Why do Martial Artists Break Boards?

Series Summary

Since the dawn of time, man has sought to physically train his body to endure pain for the sake of breaking things and looking cool. It was once reported that the real cause of King Tut's death was that he was hanging out with the guys one day and they dared Tut to run as fast as he could at the Pyramids to see if his speed could make one fall down. They didn't fall, and his concussion cost him his life. Thanks to advances in the Ancient practice of Martial Arts, we, as humans, can now break and destroy things without killing ourselves in the effort...especially boards. wae will show no mercy to boards.

In this free video series, watch as Martial Arts expert Michael Lewis teaches how to break boards with your feet. Learn different strike techniques, safety tips, and combination steps. Answer your calling, start breaking stuff today with the help of ExpertVillage.

Video Transcript

"Micheal Lewis with Jui Jistu Martial Arts on behalf of Expert Village we are going over today on how to break boards with your feet. Now people ask why do martial artist break boards. Well for several different reasons number 1 it is helping to condition your hands or your feet which ever one you are using. So you are actually training your fist or training your kit and strengthen those techniques. You actually strengthening your foot and also sort of roughing up your foot. So you are actually are not so sensitive. If you are in a defense situation and you struck somebody by the chin it would hurt. So what you would do is begin to condition your feet so when you throw that kit it would not hurt as much. One of the other reasons is to protect your technique. The boards are very unforgiving so that sort of forces you when you know you are front kicking you must throw it correctly in order to break the board. So this actually forces you to use the correct technique. Another reason why cause it is helping your to conquer your fear. When you are breaking the board it is very easy to get scared and pull away in the last second. Instead what you want to do is be able to kick at the board but through the board. Through that you would begin to conquer your fear."