granmasterchen Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 i would like to know what some of you do for breaks, materiels , how you prepare, what strikes you do, the number of items that you break, whether you use fire or not, or freeze the bricks, and such, i hope this is the right area for this discussion since i feel that it deals with internal power, yet i guess if i am wrong i will be redirected.... personally i only break bricks and concrete now, i stopped breaking wooden boards when i was a child, they are just too costly. As for a concrete slab will only run you around 80 cents to a dollar, i have broken with a palm strike, straight punch, my elbows, heels, and knees..... i have yet to break with a ridge hand, handknife/chop, or my head, i don't have the guts yet.....my instructor will break 9 cement slabs with his head(sometime on fire) then move to 10 inches of cement for a palm strike and 10 inches of cement for a chop.......he gets really psyched up, i have never tried to stack my slabs yet....when i get back to the states or find a place here to buy i might....i have also broken ice with strikes, other things are breaking sticks and boards over my muscles, whole body on these areas, except for neck,face, or groin, dont want to risk that yet until i can learn to protect those vital areas....so tell me about your experiences That which does not destroy me will only make me stronger
ZR440 Posted June 23, 2003 Posted June 23, 2003 Just boards in KSW (didn't you teach that at one time?). Prepare with a KiCho Chagi and bust one as per required for the test. Sometimes we will use a rebreakable plastic board during a class, but no bricks. And no, this probably could have been posted in the Internal Arts or Comparative Styles, but that's OK. Somebody might move it later. It's happy hour somewhere in the world.
granmasterchen Posted June 24, 2003 Author Posted June 24, 2003 no, i only studied it, alot was similar to the rest of the korean styles from what i saw and i didn't have a good instructor for KSW, oh well..... That which does not destroy me will only make me stronger
granmasterchen Posted June 24, 2003 Author Posted June 24, 2003 what are the rebreakable plastic boards like???? i never understood how they would go back together and still be usable over and over That which does not destroy me will only make me stronger
ZR440 Posted June 24, 2003 Posted June 24, 2003 If I remember correctly they have an interlocking dovetail joint to connect them, similar to what desk drawers have at the corners, only these boards have that locking joint in the center. You just hit it like any other object and it pops apart. I hit one with a Yuk Soo Do earlier this year and almost broke my knuckle because I didn't hit the center. Wasn't the boards fault, I just need more practice! It's happy hour somewhere in the world.
granmasterchen Posted June 24, 2003 Author Posted June 24, 2003 ouch, well i hope that things go better the next time, i may have to try those out sometime, may be a good investment for the school, yet i think people are happier when they actually break something, especially concrete That which does not destroy me will only make me stronger
ZR440 Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 Unfortunately, there won't be a next time. My instructor is no longer instructing. Class size must not have been big enough. It's happy hour somewhere in the world.
TKDLadyInSC Posted June 25, 2003 Posted June 25, 2003 We use rebreakable boards in testing. They are more consistant that real wood. You can take 2 pieces of the same type wood, the exact same size and one be easy, the other be impossible. Depends on knots in the wood, how dry it is, etc. Rebreakables are good for about 200 breaks before they start getting easier. And there are different ones for different age levels. Now when we have board break clinic or demos we use real wood because it is fun to break. Rebreakables do generally require a little more accuracy. if you don't hit it center, it's not breaking. Real wood, you have a little more room for error due to the grains. I like using both. Never tried concrete. 1st Degree Black BeltTaeKwonDo
granmasterchen Posted June 26, 2003 Author Posted June 26, 2003 interesting, i haven't broken wood in a long time and the rebreakables are new to me, i will have to try them out when i get back in the states and make my own school.....actually building a dojo my self.... That which does not destroy me will only make me stronger
TKDLadyInSC Posted June 27, 2003 Posted June 27, 2003 Good luck with that granmasterchen! 1st Degree Black BeltTaeKwonDo
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