just wondering

[Saber32]

i 've seen some videos about kickboxing and the mixed martial arts matches that when they fighter goes for a shin kick on the upper leg, their leg breaks completely...why does this happen and is it safe to do this technique and what are the chances of that happening?

[apoweyn]

I'd venture to guess that you've only seen one video in which that happens. I know I've only seen the one. So to my knowledge, it doesn't happen very often.

[rubthebuddha]

i've seen a few, but most of those are from tourneys in which someone fights several opponents on the way to a final. mark hunt had a bad going a couple years back in k-1, just because of constantly being kicked in the same spot. it happens. it's infrequent, but it happens, particularly when you don't give your body a chance to rest after having the stuffing kicked out of it by someone else.

[red5angel]

not enough conditioning I would imagine would do that too. I've only seen one video and it's authenticity is dubious at best.

[SevenStar]

It doesn't happen enough to deem a shin block as "unsafe".

[Saber32]

thanks for the insight

[rubthebuddha]

It doesn't happen enough to deem a shin block as "unsafe".

or better yet, it doesn't happen often enough to deem a shin block as worse than eating a shin kick in your lower torso or inner thigh.

[Kristoffer]

groin blocks