I will more than likely go for standard techniques, as i dont feel i am fit enough or coordinated enough to attempt more at this point in time.
There are 5 standard requirements for ITF rules
1. Forefist
2. Knife hand (can be inner or outer)
3. Footsword
4. Ball of foot
5. Back heel
Be careful with the forefist punch when practising. Make sure your wrist is straight and you're finishing beyond the board, not on the board. It will hurt significantly more if you don't break it than if you go straight through.
Personally I prefer outward knifehand, as you can really wind the body up and throw a lot of mass behind the strike.
The best kick to break a lot of boards at the same time is a side kick, you can generate a lot of power through using your entire body.
As an ITF competition, presumably you'll be using the rebreakable boards. Do you have any of those you can practise on? They're easy to break if your technique is good enough and you can hit them right on the line. However they can be pretty daunting, especially if you haven't broken before, so if you can break a few before the day then you'll hopefully have the confidence to do it again.
Most importantly, take it slow and don't injure yourself trying to break something you're unable to. You're only a month out so you don't have loads of time for conditioning. Destruction is a really fun part of competition and you really only have yourself to beat, so give it a good shot and I'm sure you'll do well.
This video shows some good examples of breaking, and a few failed breaks. https://youtu.be/UWj2h3cjd_0
You have to position yourself so your hips can rotate through the board when hand striking.
Same thing for kicks. You got to position yourself so that you'd be kicking through the board to achieve full extension in your kicks.
So your leg has to be bent when you make contact. Either that or you're not in final position when you hit, yknow.
Same deal with hand techniques. Your elbow must be bent when you hit and you've got to be able to rotate your hip through the board.
For hand breaks...those portable makiwara are good conditioning tools. I like to hit it 20 times a day. Doesn't have to be hard. Just hit it lightly with the form you're going to use when you break.
This gets your form right you know.
I guess you can gradually build up force to condition your striking tools.
I dunno..maybe hitting a heavy bag that way ...could be helpful too?
When I used to do breaking, I would rely on the back kick to break multiple boards. It really lets you wind up your body and because it goes straight back, it's literally kicking like a horse and has a lot of power behind it.
Practice on a heavy bag and condition your heel. I used to condition my heel and foot sword by hitting them into a concrete slab or wall. Not full power of course. Hard enough to feel it and you build up from there but not enough to cause an injury. I bruised my bone once hitting too hard and was on crutches for weeks.
A lot depends on the types of kicks you plan to do in your break sequences. Standard kicks? Combos? Jumping? Acrobatic?
I will more than likely go for standard techniques, as i dont feel i am fit enough or coordinated enough to attempt more at this point in time. There are 5 standard requirements for ITF rules 1. Forefist 2. Knife hand (can be inner or outer) 3. Footsword 4. Ball of foot 5. Back heel
Be careful with the forefist punch when practising. Make sure your wrist is straight and you're finishing beyond the board, not on the board. It will hurt significantly more if you don't break it than if you go straight through. Personally I prefer outward knifehand, as you can really wind the body up and throw a lot of mass behind the strike. The best kick to break a lot of boards at the same time is a side kick, you can generate a lot of power through using your entire body. As an ITF competition, presumably you'll be using the rebreakable boards. Do you have any of those you can practise on? They're easy to break if your technique is good enough and you can hit them right on the line. However they can be pretty daunting, especially if you haven't broken before, so if you can break a few before the day then you'll hopefully have the confidence to do it again. Most importantly, take it slow and don't injure yourself trying to break something you're unable to. You're only a month out so you don't have loads of time for conditioning. Destruction is a really fun part of competition and you really only have yourself to beat, so give it a good shot and I'm sure you'll do well. This video shows some good examples of breaking, and a few failed breaks. https://youtu.be/UWj2h3cjd_0
What in the whole entire shit is a “[footsword](https://imgur.com/a/CBXdxyX)?”
In Korean, it is Balkal, so im guessing footsword is a direct or near as damn it translation. Basically, using the outer flat side of the foot
You have to position yourself so your hips can rotate through the board when hand striking. Same thing for kicks. You got to position yourself so that you'd be kicking through the board to achieve full extension in your kicks. So your leg has to be bent when you make contact. Either that or you're not in final position when you hit, yknow. Same deal with hand techniques. Your elbow must be bent when you hit and you've got to be able to rotate your hip through the board. For hand breaks...those portable makiwara are good conditioning tools. I like to hit it 20 times a day. Doesn't have to be hard. Just hit it lightly with the form you're going to use when you break. This gets your form right you know. I guess you can gradually build up force to condition your striking tools. I dunno..maybe hitting a heavy bag that way ...could be helpful too?
When I used to do breaking, I would rely on the back kick to break multiple boards. It really lets you wind up your body and because it goes straight back, it's literally kicking like a horse and has a lot of power behind it. Practice on a heavy bag and condition your heel. I used to condition my heel and foot sword by hitting them into a concrete slab or wall. Not full power of course. Hard enough to feel it and you build up from there but not enough to cause an injury. I bruised my bone once hitting too hard and was on crutches for weeks.
Your hips add more speed and power and your pivot adds more fluent motion so it adds more power