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Whats the point with boards breaking? Does it have meaning in the martial art?
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board breaking shows power and the methods u study and also shows tremendous damage on how you react. -
Board breaking reveils if you have any flaws in your technique. You can fake form or sparring, but in boardbreaking it has to be just so, or the board does not break!Originally posted by Warrior189 View Post
Wood can be a bit more forgiving still, but the plastic rebreakables, your aim has to be on or you will not succeed!
Therefor the ITA has made it a requirement for Red Belt Rank and above for advancement.
Besides, it's cool, impressiveand pretty much the only time you can really go all out!
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isnt board breaking usually bs? ive seen like 10 year olds breaking boards. they are all pre weakened and break right down the middle lol.Comment
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Not where I come from!
The kids don't get to break *Fullsize* boards, but that is out of consideration for there immature bodies.
*Our* standard calls for 1X12 Pine, Adults break up to 11inch pieces, Black Belts, especialy males break two or three pieces.
Sometimes you get a weak pice that snapes just looking at it, other times you get one that does not want to go quietly. We have now changed to rebreakable boards for rank advancements, and boy do I ever hate them things! When they are new (color coded for the toughness of the board) you have to loosen them up before you can break them with a technique...best way to prop them up on a couple of bricks and stomp them - but you will get a work out doing this! You don't hit the plastic board right on the seam, it will not break! ANd your holders will hate you!
No smoke and mirrors, just good technique and lots of sweat (and sometimes blood and tears...
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I think the board breaking thing has two meanings
1.Test technique and all that
2.Mentally so that u can learn to follow through and not be afraid of the wood as a appomnent.
If u can follow through with the right technigue u will succeed if your technique is wrong or your mindset u will Fail.
Test basicly that is all there is no Glamour in board breaking.Comment
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If its a wooden board it is naturally flawed anyways. You line up the grain so that it is easier to break. You dont break against the grain. Still 1 board is easy, even for children. As you add more boards, you need better technique. You can only force yourself through so many boards.isnt board breaking usually bs? ive seen like 10 year olds breaking boards. they are all pre weakened and break right down the middle lol.Comment
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I've heard that it's equal to the amount of power required to break a human rib.Comment
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Fact & Fiction
Boards are not "pre-weakened". They just happen to be a soft wood species which breaks easily, especially when you consider that the board isn't actually being broken but is in effect being split with the grain; that is, along the direction of the wood fibers. I once mistakenly trained my 7-year-old son at home with a much denser grade of wood (#2 structural grade southern yellow pine) and caught hell from the instructor afterwards when he found out because the kid became afraid of board breaking after repeatedly failing to break at home.
Anybody can break a board, it is not simply a test of strength, as it takes a minimal amount of force to break the type of wood normally used (1x12 white pine, the aforementioned soft wood species). I don't know about the equivalent strength between a board and a rib. I know that it takes approx. 7 ft/lbs of force to break a collarbone or knock the wind out of an athletic body struck with that much force in the solar plexus. That same amount of force would just irritate that same athlete if used to strike his upper arm.
Anybody can fail to break a board if they do not use correct and accurate technique. (again, it ain't just about strength). My instructor would usually allow the lower belt ranks to choose the technique but would determine which technique would be used by the higher ranks. I have witnessed 200 lbs athletes fail board breaking tests because of inaccurate technique. For example, try breaking a 1x12x12 board suspended (not firmly held) at shoulder height with a spinning back heel kick. Good luck finding your target.Comment
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I'll check my book...I don't know about the equivalent strength between a board and a rib.Comment
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Yeah I'd like to know... God knows I've done it enough... I wanna know WHY I'm doing it!Originally posted by GranFire View PostComment
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Board breaking serves no purpose. Its just something an academy does to wow a crowd and keep students interested.Comment
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Originally posted by Eddie_Boston View Post
Sorry to disagree with you on this one.
It's true, there is not much to it breaking one board - once you know how to do it. But I see it in our Junior students, especialy the girls, that it takes a great mental shift to strike a solid object with force. Boys seem to have few issues with getting agressive - it takes girls a little longer to *get it*!
Like wise with breaking more than one board...
It impresses the unwashed masses no doubt (to the amusement of the initiated) but it is not all without merrit!Comment
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Hi, nice to meet you!Originally posted by GranFire View Post
the problem I see with the board breaking is that it gives the novice/intermediate artist (especially children) a false sense of confidence. I see it alot in TKD. I would rather see students comboing punches & kicks on HEAVY BAGS rather than on boards.
thats just me though!
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When I was in TKD, we did bag work a lot more than boards. The only time I ever broke boards was for my belt test.Originally posted by Eddie_Boston View PostHi, nice to meet you!
the problem I see with the board breaking is that it gives the novice/intermediate artist (especially children) a false sense of confidence. I see it alot in TKD. I would rather see students comboing punches & kicks on HEAVY BAGS rather than on boards.
thats just me though!
It doesn't exactly give you FALSE confidence, but it does give you confidence. It's a tradition, long before martial arts were sold as business.
By the way, THANK YOU for arguing in a language that makes sense. Most of the dumbasses that argue on here can't use a period to save their lives.
I guess I could see some places overusing board-breaking, but it's mostly a good thing to do.Comment
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