A5_8 A Great Punch Line

Authors

  • Jordan Penney
  • Hayley Jane Allison
  • Roger Paul Leyser
  • Giles Christopher Lipscombe

Abstract

Leicester University has a prodigious history with its Karate Club and this paper investigates the total force transferred in a Karate punch and the mass limit needed for a person to be able to break wood with such a technique. The results show that the mass needed to overcome the Ultimate Tensile strength of wood is 104 kg.

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Published

11-12-2014

How to Cite

Penney, J., Allison, H. J., Leyser, R. P., & Lipscombe, G. C. (2014). A5_8 A Great Punch Line. Physics Special Topics, 13(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2231

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2014): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles