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Summary: Watch and learn how to use kicks for board breaking from our expert in martial arts in this free training video on breaking boards in martial arts.
Laszlo Huve is the owner of Energy Fitness in New York City, home to Camp Undefeated, a Mixed Martial Arts Facility geared towards the serious fighter and competitor, as well as those...read more
"LASZLO HUVE: Our next break it's a front kick. Front kick break, one board. What we're focusing again: make sure that the board is lined up properly. Make sure that the grain on the board is lined up properly. Okay? You want to make sure that, when it breaks, it breaks on a proper way. Next one, you position your hip on a way that, as soon as I'm extending my leg, it's in one line with the breaking surface. I will breathe in when I begin to break and breathe out in the moment of the break. Inhale. Exhale. My hip will thrust the body forward. I'm now going through the board. Ready? It's very important, again, for the body to line up, very important to hit the board in the right place, very important to go through with the break, and very important for your hip to push your leg forward"