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Post by Aefibird on Jul 19, 2005 19:02:10 GMT
Anyone ever done any breaking? (no not your mum's cups when wshing up!!  ) What did you use? Wood? Concrete/cinder blocks? Rebreakable boards? Also, what do you think of the whole breaking thing anyway? Good training technique or utter pile of crud that has nothing to do with karate/MA training? |
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Post by jones on Jul 19, 2005 23:49:04 GMT
I find breaking really impressive. I once saw master rhee Ki ha smash a housbrick with a knife hand strike.
If you condition yourself to be able to smash bricks and concrete with your techniques just think what damage you would do to your opponents face. ;D
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Post by thingy on Jul 20, 2005 12:04:10 GMT
Ha, I remember talking on this subject when I first joined this forum and it became pretty obvious that I was in the minority with liking breaking.
I think partly as is often the way with written words I had trouble expressing my opinions and i think I sounded like I was saying that breaking boards is much better than hitting pads. That's not my opinion and it never has been, if I was forced to choose an exercise to drop then I'd drop breaking boards and keep the padwork as I think padwork is overall more useful. That aside I still though have a belief that breaking has been of great benefit.
I've done a lot of breaking in my time, and now I have also gone quite a long time without doing any breaking and I feel I've suffered from the "break" in that part of training (do you see what I did there?)
Mainly rebreakable boards, though a fair share of wood i suppose. Rebreakables mimic wood but you don't have to keep going out and buying lots of pieces of wood. I broke a brick once with a side kick and that was strange, required an entirely different impact to boards.
I've never really understood the "boards don't hit back" opinion that surrounds board breaking. A board is an inanimate object, it won't hit you back. No inanimate objects are going to hit you back, but you can justify hitting other inanimates such as a pad or a punchbag? You may choose not to take part in the exercise but it's just that argument I have trouble with.
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Post by AngelaG on Jul 20, 2005 21:01:35 GMT
Breaking is good to check that you are striking THROUGH a target, and it's a great showpiece for demos, and heck, it's even fun. Like anything else it has its pros and cons.  |
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Post by Sionnagh on Jul 21, 2005 12:59:48 GMT
Breaking is fun. But it's not something I do often. It can be a great confidence builder but also a great confidence destroyer. Sometimes this is not a bad thing though...  Mick |
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Post by danialsan on Jul 23, 2005 15:11:46 GMT
I broke my wrist once when punching a ball pad.  It wasn't fun, I can't imagine why you guys want to break things.  |
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Post by random on Jul 23, 2005 15:34:36 GMT
Breaking things can be really impressive and is always a crowd pleaser at demonstrations. It is a good way to ensure you are punching, kicking, elbowing etc. correctly, although it can be a hard and painful lesson if you are not. As a MA hitting anything that builds up strength, endurance and confidence can be invaluable.
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Post by jones on Jul 23, 2005 19:02:11 GMT
I have a mate who does TKD who can do this trick where he holds his shin out and someone breaks a baseball bat over his shin like on Best of the Best. He's pretty handy in a fight too. When we get into post pub brawls I'm always glad he's on my side. I once saw him KO three bouncers who were trying to throw him out of the club.
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Post by AngelaG on Jul 23, 2005 19:29:35 GMT
I have a mate who does TKD who can do this trick where he holds his shin out and someone breaks a baseball bat over his shin like on Best of the Best. He's pretty handy in a fight too. When we get into post pub brawls I'm always glad he's on my side. I once saw him KO three bouncers who were trying to throw him out of the club. He beat up 3 bouncers that were doing their job? Sounds like a thug. |
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Post by random on Jul 23, 2005 19:44:40 GMT
Sounds like fantasy island
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Post by danialsan on Jul 23, 2005 19:51:16 GMT
Aren't we supposed be calling them door security now? PC madness.
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Post by random on Jul 23, 2005 19:58:42 GMT
What is PC madness about showing respect to both men and women equally?
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Post by danialsan on Jul 23, 2005 20:02:48 GMT
Angela called them Bouncers = sexist. How come?
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Post by AngelaG on Jul 23, 2005 20:08:37 GMT
I referred to the post above.
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Post by random on Jul 23, 2005 20:09:09 GMT
Just because a woman uses a gender specific title it doesn’t stop it being sexist or defamatory to women and men who do these jobs. I am here to discuss Martial Arts and in particular Karate. And this is Angela’s forum, she rocks, she can say what she likes.
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It wasn't fun, I can't imagine why you guys want to break things. 
