I did martial arts for a while when I was young. (Wa Te Ryu, the dojo said, but I've not been able to find it googling, weirdly.) I ended up dropping out because it began focusing on tournaments more than learning and self defense. And also incidents with the other students, mostly involving them just not listening to whatever we were doing at the time.
@@davidrhodes5604 Yes, but it's troublesome when you can't even go to the tournaments regardless due to money problems. If I did it again, and that wasn't a problem, I'd absolutely love it, but as a kid, and not even participating, the 'sparring' (Back and forth between the walls doing katas, mostly just jab punch kick) didn't really feel fun or interesting. Especially when my partner for it would either ignore the "light contact" rule (We were yellow belts) or would push to my wall, where we were meant to switch striking and defending, but wouldn't actually switch. I decided "Well I'm at the wall, time to switch." and started the routine, but the other kid didn't like that, complained saying that *I* was ignoring light contact, and I got in trouble, though it was just a stern reminder of vague terms that didn't *really* solve either problem. Now, that'd be water under the bridge, but as... I think I was around seven, it was a real hit to me.
I wish we got to see the team reacting to seeing themselves in slow mo. I remember in the episode with the eagles, seeing the woman who works with them react to the footage was so cool. It shows people in these different fields the things they encounter everyday, in a way they've never seen before.
@@bennettlane4274 So because they can't speak english they can't watch their videos? Didn't know eyesight was tied to english.(just joking I know what you meant but the reaction would still be fun)
Haha well it would be no fun with an adult. They'd have to hold back or else they would just smash his ribs to bits. Either way it would not be that great to watch.
LMAO The moment I saw the two boards at 7:03, I knew exactly what was going to happen. One was with the grain and the other against the grain. Good luck ever punching against the grain and winning.
@@Spartan-of8im Yes, Against the grain means against the natural way the wood is bending, meaning you essentially have to punch twice to bend it into a 90 degree angle and then hit through it. I would not advise anyone to try that
As a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, keep in mind that the boards demonstration teams use are actually brittle and relatively easy to break. They're not really used to show strength, but to show precision in their kicking. But that one master was right, they do hurt quite a bit when kicking, especially when they splinter
Kudos to Dan. That high kick at the end of his montage was actually pretty good for one day of training. I loved doing taekwondo as a teenager, but my family put an end to it just before my graduation to a blue belt. I was devastated.
My 10 year old son has been doing TKD since he was 5 and has been a Poom belt for the last 1 and a half years. With his kicking techniques and constant deep core training, his round house kicks can break my ribs. His tornado kick can take my head of my shoulder with all the power he has. Taekwando has the world's most powerful kicks in the martial arts world.
@@thrawn82 I'm fairly sure he knew it was coming. Even I knew it was coming based on Gavs tone, body language and expressions and that he checked the boards beforehand and made Dan use a certain one. I felt like that was super obvious. Although I was surprised when he actually punched it.
You can wrap a non injured hand also lol its called illusion. Guarantee that was planed, knowing that a person can break a hand easily on a wood board.
Depends on the organization, in ITF (at least here in Norway) there's a minimum of 2,5 years between red and black, unless you're so insanely impressive that your tutor decides to award you two stripes instead of one
no, no no, if you get a black belt as a 12-year-old with 2 years of hard training then you are in mcdojo, kids don't understand what martial arts are. if you see a kid as a black belt then their dojo is a mcdojo. in my dojo and in any normal dojo age is also required to get a black bet, kids who have been training for 10 years in my dojo and are like 12-11 are brow, blue and green.
This brings back so many memories. I got my 1st Degree Black Belt in TaeKwonDo when I was 11, and that little girl oddly reminds me of all the friends I made at that time in my life. Thanks for the two videos guys! That team and what they do is absolutely unreal.
it really did shock me scrolling along to find a video like this. And on top of that, its British people being decently enthusiastic about something that's not British haha, but your right as someone who also does Taekwondo, i really appreciate their support ✌
@@drunkpunch7334 that really doesn't change anything. America and the west in general is very bias haha. its not like because hes American hes all of a sudden very honest or good
I love how she describes endurance as mental strength not physical... I kind of agree because often we don't think we can complete or finish something when really we can and it's all in our heads
Attitude is a lot of our strength. Mindset can make or break someone. it may be fiction, and a bit dramatized but this perfectly show's mindset. He think's he's only capable of such a small amount, but now he knows he's capable of so much more. th-cam.com/video/-sUKoKQlEC4/w-d-xo.html
I did Teakwondo when I was in elementary school for maybe 5 years and was a black belt. This makes me miss it so much and want to get back into it. The self discipline it required but how amazing it felt to break a board, win a fight or win a trophy was ALWAYS worth it!
