Tournament Break 2008

Here's the break that won me first place at the 2008 National All Martial Arts Tournament, or at least the last two thirds.
My break:
(1) Downward elbow strike through three boards. Piece of cake, as I found out last year. Unfortunately, this part got cut off, since the camerawoman didn't start it in time.

(2) Spinning jump round kick through two boards (up one from last year!). First try I missed...they held it too low. So they quickly held it high (like I'd said in the first place), and I smashed through both boards. w00t! Been practicing for that all year.

(3) Flying side kick over three (imaginary) people, breaking two boards. I say imaginary, because we didn't have enough people. But hey, I broke it.

Anyway, I can't really give myself credit here, since I did pray right before breaking, and God is with me always. So thank God for victory, for strength when I needed it, and for the fact that my foot only sustained some bruising and a few scrapes when my instep crashed through those boards.

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