How A Tae Bo Class Shook An Entire Korean Skyscraper

contemporaneous architecture is plan to defend up against a lot . earthquake . Tsunamis . Fad physical fitness martial arts . Wait , what ? You have in mind Billy Blanks can shake buildings to their very foundation garment ? That ’s … that ’s embarrassing .

As it happen , a class of 17 Tae Boers managed to shake an entire 39 - history shopping mall in Seoul last hebdomad , leave in it being evacuated for two days . Architectural experts agreed that the vibration induce by the exercise reached the resonance frequency of the building , causing it to shake like a giant tuning fork . It ’s the same principle that brought down the Tacoma narrow Bridge back in 1940 , as you may see above . That must ’ve been a crazy exercise .

Is it unsound that I keep thinking of this video , though ? Classic . [ Korea TimesviaSF Gate ]