I would not be surprised if he broke some small bones in his hand. My daughter (3rd Dan Black Belt) tore most of the ligaments of her wrist. She also wore out (as in sand came pouring) 3 leather 100lb Everlast bags doing it. Luckily, we found a surgeo who was able to reattach them, but she can no longer practice TK.
@@@prolly537 She's doing fine, just can't go around punching things with her right hand anymore. The surgeon did a superb job! She's married, has a kid, and has the job she wants. We're really proud of her. But she can predict bad weather...
I once trained with a mate who was a black belt kick boxer he told me to hold the bag that you kick when training to keep it steady when he kicked it. He kicked the bag and I went flying across the room he said that it wasn’t his hardest kick and I felt it through the bag
My friend was a black belt kickboxer too. Her ring name at the gym here was Demon because she was so fast and strong they thought she sold her soul. I let her kick me just to see how much it hurt and ohhh boy did it hurt. I was bruised for weeks from the one kick.
7:48 another reason the board didnt break is that his elbows werent locked. When Gav punched through the board, Dan’s elbows were locked out so the force is all going into the board. If the holder’s elbows arent locked, the flexing of the elbows absorbs some of the force.
I love whenever they do an episode about martial art, gun or anything, Dan look genuinely impressed while he obviously was in military and had all sort of training as well,
Not many people realize the boards used in martial arts are baked in an oven to make them dry and brittle. They're also held a specific way to make them more likely to break.
If you're talking about in demonstrations then oh yeah, all of that is true, but during testing we use real boards, but only people going for black belts and higher black belts break them, as to cut down on injury as much as possible
Ryan Snider I honestly thought they were wood pulp made to be hollow in the center but now that I think about it, that doesn't actually make that much sense.
Those demo boards looked like 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch, thinner than what I used for testing. We used 1 inch pine boards and to pass a test for brown belt and above, you had to break 2 boards, held together. twice. The story was, is that it takes the same force to break 1" as a small bone in the body, 2" a medium bone and 3" for a large bone. But board-breaking is used in testing mostly to test technique, not strength. If you do the punch, kick, or strike wrong, you will fail and hurt yourself. One of my breaks for my 1st degree black belt, was a reverse elbow strike, I did it wrong the first time and ended up having a bruise from my shoulder to elbow.
true, they hold them in a way specific to the kick being performed, there's no way the board breaks going against the grain so it has to be held so it can break with the grain
Not really,.......the ones that we used for training are at least 5 inches thick and are pure wooden plank.......not baked, my friend hit it once for her black belt exam and her hand got freaking black all over the next day
If Dan didnt have that kickvest tied around him, she would have landed a really stellar kick to the liver. At her tiny size with a 22 pounds per square inch kick, a liver kick would have him on the ground in the fetal position, green in the face and throwing up. I'd say she could definitely stand her ground very effectively in the schoolyard 🙊😱🤜🏻💥
God I hate when people bandy that about. Boards are still great training tools, just, like LITERALLY ANYTHING in martial arts, they shouldn't be used by themselves
Also worth it to point out that Taekwondo is an art style, not for self defense! It’s meant to look pretty and be performed, as well as instill discipline, but not actually fight. It’s incredibly inefficient, especially when compared to a style like Krav Maga which is actually made for self defense. I love Taekwondo, I spent 10 years practicing it, this is not a dig lol
Karate and TKD studios used it for years as advertising, to impress newbies and parents, deceptively. And the "pros" in the first episode were using it for dramatic effect, they might as well have burst balloons of glitter. Especially when Bruce said that, boards were tools of deception, not training. Perhaps you're too young to remember.
Hey Dan piece of advice as a Tae Kwon Do black belt candidate do not pull your punch when you attack that board i noticed that you hesitated and did not put all your strength into the blow, that will reduce your power by half and increase the pain and actual injury when punching our striking a target make sure you try to punch THROUGH it and not stop at the object.
@@CT9AForever no, the board was cut wrong. gavs board was not only balsa wood but the grain went with the short side. Dans board was probably pine and those can be broken, if the grain wasnt with the long side. he was fighting a tougher material with it's strongest orientation
It illustrates the difference between a thick and thin piece of wood. Unless you're sarcastic but I've never seen someone put 'lol' at the start of something sarcastic.
