KennethKu
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Originally posted by Yiliquan1
Again, move past "mere" boards and onto slabs of concrete...
There is a satisfaction after breaking a sidewalk with your hand that just can't be found elsewhere...
With all due respect, something needs to be cleared up here.
1. Using one hand slap, it is EASIER to break patio block or anything that does NOT flex. The slap generates shock effect. Anything that does not flex, tends to break. A board, however, flexes and negates the shock effect of a slap. So, using slap, boards are harder to break than patio bricks.
2. Putting a 3" phone book is to make it easy on your palm slapping the blocks. Without the phone book, you would not be able to hit as hard on the blocks without causing injury or excruciating pains to your palm hand. Hitting a hard surface hurts. When you can't use as much force, then you can't break as many. On the surface it appears that the phone book makes it harder to transfer the power. However, it is actually a tradeoff. A well compressed (vs a fluffy) phone book can transmit most of the energy through just fine. Yet, it is a lot softer than the hard surface of the block and a lot easier on the striking hand. I started out IronFist training on a phone book. Not exactly brilliant, I know.
Try breaking boards with your gloves on. You can break more boards than with bare knuckles b/c you can hit harder with less pain (except for the hardcore who would just ignore the pain and bruises when breaking bareknuckles, I suppose.)
3. Using spacers make it easier to break boards, EXCEPT when you are using SLAPPING to break blocks. If you put spacers between blocks, the spaces between the blocks make it impossible for the shock effect of the slapping motion to penetrate through.
4. Wet blocks/bricks are actually harder to break. At least that is my experience. But there could be many different types of bricks out there.
This is not to mean that your breaking power is not impressive. You are very good and very impressive. No one can deny that.
P.S. BTW, it is simply a matter of the laws of physics. My personal opinions worth nothing in that regards. :asian: