About 10-12 years ago I was doing a lot of hand conditioning under the direction of my teacher, Dr. U Maung Gyi. After about 11 months of conditioning I was able to break coconuts with a palm heel strike...I broke 3 of them. Not always first try but they broke. We have had some of our bando...
Yep... I have probably watched most of his videos. Alex and I have both picked up a lot of techniques and tricks from watching him. He has a good YouTube channel
It did not really look too big until I saw the picture of him in the top...BIG wood there. Huge "thud" when pieces hit. What was he sending down the line at 24:00?
To me the danger of breaking ropes is that it might set up a whiplash effect where when the tree resists the truck direction and the rope breaks...that could let the tree spring back in the opposite direction and break the hinge and then lose the tree 180 degrees to the intended direction.
Maybe it's just me but that is kind of embarrassing. They used a chainsaw for a springboard. And broke multiple ropes pulling with a pickup truck. I have heard Jerry and Burnham talk about using cable and real metal (dozer?) to pull big trees. Then the last shot shows it was about a 50'...
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