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Bekki Barreth breaks her first piece of concrete!
Testing, August 5th, 2005
Bekki's Brick break
Bekki just walked right up and SMACKED this thing! A great "farewell" stunt since she will be out of the country on a mission for the next few years. We love and already miss you, Bekki.
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Laura mixes it up with a chunk of concrete and comes out on top!
Testing, August 5th, 2005
Laura's Brick break
It took Laura 3 tries to go through this thing, but she never gave up and kept a great attitude through the entire battle. This was a text book example of the spiritual benefits of breaking.
Watch the whole battle between Laura and the brick:
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Lyla takes out a block twice her size!
Testing, August 5th, 2005
Lyla's Brick break
As you can see from the scale of the image, Lyla is about the size of the brick she attacked. As you can also see by her "hang time," she was not kidding around about going through it!
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Nat pummels through a full concrete block!
Testing, August 5th, 2005
Nat's Brick break
We must mention here that Nat came away from this break with a seriously smashed thumb. He lost half the thumb nail and ended up needing stitches under the nail... uh... ouch. Through all this pain it is quite impressive that he went on to fight a full contact round of WTF olympic style sparring with 4th dan Master Leo Perez. This is what red belt is all about.
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Master Jeff palm strikes through 8 concrete blocks!
Testing, February 5th, 2005
Master Jeff's 8 Brick Break
Frame by Frame BreakDown
Sensei decided to challenge himself with 2 more concrete blocks than he has ever broken before. This was in honor of the 16 white belts who challenged themselves by testing that day.
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Laura breaks a board
Testing, April 2004
Laura Lesher tries her very first flying side kick and broke a board on testing day. Sensei Jeff and Gerard held the board.
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Liz breaks a board
Testing day, April 2004
Liz Levine breaks a board with a lying down side kick. The other leg had a freshly torn ACL. Sensei Jeff and Rico are holding the board, which she did break!
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Mike does a speed break
Testing day, April 2004
Mike surprises himself by breaking a board that he himself held in the other hand.
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Vib demonstrates Tai Chi form
Testing day, April 2004
Vib was studying several martial arts at the this time and so we had him demonstrate his Tai Chi form for the class. He was also recovering from a torn ACL. Very impressive form!
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Master Jeff flaunts his new samurai robe
Sensei Jeff got this robe for his birthday from his wife Chikako and daughter Jessi.
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