This last saturday several students attended a Board & Brick breaking workshop,where Sijo instructed them in the safe proper way to do breaks. First they heard the philosphy of breaking ,them practiced the techniques on striking pads. Then came the boards. Seven year old Nathan Rocha broke his board first. He did it easily (it must be in his genes seeing as he is Sijo’s grandson). Then Mary broak hers. She went through it like butter. Bobby, KC and Daren broke next,all successfully. Then the guys broke two boards, then three. Finally it was time for Bricks. Bobby broke a 2″ concrete slab as did KC. Daren decided to go wild and showed 4″ of concrete that it was no match for him.
The next class was on sparring . Wearing protective gear the participants went through a series of techniques,then matches. When it was all over, everone was ,swinging, sweating, and smiling.