. It was nowhere to be seen (please excuse bad pun). Retracing my steps back to the very moment it had made a break for freedom from my eye, I looked at the mirror itself.

Running my hands over the mirror downwards to the bottom proved fruitless, but it was at that exact moment I noticed something very circular and very clear protruding from the mirror frame at the very bottom.

Hello contact lens.

I had found my missing optical aid hanging on for dear life. With a quick soak in the cleaning solution, it was back in its rightful place sitting on top of my cornea :)

I think I did quite well considering I performed the whole search and rescue mission with only one eye open, obviously the one with a lens in!

Old Spice Ad: MEN - Take Note.. WOMEN - Take Even Closer Note!!!

This guy is possibly the best male I have ever seen in an advert. His voice, his look and his confidence. Coming from a heterosexual male these are quite odd things to say. But just look at him!!!!

Watch below for pure advertising and production genius.



I WANT OLD SPICE. GET ME SOME.

I'M SOLD.

Because I wanna smell like a man, man.

:D

Bowling Balls + Cars = Destruction... Urbanproof Qashqai!!

An awesome new ad for the Nissan Qashqai, with a heavy soundtrack and great visuals of automotive destruction via bouncing bowling balls. Poor demolished cars!!


Click on the player above to view the video!

Well worth a view if you're a bit sick like me and love seeing a bit of twisted metal :P

Pointless Road Signs

As the weather has been great the past few weeks, I was out with a few guys in the great British countryside on our motorbikes when I saw this. It was just a stupid sign telling us another sign wasn't in use.

That's me on the right pointing and shaking my head.

I also laughed at the ones that said 'Thank you for driving carefully'. Lol, yeah okay.