Hi everyone
I have always wondered how useful the muay thai shin kick is in real life with the added dimension of shoes being worn since the shin kick is my most extensively used kick. My opinion right now is that the taekwondo version of the roundhouse kick (where the foot is used to strike the opponent) is probably more useful with shoes on since the added mass of the shoe makes the foot no less powerful than a shin would be but allows the kicker to strike from a further distance. Also, the taekwondo-roundhouse kick is thrown from a chambered position that minimizes the effect of a shoe weighing the leg down and slowing kick momentum. The muay thai-roundhouse is swung up from the ground, so could the hip rotation required for a solid muay thai-roundhouse kick be limited by the weight of the shoe?