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Mckeever · 05-07-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by gazh

Why is he kicking it with his shin? This is a tree not an MMA fight, and he has shoes on!

Why would he not kick it with his shin?

gazh · 05-07-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Mckeever

Why would he not kick it with his shin?

Well... it's not normal is it? As a child did you ever kick things with your shin? No, you kicked with your foot.

I'll take into account he is an MMA fighter and this may be more natural to him, but aside from strengthening your shins i cannot fathom why anyone would want to kick something with their shin... think about volleying a footy, you can generate loads more power if you connect with the dorsal (top of your foot), if you miskick and hit your shin you don't have as much power in your volley.

**TraMaI** · 05-07-2011, 04:43 PM

I was just going to post this dammit! I'm the resident fitch fan! There can only be one!

Seriously though, ouch.

**Machida Karate** · 05-07-2011, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by HD209458B

I think Fitch deserve a title shot, he was suppose fight GSP b4 he fought BJ. And he won against BJ, even BJ thought he lost the fight.

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Mckeever · 05-08-2011, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by gazh

Well... it's not normal is it? As a child did you ever kick things with your shin? No, you kicked with your foot.

I'll take into account he is an MMA fighter and this may be more natural to him, but aside from strengthening your shins i cannot fathom why anyone would want to kick something with their shin... think about volleying a footy, you can generate loads more power if you connect with the dorsal (top of your foot), if you miskick and hit your shin you don't have as much power in your volley.

Striking with the shin can generate much more power than using the foot. You're not going to hit a tree with your foot, unless you want a broken foot. Footballers use their feet because you can bend your feet in all kinds of different ways which allows for much more accuracy when it comes to kicking a ball. You can't accurately kick a ball by using your shin, but you would generate more power.

**TraMaI** · 05-08-2011, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by gazh

Well... it's not normal is it? As a child did you ever kick things with your shin? No, you kicked with your foot.

I'll take into account he is an MMA fighter and this may be more natural to him, but aside from strengthening your shins i cannot fathom why anyone would want to kick something with their shin... think about volleying a footy, you can generate loads more power if you connect with the dorsal (top of your foot), if you miskick and hit your shin you don't have as much power in your volley.

A couple things wrong with this.

1) Basic instinct does not equate to best possible method all the time. Kicking with your foot is instinct, but kicking something hard (AKA someones head or someones shin) will result in all sorts of broken bones when using that method. The shin is altogether harder and a more concentrated point of contact. There is far less surface area on your shin than your foot which means the force isn't spread over a larger area and dissipated. Also, your shin is a single mass, as opposed to many, many bones making it soft and malleable. Think of it as hitting something with a steel pipe vs a sock fully of marbles. Yes, those marbles will hurt like a bitch, but they won't KTFO you like the pipe.

2) A soccer ball is NOT a skull. It's much, much softer. Yes, you get more speed at the end of your foot (It's the end of a lever), but if you hit something hard with that much force with your foot and it's many tiny, soft bones, it's going to shatter.

**El Bresko** · 05-08-2011, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by TraMaI

A couple things wrong with this.

1) Basic instinct does not equate to best possible method all the time. Kicking with your foot is instinct, but kicking something hard (AKA someones head or someones shin) will result in all sorts of broken bones when using that method. The shin is altogether harder and a more concentrated point of contact. There is far less surface area on your shin than your foot which means the force isn't spread over a larger area and dissipated. Also, your shin is a single mass, as opposed to many, many bones making it soft and malleable. Think of it as hitting something with a steel pipe vs a sock fully of marbles. Yes, those marbles will hurt like a bitch, but they won't KTFO you like the pipe.

2) A soccer ball is NOT a skull. It's much, much softer. Yes, you get more speed at the end of your foot (It's the end of a lever), but if you hit something hard with that much force with your foot and it's many tiny, soft bones, it's going to shatter.

I almost completely agree with your post, i just think a sock full of marbles would KO someone.