You vote, but how and why?

[Saverok]

I think, that the type of nunchacku is also very important (fire, glove, wooden, foam...). But I didn't found this choise

Everybody are using what they like.

[Kuyper]

*bump*

[ImThexxx1]

voted!
i feel that when i vote i look for how fluid the person is, if their trying too hard, and how well overall they have control of their chux. if they aren't fluid enough it just looks crappy in my opinion, if they try too hard they forget moves... and it ends up looking sloppy, and i feel we all look for how well someone has control of their chux.

[TuKongChucks]

I dont look for aynthing really, it just depends on the joy/feeling I get when I watch a video.  If I like it...I vote.

[Arturas0705]

Well... It's just my personal opinion I still think it is important what type nunchacku is.

[Flowpulse]

Excellent post!

 Fire, to me, is a different beast.  I want to see amazing flow and patterns.  I'm not so concerned with technical - just amazing patterns and movement.  I want to see what someone can paint in the air with those fire trails.  Raise your hand if you feel an entirely different dynamic when they are blazing on fire!  

For non-fire, I want to see killer flow and innovative, new techniques.  I want to see a freestyle that screams that person's style...and only that person's style.  Personally, I begin to drift off after about a minute if there are no "signature" moves or "signature" styles.  Even if they do the same technical moves, if they do it in a way that is a little different or unique, they get points in my book.  I don't mind if you repeat innovative moves a few times, as long as it's yours and it's pretty cool.  Especially when you just learn them, or you're not in your element (freezing outside, standing on a tree, throwing chuck around other objects, etc)  I would say speed in most occasions, but let's not forget trents old vid.  That's about as slow as you can get, but his control made it very impressive...especially in the second half!  

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=25843197

[psionics]

it is also good to see "speed" in voting when using a full frame video. it looks different when using a crappy frame-rate quality video, so defining a conclusion for speed would be inaccurate. btw, voted!   

[Matt-Chez]

since freechaku is about expression,, i vote firstly based on originality more than anything else,, secondly i'd say technical difficulty of the moves shown

[Gomartgo]

Excellent post!

 Fire, to me, is a different beast.  I want to see amazing flow and patterns.  I'm not so concerned with technical - just amazing patterns and movement.  I want to see what someone can paint in the air with those fire trails.  Raise your hand if you feel an entirely different dynamic when they are blazing on fire!  

For non-fire, I want to see killer flow and innovative, new techniques.  I want to see a freestyle that screams that person's style...and only that person's style.  Personally, I begin to drift off after about a minute if there are no "signature" moves or "signature" styles.  Even if they do the same technical moves, if they do it in a way that is a little different or unique, they get points in my book.  I don't mind if you repeat innovative moves a few times, as long as it's yours and it's pretty cool.  Especially when you just learn them, or you're not in your element (freezing outside, standing on a tree, throwing chuck around other objects, etc)  I would say speed in most occasions, but let's not forget trents old vid.  That's about as slow as you can get, but his control made it very impressive...especially in the second half!  

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=25843197

what a great video...what a great freestyle...I never seen this vid before...you see all the poi movements and all...of course but wow!!! I loved this...I imagined it poi movements 100% with nunchaku's...but I never really saw it...

thanks for sharing this Ken....KARMA for you my friend...

[Jam£$]

I vote for the video that has the best overall effect on me really ,
I think a good tune that matches the performers style can really add something to a video as well ,
also I like to see different nunchaku techniques than the norm ,
and a little bit of humour can go a long way

Excellent post!

 Fire, to me, is a different beast.  I want to see amazing flow and patterns.  I'm not so concerned with technical - just amazing patterns and movement.  I want to see what someone can paint in the air with those fire trails.  Raise your hand if you feel an entirely different dynamic when they are blazing on fire! 

For non-fire, I want to see killer flow and innovative, new techniques.  I want to see a freestyle that screams that person's style...and only that person's style.  Personally, I begin to drift off after about a minute if there are no "signature" moves or "signature" styles.  Even if they do the same technical moves, if they do it in a way that is a little different or unique, they get points in my book.  I don't mind if you repeat innovative moves a few times, as long as it's yours and it's pretty cool.  Especially when you just learn them, or you're not in your element (freezing outside, standing on a tree, throwing chuck around other objects, etc)  I would say speed in most occasions, but let's not forget trents old vid.  That's about as slow as you can get, but his control made it very impressive...especially in the second half! 

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=25843197

trents video is amazing , does he ever still come on here?

[Arturas0705]

That video was amazing 
So slow, but so smooth. I see that speed is not the important think.

[Yetibutt]

I'd probably rank their personal style or flow highest, followed by range of movements and technical skill.  Speed may or may not be a factor.  It really goes back the the flow, some people have a great high speed flow, some have a great flow at slower speed.  A lot of fast technical moves that are awkwardly linked together wont be as good to me as a nice variety of movements that transition well.  The transitions don't have to necessarily be smooth to have good flow, IMO.  MattChez, for example, does a lot of kick ass transitions that are sudden and jerky, but with clear control and the intent to tansition that way.