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It has been a while since I used re-breakable boards, but I'll try... Re-breakable boards tend to come in 2 different flavours: ones with a "groove" that you have to slide, and ones with "teeth" that fit into each other. The ones with teeth feel like a more reliable/long lasting option. Your best bet is to find a martial arts store that has some and go have a look (the website I linked is just the first thing that came up). They can be a bit weird compared to actual timber boards (mainly because they can only break down the middle), but the thin ones are likely to break basically just by looking at them (much like 5mm boards do normally). I imagine punching them is fine, but I don't think I've ever tried (maybe don't punch them if you aren't relatively certain it'll break). My experience is a lot more kicking than punching. Are splinters really an issue? I don't think I can remember anyone getting one, and I've seen lots of timber broken. Expense I can understand; we would glue boards back together and use them a few times if they were just going to be for practice.
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I feel like Karate schools just aren't as obvious as TKD schools (at least here), but don't really know why. I suspect TKD gained a lot from being an Olympic sport for a while (especially because of that random girl who won Gold at Sydney 2000, we were lapping up anyone who won medals at home). Karate schools certainly exist - I competed against a bunch of Karate guys in this all-styles comp (Form/Point Sparring) I went in last year (I was doing Kung Fu). It may also be that I notice TKD schools because I did TKD for ages and notice BJJ/Judo/etc. schools because this thread loves them (and I've been looking for a place to perhaps try one out when I get the chance) but never notice Karate because no one talks about it. For what its worth, I did TKD right through highschool and have no regrets about that - I had fun, kept fit, went in a few competitions, got the chance to teach what I had learned to others, etc.. I'd probably take it up again if my style had a club within easy public transport. I did Kung Fu for about a year more recently and also enjoyed that - it was a lot more varied than TKD (many more techniques taught faster and not nearly as straightforward) and had an excellent instructor. To me there isn't really any appeal in a full-contact striking art (though, as above, slowly this thread is convincing me that it'd be worth trying some grappling), I'm more into learning the techniques, doing form/point sparring/board breaking/etc., staying somewhat fit, meeting people, that type of thing. Not everyone does martial arts to be Good At Fighting (I have the utmost respect however for people that do [provided they reciprocate], and as little patience as anyone regarding eg. lethal ninjas).
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Nierbo posted:That sounds sweet as. Can you detail your success or failure there? What sort of Kung Fu by the way? I've read the whole thread and never watched UFC, if that counts.
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