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After seeing Anderson's shin break last night, it got me to think: although there seems to be a pretty solid kickboxing tradition in Brazil (at least over the past couple decades, my knowledge of history in Brazil previous to that is lacking), the Brazilians do not seem to fight like more traditional muay thai artists do. One thing I note whenever I've seen documentaries or videos about muay thai is the focus on bone strengthening techniques, like kicking banana trees. Now I have no idea if they do any of these techniques in Brazil, but I've never seen them in Chute Boxe training videos, instead they work pads and heavy bags.
That got me to wonder if Silva's breakage would have been less likely had he trained his shins harder. And that brings to mind the question: how often has there been similar shin breakages due to check low kicks in muay thai fighters that trained extensively the traditional shin strengthening techniques? Can anyone name some fights were similar injuries happened?
Thanks!
That got me to wonder if Silva's breakage would have been less likely had he trained his shins harder. And that brings to mind the question: how often has there been similar shin breakages due to check low kicks in muay thai fighters that trained extensively the traditional shin strengthening techniques? Can anyone name some fights were similar injuries happened?
Thanks!