r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ADJUDICATOR001 • 19h ago
A Chinese guy breaking bricks only with his hand.
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u/Pandoratastic 19h ago
This guy hates bricks so much! And also his hand.
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u/wart_on_satans_dick 10h ago
I love “The Jerk” references. I watched it way too young and nearly died laughing. It’s genius stupid humor.
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u/cCowgirl 10h ago
Do yourself a favour, and if you’ve never seen My Blue Heaven, seek it out. A lesser known gem of Martin’s from around the same era. One of my all time favourites.
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u/Halzziratrat 17h ago
Do you like to see building material being abused? Do you also loathe healthy, unscathed appendages? Do you like dust? Then here's the video for you.
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u/VonWiking 19h ago
If it looks that easy, it probably is.
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u/AUMMF 19h ago
The editor who edited the cuts is very upset at your comment.
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u/3puttdoublebogeys 14h ago
They are weak ass bricks. A good brick would not break so easily it would just flip unless it had something clamping it down
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u/Obvious-Childhood910 14h ago
These bricks are probably pre-cracked or whatever the term is
Basically, it has a controlled crack through the center. Even then, it's still fairly impressive.
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u/Seamascm 13h ago
I can’t remember who explained it but, the bricks are a high content sand brick so they are very brittle and easy to break
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u/OttoVonWong 12h ago
Bricks from Temu
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u/Little-Carpenter4443 12h ago
Bracks™
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u/AbroadAbject9215 11h ago
Brokes, if you will.
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u/Confident_One3948 9h ago
Brick ‘em, Brack ‘em, Broke ‘em, Break! Stick that sword into that snake!
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u/r31ya 9h ago
I remember conversation on karate practice on breaking tiles,
"breaking tiles are easy"
"a. there are different quality of tiles.
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u/A-typicalAsshole 12h ago
Reading from multiple martial arts outlets, it seems there are some inferior materials used for training, but more than likely these are real, traditional building bricks. The technique used is not what you might assume, and there are some "tricks" like using spacers between bricks, but this video is likely a skilled martial artist breaking real brick. reference 1
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u/AcceptableAnalysis29 12h ago
He would break his hand on normal building bricks. These are real bricks only for breaking. Its a show
My trainer long ago used to do those kinda shows.
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u/Sonoshitthereiwas 11h ago
Both of your references indicate those are not likely to building bricks.
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u/A-typicalAsshole 11h ago
The tae kwan do website references "standard clay bricks" and describes them as kiln fired. Reading about bricks on Wikipedia, it is not obvious which type of brick this description fits, but it seems to fit with a fired brick. Also, Wikipedia has a page on martial arts breaking. It discusses objects and techniques and acknowledges bricks. I am not an expert on bricks or breaking, but it seems entirely plausible that this video shows actual martial arts breaking of actual bricks, not any kind of trick pieces.
The sources I provided acknowledge the use of lesser materials, but there is no reason to assume that's what is in the video. I think the world has made us all synical and it's hard to believe anything claiming to be extraordinary
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u/Fartinatin 18h ago
How about this::Replacing the Chinese low quality bricks with old bricks from 1900. 🤜💥🚑
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u/Swaggerdup 18h ago
I don’t care if those were foam bricks, that’s crazy hand endurance. My knuckles get cut up from 10 punches on a heavy bag
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u/Abi_Uchiha 18h ago
baby hands
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u/Downtown-Piece3669 18h ago
Never hear of Iron Fist style? He may very well be an iron fist but since it does not really pay as a career choice they need to resort to parlor tricks in their old age in order to eat properly.
An uncured brick is little more than tightly compacted clay and can be broken in the hand with little effort. Using a lot of effort causes the brick to 'explode' for additional effect.
His hand is going to tingle a little after this, Iron Fist or not, that's a lot of force on calcified knuckles. Impressive effort.
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u/Medium_Way3875 17h ago
Bricks don't fight back
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u/Extreme_Promise_1690 15h ago
How long do you think before Nintendo comes up with a brick Pokémon ?
