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Permalink Reply by Hennesy Estacio on September 2, 2011 at 5:26pm

As with any martial art, the reason for doing it is important. Whether it is for health, for competition, hobby, etc. After consideration, take up the necessary training that will fit the situation. It is like traveling; it is always best to bring the must haves, but too much stuff could also hinder the traveler.

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Permalink Reply by Joel Huncar on September 4, 2011 at 10:33pm

I do not do much shin and hard bone training.  I do however constantly tap my shins with my sticks while I am talking.  I feel that hard contact sparring, pad training and bag training will help train my shins and forearm bones.  I do occasionally deeply rub thai liniment into my shins with my knuckles.  I also grind shins with my training partners doing muay thai drills and panantukan drills.  My shins are no where near as tough as my Ajarn's but they are getting tough again.  (after a decade or so away from Muay Thai) 

 

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Permalink Reply by Mani Adams on September 12, 2011 at 7:15am

Hi;

 

  Bashing ones's shins with anything will only do harm, not good. It was during my years of muay Thai training that shin guards became ok to wear, being regarded as only for softies previously. 

 

  Shin conditioning is enhanced by using a proportionately hard kick bag (ie. using progressively harder bags as on's shins toughen) and running the roads. In all my time training in Thailand, GB or at home, I've never once seen a thai boxer tap or bang their shins. Tapping actually has the opposite effect, causing very minor cracks in the bone and thus weakening the shin.

 

  I think its this video that covers the science of how the shin conditions...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maQINqPI7S0&list=PL6CEF9F0F6963B...

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Permalink Reply by Hennesy Estacio on September 12, 2011 at 4:34pm

in the school that i am in right now (kung fu), shin conditioning is done by rolling a long round pipe on your shin while sitting on the ground. the build up is slow, but it will never lead to any serious cracks (might get some bruises on the first week).

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Permalink Reply by Mani Adams on September 13, 2011 at 5:43am

In my wing chun training we did shin to shin grinding and I thought I/we all had pretty tough shins but when I first  sparred my kru, to be, I may as well not have bothered. Deflecting a side kick, front kick or normal roundhouse is fine but when one is blocking a powerful thai round kick it's an entirely different matter.

 

There's no shortage of videos of farangs breaking their shins while fighting Thais on Youtube and elsewhere.

 

BTW, and the end of each session, it's very important to massage on's shins. Big lumps on one's legs the next day are not a sign that one had a great session, they are a sign that one does not know what one is doing.

 

When one goes to Thailand is told that training is 8 hours + per days, it sounds quite daunting. he reality is that, outside of padwork and bagwork, the training is done gently and intelligently. Thais are not in to abusing their bodies. Misunderstanding of these facts is the most common mistake I see in westerners.

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Permalink Reply by Mani Adams on September 13, 2011 at 9:26am

Some quality muay thai training..

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLk2Wxg3qYA&feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81dP8zdSuHA&list=PL0EE80ABE33EB6...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-dfiHkBE60&feature=mfu_in_order...

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