@@PaulFrank49 lol I put lol in most of my comments, lol. As for the boards, the grain really does make all the difference. Same thickness and dimensions with the grain running vertically across the board, and it'll snap with very little force. Grain running the long way across, and you can jump and stomp on it all you want and it won't budge. That's why, when shopping for lumber, it's important to look at the grain and make sure it's straight. If the grain goes at an angle, that's a board that will break easily under stress.
@@Kragatar That is not the case here though, the koreans are sinply kicking very thin boards. If they were to try to brrak the same board as the guy punching did, they would break their foot.
If Gav held it correctly, ie the grains of the board are vertical, then Dan would've been able to break it easily. As for the koreans, I'm pretty sure they break multiple of this 1-inch planks during their black belt grading. It's just that if they use 1-inch planks for demo, they won't be able to break as many continuously.
I have to give full respect to Dan for that flip. I never understood the technique. That little girl was so adorable. When she smiled her eyes and whole face just lit up the room. But DAYMN 7yrs old and kicking like THAT. She won't have any problems, fullest respect to her!
Gav: Well, I think throughout this series that was some of the most impressive human feats i've ever filmed in slow-motion Dan: You talking about my montage? Gav: No.
I took a Taekwondo class a long time ago. Sucked at it, but had fun learning some of the moves/basics. I've got mad respect for these martial artists/athletes. lots of dedication.
i’ve done taekwondo for 5-6 years and im a second degree black belt. board breaking is very hard the board breaking at the beginning takes a lot of training most people just do sparring but if you do poomsae or board breaking that takes a lot of skill and power glad to see taekwondo getting noticed
I started taekwondo when I was 4 and stopped after getting my 3rd black belt. I was in extreme martial arts training for a short time and I do remember some of the others being able to do crazy stunts like this but I know I would have broken my ankle lol. I stuck with doing sword dances and weapon forms. This video really made me miss doing martial arts. Thanks guys
Being someone who is in Taekwondo I know how hard the kicks are.....depending on how their mindset is.....I am a 2nd degree hoping to be 4th mainly to beat my brother at Taekwondo so yeah 👏🏻👍🏻
Ive seen a live demo from these guys last year in North Carolina, USA. They had just won the national championship in Korea and they were on tour doing shows. I saw them at a Taekwondo tournament that I was participating in (1st Dan black belt)(in 13)
That group would make for some amazing ballroom dancers. Their body control on the ground and in the air, both working together and separately, is flawless. I have no martial arts experience, but as a dancer this is so incredibly cool.
Dan was channelling his inner David Hasselhoff for the thumbnail. No idea if I spelled that correctly.
im not sure how to spell your name either. is it Destin or Dustin?
@@Poobodoo Destin
@smartereveryday Hey Hey SmarterEveryHey
i thought of the poster for bruce lee's 'game of death'
My two favourite channels on the one page
You have to respect martial artists, no matter WHAT form they use. The lifelong dedication and self-discipline is universal among them.
It is only universal among those who train all their lives and have great self discipline. The vast majority of people drop out.
I did martial arts for a while when I was young. (Wa Te Ryu, the dojo said, but I've not been able to find it googling, weirdly.)
I ended up dropping out because it began focusing on tournaments more than learning and self defense. And also incidents with the other students, mostly involving them just not listening to whatever we were doing at the time.
@@PHANTOMCOWGIRL a big part of martial arts is based on demonstrating what you know.
@@davidrhodes5604
Yes, but it's troublesome when you can't even go to the tournaments regardless due to money problems.
If I did it again, and that wasn't a problem, I'd absolutely love it, but as a kid, and not even participating, the 'sparring' (Back and forth between the walls doing katas, mostly just jab punch kick) didn't really feel fun or interesting. Especially when my partner for it would either ignore the "light contact" rule (We were yellow belts) or would push to my wall, where we were meant to switch striking and defending, but wouldn't actually switch.
I decided "Well I'm at the wall, time to switch." and started the routine, but the other kid didn't like that, complained saying that *I* was ignoring light contact, and I got in trouble, though it was just a stern reminder of vague terms that didn't *really* solve either problem. Now, that'd be water under the bridge, but as... I think I was around seven, it was a real hit to me.
No
6:33 the look of disappointment on the guys face is priceless.
