Is it possible to do breaking with the instep without injury?

[cerberusc]

I have been corrected by a Kyokushin guy regarding the instep to the skull. He explains that the force dissipates, unlike when you hit bone on bone to an elbow. So the foot usually doesn't break. Instep to the skull is perfectly fine in his words..

Having established that, is the reason you don't do instep breaking on wood that the force doesn't dissipate?

Also, how common is it for people to break their toes when failling their ball of their foot roundhouse?

that is why when a do the ball round house a aim for the soft parts

 

[InfiniteLoop]

that is why when a do the ball round house a aim for the soft parts

What are the soft parts of a piece of wood?

 

[Doc]

No. It has more to do with options. Depending on variables, you should strike with the toes, the instep, the ball, the shin...

That is correct. However one may choose to strike with any portion of the body if that is their desire, but that doesn't make it the most effective.

 

[Dirty Dog]

That is correct. However one may choose to strike with any portion of the body if that is their desire, but that doesn't make it the most effective.

I would argue that it makes it the most effective under those specific circumstances.