Taekwondo?

Question

I need to break three 3/4" boards with a back kick. Help? I can break two just fine, but three, I am having a problem with.

Answer 1

keep praticing and training and you will be able to do it, pratice makes perfect, keep praticing your form and you will ge it in no time

Answer 2

I used to do a lot of breaking many years ago and trained for it. Breaking one or two boards is not to difficult but beyond that it is not just a matter of technique but also of training. Since you can break two already I would certainly look at who is holding them when you break three. That could be part of the problem-especially if you only tried it once. I would then look at my kick and how strong and how quick or explosive it is. Does it penetrate as far in a heavy bag as someone else's who is bigger and stronger than you. If not then it may be a strength/power problem and there are weight routines and exercises that can give you more speed and explosive type power. To be good at breaking and to develop it to a high level you not only have to train hard and train right but you litter ally have to spend time actually breaking-not just occasionally or say for testing. One of the problems with martial arts today is that some people are literally trying to learn how to do things too quickly and progress too fast so that their abilities and technique don't develop to that highest level that they are seeking to attain. Work on it-talk with your instructor and others who are good at breaking and keep kicking!

Answer 3

Without seeing you kick, it's hard to critique your technique. Some key points are:
1) Strike with your heel. If you hit with the ball of your foot, you won't break.
2) Be sure that your heel is at least level with your toes, preferably a little higher.
3) Lean back when you kick. The theoretical optimum is to have your body horizontal.
4) The target should be at about belt level.
5) Step your plant foot accross the center line of your body & turn that foot so your heel is pointed at the target. This helps your rotation which is the source of the power for this technique.

If these don't help, email me a video of your kick.

Answer 4

Yupchagee is right on the money. Back kick is ont eof the most powerful kicks if not the most powerful. There must be something wrong with your technique because three pine boards with this technique should be preatty easy. So my suggestion is to figure out what you are doing wrong. Yup chagee offer very valuable pointers. Ask your instructor to explain what you are doing wrong. Good luck

Answer 5

Iv been training for over 10 years now...the key to exercise a precise powerful back kick is to look back before u do the kick...that is , turn ur head back before u exercise the kick..but actually..more like turn ur head while u get ur legs ready to do the kick...then when u see the target...do the kick in a split second. of course...all these need to be done in a sec..

many beginners ignore or dunno or not aware of this...

if u need to keep doing something like 360 kicks or kicks that keep u spinning...do the same stuff... get a fast look of ur destination right before u turn...it gon make u feel better

Answer 6

i hate board breaking its fun once but it gets old real quick

but i guess if u have to for a grading or what ever (yeah alot of tkd and hapkido schools still do board breaking for some reason sigh) just practice that kick over and over again at least 1000 times a day and it will strengthen that kick thats what we had to do if our strikes where weak in hapkido but our teacher was a hard *** but a great teacher

Answer 7

Sounds like a mental problem, You need to convince your-self that there is no difference between 2 or 3 boards, you are most likely focusing your kick a little short, don’t kick at it, kick through it. Don’t think just kick

Answer 8

Speed speed speed.

It's all about speed.

Make sure your leg is ****** well and really snap it. Don't have your leg as an iron bar, make it like an iron ball on the end of a chain.

Answer 9

well sorry i cant help with that iam in taekwondo, karate, and self defense but we dont break boards

Answer 10

that one is beyond me. I've never been attacked by a board.