Board Breaking with a Thumb Strike

A Korean Taekwondo master demonstrates breaking a stack of pine boards using a thumb strike. This is a rarely seen break. Filmed at the Kukkiwon in Seoul, South Korea.
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[flexpoint11]

actually they do (newton's third law)

[payneman5000]

@socdmd143

thats longer than average......

[PinoyAwesomness]

@RingoDaDingo1 Ha, dummy! This is only a demonstration. ^.^

[RingoDaDingo1]

Boards... don't hit back.

[SuperMastak]

wow...ouch!!.. but i would perfer to use my fist.

[zenos59]

hey guys im curently one gup (level) away from black belt and i have been going to taekwondo for 6 years for my promotion test i will have to break a brick with power hand im taking my test in about 2 weeks wish me luck ;)

[smsjgoku]

@socdmd143 you do realise 1st dan black belt is still low in TKD my instructor still says when you get to black belt then your a beginner

[festis666]

This is not like a Ninjitstu thumb strike at all!!

[georgethelebwog]

@payneman5000

he means that is short for someone who started when he was 4 years old? so ur saying that now hes eight hes a black belt? dude my friend goes to karate he started when he was 6 and he got his black belt when he was twelve. now THAT is truely a good martial arts school!

[JackBNimbleify]

Boards don't hit back? Neither would you after taking a strike like that.

[anirudhkrishnamani]

1:47

PRONTO!!

[Blue18242]

for all those who say boards don't hit back, can u do it? No, didn't think so. If you could, you'd see how hard it is and respect the man who broke the board. So shut up.