How to Break Through Wood

Breaking wood looks impressive and is often thought of as being done from brute strength, but in reality, it's a technical practice that takes much more consideration. A strong man can go up to a piece of wood without thinking and smash his fist into it, causing no damage to the wood and hurting his hand in the process. At the same time, a small girl who uses proper technique can have a much better result even though she generates much less power. The process comes down to efficiently transferring power from your body to the wood.

Instructions

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      Focus on the target and imagine the target is farther down than it really is. Hand speed is a vital part of the wood breaking process and a beginner's natural reaction when breaking wood is to slow down right before making contact.

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      Snap your hips to incorporate your body mass into the strike when hitting the wood. Mass is the other main part of breaking wood, so perfecting the technique from using the weight of your hand to using extra body weight goes a long way in breaking through the wood.

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      Strike the wood in a chopping motion so that the force is transferred to the wood with maximum impact per square inch. The more surface area you use to transfer the energy, the more you spread the force instead of delivering it directly through a concentrated area.