thaiboxerken Posted September 26, 2001 Posted September 26, 2001 I like to kick with the upper shin/knee portion of my leg or the middle part of the shin. I find it transfers more mass into my kick and it really hurts the opponent more than me, which is always a plus. The lower part of the shin will always be a bit more sensitive, there are many nerve endings there. Just kick 'em, they'll understand.- Me Apprentice Instructor under Guro Inosanto in Jun Fan Gung Fu and Filipinno Martial arts.Certified Instructor of Frank Cucci's Linxx system of martial arts.
babysteffee Posted September 26, 2001 Posted September 26, 2001 Sorry...but why is anyone conditioning their shins in the first place. I mean, the nerve endings explanation sounds sensible...but in the case of having tough skin, what does that do? Surely it's not the actual skin that does the damage to the apponent anyway...and underneath the skin is just bone....kicking trees would probably break it. And surely nobody is really mad enough to kick a tree these days A bag is pretty tough anyway, 100 kicks a day on that a day would sure to be enough.
KickChick Posted September 27, 2001 Posted September 27, 2001 This type of shin tempering is typical to muay thai training wherein kicks and blocks are often executed using the shins. Just imagine slamming a cross shin block into an incoming roundhouse kick. You better have strong shin bones! Deby
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