Tryak
Orange Belt
At what level do you do breaking in your dojang, is it mandatory, what style do you practice and when did you break your first board?
Breaking here at my ITF school is only mandatory for black belts but we also have optional breaking seminars. Plus board breaking is done for demonstrations, open house night, special school events etc.
I am about 2/3 of the way through white belt and I asked permission to break a board today during the competition at our annual barbecue and cut through that sucker like butter with a palm-heel strike. Master Dan signed it for me![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
The mens winner broke 7 boards with a side kick, he probably could have done more but the holder only went up to 7 boards so he did a 4 board multiple break after that instead with different technique/tool each time. The women's winner broke 4 and the kid's winner broke 2.
Breaking here at my ITF school is only mandatory for black belts but we also have optional breaking seminars. Plus board breaking is done for demonstrations, open house night, special school events etc.
I am about 2/3 of the way through white belt and I asked permission to break a board today during the competition at our annual barbecue and cut through that sucker like butter with a palm-heel strike. Master Dan signed it for me
The mens winner broke 7 boards with a side kick, he probably could have done more but the holder only went up to 7 boards so he did a 4 board multiple break after that instead with different technique/tool each time. The women's winner broke 4 and the kid's winner broke 2.