Doing it oneself:

Any suggestions how to get a HUGE 6x8 foot mirror off a contrete block wall?

It is glued/cemented in some manner, has no clips, not resting on any tracks or "held up" (ie no frame), and is REAL flush to the concrete block upon which it was cemented, glued, something... a very very long time ago.

Given the large numbers of martial practitioners here, AND the do-it-yourself skills of many... thought I would throw it out there and see if any new ideas came back

Jeff (last post of the day, off to work he finally goes)

Jump spinning back kick?

You KNEW that was coming, right?

Seriously - Acrylic solvent, maybe?

*Cord looks in his crystal ball*

I forsee 7 crappy years ahead of you.....now cross my palm with biscuits

wow..just when I thought it couldn't get any better than Matt's biscuits...now we have Cord's 'cross-buns' !

Ronin,
Sorry bud, I don't know of any easy way to do it. I think it comes under the heading of demolition. Goggles, gloves and prybars. If you have carpet use a tarp. You do not want to try to vaccum glass frament out of carpet.

Try using a sledgehammer.

If I may...we just had a new dojo built and had an entire wall lined with safety mirrors. We were going to hang it ourself but the company would not guarantee the mirrors/liability. The old dojo mirrors were the same and they took a real beating, I have seen people accually get kicked off there feet and land against the mirror and it never broke. Was it from the "glass company" hanging them a proper way or were they just tough mirror?...don't know but why take a chance of a whole mirror crashing down on someone. Some times ya just have to pay da man.

Like our walls ... somebody has run into them and did damage ... the same with some mirrors. Not the safest way but sure the funniest!

"Practitioners look around and pointing blame at each other so as not to feel responsible ... while the rest of the class shakes heads and laughs."

It must be incredible workmanship to get a flat mirror so flush against a concrete block wall.

Seriously, it is a lot easy to take the wall along -- whoever put it up has decided that the mirror stays for good.