Power breaking

[forgotten_aria]

I practiced power breaking for the second time tonight. The first time I did only two boards, just to assure myself it wouldn't be super hard for me. Today I tried 5, broke 4 the first time, then broke 3 and then decided to stop because my knuckle got bruised.



One of the black belts was practicing 6, then tried 7, only broke two, decided to stop, so I bought the boards from her and after a technique adjustment, broke all 5. Yay! I can do it! (5 is 100% for the test.) Now if I get to practice again, I can try 6 and see.

Comments

[kelkyag]

Congratulations! And ouch. Are bruises a given for this test, or something you can learn to avoid?

[forgotten_aria]

I think you mostly get hurt when you don't go through (all the energy that would have gone into breaking the board goes back into your hand.) I did also improve my technique, but I also expect some bruises in the future.