😂😂😂
I was looking for this
LOL i was thinking the same. but he is clapping lol. this is how it be
Actually it’s 6:36 not 6:33
GD Gardengap 😐
I wish we got to see the team reacting to seeing themselves in slow mo. I remember in the episode with the eagles, seeing the woman who works with them react to the footage was so cool. It shows people in these different fields the things they encounter everyday, in a way they've never seen before.
Agreed
SO YESS
Might be rather difficult as most of them probably don't speak English
@@bennettlane4274 So because they can't speak english they can't watch their videos? Didn't know eyesight was tied to english.(just joking I know what you meant but the reaction would still be fun)
@@diamondbeats3988 I agree 😁
Who thought that he was going to get kicked by a full grown person not a kid?
Haha well it would be no fun with an adult. They'd have to hold back or else they would just smash his ribs to bits. Either way it would not be that great to watch.
FaZe fake
Natethestupid12 ok come on
the only reason I clicked on this video was because I wanted to see someone take a huge kick in the ribs and/or/maybe preferably on the face.
They cheated.hahahha
Gosh, she's adorable. And deadly. Deadly adorable.
do you think Gav made Dan getting kicked by that kid into a GIF?
Adeadlable.
Adorably deadly
Just like love. Or cats
I honestly could probably barely manage to kick as high as she did and she's half my height lol.
Thank you Slow Mo Guys for this wonderful gift of pain
I swear I've seen you in alot of videos
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after a while of tkd, it doesn't hurt as much as it did when I first started
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6:36 that sympathy clap... Well done #10 well done.
It's a Korean thing.
Danica so cute and composed
*clap* *clap* *clap* _good job_
*golf claps* "...Puny mortal."
🤣
WillieRants cv CH
LMAO The moment I saw the two boards at 7:03, I knew exactly what was going to happen. One was with the grain and the other against the grain. Good luck ever punching against the grain and winning.
Is that how he broke his hand?
@@Spartan-of8im Yes, Against the grain means against the natural way the wood is bending, meaning you essentially have to punch twice to bend it into a 90 degree angle and then hit through it. I would not advise anyone to try that
His technique didn't help him either.
@@no-hr6rj So what exactly is the difference? They look very similar.
In slow motion you could hear cracking I think that was the board but later it showed his hand in some kind of cast so I think it was his hand.
"Whenever you're ready, give me a good wack"
The only legit situation where you can say that to a child.
LOL
'Tie me up'
stop kinkshaming priests!
*FBI OPEN UP*
is he a Stoner !!!!
Dan's already broken his hand once in the service of slow mo. he's suffered enough
Never!!!
What video?
@@azansnumber1fan668 the one with Tony hawk in it
Don't forget he's had glass in his finger, and burned his arm. Dan is truly a trooper
Dan's torn coat is his Purple Heart Medal.
Danica's amazing. She's very strong and with great aim and humble self-confidence. What a gem.
As a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, keep in mind that the boards demonstration teams use are actually brittle and relatively easy to break. They're not really used to show strength, but to show precision in their kicking. But that one master was right, they do hurt quite a bit when kicking, especially when they splinter
Kudos to Dan. That high kick at the end of his montage was actually pretty good for one day of training. I loved doing taekwondo as a teenager, but my family put an end to it just before my graduation to a blue belt. I was devastated.
My 10 year old son has been doing TKD since he was 5 and has been a Poom belt for the last 1 and a half years. With his kicking techniques and constant deep core training, his round house kicks can break my ribs. His tornado kick can take my head of my shoulder with all the power he has. Taekwando has the world's most powerful kicks in the martial arts world.
7:28 only true friendship last through stuff like that.
Serious, that verges on legit cruel
@@thrawn82 I'm fairly sure he knew it was coming. Even I knew it was coming based on Gavs tone, body language and expressions and that he checked the boards beforehand and made Dan use a certain one. I felt like that was super obvious. Although I was surprised when he actually punched it.
@@BaldMancTwat I'd tend to believe you, except for the joint wrap he had on the hand afterwards.
@@thrawn82 i agree, it seems it should be clearly obvious, but his reaction and the wrap...
You can wrap a non injured hand also lol its called illusion. Guarantee that was planed, knowing that a person can break a hand easily on a wood board.
Getting a black belt in 1-2 years is absolutely insane. Huge amount of dedication and training.
i've took 8 years to get my black belt hahaha. but we re not at the WTF like them.
