Breaking Boards

[Sokusen]

My school doesn’t require breaking we just do it for fun. In fact we just had a break night the other day where the students got to choose what break they wanted to do and then after we went someplace for food and refreshments. It was a lot of fun. During the class my teacher explained what he felt breaking was about. He mentioned how it is a way to show power, speed, and accuracy but then he mentioned something else which I thought was very interesting. He said sometimes you see people during a breaking demonstration pacing up and down before the break, screaming, huffing and puffing trying to psych themselves up, then running up to the break and then do what ever they were going to do. Not quite. Breaking is a drill to work on going from 0 to 100 then back to 0. You bow in, very composed, measure off your break, then explode on what ever you are breaking, collect your composure and bow out. This is something that can actually translate into self defense. Walking down the street not expecting anything and then all of sudden having to defend your self, going from 0 to 100mph and then back to 0 again. You are not going to be given the luxury of psyching yourself up before having to defend yourself. You have to be able to explode on your target and keep your composure for what ever else may come at you. I thought that was a very interesting explanation.

[joesteph]

My school doesn’t require breaking we just do it for fun. In fact we just had a break night the other day where the students got to choose what break they wanted to do and then after we went someplace for food and refreshments. It was a lot of fun. . . .

You bow in, very composed, measure off your break, then explode on what ever you are breaking, collect your composure and bow out. This is something that can actually translate into self defense. Walking down the street not expecting anything and then all of sudden having to defend your self, going from 0 to 100mph and then back to 0 again. . . .

I thought that was a very interesting explanation [by my teacher].

Great post, Sokusen!

[MasterPain]

BEWARE OF THE LORAX!!!!!!!!!!!

[lparnes]

Board breaking was started in Tae Kwon Do, it was actually shindles used at first. TKd needed something to be different than any other style, so it incorperated boards. People where fasinate in it and it then was put into karate and other martial arts.