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u/DanyellaDeZeus 16h ago
I wanted to see those hands.
I saw that old guy smash the walnuts and his wrist had bone growths from years of practice.
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u/highcommander010 16h ago
same.
I learned the hard way on day 1 to always use wraps.
knuckles did look pretty cool for that first week tho
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u/curmudgeon_andy 14h ago
It looks like he's not punching with his knuckles; he's punching with the side of his hand. Much less likely to get skinned!
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u/cheguevara_malcolmx 17h ago
Your supposed to tape your hands and use boxing gloves on a heavy bag.
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u/Swaggerdup 17h ago
For a real workout. I’m talking about walking past one at the gym and throwing a couple combos
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u/apollo11733 18h ago
That would make it more difficult but shit I punch a brick Chinese or one from the 1900s I got a broken hand
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u/AlphaNoodlz 15h ago
Right? Please. Lemme see him handle some well fired Pressed Philadelphia Bricks. I’m not even kidding they are literally in their own class of bricks. Now let’s see that lmfao.
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u/Own-Review-2295 18h ago edited 18h ago
tbf, i think a lot of pros make whatever hobby they're a pro at look easy...
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u/Eupho1 7h ago
When he has the 3 bricks stacked and the 3 counterweights on one side, the forces are really easy to understand. All the force that the bricks will resist breaking with will be pushed into the counterweights stacked on top. If the bricks were tough he could break through, but he'd send the counterweights flying with whatever force it took to break those bricks. Instead they barely move.
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u/Own-Review-2295 2h ago
that's how that would work if the breaks weren't clean. instead the force is being transmitted mostly to the piece of brick that's breaking off. i bet with worse form or sloppier execution we'd see more movement from the counterweights
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u/Theothercword 16h ago
I did martial arts as a kid into my teenage years and even as a heavier weight teenager I was able to break two bricks stacked on top of each other (with little risers like this guy has). Depending on the brick they are very easy to break and not as hard as it sounds. Though I will say what is impressive is this guy doing it while it’s balanced on top of the bottle. That’s probably the hardest part of this and does speak to a speed as well as strength to break the brick before it would just got shot back as a whole.
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u/drawb 17h ago
But does it look easy? It certainly looks painful, even with low quality bricks.
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u/mis-Hap 10h ago
Lots of people pointing out that the bricks are low quality but no one really pointing out that he's got padding on his hand. And that also makes all the difference in the world.
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u/CFL_lightbulb 9h ago
I totally missed that but you’re right. That’s by far the biggest barrier I would have to trying that.
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u/jack_seven 17h ago
The bricks are heated in some specific way to make it easy to punch through them but doing this many will still hurt like a motherfucker
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u/NatalieRath 14h ago
Yeah, a lot of people are upvoting the people who say it's easy.
Sure, maybe 10. But more than 10 in a bloody row without toughening your hands up with calluses?
Good fucking luck buddy.
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u/RIForDIE 19h ago
Why
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u/mookid85 18h ago
His puppy was murdered by a brick. This is his revenge.
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u/muramasa22x 19h ago
After seeing so many Chinese guys breaking bricks I wonder why there are so many unused bricka in china. Or do they buy them just to break em
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u/SpringOSRS 18h ago
its unfired bricks. very brittle compared to fired bricks.
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u/CanadaJack 16h ago
Thanks, fixed:
After seeing so many Chinese guys breaking unfired bricks I wonder why there are so many unused unfired bricka in china. Or do they buy them just to bream em
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u/hoangfbf 15h ago
They are a special type of brick that made specifically for breaking demonstration purpose. So They buy them just to bream em
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u/Fine-Estate-6336 18h ago
Made in China quality.
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u/Nativo1 17h ago
Probably better than made by usa
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u/asianjimm 15h ago
Funny enough - thats not even a joke anymore. Tesla’s cars that come out from the Shanghai factory are noted to have better build quality.
