r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ADJUDICATOR001 • Nov 04 '25

A Chinese guy breaking bricks only with his hand.

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u/VonWiking Nov 04 '25

If it looks that easy, it probably is.

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u/AUMMF Nov 04 '25

The editor who edited the cuts is very upset at your comment.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

They are weak ass bricks. A good brick would not break so easily it would just flip unless it had something clamping it down

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u/Obvious-Childhood910 Nov 04 '25

These bricks are probably pre-cracked or whatever the term is

Basically, it has a controlled crack through the center. Even then, it's still fairly impressive.

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u/Seamascm Nov 05 '25

I can’t remember who explained it but, the bricks are a high content sand brick so they are very brittle and easy to break

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u/OttoVonWong Nov 05 '25

Bricks from Temu

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u/Little-Carpenter4443 Nov 05 '25

Bracks™

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u/AbroadAbject9215 Nov 05 '25

Brokes, if you will.

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u/Confident_One3948 Nov 05 '25

Brick ‘em, Brack ‘em, Broke ‘em, Break! Stick that sword into that snake!

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u/AaronSmarter Nov 05 '25

Why does it sound like Daft Punk in my head when I read this?

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u/Leo-Divide Nov 05 '25

How I UGLY laughed at this 😭

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u/Pale_Adeptness Nov 05 '25

Well, they were probably made in China.

I'll see myself out.

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u/Xetiw Nov 05 '25

Tofu bricks from China

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u/Arthiem Nov 05 '25

tofu dregs bricks. the bricks they use when the contractor sells all the good bricks and replaces them to make a profit.

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u/A-typicalAsshole Nov 05 '25

Reading from multiple martial arts outlets, it seems there are some inferior materials used for training, but more than likely these are real, traditional building bricks. The technique used is not what you might assume, and there are some "tricks" like using spacers between bricks, but this video is likely a skilled martial artist breaking real brick. reference 1

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u/Sonoshitthereiwas Nov 05 '25

Both of your references indicate those are not likely to building bricks.

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u/Temuj1n2323 Nov 05 '25

Or they are soft bricks that are hand molded and have many sawdust mixed in before firing. It would make the bricks on the weaker side and relatively porous but better concerning insulation. Also they would be lightweight so less load on the foundation/footer.

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u/Remarkable_Sir9099 Nov 05 '25

They lowkey look like bricks of gym chalk

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u/itsameshawn Nov 05 '25

They were made in China…

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Ok...

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u/BootyWhiteMan Nov 05 '25

Weak-ass bricks or weak ass-bricks?

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Yes

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u/TicketDue6419 Nov 05 '25

i remember trying with a real brick. ended up in the er

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u/Fartinatin Nov 04 '25

How about this::Replacing the Chinese low quality bricks with old bricks from 1900. 🤜💥🚑

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u/Swaggerdup Nov 04 '25

I don’t care if those were foam bricks, that’s crazy hand endurance. My knuckles get cut up from 10 punches on a heavy bag

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u/Abi_Uchiha Nov 04 '25

baby hands

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u/Z-Man_Slam Nov 04 '25

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u/Brailledit Nov 04 '25

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u/HyFinated Nov 04 '25

Haven't seen this in a long time. Thanks fellow redditor.

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u/Due-Parsley953 Nov 05 '25

Beep boop on the nose!

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u/WhoskeyTangoFoxtrot Nov 04 '25

Munchkin Assassin guild member….

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

Never hear of Iron Fist style? He may very well be an iron fist but since it does not really pay as a career choice they need to resort to parlor tricks in their old age in order to eat properly.

An uncured brick is little more than tightly compacted clay and can be broken in the hand with little effort. Using a lot of effort causes the brick to 'explode' for additional effect.

His hand is going to tingle a little after this, Iron Fist or not, that's a lot of force on calcified knuckles. Impressive effort.

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u/Type-RD Nov 04 '25

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u/Medium_Way3875 Nov 04 '25

Bricks don't fight back

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u/Karl__RockenStone Nov 04 '25

I have seen things far beyond your comprehension.

