Now, I can take issue with this guy. I can say I'm more sophisticated based on what I see here. He's doing, however, analysis. He's thinking about the whole picture (not suggesting you aren't).
Revealing Fake Martial Arts... Is board breaking relevant to REAL fighting?
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Jermaine Andre
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He's talking about confidence (I don't think of board breaking that way, I'm sure many do gain confidence from board breaking.). Then, however, he goes on with the mechanics of how to successfully break the board, He's on his way. He's pointing people into the right direction.
He says it's not about being strong (he has huge arms), its' about how you apply that strength. There is a process. At one point he is deliberately hitting the board and not breaking it. Then he hits the board and deliberately breaks it. Then he concludes that this is part of the training. And that there are other parts. And they all have to work together.
The problem in answering how traditional martial arts excels with this video is that the protagonist is so strong, most likely he could break a board without any training or good technique. So lets' look @ the weaker sex to demonstrate.
Euros 2016: Female Power Breaking
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Female Power breaking decisive moments in European Championships 2016.
Women as a general rule do not equate with the physical strength of men. Their muscle mass is less, their muscle density is less, their bones are lighter and less dense. As a generality, not a sports medicine study.
These Female TKD Black-Belts are at a European Board Breaking Championship. Black-belts at a Continental championship. Not Sally from the dojang. See some of the dismal failures. Oh, TMA doesn't work, TMA critics complain. Boxers hitting the heavy bag develop power. True, that works, can work very well. Here's a comprehensive way to look at board breaking.
Scenario 1: You have weak body mechanics; the board won't break. Some of our Female TKD Black-belts.
Scenario 2: You have good body mechanics; the board can or will break. Our "Mr. ARMS" in my previous post, for simple sake.
Scenario 3: You have good body mechanics powered by strong mental discipline; the board will always break.
And there is the spirit on top of that.
Boxing I look at as training good body mechanics, primarily. So a well conditioned boxer can probably punch break the standard boards here. Traditional karate, however, starts by training body mechanics, then progresses to mental strength over the body in a highly disciplined way.
This isn't black and white, of course. You can have mentally disciplined boxers. But not like karate. The way karate training exercises the body & mind is fundamentally different. And thats's if you understand that and don't screw it up.
When we talk about training the mind, that's an intangible. When we are talking about the mind exercising such complete control over and with the body, that's intangible principle. And so difficult to empirically see, to evaluate, to practice knowingly.
The reason TMA fails in MMA, or is under-represented in MMA is because TMA as most people train is physically centered. With that mindset, boxing is better. Boxing is faster to learn and is more practical to use. Same with Muay Thai. And that's not to say attaining high level boxing skill is doing physical drills, the physical program.
Further investigation, one has to go to the dojo, learn from instructors, learn the manual, study the curriculum. Research online, etc. There's a process by which TMA trains. Why it does what it does. And its' way more sophisticated than Tiger Muay Thai.
For Review: What qualities relative to the other Female TKD Black-belt competitors, does the winning champion exude or represent? She is the example to learn from. How much is good body mechanics, how much mental strength is the driving force behind that whole body strength, we can't know for sure from a video over the 'net.
That's all I could find, close enough.
