Force and Single Strike Damage

When you attempt to break a board and fail, there is a simple solution: Hit harder. Although it is tempting to engage in such elusive concepts as "striking through the target" and "extending ki," understand that a board breaks only under the stress of a specific amount of force which can be pre-calculated. The lesson is that no matter what you choose to call the force, you cannot expect to do damage unless you strike straight. No matter how powerful, attacks fail when the direction of force...