Depends on the organization, in ITF (at least here in Norway) there's a minimum of 2,5 years between red and black, unless you're so insanely impressive that your tutor decides to award you two stripes instead of one
Or maybe a mcdojo
no, no no, if you get a black belt as a 12-year-old with 2 years of hard training then you are in mcdojo, kids don't understand what martial arts are.
if you see a kid as a black belt then their dojo is a mcdojo.
in my dojo and in any normal dojo age is also required to get a black bet, kids who have been training for 10 years in my dojo and are like 12-11 are brow, blue and green.
Took me 8 years at my school.
Welcome to another episode "what happens with Dan's hand"?
This brings back so many memories. I got my 1st Degree Black Belt in TaeKwonDo when I was 11, and that little girl oddly reminds me of all the friends I made at that time in my life. Thanks for the two videos guys! That team and what they do is absolutely unreal.
That little golf clap at 6:35 just killed me. 😂
I gotta say that Dan montage is pretty rad.
As someone who does Taekwondo, I appreciate you focusing in on Taekwondo and the culture behind it ❤️
it really did shock me scrolling along to find a video like this. And on top of that, its British people being decently enthusiastic about something that's not British haha, but your right as someone who also does Taekwondo, i really appreciate their support ✌
@@Subject__ To be fair, Gavin is an American citizen now and has lived in america for a long time lol
@@drunkpunch7334 that really doesn't change anything. America and the west in general is very bias haha. its not like because hes American hes all of a sudden very honest or good
@@Subject__ its Gav, he's always been good. Absolute moron at times but good. Why make it about if they are brits or not?
Next up.. Killed by a Taekwondo Expert
who happens to be a 7 y/o... yeah thats gonna get them a ton of views XD
@@crustybomb115 And controversy.
next 30 bomb in Fortnite... in slow motion :D
Klemmari no
6:42 - I love the irony of the fittingly low frame rate slow-mo kick at the end of the montage xD
Nahh mate, it was too quick even for the camera, the frames cant catch up
I am a Taekwondo 4th degree black belt
😆
🥋
It took me 14 years to get it!
Moe S. Pray lmao, im a first degree, took a 3 year break after getting my black belt and recently got back in.
Im fat :)
I only reached yellow belt due to low budget:(
@@karrot610 F
I am a 1st degree black belt and it took me 7 years.
Shout out to those guys who trained dan, must have taken a lot of patience and a lot of holding back laughs
Or maybe he's actually got some talent...
@@Atlessa nice to see you Pyrha. team JNPR really misses you...
@@sleepingbackbone7581 Do you believe in destiny?
@@Atlessa Yes, I really do.
I love how she describes endurance as mental strength not physical... I kind of agree because often we don't think we can complete or finish something when really we can and it's all in our heads
Attitude is a lot of our strength. Mindset can make or break someone.
it may be fiction, and a bit dramatized but this perfectly show's mindset.
He think's he's only capable of such a small amount, but now he knows he's capable of so much more.
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I know I was never in shape, but I passed every PT test by pure willpower.
Until you pick up something too heavy for you and you blow out your back
@@charlesundying5315 That's not endurance >.>
The mental component of endurance is what gives you the inner strength to push through when every fibre of your being says 'Oh, god, no'
The shouts are absolutely blood-curdling. 10/10 would not want to go against someone screaming like that
I wouldn't be concerned at all.
When they yell like that they sound mentally deficient tbh
Imagine hearing that while lost in the woods. Or maybe I'm thinking of Ring Wraiths.
@@SirNeutral the difference being?
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10:38 "You only have to kick him once, I can have you kick him all day." Guess we know what Gavin's new background is.
7:28
Me trying to do literally anything
7:13
Everybody else trying to do that same simple task
That’s the most relatable comment I’ve seen on this video
Right?!!!
Bro, I can't tell you how grateful I am that someone else feels like I do too
Atleast im not alone
The look on Gavin’s face at that moment explains Gavin also feels it.
Looking pretty badass in the thumbnail, Dan.
SoloHero As always.
I did Teakwondo when I was in elementary school for maybe 5 years and was a black belt. This makes me miss it so much and want to get back into it. The self discipline it required but how amazing it felt to break a board, win a fight or win a trophy was ALWAYS worth it!
Its not a slowmo vid unless Dan gets hurt XD :D
I would not be surprised if he broke some small bones in his hand. My daughter (3rd Dan Black Belt) tore most of the ligaments of her wrist. She also wore out (as in sand came pouring) 3 leather 100lb Everlast bags doing it. Luckily, we found a surgeo who was able to reattach them, but she can no longer practice TK.
