How to train yourself for taking the hits to the shins?

[battousai16]

my cousin stayed over here for a little while. he lives in thailand. i woke up early one morning to go to tai chi and went into the yard to discover him kicking my tree. a big birch tree. with his shin. personally, i think he's nuts. and his shins look all weird. but he lets me wail on his shins,and, although he could very well be feeling it, he just laughs at me, and then kicks me in the shin, and then laughs at me as i get all angry and what not bah, he's nuts though, i wouldn't recomend it.

[Luckykboxer]

not sure how i missed this topic.

 

Heres Luckys surefire way to fix the shin dilemna.

 

first, train kicking a heavy back with your shins for at least a month.

 

not just a few kicks but at least 100-300 a day on each shin.

 

IF the legs are sore go to a softer heavy bag, and visa versa if it is too soft.

 

At this point you will have built up some tolerance, and you will have built up the ability to take some contact to your shins.

 

Now go buy a nice heavy rolling pin. not the tiny weak ones, but a good solid one.

 

roll it up and down your shin 2-3 times a day about 50-100 times each time you do it. You have to put some force intot he rolling pin it should feel a little uncomfortable... not really painful but uncomfortable.

 

continue kicking the heavy bag.

 

after a time of this when you build up a good tolerance, then you can switch to a metal pipe that is substantially heavier. and do the same.

 

After a time you can fill the inside of the metal pipe with concrete and do the same.

 

at this point you should be able to kick the really hard sand packed heavy bags without much discomfort.

 

at this point you should be able to take a few swings against some tree trunks. IF you are going to do this i recommend a tree that has some give in it. The goal is to be able to take a hard surface, the goal is not to be able to kick the corner of a wall that is immovable, as this will break your leg.

 

Once a kickboxer has his shins conditioned adequately, it opens up an entirely different type of game since he can jam with his shins alot better and not worry about the pain.

 

Most people do not have the desire, or ability to get all this done.

 

There simply is no reason, but to those that do they can hang in a fight with any amount of shin kicks and not worry about doubling over from the pain.

[battousai16]

^yeah, although i say anyone who does that is crazy, anyone who does can probably beat the crap outta' me fairly easily. go knows my cousin can ^

[TeamDragon]

keep hitting yourself with a bat or something hard but don't keep hitting in the same place keep it quick and move it up and down your knees. trian yourself to take the pain.

[Little Dragon]

toughing up your shins is a double edge sword.Though you may feel pain free...there will be times when ur leg feels numb and cold...thats sum thailand muay thai training ish.