Taekwondo Master Lee Kyu-Hyung: Kyukpa

Taekwondo Master Lee Kyu-Hyung, 9th dan and president of the Korean National Taekwondo Exhibition Team demonstrates a spearhand power break through ten boards and a punch power break through nine bricks.

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[prophet106]

ive only ever seen the spear hand break done with one or two boards so that is pretty amazing ! he must have very well conditioned hands ! also i thought that there was a little more to the second break than met the eye ! you can tell they are not wood by the sound they make once broken

[jsstevens]

It seems that the wood he uses is not pine like I'm accustomed to in the U.S.A. Also the amount of dust is interesting. Is the dust there for effect?

[klemowicz]

I'm sorry, you contradict yourself; if spacers make a break easier, which you agree they do, of course they diminish the level of difficulty. The rule here is, spacing is cheating. The material in the video is a composite material due to the dust; moreover, marble doesn't break true, it flakes, and cuts brutally. It's a material to be avoided. I've trained in Korea. The breaking materials there are different, but no easier; if you want to see a master breaker at work check out Ed Brown.

[jsstevens]

Of course both breaks would be more difficult without spacers, however that doesn't change the fact that these are both difficult breaks. I hope you are not saying that this man is a cheater and the breaks performed are not difficult? Are you?

[klemowicz]

The break is aided by spaces between each board; same in the next, power break. It's much harder to do several caps stacked directly one on top of the other. Experienced breakers should be able to break as many as six 1" cinder caps in a power break, or a straight down front knuckle punch, with no problem. Finger breaks are tricky. I've done them, and they require an unbelievable amount of practice; it's best suited to those with short, large fingers.

[jsstevens]

Spacer's do indeed make breaks easier however that in no way diminishes the level of difficulty shown in the breaking techniques in this video. Additionally, the punching techique here is performed on 1" marble sheets not cinder blocks as are often used in America. Most of the sport karate breaking demos shown on American television are child's play compared to this.

[tekkenkill]

omg owned

[MaximBarabach]

Going through concrete is nice:)! Can I learn it some day:)?

[Liquidcadmus]

the dust is due to the type of material used. some of the concrete tiles used for breaking have a composition that leaves a small cloud of dust particles when smashed, they are not as hard as the ones that leave no dust (but of course they are still very hard) I saw the Korean exhibition team perform in person once, and the most impressive thing in the night was that finger/spear break, it was amazing.

[quanitary]

Those are some heavy-ass boards, or whatever. Because they sound heavy as hell when they hit the ground.

[prophet106]

sick !