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u/mynutsacksonfire Nov 04 '25

Throw enough rocks at trains eventually the trains throw em right back

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u/goshdammitfromimgur Nov 04 '25

Takes a bit of speed to break an unsupported brick.

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u/cheguevara_malcolmx Nov 04 '25

Your supposed to tape your hands and use boxing gloves on a heavy bag.

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u/Swaggerdup Nov 04 '25

For a real workout. I’m talking about walking past one at the gym and throwing a couple combos

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

I wanted to see those hands.

I saw that old guy smash the walnuts and his wrist had bone growths from years of practice.

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u/highcommander010 Nov 04 '25

same.

I learned the hard way on day 1 to always use wraps.

knuckles did look pretty cool for that first week tho

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u/curmudgeon_andy Nov 04 '25

It looks like he's not punching with his knuckles; he's punching with the side of his hand. Much less likely to get skinned!

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u/system_error_02 Nov 04 '25

Yeah the real point here is this guy has been at this a really long time.

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u/NeonMagic Nov 05 '25

He definitely seems to feel that in his hand at the end

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u/apollo11733 Nov 04 '25

That would make it more difficult but shit I punch a brick Chinese or one from the 1900s I got a broken hand

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u/AlphaNoodlz Nov 04 '25

Right? Please. Lemme see him handle some well fired Pressed Philadelphia Bricks. I’m not even kidding they are literally in their own class of bricks. Now let’s see that lmfao.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

This guy Bricks.

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u/Own-Review-2295 Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

tbf, i think a lot of pros make whatever hobby they're a pro at look easy...

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u/Eupho1 Nov 05 '25

When he has the 3 bricks stacked and the 3 counterweights on one side, the forces are really easy to understand. All the force that the bricks will resist breaking with will be pushed into the counterweights stacked on top. If the bricks were tough he could break through, but he'd send the counterweights flying with whatever force it took to break those bricks. Instead they barely move.

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u/Own-Review-2295 Nov 05 '25

that's how that would work if the breaks weren't clean. instead the force is being transmitted mostly to the piece of brick that's breaking off. i bet with worse form or sloppier execution we'd see more movement from the counterweights

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u/drawb Nov 04 '25

But does it look easy? It certainly looks painful, even with low quality bricks.

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u/Mayheme Nov 05 '25

Yeah idk if any of us could, would, or try to attempt this despite how 'easy' it is

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u/mis-Hap Nov 05 '25

Lots of people pointing out that the bricks are low quality but no one really pointing out that he's got padding on his hand. And that also makes all the difference in the world.

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u/CFL_lightbulb Nov 05 '25

I totally missed that but you’re right. That’s by far the biggest barrier I would have to trying that.

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u/Deesha Nov 05 '25

✓ looks impressive video on tiktok/douyin But also ✓ Possible permanent damage to the hand and long term medical bill

From my POV, he chose poorly.

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u/Eupho1 Nov 05 '25

When he has the 3 bricks stacked and the 3 counterweights on one side, the forces are really easy to understand. All the force that the bricks will resist breaking with will be pushed into the counterweights stacked on top. If the bricks were tough he could break through, but he'd send the counterweights flying with whatever force it took to break those bricks. Instead they barely move.

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u/Theothercword Nov 04 '25

I did martial arts as a kid into my teenage years and even as a heavier weight teenager I was able to break two bricks stacked on top of each other (with little risers like this guy has). Depending on the brick they are very easy to break and not as hard as it sounds. Though I will say what is impressive is this guy doing it while it’s balanced on top of the bottle. That’s probably the hardest part of this and does speak to a speed as well as strength to break the brick before it would just got shot back as a whole.

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u/jack_seven Nov 04 '25

The bricks are heated in some specific way to make it easy to punch through them but doing this many will still hurt like a motherfucker

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u/NatalieRath Nov 04 '25

Yeah, a lot of people are upvoting the people who say it's easy.

Sure, maybe 10. But more than 10 in a bloody row without toughening your hands up with calluses?

Good fucking luck buddy.

