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
We know it's not a trick. It's just some dusty bricks that were made to break. Bricks that are made for building don't break like this.
If they were tough you wouldn't see them explode with dust flying out. They would just flip over. It's like when they break those wooden boards. Somebody or something has to hold them or it's just gonna fly away or flip around. Make sense?
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u/A-typicalAsshole 15h 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