brick breaking

[blackbelt22]

I am 14 and i can break 8 scalloped bricks with spacers and my sensei thinks i can do 10. is this good?

[Garland]

Um...yeah...brick breakings FUN isn't it.
(I was going to post something funny...but I think you're too young, and would have walked away with a complex of some sort.)
Yeah...I think that's a good amount...but REMEMBER, bricks don't hit back, and smashing heavy things with your hands (unless it's a person) is NOT the purpose of a martial art.

[BoarSpear]

if youre really 14 and youre really breaking bricks of any sort, someone should kick your teacher in the balls. you really shouldnt break any thing as a kid.

Learning to break should require hand and foot conditioning, which shouldn't be done until your bones are finished growing.

i know its popular in mcdojos to break rebreakable boards and tiles, etc, but it isnt worth the risk to the bones. ask any 50 year old karate guy if he regrets doing that stuff when he was a kid....

you wont hear me advocate this alot but go learn bjj or gjj, submission wrestling, boxing,or MT these are more suited to a kids needs in school than breaking arts.

After your body has stopped growing if you want more training, by all means add some breaking and other specialized aspects to your toolbox.

[blackbelt22]

well your supposed to be 16 and a black belt where i go but my instructor bent the rules a little because he is moving to atlanta and i am really close to him.and because i am one of his senior black belts.

[blackbelt22]

brick breaking is awesome. i am part of a demonstration team and i do brick breaking in the demos it seems to be the demo the crowd cheers the most for.

[Kenpodog]

if youre really 14 and youre really breaking bricks of any sort, someone should kick your teacher in the balls. you really shouldnt break any thing as a kid.

Good Advice, but...

i am one of his senior black belts

A Senior Black Belt is going to make his own decision.

i do brick breaking in the demos it seems to be the demo the crowd cheers the most for

There you have it, the show must go on. Good Luck with the breaking!!!
You seem very motivated, will you be opening up your own school in the "not too" distant future??

[blackbelt22]

i might end up opening a school some day but i still have a long time to think about that,

[BoarSpear]

well your supposed to be 16 and a black belt where i go but my instructor bent the rules a little because he is moving to atlanta and i am really close to him.and because i am one of his senior black belts.

so you are 14 and one of his senior black belts? might I ask how old the "Jr" black belts are? does he let you teach classes and all, to further your training?

so you really like all the demo stuff huh? you gonna try out for team Paul Mitchell someday? Maybe we can all see you on espn....

[blackbelt22]

senior blackbelt has nothing to do with your age it is how long you have had your black belt.and our demos arent all that flippy crap it is traditional martial arts.and i hate paul mitchell.

[blackbelt22]

and i dont teach classes i help out in classes but do not teach them.

[BoarSpear]

senior blackbelt has nothing to do with your age it is how long you have had your black belt.

No kidding? well how young are the new black belts?

Because 14 is pretty young for a senior black belt, especially one of your Teachers SENIOR black belts...how long have you been a bb?

[blackbelt22]

it depends most get their black belts when they r about 16 or 17 some younger some older. i got mine when i was 11.

[BoarSpear]

i got mine when i was 11.

Good Job. So how old were you when you started training?

[blackbelt22]

i started training when i was 7.i did nothing but practice everyday because i went a school where it was pretty much all mexicans(no offense to any mexicans) and i got picked on so i just practiced and did homework since i had no friends.but i moved so now i have friends. thats why i got my black belt so young so young.

[BoarSpear]

Job Well done, watch out for the Vato's