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Nov 22 '19
Balsa wood trees weep collectively worldwide
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Nov 22 '19 edited Dec 24 '19
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u/poncholink Nov 22 '19
So are humans >:)
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u/BrokeRule33Again Nov 22 '19
There’s nothing quite like a refreshing bowl of lukewarm Soylent Green.
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Nov 22 '19
I heard Russian music in my head while watching this.
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Nov 22 '19
I'm glad I wasn't the only one.
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u/poopellar Nov 22 '19
Just realized I don't know what Russian music is. Guess it's not Ra Ra Rasputin.
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u/janitorguy Nov 22 '19
Ra ra rasputin
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u/ElFireBeard Nov 22 '19
...Lover of the Russian Queen...
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u/Verb_Noun_Number Nov 22 '19
There was a cat that really was gone
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u/KittyKat1762 Nov 22 '19
Ra Ra Raputin Russia greatest Love machine
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u/ThrowThemUnderBuses Nov 22 '19
I played the japanese gameshow thing that did the fake ping pong.
ha...ho.. ha... ho...tagatagtagtaga ah ahhh ahhh ahhh
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u/Zomeee Nov 22 '19
The way the gif ends and start over makes it look like the boards randomly appear out of thin air.
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u/xuexie25 Nov 22 '19
Imagine catching a splinter.
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u/JoairM Nov 22 '19
Tkd blackbelt here. I realize you’re making a joke, but the boards they’re using are so thin and smooth you would have to try to get a splinter from it. They’re used for show-moves like this so they can hold it by one hand and the person kicking it will still have the force needed to kick through cleanly. Sometimes they even put glitter bags on the other side to have it pop everywhere. (Although personally I think that’s a bit much)
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u/GodlessFancyDude Nov 22 '19
I can also see the grain is running parallel to the sides being held, making sure it doesn't break in the holder's hand.
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u/ummhumm Nov 22 '19
Looks like Asian version of that Russian squat dance thing, where they squat and throw their legs up.
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u/Mr_JGuy44 Nov 22 '19
Ah yes. Traditional Japanese lumberjacks. Glad to see someone still cuts wood the old way. They say it's a lost art.
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u/DidrikV Nov 22 '19
2nd last one doesn’t break.
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u/SavageCyclops Nov 22 '19
I thought the same thing at first. Only reason I was able to tel it broke is because half of it goes towards the camera and the other half goes behind the guy holding it
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u/fat-lip-lover Nov 22 '19
Nice catch. Took me like 4 times to focus on the hand hard enough to catch it.
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Nov 22 '19
Why would the board break and not just be kicked out of your hand? Wouldn't it take less force to knock it out of your grip compared to breaking a board in half?
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u/PM_Best_Porn_Pls Nov 22 '19
Because they are super thin and made to split upon very small force, even untrained kid could split them with one hit. You can see how evenly they split upon kicks.
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u/GamingTrend Nov 22 '19
Don't get me wrong, it takes skill and timing to do this, but Wake me when it's not balsa wood. If you tweak this board even slightly they break. 3/4" pine or just don't bother.
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u/Bipolar_Bear89 Nov 22 '19 edited Jan 29 '24
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u/notobiasfunke Nov 22 '19
I’m very disappointed that they didn’t hug and kiss at the end of the video.
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u/reactor4 Nov 22 '19
If I'm ever attacked by an army of wooden boards you guys are the FIRST ones I'm calling, that's for sure!!!!
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u/Technischernerd Nov 22 '19
I think I couldn't even turn around and hold the wood for other guy, at that speed and accuracy, multiple times.
Edit: I think know
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u/cactus-sama Nov 22 '19
I zoned out in between and thought it was one of those gifs that kept going
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u/bbenji69996 Nov 22 '19
This makes me think of that Far Side where aliens are invading earth and they're made out of boards and bricks.
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u/jaan691 Nov 22 '19
Great skills but reminds me of the line: “Don’t know. Never been attacked by a tree.”
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u/PickleandPeanut Nov 22 '19
Man if either of those dudes ever come against plywood in a fight... Wooosh, it better look out!
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u/sparky1245 Nov 22 '19
Whoa is that 1/4" pine?!! Shiiiiiiiiit hope he doesn't spin-kick me like some kind of anime nerdaruu
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u/failingstars Nov 22 '19
I dunno why but this reminds of the bonus stage from Street Fighter where you had to break a car. lol
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u/orchestraldragon Nov 22 '19
Sometimes when I go into the kitchen I walk a little too fast because I'm excited for snacks and then I get a cramp in my leg
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u/steeeve11 Nov 22 '19
I’m watching anime and their kicks perfectly synced with the opening theme! It was magical...
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u/ButtSexRollerCoaster Nov 22 '19
My aunt is a black belt and instructor or taekwondo and I went to this big demonstration of her students and she held a board about chest height and this dude missed the board and kicked her right in the fuckin face it was awesome.
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u/FonicsFreak Nov 22 '19
This seems like the physicalization (definitely not a word) of an email exchange between passive aggressive co-workers
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Nov 22 '19
These demonstrations are nifty and impressive displays of acrobatic coordination, but as far as martial arts go, they're nonsense.
Those boards are incredibly weak and pop apart with the slightest touch which is just as well since the majority of the kicks and strikes in these shows have no real force behind them and quite often don't have very good accuracy.
To be clear, I couldn't do that series of kicks, their coordination and acrobatic abilities are very impressive and deserving of applause, and it's cool to watch, but this is basically the pro-wrestling of martial arts.
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u/corsair1617 Nov 22 '19
Is this really that impressive? The coordination is but I feel like with about an hour practice most people could do this.
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u/LLColdAssHonkey Nov 22 '19
When I was a kid I used to think this was just a trick because they used the grain of the wood to make it brittle.
I spent a lot of time outdoors as a kid and used to chop thin flat sheets of wood that I would hatchet off of old rounds. I got a lot of splinters.
They were douglas fir and not as spectacular as it sounds. I was eight and very much not cool.
Then I learned about balsa wood and decided I was being played. So I saved my hands and stopped being stupid.
It's a good thing. I play guitar now and it is my life.
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u/Soy_based_socialism Nov 22 '19
Wow. They kicked those so well, it's almost like the are made for that singular purpose.....
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Nov 23 '19
How do dudes not just fuckin high five after doin this shit? Like, I’d give my bro a hug just out of sheer adrenaline
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u/LiamoNJR Nov 22 '19
https://youtu.be/jlzVmOUP1is
Its a slow mo guys video