@@mjbirdClavdivs how's she doing right now?
@@@prolly537 She's doing fine, just can't go around punching things with her right hand anymore. The surgeon did a superb job! She's married, has a kid, and has the job she wants. We're really proud of her. But she can predict bad weather...
@@mjbirdClavdivs Good to know. May Allah look after her and her family. Amen
@@@prolly537 thank you very much!
The French translator translated the title into “How to jump 9 meters high in the air”..
Tutorial please!
xD
The german one too
bruh
It's not wrong.
Russian too. WTF.
I once trained with a mate who was a black belt kick boxer he told me to hold the bag that you kick when training to keep it steady when he kicked it.
He kicked the bag and I went flying across the room he said that it wasn’t his hardest kick and I felt it through the bag
Now imagine if he kicked YOU directly instead of the bag
@@mckdink I got kicked by one of my Thai sparring partners before..My entire left torso was bruised for over a week.
My friend was a black belt kickboxer too. Her ring name at the gym here was Demon because she was so fast and strong they thought she sold her soul. I let her kick me just to see how much it hurt and ohhh boy did it hurt. I was bruised for weeks from the one kick.
@@letsnotdothat975 ow
@@mckdink oh no
Seven years old gils have so much power
I'm pretty sure its spelled 'gills'
@@mynameisJEFF-ym8vqsaying that body or Sleepy he liked a mexican Wolverine ...
Especially compared to lungs. I've had my lungs for almost 30 years and they don't have the power to breathe underwater.
Seven year old girls are related to cats. Nothing but wound up springs.
Kommentti Kommentti She had a lot of power for a seven year old.
Danica was both very adorable and very impressive, great addition to the video.
*hot
@@stgeorge5862 FBI OPEN UP
Gamer George dude stop.. you’re just being a sick creep
7:48 another reason the board didnt break is that his elbows werent locked. When Gav punched through the board, Dan’s elbows were locked out so the force is all going into the board. If the holder’s elbows arent locked, the flexing of the elbows absorbs some of the force.
I love whenever they do an episode about martial art, gun or anything, Dan look genuinely impressed while he obviously was in military and had all sort of training as well,
you should record a sewing machine in slow motion from the top and bottom veiw to see how it sews
endless1233214 that would be cool to see, good idea
9:55 I thougt she would miss and hit his balls XD
I’ve never heard anyone call balls eggs 😁
Yeah me too
In Germany we do
@@Lunaskyuwu
I didn't think it would happen but I did hope it would.
@@Lunaskyuwu he probably just got confused because there are languages that you say eggs and not balls, for example hebrew
Not many people realize the boards used in martial arts are baked in an oven to make them dry and brittle. They're also held a specific way to make them more likely to break.
If you're talking about in demonstrations then oh yeah, all of that is true, but during testing we use real boards, but only people going for black belts and higher black belts break them, as to cut down on injury as much as possible
Ryan Snider
I honestly thought they were wood pulp made to be hollow in the center
but now that I think about it, that doesn't actually make that much sense.
Those demo boards looked like 1/4 inch or 1/2 inch, thinner than what I used for testing. We used 1 inch pine boards and to pass a test for brown belt and above, you had to break 2 boards, held together. twice. The story was, is that it takes the same force to break 1" as a small bone in the body, 2" a medium bone and 3" for a large bone. But board-breaking is used in testing mostly to test technique, not strength. If you do the punch, kick, or strike wrong, you will fail and hurt yourself. One of my breaks for my 1st degree black belt, was a reverse elbow strike, I did it wrong the first time and ended up having a bruise from my shoulder to elbow.
true, they hold them in a way specific to the kick being performed, there's no way the board breaks going against the grain so it has to be held so it can break with the grain
Not really,.......the ones that we used for training are at least 5 inches thick and are pure wooden plank.......not baked, my friend hit it once for her black belt exam and her hand got freaking black all over the next day
The Cookie One team is really impressive
That's the other team, you know, the one that Dan is actually on.
@@0dious LMAO
tobbaddol it’s kukkiwon lol
@@jojoo5169
I think we just found our Captain Killjoy-!
@@jojoo5169 w/rooosh
Taekwondo expert!!!! Mmmmmm he's gonna hurt a lot.
