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Mon, 01/23/2012 - 13:52
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Do any of you guys out there ever get bone bruises on your shins from training? Do you ever have problems with your shin guards not fitting right, moving, sliding off, or just not protecting you enough? Am I the only sissy out there who suffers from this problem?

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Mon, 01/23/2012 - 14:36
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my shin guards were $29.00 and require a "time out" in the middle of every kickboxing spar round be it 50% or 85% intensity.


im sure if i wasnt so cheap some nice windy or hyabusa pads might make make me wonder what the heck ive been fumbling with all this time.


as far as shin bruses and pain that can be a real derailment to training ( at least kickboxing training) hitting pads/bag on a regular basis should help though. dont go balls to the wall first session  because then you will have splints and bruses and wont want to hit anything for a week and then your back to zero. kick pads/bag at medium intensity 3x a week for a few weeks then you should be able to up to max strength without a ton of brusing or pain. work up to it.


i have found this approch works for me. and if you spar and do pads same session i try and do pads first to warm my shins up for impact. and dang it if even going 60% those checks  (giving and taking) can still sting.

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Mon, 01/23/2012 - 15:20
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I have what I'd consider to be pretty good shin guards. They still slide around (I adjust them 1-2 times per night, more when I sweat like a stuck pig). I used to train without shin guards. I got them because of the bruising. Now I do fine with or without them.

I'd recommend these if you need extra protection:

http://www.qualitymmagear.com/Muay-Thai-Kickboxing-Shin-Pads-Shin-Guards-p/r-sp.htm

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Mon, 01/23/2012 - 19:13
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I'm a complete wimp when it comes to kicking, I was thinking about adding soccer shin guards under my combat sports shin guards.  Has anyone tried this?  I know not cool for my sparing partner but given my flexiblity there is small to no chance I'd ever kick anything except maybe if I was falling on my butt and my leg popped up, so the only risk is when I check a kick

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Mon, 01/23/2012 - 20:10
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Yeah, I'm not talking about your run of the mill, owie, my nerves are sensative stuff.  I'm talking you throw a right leg kick and your partners happens to have the exact same idea at the same time and whack you clash shin to shin.

Usually you can walk it off but then the next day, week, few months, if someone touches that spot, you want to scream!

FireCat-75 hold off on the soccer shin guards man.  I had the same idea.  Just so happens that one of my private students owns a sporting goods store and after consulting with him, came up with a brilliant idea.  At least, I think it's brilliant.

We've filmed a clip regarding this and have been product testing his idea with great results, but I hesitate to put it up on our site for fear of being thought of as a pussy.

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Mon, 01/23/2012 - 23:30
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yeah if your talking shin to shin checks or any real bone on bone blocks it can hurt like a muth'a.     checking, although a must know is my last resort in the kick defense world. im even in the i'll eat a leg kick before checking a leg kick camp of ideas if its no shin guards on.   

and although you can toughen up your shins to a certain degree long term negitive side affects can also be an issue. seen people shoot novicain in there shins before fights...long time ago though...

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Mon, 01/23/2012 - 23:37
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bcwcmw, I'm with you.  When brining this up before, people have said, condition doing this, rolling pin that.  Dude, you know those guys simply haven't put enough rounds in.  Sooner or later, you're going to take a bone chip out and when you do, you'll be singing a different tune.  We've all conditioned our shins, but like you said, bone to bone, shin to elbow, shin to knee, hurts BAD!

I've actually re-thunk this entire thing as a result of this thread and a few others I've asked about this.  I think I'm going to put my own spin on shin guards on the market.

 

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