Bounce

Nunchaku technique terminology: Bounces (also known as Wraps) are a group of nunchaku techniques. Artists bring the head of the handle in close to their body, let the link wrap around them, and then 'bounce' the flail away to reverse its direction.

Nunchaku terminology: The point where the link wraps around the body to then bounce is called a reflector point (or just reflector).

After completing a bounce technique, the nunchaku artist will still be holding the same handle, in the same hand, but it will (usually) be travelling in the opposite direction. It is also possible to use a bounce to change the plane, rather than reversing direction along the same plane. For example, swinging on a horizontal plane, in an outward direction, bouncing off the near hip as the reflector, and pulling away on a vertical plane, in an upward direction, towards the near shoulder.