No-Experience-Necessary Board Breaking

Step 2 Get Set: The Board Holder

The person holding the board is just about as important as the person breaking it - try holding your own board and breaking it - very difficult to do - need a mutant third hand!

Hold the board out in front of you as tightly as you can.  I've experimented with holding the grain both up and down and left to right, and as best I can tell, it doesn't make a difference either way.

Work with the person who is breaking the board to find the right angle and height that's comfortable for them.  I've found that holding the board at chest height, with just an ever so slight upwards angle is best. 

Next, lock your elbows and put your dominant foot in front and get ready to take a blow. 

Finally, make sure that your fingers are curled around to the front hitting surface of the board as little as possible. Even though the board should be around 12" x 10", strikes don't always land in the dead center, and as the "try not to get hurt" video in step 10 shows, it's entirely possible to get a smashed finger.

Comments

[Superhobo40]

The one thing I would add is for the holder to turn their head away so they don't get a friendly flying board to the face.

[urtlesquirt]

Allways lock out the arms. bend your knees, so if it doesnt break, shock is absorbed. That authors stance is pretty bad too. you hold it on the top and bottom.

[nvxcmz]

you actually don't want to lock your elbows when your holding the board because you can hyper-extend them if the board doesn't break and/or too much force is transferred to your arms. otherwise its a great instructable!

[Ortzinator]

Seems like it would be hard if you were holding onto the ends instead of the sides.