Haha well it would be no fun with an adult. They'd have to hold back or else they would just smash his ribs to bits. Either way it would not be that great to watch.
I wish we got to see the team reacting to seeing themselves in slow mo. I remember in the episode with the eagles, seeing the woman who works with them react to the footage was so cool. It shows people in these different fields the things they encounter everyday, in a way they've never seen before.
@@bennettlane4274 So because they can't speak english they can't watch their videos? Didn't know eyesight was tied to english.(just joking I know what you meant but the reaction would still be fun)
LMAO The moment I saw the two boards at 7:03, I knew exactly what was going to happen. One was with the grain and the other against the grain. Good luck ever punching against the grain and winning.
@@Spartan-of8im Yes, Against the grain means against the natural way the wood is bending, meaning you essentially have to punch twice to bend it into a 90 degree angle and then hit through it. I would not advise anyone to try that
I did martial arts for a while when I was young. (Wa Te Ryu, the dojo said, but I've not been able to find it googling, weirdly.) I ended up dropping out because it began focusing on tournaments more than learning and self defense. And also incidents with the other students, mostly involving them just not listening to whatever we were doing at the time.
@@davidrhodes5604 Yes, but it's troublesome when you can't even go to the tournaments regardless due to money problems. If I did it again, and that wasn't a problem, I'd absolutely love it, but as a kid, and not even participating, the 'sparring' (Back and forth between the walls doing katas, mostly just jab punch kick) didn't really feel fun or interesting. Especially when my partner for it would either ignore the "light contact" rule (We were yellow belts) or would push to my wall, where we were meant to switch striking and defending, but wouldn't actually switch. I decided "Well I'm at the wall, time to switch." and started the routine, but the other kid didn't like that, complained saying that *I* was ignoring light contact, and I got in trouble, though it was just a stern reminder of vague terms that didn't *really* solve either problem. Now, that'd be water under the bridge, but as... I think I was around seven, it was a real hit to me.
@@thrawn82 I'm fairly sure he knew it was coming. Even I knew it was coming based on Gavs tone, body language and expressions and that he checked the boards beforehand and made Dan use a certain one. I felt like that was super obvious. Although I was surprised when he actually punched it.
You can wrap a non injured hand also lol its called illusion. Guarantee that was planed, knowing that a person can break a hand easily on a wood board.
Kudos to Dan. That high kick at the end of his montage was actually pretty good for one day of training. I loved doing taekwondo as a teenager, but my family put an end to it just before my graduation to a blue belt. I was devastated.
This brings back so many memories. I got my 1st Degree Black Belt in TaeKwonDo when I was 11, and that little girl oddly reminds me of all the friends I made at that time in my life. Thanks for the two videos guys! That team and what they do is absolutely unreal.
Depends on the organization, in ITF (at least here in Norway) there's a minimum of 2,5 years between red and black, unless you're so insanely impressive that your tutor decides to award you two stripes instead of one
no, no no, if you get a black belt as a 12-year-old with 2 years of hard training then you are in mcdojo, kids don't understand what martial arts are. if you see a kid as a black belt then their dojo is a mcdojo. in my dojo and in any normal dojo age is also required to get a black bet, kids who have been training for 10 years in my dojo and are like 12-11 are brow, blue and green.
My 10 year old son has been doing TKD since he was 5 and has been a Poom belt for the last 1 and a half years. With his kicking techniques and constant deep core training, his round house kicks can break my ribs. His tornado kick can take my head of my shoulder with all the power he has. Taekwando has the world's most powerful kicks in the martial arts world.
As a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, keep in mind that the boards demonstration teams use are actually brittle and relatively easy to break. They're not really used to show strength, but to show precision in their kicking. But that one master was right, they do hurt quite a bit when kicking, especially when they splinter
it really did shock me scrolling along to find a video like this. And on top of that, its British people being decently enthusiastic about something that's not British haha, but your right as someone who also does Taekwondo, i really appreciate their support ✌
@@drunkpunch7334 that really doesn't change anything. America and the west in general is very bias haha. its not like because hes American hes all of a sudden very honest or good
I love whenever they do an episode about martial art, gun or anything, Dan look genuinely impressed while he obviously was in military and had all sort of training as well,
I would not be surprised if he broke some small bones in his hand. My daughter (3rd Dan Black Belt) tore most of the ligaments of her wrist. She also wore out (as in sand came pouring) 3 leather 100lb Everlast bags doing it. Luckily, we found a surgeo who was able to reattach them, but she can no longer practice TK.
@@@prolly537 She's doing fine, just can't go around punching things with her right hand anymore. The surgeon did a superb job! She's married, has a kid, and has the job she wants. We're really proud of her. But she can predict bad weather...
I love how she describes endurance as mental strength not physical... I kind of agree because often we don't think we can complete or finish something when really we can and it's all in our heads
Attitude is a lot of our strength. Mindset can make or break someone. it may be fiction, and a bit dramatized but this perfectly show's mindset. He think's he's only capable of such a small amount, but now he knows he's capable of so much more. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--sUKoKQlEC4.html
I did Teakwondo when I was in elementary school for maybe 5 years and was a black belt. This makes me miss it so much and want to get back into it. The self discipline it required but how amazing it felt to break a board, win a fight or win a trophy was ALWAYS worth it!