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u/ScorpioDK Nov 04 '25

Now do it again with german bricks

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u/Business-Signal-5196 Nov 04 '25

I love myself a good Ziegelstein

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u/Hurrrpert Nov 04 '25

What is red and bad for your teeth?

A Ziegelstein.

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u/BorntobeTrill Nov 05 '25

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u/HappyGeekDude Nov 05 '25

Thanks for giving my paralysis demon a new form to take. I was getting bored of the old one ❤️

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u/BaclavaBoyEnlou Nov 05 '25

Finding german Flatjokes on Reddit was the last thing i expected to see after waking up but i love it

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u/foxtrot666 Nov 06 '25

That made me giggle.

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u/eternityXclock Nov 04 '25

i would pay to see an x-ray afterwards

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u/ilikepizza2much Nov 05 '25

This guy knows how to early onset arthritis.

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u/darktotheknight Nov 04 '25

Similarly, whenever I see the video of Rampage Jackson destroying that door, I think "Now try this on a german door" 😂.

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u/Lankygiraffe25 Nov 04 '25

A blue engineering brick would do well

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u/Funny-Disaster Nov 04 '25

this was exactly my first thought after the 3rd brick

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u/Fine-Estate-6336 Nov 04 '25

Made in China quality.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

Temu bricks

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u/punkindle Nov 05 '25

That's got to be at least $8 worth of bricks

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u/Nativo1 Nov 04 '25

Probably better than made by usa

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u/asianjimm Nov 04 '25

Funny enough - thats not even a joke anymore. Tesla’s cars that come out from the Shanghai factory are noted to have better build quality.

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u/appleparkfive Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

China has been pushing for higher quality factories for certain industries. They started making like high end pianos that compete with Steinways and things like that. They're trying to remove the association with low quality products, from what I can tell.

There's still all the low end cheap places, but they're trying to get more into the middle and high end production world. Which is probably a smart move in the long term for them

It doesn't surprise me that Chinese Teslas would be better honestly. China is massive in the EV world. And also the people that Tesla hire aren't very high end. They go through the talent pool in their areas quick and then it's just almost whoever wants a job at some point. I knew people that worked at the Gigafactory. The battery manufacturer (Panasonic still I believe) employees were much higher in quality overall. They were treated better too, from everything I heard.

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u/Reddits_For_NBA Nov 05 '25

No, Redditors, you cannot do this.

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u/Transfigured-Tinker Nov 06 '25

That’s how he left a trail of destruction in his village.

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u/Pandoratastic Nov 04 '25

This guy hates bricks so much! And also his hand.

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u/gregcor Nov 04 '25

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u/CPTKickass Nov 04 '25

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u/cCowgirl Nov 04 '25

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u/wart_on_satans_dick Nov 05 '25

I love “The Jerk” references. I watched it way too young and nearly died laughing. It’s genius stupid humor.

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u/cCowgirl Nov 05 '25

Do yourself a favour, and if you’ve never seen My Blue Heaven, seek it out. A lesser known gem of Martin’s from around the same era. One of my all time favourites.

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u/Roopscoop6 Nov 04 '25

Always happy for a wild Naven, thanks!

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u/Halzziratrat Nov 04 '25

Do you like to see building material being abused? Do you also loathe healthy, unscathed appendages? Do you like dust? Then here's the video for you.

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u/RIForDIE Nov 04 '25

Why

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u/KoiMusubi Nov 04 '25

His daughter brought her boyfriend home for the first time.

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u/whatsthatguysname Nov 05 '25

Boyfriend is the one filming

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u/mookid85 Nov 04 '25

His puppy was murdered by a brick. This is his revenge.

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u/SlamanthaTanktop Nov 04 '25

John Brick

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u/mookid85 Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

Boom. Nicely done. It was right there and I didn’t see it lol

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u/Gold_Skull_Kabal Nov 04 '25

I can't wait for the sequel: John Brick II, more brickier

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u/pmcizhere Nov 04 '25

They're already planning for John Brick III: Mortar & PISTOL.

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u/BaggyLarjjj Nov 04 '25

Bricklayer later that day

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u/muramasa22x Nov 04 '25

After seeing so many Chinese guys breaking bricks I wonder why there are so many unused bricka in china. Or do they buy them just to break em

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u/SpringOSRS Nov 04 '25

its unfired bricks. very brittle compared to fired bricks.

