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I don't think that it's fake. Here's why for the following reasons: 1) The pallet appears to be old 2) The pallet appears to be weather worn 3) Each slate aren't that thick Imho, those stomps, in those type of shoes are solid. More solid than that pallet. Each individual slate that's broken in this video aren't that hard to break. Having said that, if he had done this with a Chep (blue pallets) pallet, well, that would've been really impressive because Chep pallets are amazingly strong. Here's a regular wooden pallet... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden_pallet_with_glove.jpg Here's a Chep pallet... http://www.chep.com/getattachment/eadea852-828b-455a-b1ad-361945dc032a/B0806B-Wood-Pallet.aspx

For me, I find nothing more therapeutic than sparring!

Imho, character development should come primarily from the parents. Everything that a child comes in contact with, either builds or tear downs a childs character develpment. MA has many credible things, including character development, BUT, the MA is primarily for self-defense. Schools of the MA that have 'life skills' interwoven into the fabric of its curriculum are fine, but if the life skills are handled so freely and not taken serious, disaster awaits just over the next hill. The MA schools' job is to teach the martial arts. The parents' job is to parent said children. If the martial arts positively impacts the childs' charater development, then it's quite possible that that's a side effect of the martial arts. For example: A) Adults play an active and important role in shaping the development of children's character. B) Character develops from within the child on the basis of the child's own thinking and experiences. C) Given an adequate family environment, children will be disposed to be concerned about others as well as themselves. Surely, the atmosphere at the MA school is condusive of positive learning as the aboved actions permeates through and through. The MA isn't more important, nor does it offer the cornerstone of development; no more than any other program(s) that one can find. Campbell and Bond (1982) state there are four major questions to be addressed when focusing on character development: 1) What is good character? 2) What causes or prevents it? 3) How can it be measured so that efforts at improvement can have corrective feedback? 4) How can it best be developed? Are these questions found in the local MA school? Possibly; but not guaranteed! A parent needs to be careful as to who influences their child, and this applies to MA schools. That black belt doesn't walk on water, and is as fallible as the next person. Marketing tools list the positives of the MA, but, again, the MA isn't the only thing or the best or anything cosmic when it comes to improving character development. We can quote the tenets of the martial arts, and while they're valuable, they're dependant on a having someone who's properly motivated in the betterment of the martial artists. The martial arts, as wonderful as it is, it's just a thing! We must be careful how we wield this weapon, because it takes only one mistake to bring it all tumbling down. As instructors of the martial arts, we speak either life [positive things] or we speak death [negative things] to our students; I choose to speak only life to my students. Again, imho, it's the job of the parents primarily, not the MA and the like, to teach thier kids positve character development. We're hopefully a positve side effect WHILE we're teaching the martial arts!

Let's say that your walking somewhere, and when you suddenly come upon your Martial Arts Instructor involved in a fight. Would you or wouldn't you immediately jump in to help your instructor? OR Would you or wouldn't you just stand there and watch to see if your instructor could truly take care of him/herself? Myself, as bad as this might sound, I'd probably just stand there and watch to see if my instructor can or can't take care of him/herself if he/she absolutely had to. After all, it's my instructor and I've already a pretty good inclination that he/she can take care of him/herself, at least this is the preception that I have. As far as I'm concerned, he/she are..."latty dotty I know karate, if you mess with me, I'll break your body!" So, would ya' or wouldn't ya'?

Would this intimidate you?.... http://odia.terra.com.br/blog/clubedaluta/images/novembro_2008/Brock.jpg OR Would this intimidate you?... http://digilander.libero.it/mrolympia2/rc104.jpg

You too huh!?!

If one stuck their hand in some hole... Would one want to feel for what's in the hole, OR would one rather see what's in the hole?

Oh yeah!

You just gotta love it....and I do!

The artistic talent is evident! When I see food art, I don't know, I just want to eat!

ROFL!! On the contrary, I think it's very useful...I wouldn't mess with it!

Tiles and red-bricks, are always stacked horizontal. Any other materials are held horizontally and vertically, just as shown in the pic you've supplied. I agree wholeheartedly. One of the reasons that I'm starting to not judge and/or attend any breaking competitions is that emphasis is not on the quality, but, it's more on the quantity.

Fair enough; it's all good, meaning, I understand, and I thank you. I return it back to you with much respect.... Not saying your method or reasoning is wrong, we just do it our way for the reasons I gave!

