Slow Motion Brick Chopper
posted by John Vesia at 2/18/2008 08:00:00 PM
Monday, February 18, 2008
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14 Comments:
So this is a slo-mo of what my wrist must've looked like as it broke. Nice.
Uuuurahhhhh...I usually recommend breaking with a caveat of no more than one board with thickness of either 1/2", 3/4", or 1" only, pine.
There is no real need to go further than that and this one is what I call extreme and unnecessary.
To much testosterone?
Long term, wouldn't it be a better idea to just pick up the brick and hit your opponent with it?
We stick with 1/2" pine boards on all belt tests up to cho dan. No more than two solid so it's fairly safe.
At cho dan you get to highlight your breaks so it can be many boards. Also, you have to break 1 slab of concrete. I believe it's 2" but don't quote me. At each dan rank beyond they add a slab to that concrete break (with spacers).
It really tests four things: Your own confidence in the technique, speed, power, and accuracy. Depending on the break you may need all four.
All that having been noted I have seen some pretty dumb breaks at tournaments.
But there are some good self-defense reasons for breaking:
http://books.google.com/books?id=cNMPtthOejgC
~BCP
Ouch!!
Painkillers!!
Ewww..that was gross! :P
Miss Chris:
So this is a slo-mo of what my wrist must've looked like as it broke. Nice.
I'm afraid so. Probably not too nice though!
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Charles:
...this one is what I call extreme and unnecessary.
Extreme, yes. Unnecessary? Well, we got a cool video out of it!
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Rick:
Long term, wouldn't it be a better idea to just pick up the brick and hit your opponent with it?
Absolutely! (I like your spirit.)
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Bob:
Breaking with self-defense applications. It's an interesting concept. Thanks for the link.
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Mat:
Ouch!!
Painkillers!!
He doesn't seem to be in pain - unless - he takes the painkillers before the big break. Brilliant!
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Silverstar:
Ewww..that was gross! :P
Sorry.
; )
Okay, that made me really queasy! We never break in our dojo and I've never attempted it before. Never really wanted to.
Karrie
Oh, ick!
Karrie:
We never break in our dojo and I've never attempted it before. Never really wanted to.
Me neither, even after all these years. It's a big thing in TKD though.
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Becky:
Ditto with Silverstar. ; )
That was awesome! One of our kinesiology instructors in school told us he'd seen a hi-speed video of a break like that deforming the bones of the hand and forearm but I'd never actually SEEN it. That was a superb find!
Thanks Pat!
holy crap!
Very interesting blogs! Thanks for commenting at my site, which lead me to what you have published.
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