Side Kick Double Board Break---Just Because

Benjamin Wittes
Sunday, October 21, 2012, 9:41 PM
Since the Lawfare Drone Smackdown convinced me that my martial arts life and my Lawfare life are less separate than I had thought, and since Jack has already posted this board-breaking picture---on the theory that board breaking must somehow have something to do with national security---and since it's Sunday evening . . . I thought I would post this. As Jack noted in that earlier post, I have been in intensive training for my second degree black belt test in taekwondo for the past several months.

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Since the Lawfare Drone Smackdown convinced me that my martial arts life and my Lawfare life are less separate than I had thought, and since Jack has already posted this board-breaking picture---on the theory that board breaking must somehow have something to do with national security---and since it's Sunday evening . . . I thought I would post this. As Jack noted in that earlier post, I have been in intensive training for my second degree black belt test in taekwondo for the past several months. The test took place yesterday and included a two-board break with a side kick. This is actually a much easier break than the one in the picture Jack posted (legs being stronger than arms, heels being tougher than hands, and five boards being much more robust than two), but it's a fun video. Happy Sunday.

Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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