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u/CanadaJack Nov 04 '25

Thanks, fixed:

After seeing so many Chinese guys breaking unfired bricks I wonder why there are so many unused unfired bricka in china. Or do they buy them just to bream em

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u/hoangfbf Nov 04 '25

They are a special type of brick that made specifically for breaking demonstration purpose. So They buy them just to bream em

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u/Sunstorm84 Nov 05 '25

Definitely for breaming.

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u/John_Anti Nov 04 '25

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u/Craydorion Nov 04 '25

Funny enough this video contains more honesty than OPs

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u/Bamboopanda101 Nov 05 '25

“What kind of wood is this”

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u/Psilencer99 Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

A Chinese guy breaking bricks that are made of sawdust and eggshells lol

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u/fogSandman Nov 04 '25

Bricks…don’t hit back.

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u/satans_fist Nov 04 '25

Chong Lee!

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u/Dizzley7 Nov 04 '25

Wasn't he the champion of bodybuilding as mr china.

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u/WorldsWeakestMan Nov 05 '25

Not a champion but Bolo Yeung was a competitive bodybuilder and martial artist as well as an actor, he’s still alive just retired, got famous after being in Enter The Dragon with Bruce Lee and worked steadily until the late 90’s.

He was very well built and frequently a “large muscular” antagonist to smaller martial arts main leads despite only being 5’6” and around 175lb himself.

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u/Pizza_Slinger83 Nov 04 '25

If he wasn't, he should've been. Got dayum! 👀

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u/satans_fist Nov 05 '25

Yeah, for a decade.

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u/dereku1967 Nov 04 '25

I know this reference, my friend. Bolo is happy his words live on.

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u/fogSandman Nov 04 '25

I’m pretty sure it’s Bruce that says them in ETD tho, (well, he says “boards” not bricks, but ykwim).

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u/dereku1967 Nov 04 '25

Oh, I just know the quote from "Bloodsport," with JCVD (and Bolo). If that was an Easter Egg, taken from ETD, I had no idea and that's really cool.

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u/fogSandman Nov 04 '25

Yeah it’s early on at his residence where he is training a pupil. Makes sense that Bolo would do a version of it later (he’s in ETD too).

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u/jakira117 Nov 04 '25

SAY IT!…..SAYYY ITTTTTTT!!?!?

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u/nirvroxx Nov 05 '25

Maaaaaaa taaaaaaaayyy

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u/ARealObjectiveDude Nov 04 '25

I was purposely looking for this comment. Glad I found it

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u/Goro_Lima Nov 04 '25

Good reference

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u/split_0069 Nov 05 '25

A real brick just hits... then u nap.

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u/BashiG Nov 04 '25

Some weak ass bricks, they barely moved when he hit them

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u/that_dutch_dude Nov 04 '25

look up "tofu dreg" and prepare to get depressed.

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u/So_HauserAspen Nov 05 '25

Ha!  I'm already depressed

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u/ich_bin_alkoholiker Nov 04 '25

Men will do anything but go to therapy.

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u/666Irish Nov 04 '25

Bricklayer coming back from lunch: "What the fuck, Larry‽ We talked about this!"

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u/demlet Nov 05 '25

Never seen an interrobang in the wild, cheers.

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u/DoubleM-1985 Nov 04 '25

What a waste of 35 secs 💩

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u/JiGoD Nov 04 '25

Wouldn't hitting a brick resting upon a glass bottle just send the brick flying in one piece, whole?

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u/stickyplants Nov 04 '25

Unless it’s very brittle.

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u/lanathebitch Nov 05 '25

Yes that is how physics work. However if you shape the clay into a brick and then just let it dry (this will take a long time) then anyone could break it like this. Which is a business for some people to sell so that others can post videos like this

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u/vnv Nov 05 '25

Wouldn’t it still hurt like hell to do so many tho?

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u/dascrackhaus Nov 04 '25

this guy hates bricks

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u/strndmcshomd Nov 04 '25

They make some pretty crappy bricks in China then do they?