I once trained with a mate who was a black belt kick boxer he told me to hold the bag that you kick when training to keep it steady when he kicked it. He kicked the bag and I went flying across the room he said that it wasn’t his hardest kick and I felt it through the bag
My friend was a black belt kickboxer too. Her ring name at the gym here was Demon because she was so fast and strong they thought she sold her soul. I let her kick me just to see how much it hurt and ohhh boy did it hurt. I was bruised for weeks from the one kick.
If Dan didnt have that kickvest tied around him, she would have landed a really stellar kick to the liver. At her tiny size with a 22 pounds per square inch kick, a liver kick would have him on the ground in the fetal position, green in the face and throwing up. I'd say she could definitely stand her ground very effectively in the schoolyard 🙊😱🤜🏻💥
Dan is a legend. Excellent showing under instruction. The instructor was actually impressed, well done. A novice with skill is still worthy of respect.
I took a Taekwondo class a long time ago. Sucked at it, but had fun learning some of the moves/basics. I've got mad respect for these martial artists/athletes. lots of dedication.
It illustrates the difference between a thick and thin piece of wood. Unless you're sarcastic but I've never seen someone put 'lol' at the start of something sarcastic.
@@PaulFrank49 lol I put lol in most of my comments, lol. As for the boards, the grain really does make all the difference. Same thickness and dimensions with the grain running vertically across the board, and it'll snap with very little force. Grain running the long way across, and you can jump and stomp on it all you want and it won't budge. That's why, when shopping for lumber, it's important to look at the grain and make sure it's straight. If the grain goes at an angle, that's a board that will break easily under stress.
@@Kragatar That is not the case here though, the koreans are sinply kicking very thin boards. If they were to try to brrak the same board as the guy punching did, they would break their foot.
If Gav held it correctly, ie the grains of the board are vertical, then Dan would've been able to break it easily. As for the koreans, I'm pretty sure they break multiple of this 1-inch planks during their black belt grading. It's just that if they use 1-inch planks for demo, they won't be able to break as many continuously.
Not many people realize the boards used in martial arts are baked in an oven to make them dry and brittle. They're also held a specific way to make them more likely to break.
If you're talking about in demonstrations then oh yeah, all of that is true, but during testing we use real boards, but only people going for black belts and higher black belts break them, as to cut down on injury as much as possible
Ryan Snider I honestly thought they were wood pulp made to be hollow in the center but now that I think about it, that doesn't actually make that much sense.
Those demo boards looked like 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch, thinner than what I used for testing. We used 1 inch pine boards and to pass a test for brown belt and above, you had to break 2 boards, held together. twice. The story was, is that it takes the same force to break 1" as a small bone in the body, 2" a medium bone and 3" for a large bone. But board-breaking is used in testing mostly to test technique, not strength. If you do the punch, kick, or strike wrong, you will fail and hurt yourself. One of my breaks for my 1st degree black belt, was a reverse elbow strike, I did it wrong the first time and ended up having a bruise from my shoulder to elbow.
true, they hold them in a way specific to the kick being performed, there's no way the board breaks going against the grain so it has to be held so it can break with the grain
Not really,.......the ones that we used for training are at least 5 inches thick and are pure wooden plank.......not baked, my friend hit it once for her black belt exam and her hand got freaking black all over the next day
I started taekwondo when I was 4 and stopped after getting my 3rd black belt. I was in extreme martial arts training for a short time and I do remember some of the others being able to do crazy stunts like this but I know I would have broken my ankle lol. I stuck with doing sword dances and weapon forms. This video really made me miss doing martial arts. Thanks guys
7:48 another reason the board didnt break is that his elbows werent locked. When Gav punched through the board, Dan’s elbows were locked out so the force is all going into the board. If the holder’s elbows arent locked, the flexing of the elbows absorbs some of the force.
Gav: Well, I think throughout this series that was some of the most impressive human feats i've ever filmed in slow-motion Dan: You talking about my montage? Gav: No.
God I hate when people bandy that about. Boards are still great training tools, just, like LITERALLY ANYTHING in martial arts, they shouldn't be used by themselves
Also worth it to point out that Taekwondo is an art style, not for self defense! It’s meant to look pretty and be performed, as well as instill discipline, but not actually fight. It’s incredibly inefficient, especially when compared to a style like Krav Maga which is actually made for self defense. I love Taekwondo, I spent 10 years practicing it, this is not a dig lol
Karate and TKD studios used it for years as advertising, to impress newbies and parents, deceptively. And the "pros" in the first episode were using it for dramatic effect, they might as well have burst balloons of glitter. Especially when Bruce said that, boards were tools of deception, not training. Perhaps you're too young to remember.
@@CT9AForever no, the board was cut wrong. gavs board was not only balsa wood but the grain went with the short side. Dans board was probably pine and those can be broken, if the grain wasnt with the long side. he was fighting a tougher material with it's strongest orientation
That's an awesome montage, so 80's I love it. I'm proper impressed that Dan did the kip up, fair play. Great kick by the kick. That definitely would have knocked the wind out if there wasn't a pad.
I have to give full respect to Dan for that flip. I never understood the technique. That little girl was so adorable. When she smiled her eyes and whole face just lit up the room. But DAYMN 7yrs old and kicking like THAT. She won't have any problems, fullest respect to her!
