Many of you may have noticed that my Video of the Day posts have largely been instructional in nature of late.  I am probably going to scale that back, and move back to the older style of more fun videos.  However, those videos are NOT going away.  In fact, you can expect to see a lot more of them.  I have created a new section of the site called Learning Resources which will feature instructional videos for a variety of Martial Arts.  I will try to get a link added up to the top shortly, so start watching, learning, and having fun!

I thought it might be cool to look at some Sai techniques today.  The Sai has fallen out of fashion since the heydey of The Ninja Turtles, but that doesnt make it any less effective.

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ProForce Curved Rebreakable Board

Finding good equipment can be a challenge.  There are lots of shops selling lots of items that look good, but are a bit more questionable in practice.  Thankfully, I am here to help sort through the mess.  First up for review is the ProForce Curved Plastic Rebreakable Board.

Let’s start out with a quick overview of what, exactly, this product is, does, and is for.  In martial arts, a common training technique is to break boards with your hands, feet, head, etc…  This is usually done to help develop power and precision, as well as teaching the practitioner how to “punch through” a target - it is also frequently used in competitions.  While wood is relatively cheap, you can start going through it pretty quickly if breaking is common.  That is where rebreakable boards come in.  Rebreakable boards are generally made of plastic, and are intended to resemble (as closely as possible) the dimensions, strength, and other features of a wood board - but with one big difference: when you break it, you can put it back together again and keep reusing it!

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