The aim of this report is to study the anisotropic behavior of wood composites using the ultrasonic velocity method and acoustic emission method. Velocities of ultrasonic longitudinal and transversal waves were used for the estimation of five elastic constants. Complementary, stimulated acoustic emission, induced by breaking 0.5‐ram pencil lead on the surface of the specimen, was employed to measure five parameters of the acoustic emission signal (duration, counts number, energy, amplitude, and rise time). The anisotropy was estimated as the ratio of velocities, of acoustic invariants, and acoustic emission parameters.