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SaiFightsMS
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Recently somewhere else I was reading someones question about doing a breaking demonstration. It seems as long as they said they had been a black belt they had never done any breaking. So a bit mystified by this I ask in your schools isn't some sort of breaking required for advancement to black belt rank?
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AnonymousOne
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Our school does not require it
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ronryu
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2002 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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We do not require it either .
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Karateka
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2002 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Neither does mine.
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SaiFightsMS
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| Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2002 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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Really? Wow?  I had to do a straight punch, hammerfist, and elbow break for mine. Not to mention the foot break.
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SaiFightsMS
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 11:16 am Post subject: |
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I am still a bit blown away that not all schools require breaking for black belt. 
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Phantasmatic
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Breaking is IMHO a way of taking off stress. Havent you ever seen karate kid 2? "Can you break a log like that?" said Ralph Macio. "Don't know, never been attacked by a tree!" said Mr. Morita
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username237
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| Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2002 1:12 am Post subject: |
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no we dont require it either  |
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AnonymousOne
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One could condition themselves to break without ever having learned any martial art.
Breaking is not a good measure of skill at all.
Bruce Lee said "Boards dont fight back"
How true.
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Phantasmatic
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Anonymous is right.
They say that a board is as strong as a rib, but when a person is moving it is a little harder to hit those ribs.
What i am getting at is that breaking boards in one spot is like jabbing someone while their down and trying to show off strength. Not really a great martial art attitude.
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on the post.
