Karate Breaking Techniques: With Practical Applications for Self-Defense

This book is filled with information. Most of the items, however should have been taught to you by your sensei when you were instructed on how to break. If your system doesn't incorporate breaking, then this is a great plae to start! This book has some excellent drills to work, before you start breaking. These are designed to develop the speed and power needed to break.

As someone with over 15 years of training in the martial arts, I highly recommend this book. Mr. Hibbard presents realistic training and breaking techniques emphasizing their direct application to practical self-defense. The martial arts needs more representation from people like Mr. Hibbard, the real deal. He emphasizes perfection of the basics, a step by step process for developing technique and physical conditioning. One recommendation: include more data on: (1) the amount of force required to accomplish various breaks and (2) the effect such force would have on the human body. Martial artists should understand that their ability to break several boards, a brick or bottle translates into obliteration of bones, nerves and blood vessels. At Mr. Hibbard's level of mastery, control of this devastating if not deadly power becomes an important consideration for any serious martial artist.

A very interesting book! Anyone who practices the tameshiwari will thoroughly enjoy this book, and will no doubt get something out of it. This is one of the very few teach-yourself books on the market of any value, and of them one of the most valuable; you'll love this one. Most schools these days won't have anything to do with breaking (and have a pretty long list of empty reasons why). If you're determined to learn, then you're on the right track and this book is a good place to start.

This book is the most in-depth book on Karate Breaking Techiniques I have ever found. I have never before found such extensive information on this subject compiled in one place before. If you are looking to master breaking techniques I would definetly recommend this book. This book gives extensive tips and secrets that has helped me go from an average competitor to constantly placing in the top 3 in breaking competitions.

Shows some unbelievable breaking techniques. If you want to raise youur karate skills in breaking, this book will show you how to train for it.