A wave of martial arts movies, some starring Bruce Lee, led to a kung fu craze in the 1970s that popularised nunchucks in the US (Rex Features) The latest headlines from our reporters across the US ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sgt. Casey Day was skeptical. The chief of his rural Northern California police department wanted him to find out if an ancient martial arts weapon made famous in 1970s Bruce Lee ...

PHOENIX (AP) --Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will decide whether to let people own nunchucks after lawmakers voted Thursday to lift restrictions on the weapons used in martial arts. Arizona allows people to ...

A couple who were caught selling a stash of martial arts weapons and knives at a Sunday car boot sale have dodged jail after claiming they didn't know their deadly stock was illegal in the UK. Xing Yu ...

As police face scrutiny and controversy nationwide over the use of force, a small department in northern California is resurrecting a weapon to more safely subdue suspects that once was popularized in ...

Karate brown-belt Jef d’Engle was arrested after police found nunchucks in his luggage at JFK Airport. Getty Images A South African man passing through JFK Airport found himself thrown in the slammer ...

Aug. 12 (UPI) --A Chinese martial artist broke a Guinness World Record when he used his nunchucks to light 21 matches in one minute. Shanghai martial artist Xie Desheng, 28, who previously broke ...