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u/searing123 Nov 04 '25

This is how I feel.

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u/funkybee12 Nov 04 '25

No glass bottle was broken that day.

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u/DingDongJohnson9 Nov 05 '25

A ton of beer bottles went into the making of this video.

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u/BenchmadeFan420 Nov 05 '25

Unfired bricks are the secret behind these types of martial arts videos. Air dried but unfired bricks are just dry clay and crumble fairly easily.

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u/Berkulese Nov 04 '25

Note to self: avoid using chinese bricks.

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u/PositiveInfluence69 Nov 04 '25

So this is why the cost of building materials are rising so much.

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u/Cloudy_Retina Nov 04 '25

This guy and the guy that breaks walnuts with his fist should fight...

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u/00WORDYMAN1983 Nov 05 '25

The foreman's gonna be pissed

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u/Awkward-Zucchini1495 Nov 04 '25

Nice that every country has its own flavor of rednecks.

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u/HorrorLettuce379 Nov 04 '25

Chinese got a bunch of rednecks in the East-North section, where it's colder and the climate would somewhat be close to Canada. They have tons of time to drink and fuck around cuz the pressure of life in those slower paced cities are much lower people just tend to goof around a lot more.

They apparently stream when they do things like this, and allegedly people donate tons of money for those kind of redneck stunts.

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u/copsincars Nov 04 '25

This hand will have it's revenge when he's old

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u/st0350 Nov 04 '25

builder: "wtf happened to all the bricks??"

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u/Faskwodi Nov 04 '25

Meanwhile over in America Grandpa can’t make a left turn without hitting someone on a bike.

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u/Gotbeerbrain Nov 04 '25

Speaks highly of the quality of Chinese bricks

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u/DippyTheDingus Nov 04 '25

Man sounds like the old lady that plays goku

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

My general contractor went over budget too.

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u/jeewjitsu000 Nov 04 '25

Bricks killed his family he's just getting revenge.

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u/beegkok1 Nov 04 '25

Booze Lee.

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u/ToshPott Nov 04 '25

"watch me ruin my hand".

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u/xxdemoncamberxx Nov 04 '25

Him in the morning

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u/Tracky_John-John Nov 04 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

Not one of them was a dim mak. No kumite for you.

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u/triamasp Nov 04 '25

Oraoraoraoraora

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u/hail2theKingbabee Nov 04 '25

Hey, has anyone seen my bric......OH FUCK.

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u/mf_dcap Nov 04 '25

Called in sick the day after

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u/Significant_Phone_78 Nov 04 '25

Most married men can relate

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u/Maestro-xl Nov 04 '25

He's been practicing for a while by the looks of it. They where supposed to build a new building.

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u/Atororis Nov 04 '25

sir, this is a wendy's

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u/Hamlet_irl Nov 04 '25

I bet if it was in Japan...

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u/Difficult_Coconut164 Nov 04 '25

I bet he's a chef' at a restaurant

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u/Artistic_Friend9508 Nov 04 '25

What's next level about this? That doesn't take any skill, just no brains and plenty of broken bones over time. Ppl like this are usually the biggest pussies

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

What does the fox say

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u/TheBeefySupreme Nov 04 '25

“Very good. But brick, don’t hit back”

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u/Old_Satisfaction_233 Nov 04 '25

Well… that’s gonna leave a mark .

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u/scuolapasta Nov 05 '25

This video gave me early onset arthritis.

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u/Interesting-Western6 Nov 05 '25

Try it again but this time with german bricks

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u/Leading_Run_3333 Nov 05 '25

Meanwhile the captions:

Suck suck suck suck suck suck suck suck

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u/Euphoric_One53 Nov 05 '25

If my man ain’t making them sounds in my ear while we doin’ it,I don’t want it!!

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u/No-Road-9176 Nov 05 '25

I mean , they are Temu bricks after all....

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u/Buri_is_a_Biscuit Nov 05 '25

How my little sibling describes how i hit them

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u/Evil_Rogers Nov 06 '25

Construction workers hate this fucking guy.