Ever seen that Muay Thai video where the guys shin breaks in half??

Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwK0NykA_kk

Dose this happen a lot? Did he break some kind of rule of fighting that caused this or is that just something that might happen. I'm starting Muay Thai on Thursday and usally pride my self in not caring about pain but this video just spooked the ### out of me. Can ayone tell me anything to make me feel better.

Answer 1

yea that was awsome. he tryes to stand on it and fall over...lol

Answer 2

Yes, I have seen it that particular video a few years back, There are several videos out there as well.  

Don't let the video incidents scares you.  Most of time these " accidents" happens only when an athlete is reckless in his techniques or perhaps lacks shin conditioning.  

If you look at thai fighters, shin breakage are rare.  The reason again is due to good condition as part of their daily training.

So the bottom line is that, as long as you have a good instructors who can teach the proper techniques and teaches proper shin conditioning, You would not have to worry about breaking your shin at all.

Keep practicing and keep the faith !

Answer 3

That was nasty.

Make you feel better?  Well they probably gave him some really nice morphine, and the doctor probably did a good job of resetting his tibia and fibula.  Does that help?

Answer 4

Hey that guy needs to go back and do some lite training work first stregthen the shine not go right into it, I'll say thats what he done. It takes years of practice and training to get your shine like a iron bar, like price said get a good instructor that knows what hes talking bout, stay away from the crazy 1's

Answer 5

Muay Thai uses for the point of impact the shin bone. Many thai boxers train and condition their shins to be very strong. But it is a common injury for them to develop hair line cracks due to the hard training in their shins. With the power that is put behind their kicks, if they have any kind of weakness in their shins the results could be extreme as you have seen.