How Do You Break A Board Karate Chop Style?
I have an advanced red belt in Tae Kwon Do Korean karate. During your training as a student of karate, you learn the right way to break boards. Here’s how it’s done. Before You Go Chopping My first piece of advice is to seek out professional karate instruction. Tae Kwon Do Korean karate is one form and there are many others. The Korean style tends to be light in the air and is well suited to my lean physique and long limbs. Japanese style stresses lower to the ground movements and judo, which is better for someone shorter and stockier. The traditional karate chop is an actual and important strike. It is used against the throat, neck or to block a blow by the opponent. The intent here is to show you the technique that you will eventually learn to chop a 1/2″ board in half. Without proper training, you can break some bones instead of the board. Training The key to proper technique is to strike with the tough pad on the edge of your hand as shown in the illustration. But before you ever s
