Okay, If anything you can all enjoy this and have a good laugh at my expense. A few months ago I built a Makiwara board in the backyard. I used a redwood 4x4. Last week I overheard some people talking about kicking theirs. I had never heard of that but what the heck i'll give it a shot. Sure enough one front kick and it snapped like a twig. So for Christmas i get to build another.
Now I have two questions.
Did I use the wrong wood and is that why it broke so easy?
and or
Were these guys who were saying they were kicking their Makiwara bords just full of it?