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In our class we get to break wood, bricks, roof tiles, and ice.
Breaking is not only really cool and fun, but it's also a chance
to focus all aspects of karate into one single point and moment
in time.
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full size.
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The sensei slices through 8 bricks in one
blow - note top two bricks, broken in two places on either side of
the center; this is uncommon and is due to striking the brick's exact
center (also note pride and awe in his student ... :o)). |
The sensei breaks two boards at once in middair. |
Argo Silvestri prepares to demonstrate various
breaks in a sequence. |
Argo begins by punching through a board ... |
... then turns to successfully split a board
with yup-chagi (side kick) in the same sequence. |
Benjamin Bennett hammering through 4 bricks
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... the very next week, as a purple belt,
Benjamin is ready for 5 boards with hammerfist. |
Glen Hendrickson focuses in preparation for
a kickbreak, as Jennifer Snell looks on. |
Dwayne Rinus (left) and Daniel Peckham (center)
prepare ap-chagi (front kick), along with other white belts,
for their first kickbreak. |
Jonathan Parfitt uses yup-chagi.
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Blue belts (L-R) Chris Sather, Benjamin Bennett,
and Alex and Jonathan Parfitt look on as the sensei prepares boards
for two of them to break. |
Benjamin and Chris pair up to split multiple
boards. |
... next it's Jonathan and Alex's turn. |
Daniel's first handbreak: a successful double-board
split. |
Sarah Pletcher breaks through the first board
in a series with yup-chagi as Stephanie Schnorbus holds it
steadily. |
Adam Snell attempting a chop through two
roof tiles. |
Heather Guenther hammerfists into two bricks
at once. |
Heather shows the signatures of fellow class
members on her first broken board (wow! Is Heather actually wearing
a white belt?!). |
Ingrid Thronson's resounding kiai (yell
of the spirit) impels her fist to demolish a 1-foot square board. |
Jennifer breaks three boards with hammerfist
(aren't you glad you're not one of those boards...). |
Jennifer aims a sidekick at a board held
by Adam. |
Katie Peckham prepares her first handbreak
on a 1-foot square board with the sensei's help ... |
... and blows through it on her first try. |
Sarah nails two boards with two fists. |
Sarah breaks a set of five bricks. |
Sarah the powerhouse tries to split with
yup-chagi (... while trying not to kill Mark Bennett). |
Mr. Sheffield shows the class how to easily
crush four bricks in one try. |
Ted Jager hammers through two boards at once
on his first try. |
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