Real tameshiwari or fake?

[tomlaat]

Hey guys,

I never saw anybody kick a pallet like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cbzDoEymcg

Is this karate or is it a trick. I tried it myself I’m not a black belt but a couldn’t break it this fast.

Anyone?

Thanks, Tom.

[Soheir]

I don't believe it, I think it's fake.

It would take SOOO much power to break those, expecially with that technique..

[sensei8]

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

[Kuma]

I believe it. I've had old pallets that fell out of my hands break on the floor and it wasn't falling more than a few feet.

[DWx]

I don't think that's fake. Its actually pretty easy to do if its an old pallet that's been left outside. We have a wood burner oven so have a yard full of old bits of fences, pallets, wood off-cuts and stuff from various places. Me and my sister used to stomp on them like that to break them up even when we were kids.

[tomlaat]

Me and my cousin we tried to imitate it on an old Europallet and my black belt cousin almost broke his foot We looked at the video a couple of times, it looks like a real training and he’s certainly fast in breaking that wood. It could be an old one, but he’s still fast.

I’ll try it on an older Europallet this weekend, osu!

[tomlaat]

Hey guys,

We looked for the oldest Europallet we could find, and tried to break it in two pieces as in de movie. We couldn’t match his speed. But it was certainly a good work out.

Osu!

[Nevinyrral]

This guy must have really nice shoes, probably some military like shoes because they are really durable and strong