That is amazing Emily. I wish I knew something or the other of self-defence besides learning how to press the little top on the "Pepper-Spray-Can". . I've always wanted Nunchucks, though past expirences with my cousins have left me scared of doing anything with large metal bars attacthed by a chain. It's painful when making a mistake, though it is an ingenious shock treatment process, make a mistake and you will be hurt, therfore you do not make mistakes. .
For now I think I'll keep the the prefrence of chopstiks strung together - this way I have less of risk of hurting my self.
PostScript: Emily, you are so well rounded; you do martial arts, your amazing at art, hell, I envy you even more now .
That's meant to be the idea... so maybe I'll move onto more 'solid' chucks later... but for now, until the number of times I hit myself drops a little, I'll keep the padded ones.
And as for your postscript... awh! Kinda made my day, that. But I don't really have much of a life. What you've seen of me - I.e, my art and martial arts - that's pretty much all I do in my free time!