Sorry couldn't resist.... "Don't think, Feel!!!!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1c05bh6URc Chitsu Nice, very nice!

Approved by the FAA... http://jalopnik.com/5575383/terrafugia-flying-car-gets-faa-approval Automobile accidents in the sky?! DUCK!

My family and I are going to watch it. I love it that the star of Airbender is an ATA black belt.

Nice...now let's eat it...yummmmmmmmmy!

Solid post!

Time management is important! However, time management has to be managed consistently for it to mean anything, imho. Otherwise, time gets away quickly before you know it. The child students are subjective to their parents schedules and the like, so, what follows is meant for the adult students. Having said that, if my ADULT students don't want to practice and/or come to class often, I don't care! If they don't care, then I don't care! I'm not their mommy or their daddy or their spouse or anything to them, other than their sensei. If they don't respect their own training, then I don't. They can be a white belt forever. They won't get and I won't give them an invitation to the next testing cycle. My students know where the Hombu is. They know where they can find me. They know the class times. They know a lot of things and they are in control of their lifes, not I. I'm only in charge of the Hombu. Their training ethics reflect in their abilities! I can see it! They can lie to me all they want when I ask them if they've practiced at all, but, I can SEE! I'm not dumb and I'm not blind. My students must be honest to themselves first before they can be honest with me. I'll encourage them to attend classes and the like, but I'm not going to hold their hands or drive them to and from or anything else. My responsibilities to my students doesn't include baby-sitting them in any shape, way, and/or form concerning practice and coming to class. I'm always telling my students that they can ALWAYS find the time to come to class and/or time to practice. If they have time to do absolutely nothing, then they have time to practice and come to class...If they want to. If they're to tired to come to class, I'm cool with that. I know what it's like to be too tired to come to class/practice, it's all good! If they choose to not to either, I'm complete in my totality; it's all good! 5 minutes here, and 5 minutes there adds up, and before they know it; they've practiced 30 minutes to an hour that day. "But Sensei, why blah, blah, blah?" Why? Lack of knowledge/skill/experience...pick one! Lack of personal motivation. I don't know, and I don't care because they came to me, I didn't come to them. I didn't seek them out and then I dragged them to the Hombu. No. They wanted, key here is 'wanted', to learn Shindokan and they wanted to learn it from me. I already know Shindokan, they don't! Students like Brian have valid reasons, and those students will get more from me than the students that demonstrate everything except what's required...DESIRE! Excuses are a penny a dozen, so, if they want to, then train and train hard! Who wants to be bugged to come to class or to practice? I don't and if I'm bugged enough, I'll just not do it at all. So, they're grown-ups and they can dress themselves and they can bath themselves and they can feed themselves and on and on and on, so, my students can either come to class/practice or they don't. It's all good! Time management can be such a bothersome thing...NOT!

Here's what I found so far.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDS69qvyq2k These vidoes showing Josh training BJJ aren't much. I"m still trying to find Josh in a BJJ tournament. The hunt continues!

A World Champion needs to be respect for, if nothing else, having won the World Championship. Ability has to be there, doesn't it? I think so!

Define a stack please! Sometimes I do a stack, and sometimes I don't. Circumstances determine whether I do or I don't. Do you always break one board/brick? As I mentioned in my OP, quality is superior to quantity. If the technique isn't there, big deal that someone can do a abnormal stack. Yes it is, completely! But it demonstrated the point I was trying to make in my OP. These type of stacks are what I'm starting to see when I judge breaking competitions, and this is why I won't score when I see a stack requiring a ladder. I'm almost at the point where I just won't judge breaking competitions anymore.

Absolutely! In the video where this guy breaks 35 or 36 bricks in one swooshing movement, I'm sure he hit hard enough to maybe break 5 - 10 bricks, and then came the domino effect. Yepper, I concur.

BINGO! Absolutely!

I still don't understand this whenever I read/hear this. Are martial artists of this methodology so afraid of one additional movement? Turning the head may be an additional movement, but, imho, it's such an infinitesimal amount. Surely, that one additional movement won't be the end of all things. Of course I'd be signaling my opponent which way I'm going because I'm going to defend myself against THAT opponent. So what if my opponent knows I'm about to turn and face them, I've no secrets, besides, my opponents attacking me, so, I've got to defend myself, and if I announce that I'm going to turn to face my opponents attack...well...cool...and it won't be such a surprise after all! I'd suspect that my opponent will have already expected that of me and my turning to face them.