8:17. Awwwwwww
9:55 Ooooooooo, good
Imagine a Muay Thai leg kick. Oof.
hah, no
If Dan didnt have that kickvest tied around him, she would have landed a really stellar kick to the liver. At her tiny size with a 22 pounds per square inch kick, a liver kick would have him on the ground in the fetal position, green in the face and throwing up. I'd say she could definitely stand her ground very effectively in the schoolyard 🙊😱🤜🏻💥
But he didnt swing her left arm out for more power.
Id be scared to jump so high and kick a board just to land on a massive splinter
I just hired that lil girl as my personal BODY GUARD!
That was a mistake, I'm hoping you're still alive to read this
You could see how nervous Dan was as he thought "I just hope she can kick higher than the crotch"
After Yesterday's video, this was surely on the cards!
*looks at thumbnail*
Well, Dan is NOT having a good time right now, is he?
Next episode: "Breaking Dans Fingers with A Hammer in Slow Mo"
So, they kick with their hands?
10:53
7:25
Nope.
Impressive, certainly, but:
"Boards...don't hit back." - _Bruce Lee_
God I hate when people bandy that about. Boards are still great training tools, just, like LITERALLY ANYTHING in martial arts, they shouldn't be used by themselves
@@nmitchxll305 😄 I hear ya...but that's what happens when someone says something funny or smart & it becomes popular.
And.... * Mic drops *
Also worth it to point out that Taekwondo is an art style, not for self defense! It’s meant to look pretty and be performed, as well as instill discipline, but not actually fight. It’s incredibly inefficient, especially when compared to a style like Krav Maga which is actually made for self defense. I love Taekwondo, I spent 10 years practicing it, this is not a dig lol
Karate and TKD studios used it for years as advertising, to impress newbies and parents, deceptively. And the "pros" in the first episode were using it for dramatic effect, they might as well have burst balloons of glitter. Especially when Bruce said that, boards were tools of deception, not training. Perhaps you're too young to remember.
I’ve been to there demos at Seoul. I’ve been doing TKD for 12 years and they keep elevating techniques I’ve never imagined
6:26 Dan can do a kip-up?? Lol. That's better than most of us.
7:41 the best moment of the video, you can almost hear Dan hand’s bones breaking.😱
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Hey Dan piece of advice as a Tae Kwon Do black belt candidate do not pull your punch when you attack that board i noticed that you hesitated and did not put all your strength into the blow, that will reduce your power by half and increase the pain and actual injury when punching our striking a target make sure you try to punch THROUGH it and not stop at the object.
Danica was so nervous, but she's adorable!!!!
He was just praying that she could kick higher than crotch level 😖
Thank u. She was little shy that day for the shooting. In real life she is spunky.
There's this thing called wood grain as well...
Anybody can break these planks. Very very few can break them upside down 7 feet in the air.
Gav could've broke it if Dan held it the other way and didnt have his arms bent.
@@CT9AForever no, the board was cut wrong. gavs board was not only balsa wood but the grain went with the short side. Dans board was probably pine and those can be broken, if the grain wasnt with the long side. he was fighting a tougher material with it's strongest orientation
Yep, they intentionally held Dan's board the wrong way to keep it from breaking. Not to mention it might have been a stronger wood to begin with.
@@jjones2582 Why does your name have a grey background? I've never seen this on TH-cam before.
lol Gav and Dan's board breaking illustrates the difference between breaking with or against the grain of the wood.
It illustrates the difference between a thick and thin piece of wood. Unless you're sarcastic but I've never seen someone put 'lol' at the start of something sarcastic.
@@PaulFrank49 lol I put lol in most of my comments, lol. As for the boards, the grain really does make all the difference. Same thickness and dimensions with the grain running vertically across the board, and it'll snap with very little force. Grain running the long way across, and you can jump and stomp on it all you want and it won't budge.
That's why, when shopping for lumber, it's important to look at the grain and make sure it's straight. If the grain goes at an angle, that's a board that will break easily under stress.
@@Kragatar That is not the case here though, the koreans are sinply kicking very thin boards. If they were to try to brrak the same board as the guy punching did, they would break their foot.
If Gav held it correctly, ie the grains of the board are vertical, then Dan would've been able to break it easily.
As for the koreans, I'm pretty sure they break multiple of this 1-inch planks during their black belt grading. It's just that if they use 1-inch planks for demo, they won't be able to break as many continuously.
The boards they use in these demonstrations can be broken with a stiff sneeze.
