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Underhand Block Chopping
"Your quickest route to a severed toe."  Underhand Block Chopping is an individual sport where the competitor stands on top of a horizontally positioned block of wood and chops halfway through from the front side, turns, and finishes chopping through from the back side. The person with the quickest time of completion is the winner. Overview This sport is an event in most lumberjack competitions. In underhand block chopping, competitors stand on a two foot long horizontally placed piece of wood and chop halfway through the front side, then turn and chop through the back side until the piece of wood is split. Time is called when the wood is severed. Goal of Underhand Block Chopping The goal is to be the fastest to completely chop through the block of wood. Rules of Underhand Block Chopping Competitors stand on a two foot long horizontal piece of wood. On the referees signal, competitors chop halfway through the front side, turn, and then chop completely through the back side until the wood is split. Time is called when the wood is completely split. The competitor with the fastest time wins. History of Underhand Block Chopping The popular image of the lumberjack began in the 18th and 19th centuries in heavily forested areas of the United States and Canada. Lumberjacks would live in lumber camps, and follow timber harvesting jobs as they became available. Competitions were often held in lumber camps that would test lumberjacks on common skills used in the job. These competitions eventually evolved into organized annual championships. The largest event, the Lumberjack World Championship, was first held in 1960. Underhand Block Chopping Equipment Axe Wood Underhand Block Chopping Safety There is an element of danger involved in this sport because of the nature of the competition. There is very little margin for error because of the positioning of competitors in relation the wood. Underhand Block Chopping Training Accuracy is of the utmost importance because competitors are striking the wood mere inches from their feet. Training involves improving the accuracy of the strike, as well as the power behind it in order to chop through each side of wood in as few strokes as possible. Underhand Block Chopping Terminology Lumberjack - a person who traditionally fells trees, cuts them into logs and/or transports them to a sawmill Citations http://www.usaxemen.com/usaa/underhand.shtml | Learn Another Sport Quick Info In Category: Lumbering Pronounced: uhn-der-hand blok chop-ing |
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