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Does anyone have designs to build your own DIY board breaker/board holder for power breaking?

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Around the beginning of 2012, I spent some time online trying to locate a freely available design for a martial arts board holder. At the time there was nothing available*. So after taking some inspiration from a few commercially available compact designs (see: http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=board+holder+martial+arts) I came up with my own.

In this HowTo, I show you how to make a collapsible martial arts board holder entirely out of broken Martial Arts boards. It can be easily attached to a heavy punching bag, held by a partner or supported against/hung on a wall. (see: http://www.fusionmartialarts.com.au/blog/?p=57 )

As a pure coolness bonus, this design is made entirely from previously broken martial arts boards (plus glue, screws, bungie and some fabric). In the posting is a demonstration of a power break using 4 UMAB boards (Yellow, Green, Brown and Black) of approx 5.5 boards.

*- For reference, I recently found another HowTo detailing the build process of a non-collapsible board holder that has some very nice design ideas: http://www.karate.gregoryzone.org/?p=219. It is worthwhile to have a look at this design to compare and contrast.

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Nice :) From your article: Matching the two sides of a board from a pile of halves can be a challenge - the solution is to break more boards, thus producing more options :) Moar!! – slugster♦ Jan 17 at 1:44
@slugster: THAT is funny (and so very true)! – Campbeln Jan 17 at 23:08
Can you quote and repost some of the information here to prevent link rot? I'm sure there are some people who would appreciate the knowledge but not necessarily want to click through a bunch of links whereas this question here would serve the purpose of presenting such information. – Matt Chan♦ Jan 18 at 17:05
I've been meaning to post it in my reply for a while now, but the way StackExchange does the posts, it'll take me a while to get the images inline. Where as if I could just copy and paste from the Wordpress... I'll get it post here, eventually! – Campbeln May 7 at 23:25
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A better choice is the Gorilla Board Holder at www.BreakingBoardHolder.com. Sure, it will cost a few bucks but it will last a long, long time...it's versatile and portable...easy to set up.

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I have one of these - absolutely love it. The only complaint is that it isn't as great for snap front kicks because of the need to angle the board downward. – rjstreet May 7 at 17:43
This is the one that originally inspired my design, actually! This looks to be a very nice product, but I've never tried it myself. But look at the bag that thing comes in; it's huge! And they state it's "under 15 lbs"... damn! Mine is about the weight of about 4 wooden boards (as that's what it's made of) and is maybe 4-5lbs. But really it's two different things; DIY -vs- ChargeIt, and to each their own. – Campbeln May 7 at 23:16
As to longevity; my Mark 4 has been going strong for nearly 18 months now. – Campbeln May 7 at 23:22
Can you provide more explanation instead of just posting a link? Why this is a better board breaker/holder? Please add that information into your post here. – Matt Chan♦ May 9 at 3:58
Something needs to be added here as to why this is a better solution than a DIY approach; otherwise, it's simply ignoring the question regarding a DIY tool plan in favor of "I like this better." DIY isn't just about making something cheaper (often times, creating your own solution costs more), but is often about the process, and a starting point for creating something better still. – stslavik May 10 at 21:04
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