Timeline for How to condition the head/skull in order to break bricks with it?
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| Oct 13, 2023 at 19:30 | comment | added | Michael Foster | The answer has factual information, but doesn't actually address OPs question. With correct, not faked, circumstances it is possible to break concrete, even with the head. I recommend against it, since the danger/demonstration ratio is poor. | |
| Jun 22, 2016 at 8:32 | comment | added | chris | @Steve Weigand fantastic answer, very informative. | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 21:31 | comment | added | Steve Weigand | @D_S Nope. The bricks I see in that video were very long, not very thick, and had spacers between them. These weren't used for construction. Bricks that are very long and flat are going to be super easy to break compared with standard paver stone bricks or cinder blocks. And that these were not manufactured for construction leads me to believe they're a good deal more brittle than anything you could buy at Home Depot. Granted, it probably does take some effort and skill to break, but it's still an illusion, because they're not as hard as one might think. | |
| Jun 5, 2016 at 8:43 | comment | added | DSarkar | @SteveWeigand Can I please request you to check this video youtu.be/h0ltQr1x4_o?t=67 ? I suspect these soldiers are actually breaking the bricks with their head. Thanks. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 16:55 | comment | added | Steve Weigand | I think the thing to take from this is that not everything is at it seems in martial arts, so always be skeptical. It can take decades to realize that the super-human / supernatural abilities shown in martial arts are just fantasy. It's stuff made up in movies and promoted by martial arts schools to lure more paying students. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 15:53 | vote | accept | CSinha | ||
| May 20, 2016 at 14:24 | comment | added | Shura16 | I agree with you. Some martial arts do not show "real" cases. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 3:31 | history | edited | Steve Weigand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 19, 2016 at 20:50 | comment | added | Steve Weigand | If you get yourself a brick that's made for construction (buildings), that one isn't going to break, no. People swing sledge hammers at those to break them. Using fists and especially your head will not end well. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 20:24 | comment | added | Philip Klöcking | @CSinha: At least it is a high risk. Always. No matter your condition. Look at all the funny videos where people run into timber that isn't prepared and just fail. But using your head instead of your chest and failing to break something for whatever reason can make serious and even mortal injuries. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 19:08 | comment | added | CSinha | Thank You! Just to clarify, are you suggesting that in real life, no amount of head/skull conditioning will allow an individual to break a brick with his head? | |
| May 19, 2016 at 18:46 | history | edited | Steve Weigand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 19, 2016 at 17:59 | history | edited | Steve Weigand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 19, 2016 at 17:48 | history | answered | Steve Weigand | CC BY-SA 3.0 |