understanding concrete.

[TenTigers]

no i have not... because there are no monks breaking steel bars over their heads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPEnv...eature=related


(well, they call themselves monks....)

[uki]

(well, they call themselves monks....)

my point exactly...

[Dale Dugas]

hey uki,

how about instead of writing about things, how about you show us you can do them.

talking is cheap.

Actions speak louder than words.

P.S. My stomach is just fine. How about your replicate my break and take full power shots to your ribs, sternum, solar plexus??

Maybe you will find out that pushing hands on bricks is not going to teach you how to take full power blows.

I know for a fact you cannot. as you are nothing more than a talker...

Cowardly mouthboxers seem to have become the rule instead of people who train their fu rather than post drek.

[sanjuro_ronin]

Actually, this is a very interesting point, how can one be assured of consistant "tensile strength" in the objects ones choose to break?
Heck, even bodies are consistent so does it matter?
Not really, but for arguments sake I will take the engineers "tensile strength" gauge to the local Home depot and measure out some of their patio stones, just for ****s and giggles and let you guys know.

[Lucas]

Heck, even bodies are consistent so does it matter?

im going out on a limb and assuming you meant inconsistent

[TenTigers]

yet another argument in support of human cloning!

[sanjuro_ronin]

im going out on a limb and assuming you meant inconsistent

LMAO, you are correct Sir !

[sanjuro_ronin]

yet another argument in support of human cloning!

Yep, the more the better:

[uki]

hey uki,

hey dugas!

how about instead of writing about things, how about you show us you can do them.

i believe i have been fairly honest an open here... what exactly am i claiming to do that i haven't attempted to verify in some shape or form?

talking is cheap.

you are correct... which is why i am writing you and you get to read my posts... no talking here.

Actions speak louder than words.

depends on what's being said and what's being done.

P.S. My stomach is just fine.

good... for a bit there i thought perhaps you were ill since you can't seem to stomach pukes such as myself.

How about your replicate my break and take full power shots to your ribs, sternum, solar plexus??

how exactly does this keep your face attached to your head? i must say all this concrete breaking words is inspiring me to make up a few batches and form a few slabs... i have broken bricks before, but never even attempted concrete... thanks for the muse.

Maybe you will find out that pushing hands on bricks is not going to teach you how to take full power blows.

true, but it will help perfect my ability to avoid, negate, and absorb them.

I know for a fact you cannot.

in the same token i know for a fact that you cannot juggle three 9 lb iron balls, let alone do any tricks with them, for any given amount of time whatsoever...

as you are nothing more than a talker...

writer. i don't believe we have ever talked yet.

Cowardly mouthboxers seem to have become the rule instead of people who train their fu rather than post drek.

just what exactly makes me so cowardly in your eyes? how actually have i offended you? i believe i am sharing some techniques to improve ones martial arts... no more so than you are doing promoting iron shirt and iron palm... you'd be suprised on how much we could share with each other if you allowed your rage to subside. for a bagua guy, you sure seem a bit hostile by nature...

[TenTigers]

...people who train their fu rather than post drek.

I hear this phrase alot. Never by Chinese.
the word,"Fu," means man. "Gung" means work/skill
together Gung-Fu means a man who works, or the act of working to aquire skill.

you don't train your Fu.

...that's like ebonics, folks.

[uki]

Gung-Fu means a man who works, or the act of working to aquire skill.

i am a fan of time in energy... you are what you practice.

[Akronviper]

re-enforced concrete... no such thing. we add things like fiberglass and wire to increase horizontal strength, yet the cement itself remains the same, of course if you delve into the realm of synthetics, you may find something... you just go to help prove my point that there are many people who use natural phenomenom to hoodwink the masses do entirely to the ignorance of the people... is there any whom tout breaking 4 inch slabs standing in the vertical positions?

Re-enforced, ie #4 rebar helps re-enforce concrete in both tension and compression. Wire and fibermesh does nothing but help in cracking and offers no real structural re-enforcement. Now that being said the lesson in concrete does nothing for debunking breaking concrete just puts doubt on the legitimate people out there. Go to home depot and check out there blocks there is course aggregate in them and from my testing seem to be made with at least 3500 psi concrete. Smack one it hurts like a B---H. People bake blocks, coco nuts, boards and brick. They doctor their breaking material to gain students and credibility but there are still who break legitimately and even some who break unsupported standing on end.

[uki]

Re-enforced, ie #4 rebar helps re-enforce concrete in both tension and compression.

true.

Wire and fibermesh does nothing but help in cracking and offers no real structural re-enforcement.

again you are correct. these are only used for flatwork where horizontal strength is the weakest.

Now that being said the lesson in concrete does nothing for debunking breaking concrete just puts doubt on the legitimate people out there.

you catch on quick.

Go to home depot and check out there blocks there is course aggregate in them and from my testing seem to be made with at least 3500 psi concrete.

the size and type of the gravel is the key factor...

Smack one it hurts like a B---H. People bake blocks, coco nuts, boards and brick. They doctor their breaking material to gain students and credibility

these people are just not happy with themselves... they live a lie.

but there are still who break legitimately and even some who break unsupported standing on end.

i too have stated the likewise in my first post.

[bakxierboxer]

the word,"Fu," means man.

Isn't that in something of a "parental" context?

[TenTigers]

Isn't that in something of a "parental" context?

all depending on how it's used.
Jeurng Fu, male plus man=husband
Fu Yun,man plus person=wife
Loong Fu, a plot of land plus man=farmer
Gung Fu, work plus man= a high level of skill developed through time and effort
to us, some of them don't make sense, but then again, neither does rough, tough, and through.
anyway you don't "train your fu"-unless you are a domineering woman!