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 hands. Learn different strike techniques, safety tips, and combination steps. Answer your calling, start breaking stuff today with the help of ExpertVillage.

Video Transcript

"Michael Lewis here with Christian Martial Arts on behalf of Expert Village. We're going over today how to break boards with your hands. Now, one of the biggest questions must be, well why do we even break boards in the first place? Well breaking boards trains in several different areas. Number one, it teaches you to conquer your fear of throwing a punch. So, many people, they look at this board and they're sort of scared of actually throwing a strike because they're afraid they might break their hand. So what it does is it actually trains the person to overcome their fears so that when they throw a strike and they actually penetrate it through, it's building their confidence. And they start to realize, really, how dangerous some of those strikes and techniques are to martial arts. So it makes them a little bit more conscience when they do work with somebody else. Also, it trains you to use proper technique. When you strike a board and you strike it incorrectly, it's definitely going to hurt and can cause some injuries. So it's a little bit harder way of learning how to throw a correct technique. How to actually throw proper technique. Also, you're learning to strike through the board. And that way you're learning to develop more power. And so, as you're sparring with somebody or whatever it may be, you're in a self-defense situation, if you throw a surface strike at them, it's not going to do any damage. So if you want to actually be able to defend yourself you're going to have to learn to strike through your opponent. And the best way to do that without hurting anyone in training is starting out with the board."