"Mythbusters" style debunking of Cold Steel's "More Proof" cardboard tests

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I just performed an impromptu test on some cardboard shipping boxes i was breaking down, using full-arm swing slashing maneuvers, much like LT does on his "proof" series videos, first i started off with my SE Dodo, it cleaved boxes easily and many times was only stopped by my arm's cutting arc, it cut the target box, as well as the box underneath supporting it

then i tried a crazy idea....

the cardboard slash tests by LT could easily be recreated by any narrow tool made of thin metal

so i grabbed one, and was able to produce 3-5" cuts in cardboard, not as good as the little 2" bladed Dodo, but it clearly worked

the tool in question?

a 3" bladed, *UNSHARPENED*, *Paint Scraper*
thus *proving* that the biggest factor in the LT-style cardboard tests is the kinetic energy applied to the cardboard, given enough force, *any* thin metal tool can perform similarly, the 2" bladed Dodo performed identically to the LT tests, and an *unsharpened* paint scraper performed quite well as well, despite it's lack of edge
 
How did that get posted in Community Center???
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I'm not sure what really needs to be debunked. IIRC, even the Cold Steel DVD shows the same demonstration with the sjambok, a weapon with a distinctly blunt edge (well, no edge at all), cutting cardboard. Maybe even thin plywood. I don't have the DVD anymore. Maybe someone could verify this.

Interesting, I have one of those cheap, flat retracting sheet metal boxcutters using a single edge razor blade. It cuts fine, despite being pretty blunt. A .010" thick blade needs no edge in order to cut a variety of materials.
 
I thought the idea behind cutting cardboard was not that you could cut cardboard but how well you could cut other things after cutting cardboard.
 
tyr_shadowblade!
This message is for you, bro.
Wish it wasn't true; but dude, this feat has me completely dumbfounded.
So is it possible to toss a needle through glass?
Judge for yourself.
-http://spluch.blogspot.com/2006/10/shaolin-kungfu-flying-needle-that.html
Another picture of monk demonstrating needle through glass technique
-http://www.chinaculture.org/img/2005-12/03/xinsrc_571202031810806982513.jpg
(source-http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artists/2005-12/06/content_76795.htm)
Next thing you know, we could be facing a ban on sewing needles on board planes!
 
I've personally witnessed Chuck Norris kick a man's head clean off with nothing more than an unshod foot. :rolleyes:
 
http://spluch.blogspot.com/2006/10/shaolin-kungfu-flying-needle-that.html

I remain unconvinced, although it may well be possible for someone with his muscular development & kung fu skills to, indeed, throw a needle through 2 mm of untempered glass.

There was a TV show back in the 80s -- "Real People" -- and in one episode a kung fu master demonstrated that he could walk across several open egg cartons without breaking any eggs. One of the hosts -- a former NFL quarterback -- wanted to give it a try -- he took off his shoes and did the same thing.

Mr Hong states that he has been practicing this technique every day for the past 14 years . . . I bet I could do the same thing with a penny. My wineglasses are much thicker than 2 mm, and I can break them with a penny from 10 ft away. Mr Hong appears to let the needle fly mere inches from the thin weak glass. I was unaware that they made panes of glass that thin . . . must be a special order. ;)
 
There was a series of article debunking many of these "extraordinary feats" performed by the "Chineese Opera" a few years ago when they first tourned North America.
I used to have their video but I can't remember what happened to it
 
It's like the arrow through a person, the arrow is shot into a tube that wraps around the body, and on the target another arrow is flipped into position at lightning speed, the arrow never goes throw the body, now days anything can be tricked.
 
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