Breaking Wood to Build Houses

Davis' TaeKwonDo Academy celebrated the first anniversary of their new owners/location Saturday, June 2, 2007. There were games, prizes, demos and a Board Break-a-Thon to raise money for Habitat for Humanity of Wake County. The participants had 60 seconds to break up to 10 boards. They solicited pledges per board or in our case donations. David and I are so proud of Davis. After hitting up his family members, he hit the pavement. He went from door to door in our neighborhood telling people what he was doing and asking for their support. Overall he raised $155 and the school raised about $5,000! I wonder if they donated the scraps of wood when they were done?

Below are pictures of Davis breaking his boards. He used a combination of a hammer fist and front kicks to break 9 boards in 60 seconds.

These next pictures are of his friends and of the instructors. They sold chances to throw whipped cream pies to raise money. Before you laugh too hard, remember these two are fourth degree black belts!