1st Dan Power Break

[Dirty Dog]

Power break at my Chodan test, Nov 5th, 2011. Five 16x8x2" concrete pavers.
Comments appreciated.

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[Dirty Dog]

The silence is deafening...
lol

 

[Steve]

Hey, that's pretty cool. Nice job.

 

[Indie12]

Good Job!! During my Dan Test, we had to break 4 boards individually, 2 boards put back to back for a total of 8, and 5 bricks...

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Great! We practice 'soft breaks' with the same pavers, no spacers, and a phone book on top. I can only do two. Congrats!

 

[Gemini]

Now take the spacers out. :uhyeah:

j/k. Nice job! I did speed breaks for my first few tests. My only power breaks until 3 Dan were for demos. How did you prep for it?

 

[Dirty Dog]

Good Job!! During my Dan Test, we had to break 4 boards individually, 2 boards put back to back for a total of 8, and 5 bricks...

I also did a 4-station break - 2 with a knee, 2 with a rear elbow, 2 with a standing sidekick and 1 with my head. The rear elbow and forehead breaks both took two strikes due to flinching holders.

Great! We practice 'soft breaks' with the same pavers, no spacers, and a phone book on top. I can only do two. Congrats!

I've read what you've posted about these soft breaks. I've played with them some, on single pavers, but I'm not sure I understand the technique, and it's not something our school does. But it's something I'd like to learn more about. Why a phone book as opposed to, say, a rag like I used for this break?

Now take the spacers out. :uhyeah:

j/k. Nice job! I did speed breaks for my first few tests. My only power breaks until 3 Dan were for demos. How did you prep for it?

By smacking progressively larger piles of pavers at home.

I had initially planned to do 7, but I broke my left hand a week before the test and I found that the weight of the cast threw me off a bit, so I elected to only do 5.

 

[Buka]

Nice break, bro.

 

[rambo balboa]

woow that was an epic break sir
i watched all video's in your channel so amazing

 

[Yondanchris]

Good Job...I need to get back into breaking!

 

[sfs982000]

Nice break sir!

 

[bluewaveschool]

Great break. Never attempted more than 3 boards myself, always worried I'd break something on pavers.