“Trust me, honey…I’m a black belt”

This board break attempt by a husband in the living room with his wife holding the boards was probably not the best idea. The Christmas tree in the background is a great touch though.

Posted three weeks ago, the video already has over two million views on Facebook after being shared virally across the internet.

Board breaking is not an uncommon in several form of martial arts, but is generally done in demonstrations that include breaking in a downward motion or with partners who are prepared for the impact and angle of attack. Sometimes single boards are broken and sometimes multiple and sometimes even concrete is used. And if the martial artist really want to get theatrical, even flaming concrete bricks are used.

ABOUT BREAKING

Breaking is a martial arts technique that is used in competition, demonstration and testing. Breaking is an action where a martial artist uses a striking surface to break one or more objects using the skills honed in their art form. The striking surface is usually a hand or a foot, but may also be a fingertip, toe, head, elbow, knuckle, or knee. The most common object is a piece of wood, though it is also common to break bricks or cinder blocks.

Breaking can often be seen in karate, taekwondo and pencak silat. Spetsnaz are also known for board and brick breaking, but not all styles of martial arts place equal emphasis on it or use it. In styles where striking and kicking are less important and there is an emphasis on grappling or weaponry, breaking is less prominent. Traditional Japanese martial art schools place little, if any, emphasis on board-breaking, although the art of breaking objects was known as tameshiwari, while the similar practice of Tameshigiri or ‘test cutting’ is used in sword arts.

source: wikipedia.com