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Originally posted by yenhoi
Kung Fu Forms:
Breaking boards should teach you how, and then refine your power generation and 'fajing' (power use.) Nothign wrong with breaking boards - should never be your focus or anything, it doesnt hurt people to expierence how much power they can actually generate and use on a consistent basis.
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Gee, I dunno. Most people I've seen breaking boards break these 3/4" pine planks that have been pre-dryed at a lumber yard. Then they stack multiples of these boards up as if it is that much harder. Actually, Scientific American did an article on the physics of Karate, and as it turns out the force required to break a stack of boards (with spacers) is not that much more than the force required to break one.
Well, that's okay for children maybe. But if you are a grown man try kicking through a 2x4 or 2x6. Now, that's the kind of challenge that isn't just a parlor trick.
Terry