Dr. Dan Netherland Dr. Dan Netherland has been called "Hands of Thunder" and "King of Breaking." At 5'6", weighing over 300 solid pounds. He was once described as a "Bank Vault.". Dr. Dan Netherland, a former Polio victim, is a 10th degree black belt, the highest attainable in the martial arts, and awarded the title "Hanshi" or High Master. He is the Guinness Breaking Champion, featured in the 2004 Guinness Book of World Records. Dr. Netherland holds two separate Guinness World Records to date with two others pending verification. In February of 2003 He broke 55 slabs of poured cement, not cinder or cap block, weighing a total of 3,014 pounds. He broke these blocks by hand in only 17.45 seconds. In November of the same year he broke 76 red house bricks, by hand, in 25 seconds. Dr. Netherland has shattered 20" of standing concrete through a S.W.A.T. issue, class 3A bullet proof vest with a steel trauma plate insert. He's broken river rocks, granite slabs, stones, padlocks, chains, wrenches, 2x4's, violent prisioner maximum restraint straps, and other seemingly impossible objects. According to Dr. Netherland, impossible, never, and can't are all catch phrases used by those unwilling to dedicate themselves to persevere through the pain and fire to achieve victory. Dr. Netherland is, without argument, by the sheer weight of physical evidence, one of the most powerful martial artists of all times. He is capable of a documented incline bench press of 650 pounds, a leg press in excess of 1400 pounds. He has been actively involved in the martial arts for over 50 years. He holds black belt ranks in Aiki-Jujitsu, Jujutsu, Judo, Kempo, Karate, and Kobojutsu. He is featured in the Tiger Claw martial arts supply catalog, international edition, endorsing their breaking and re-breakable supplies; Specifically, their bricks, tiles and boards. He is a veteran Police Officer having served as a Patrol Officer, Police Captain, S.W.A.T. team commander and trainer. He has taught armed/unarmed tactical combat, Police urban street survival, arrest methods against armed/unarmed, single and multiple assaliants. Recognized as 10th Dan by European Association of Daito-ryu Aiki Bujutsu; Professor of Martial Science by European Samurai Ju Jitsu/Aiki Society; 10th Dan/Soke by the World Ju Jitsu/Aiki Bujutsu Federation. Dr. Netherland is not a martial artist in the modern sense, he follows a more ancient martial warrior path.