6:36 You can see that look in the member that Dan did a bad job. He just clapped for support.
I have to give full respect to Dan for that flip. I never understood the technique.
That little girl was so adorable. When she smiled her eyes and whole face just lit up the room. But DAYMN 7yrs old and kicking like THAT. She won't have any problems, fullest respect to her!
Dan did a kip up, that's impressive. Since it seems like he's never done one before. Well done.
Gav: Well, I think throughout this series that was some of the most impressive human feats i've ever filmed in slow-motion
Dan: You talking about my montage?
Gav: No.
It seems like Gav's beard is growing at an alarming rate when you watch these all in a row.
I took a Taekwondo class a long time ago. Sucked at it, but had fun learning some of the moves/basics. I've got mad respect for these martial artists/athletes. lots of dedication.
"how's the hand?"
"still a bit stiff..."
14 Dans were harmed in the making of this video
No animals , i mean dans was harmed in the making of this videos
i’ve done taekwondo for 5-6 years and im a second degree black belt. board breaking is very hard the board breaking at the beginning takes a lot of training most people just do sparring but if you do poomsae or board breaking that takes a lot of skill and power glad to see taekwondo getting noticed
And the dude in the video did it in a day?
You guys should do a slow-MO video of a baseball pitch (curveball, etc) to see the ball's rotation. Then have Dan try to hit a 90mph baseball 😂
I started taekwondo when I was 4 and stopped after getting my 3rd black belt. I was in extreme martial arts training for a short time and I do remember some of the others being able to do crazy stunts like this but I know I would have broken my ankle lol. I stuck with doing sword dances and weapon forms. This video really made me miss doing martial arts. Thanks guys
Being someone who is in Taekwondo I know how hard the kicks are.....depending on how their mindset is.....I am a 2nd degree hoping to be 4th mainly to beat my brother at Taekwondo so yeah 👏🏻👍🏻
Muay Thai >
@@miketiker i respect Mui Thai but any Martial artist knows its foolish and dumb to just say "im better"
7:37 my face exactly when i tricked my friends.... wait and watch them fall for it.. 🤭 😂😂😂🤣🤣
When a kid would be more useful in a street fight 😂
So basically, a lot of pain.
Allot of wood breaking
@@zerotwo9436 Why?? What did all the wood do to them??
Surprised that not many people at all noticed how Gav just changed the direction of the wood grains to prevent Dan from punching through it.😂
He also didn't lock his arms while holding the board like Dan did.
The buttery-smooth speed ramping is such a fantastic element of these videos.
SHE IS SO ADORABLE OMG
I used to do Taekwondo and i was SUPPER close to black belt but i had to quit because of school.
Edit: I was red belt 3 Strip
Dan shouldn’t always be the victim how about gav gets hurt
Uh huh ahhaha
Thank you gav, for being realistic and subtly exposing the pre cut wood
Ive seen a live demo from these guys last year in North Carolina, USA. They had just won the national championship in Korea and they were on tour doing shows. I saw them at a Taekwondo tournament that I was participating in (1st Dan black belt)(in 13)
Dan was in the military. Why does that matter? Discipline, patience.
Who cares? Idk, but I want to see him try to become a black belt :p
“Dan, do you want to show me your montage?”
“YES I do.”
Stare at screen.
Commercial starts.
I heard "The Cookie One Team"
This is one of my favorite vids you guys have made! great stuff guys!
"Back to you Gav and Dan" is the best part of every video
God damnit gav, he’d only just fixed his hand from last time!
Don’t underestimate the political connection with Taekwondo in korea.
"How's the hand?"
"Still a bit stiff."
That group would make for some amazing ballroom dancers. Their body control on the ground and in the air, both working together and separately, is flawless. I have no martial arts experience, but as a dancer this is so incredibly cool.
Gav just had to keep up the tradition of Dan getting injured.
That's why Baek and Hworang are the best players in Tekken
7:45 can’t stop laughing at his reaction XD
When i hear “kukkiwon” i always think youre saying “cookie won”
This looks more like a acrobatic circus act
I love the custom lighting the Slo-Mo Guys use for the Taekwondo team! Looks very cinematic.
can we have Chilly Gruchy again?
I always get a buzz hearing about Taekwondo being a black belt in it 😂😂 good stuff
"Whenever you're ready, give me a good wack"
Wise final words
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That was a mean trick Gav. Dan's board had the grain running the wrong way. 😂
7:00 love that solid moment where Dan thought Gav was super strong