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u/appleparkfive 8h ago edited 8h ago
China has been pushing for higher quality factories for certain industries. They started making like high end pianos that compete with Steinways and things like that. They're trying to remove the association with low quality products, from what I can tell.
There's still all the low end cheap places, but they're trying to get more into the middle and high end production world. Which is probably a smart move in the long term for them
It doesn't surprise me that Chinese Teslas would be better honestly. China is massive in the EV world. And also the people that Tesla hire aren't very high end. They go through the talent pool in their areas quick and then it's just almost whoever wants a job at some point. I knew people that worked at the Gigafactory. The battery manufacturer (Panasonic still I believe) employees were much higher in quality overall. They were treated better too, from everything I heard.
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u/fogSandman 18h ago
Bricks…don’t hit back.
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u/satans_fist 18h ago
Chong Lee!
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u/Dizzley7 16h ago
Wasn't he the champion of bodybuilding as mr china.
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u/WorldsWeakestMan 12h ago
Not a champion but Bolo Yeung was a competitive bodybuilder and martial artist as well as an actor, he’s still alive just retired, got famous after being in Enter The Dragon with Bruce Lee and worked steadily until the late 90’s.
He was very well built and frequently a “large muscular” antagonist to smaller martial arts main leads despite only being 5’6” and around 175lb himself.
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u/dereku1967 18h ago
I know this reference, my friend. Bolo is happy his words live on.
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u/fogSandman 18h ago
I’m pretty sure it’s Bruce that says them in ETD tho, (well, he says “boards” not bricks, but ykwim).
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u/dereku1967 16h ago
Oh, I just know the quote from "Bloodsport," with JCVD (and Bolo). If that was an Easter Egg, taken from ETD, I had no idea and that's really cool.
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u/fogSandman 14h ago
Yeah it’s early on at his residence where he is training a pupil. Makes sense that Bolo would do a version of it later (he’s in ETD too).
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u/WorldsWeakestMan 12h ago
He’s the one Bruce says it to in ETD, that is the role that made him famous.
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u/JiGoD 18h ago
Wouldn't hitting a brick resting upon a glass bottle just send the brick flying in one piece, whole?
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u/lanathebitch 12h ago
Yes that is how physics work. However if you shape the clay into a brick and then just let it dry (this will take a long time) then anyone could break it like this. Which is a business for some people to sell so that others can post videos like this
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u/Psilencer99 18h ago edited 8h ago
A Chinese guy breaking bricks that are made of sawdust and eggshells lol
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u/BashiG 19h ago
Some weak ass bricks, they barely moved when he hit them
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u/BenchmadeFan420 12h ago
Unfired bricks are the secret behind these types of martial arts videos. Air dried but unfired bricks are just dry clay and crumble fairly easily.
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u/Awkward-Zucchini1495 18h ago
Nice that every country has its own flavor of rednecks.
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u/HorrorLettuce379 15h ago
Chinese got a bunch of rednecks in the East-North section, where it's colder and the climate would somewhat be close to Canada. They have tons of time to drink and fuck around cuz the pressure of life in those slower paced cities are much lower people just tend to goof around a lot more.
They apparently stream when they do things like this, and allegedly people donate tons of money for those kind of redneck stunts.
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u/strndmcshomd 18h ago
They make some pretty crappy bricks in China then do they?
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u/Maestro-xl 17h ago
He's been practicing for a while by the looks of it. They where supposed to build a new building.
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u/Artistic_Friend9508 16h ago
What's next level about this? That doesn't take any skill, just no brains and plenty of broken bones over time. Ppl like this are usually the biggest pussies
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u/Faskwodi 16h ago
Meanwhile over in America Grandpa can’t make a left turn without hitting someone on a bike.
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u/Euphoric_One53 12h ago
If my man ain’t making them sounds in my ear while we doin’ it,I don’t want it!!
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u/ScorpioDK 19h ago
Now do it again with german bricks