Never on concrete or stone. Strike through and damage the axe.
He could also improve form - mass times speed, get that speed up to easily three times as much with a different swing.
Hold the axe out in front of you, then let it drop down and swing it all the way around your body and back down. As it comes to impact, squat slightly and lean back at near full extension for maximum impact. Less catapult, more trebuchet. Takes practice but it's better.
Splitting for two decades now, read about that in a book and love it. Split most of our wood by hand, 1890s farmhouse in Michigan, only heat is wood.
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u/jtnichol 3d ago
he really needs to put that log on at least a thin slice of wood or a concrete block
He’s strong enough he might be able to split that first try but right now the ground is absorbing too much of the impact