Question 105: Breaking

I have seen some brick breaking where the fractioned uses a large number of bricks, but only breaks the bottom one (the technique used is usually something like a downward palm). People have given me explanations that it is "energy projection" but I don't really buy it. I personally do not have much experience with brick breaking, so could you offer a possible physical explanation for this phenomenon? The practitioner has demonstrated that he can break the same amount of bricks all the way through (meaning, breaking through all of them, not just the bottom one). I have noticed a trend in using large (but ultimately long and thin proportionally) bricks for breaking. I guess it does look pretty impressive, but breaking a short, fat brick is probably a lot more difficult than breaking a longer one of the same mass. I am new to breaking and could use some guidance.