Karate Shoukoushi Monogatari - Vol. 4 Ch. 28 - The Old Guard

[MangaDex]

 

[Feeder]

Thought this manga was based on reality, breaking a brick with a punch.

Edit: I stand corrected, just saw some YouTube videos, on it and it is possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCJlrQZKxg

 

[RangoBongo]

@Feeder
>implying it's impossible to break a brick with a punch
granted, it's probably not easy, but thai brickhouse-man could prolly do it

 

[Chinpo]

It's the ninja and the gay rapist.

EDIT: jobber duo

 

[Ovdose]

I hope that thai guy gets raped. He already has his pants off after all.

 

[Pebi]

Does he have an iron fist? Looks like this and in the main story there was something mentioned. Does someone remember something about it?

 

[Akamesama]

@Feeder

I have done brick breaking before. It is possible that the Shaolin video is completely legit, but it might be deceptive, even if it was not meant to be.

Paving bricks (which is what that looked like) take around 400 psi (according to the instructor) dead center to fracture. This doubled for each 0.5 inches you are away from the center. It is totally doable, even for a normal person, but the real issue in the video is that the brick is only supported on one side. The increases the need for high impulse, otherwise the brick will just flip off the stand. It might be possible, but I suspect that the bricks are not typical pavers. Similar to how some groups use thin wooden board for demos so that it looks more difficult than it is.

As for Kingriver, his fingers would be a pulp. You strike unyielding objects with the meaty part of you palm, so you don't break every finger.

 

[Dijon]

Regardless of the reality of literal brick breaking, the dude has surgical scars. On his hand. He probably got some adamantium implants or something. And yes, I know the scars were on the opposite hand. But what if…he got the surgery on both hands?
Or maybe I'm totally wrong. Maybe I've been reading too much Baki…

 

[Jei]

Yes, it's been stated that Singhsak used metal plates in his gloves to cheat before(against Takahashi for example), so he probably got some implants to hide the cheat even more.