Students Show Off Talent, Skills
By Lindsey Brown
Lantern staff writer

While standing barefoot in a pile of broken glass, Mark Davis held an egg in one hand and broke two boards with the fingertips of his other hand.

This was one of many martial arts feats Davis performed Friday for the annual Law School Talent Show held at Que Tal?.

Davis, a second-year law student at Ohio State, said he has been practicing martial arts for five years.

"This is not mind over matter, it's spirit over matter," said Brian Metz, one of Davis' friends.

Davis broke another board by placing his arm over the board and hitting his arm with a rock. The board split in two, but his arm stayed in one piece. He also broke a stack of five bricks using his elbow.

"The hand is normally weak, and concrete and brick are every strong, " Davis said. "Normally the flesh and bone will not break a brick. The difference is the spirit within."

Davis also sliced a cucumber in half with a playing card, which requires speed and accuracy, not strength, Metz said.

Davis ended his show with a break which put him in the Guinness Book of World Records two weeks ago at the Battle of Columbus, an international competition that included China, Japan, the United States, Canada and other countries.

His break of five cement blocks ranked him number one in the world for his weight class and number two in the world overall.

As the crowd became silent, Davis attempted to break his record of five cement blocks, and to tie the world record of six blocks. He used his left hand instead of his right hand, which he used to set the record, and broke three of the six blocks.

"It's hard to believe that you're not just No. 1 in Columbus or in Ohio, but the world," Davis said. "I'm sure there's someone out there who's just as good or better than they were at the competition, but at the same time I want to celebrate the job I did and sit back and say 'wow.'"

Davis said the martial arts he can do is small compared to others, including his teacher who can break 2,100 pounds of ice at one time.

About 100 attended the show, which had a total of nine acts, including dancing, a comedian and a live band of law students.

The show was meant as a social gathering and not as a fundraiser, Davis said.
 

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