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Dale Dugas interesting method of Shin Conditioning
I started this a long time ago and found that it worked for me and had less damage to the shins than some other methods.
Start with your own hands. Sit with your legs bent at the knee. Start with slapping your shins. Up and down the shin about 100 times each.
Add 10 strikes a week for 6 months.
After you strike you can rub out any bruises with your hands, or if you have sustained a serious bruise(though you shouldn't be at the this stage) you should use a decent Dit Da Jow bruise liniment.
After the 1st six months go out and get a wiffle ball bat. No kidding. Start the same way with tapping the bat up and down your shins and the instep of your feet as well.
Do this for at least 3 months. This will sting more than slapping yourself, and you would need to use a liniment. Anytime you strike your body with something hard, you are causing microtrauma.
After that you can make or purchase something that is well known in Okinawan karate circles. A wooden stick that has been cut into quarters to give it movement. I bought an Ironarm years ago when it first came out. A nice piece of strong oak that has had the corners rounded off for safety.
I rub it up and down my shins and insteps as a warmup prior to tapping my legs. At this stage you want to use dit da jow combined with massage to heal any and all bruising that might occur.
Some people start to roll a rolling pin down their shins after the wooden stick. Helps to roll out bruises as well for some for others it is too painful.
After the first year your shins are set up for almost anything.
I do agree that kicking bags is a useful part of training. But if your not tapping your shins and rolling a stick or some kind of rolling pin down them, your not going to get the same level of conditioning.
Like most gungs, training your shins is done slow and with no excessive force. Do no harm to yourself.
Peace,
Dale Dugas
Start with your own hands. Sit with your legs bent at the knee. Start with slapping your shins. Up and down the shin about 100 times each.
Add 10 strikes a week for 6 months.
After you strike you can rub out any bruises with your hands, or if you have sustained a serious bruise(though you shouldn't be at the this stage) you should use a decent Dit Da Jow bruise liniment.
After the 1st six months go out and get a wiffle ball bat. No kidding. Start the same way with tapping the bat up and down your shins and the instep of your feet as well.
Do this for at least 3 months. This will sting more than slapping yourself, and you would need to use a liniment. Anytime you strike your body with something hard, you are causing microtrauma.
After that you can make or purchase something that is well known in Okinawan karate circles. A wooden stick that has been cut into quarters to give it movement. I bought an Ironarm years ago when it first came out. A nice piece of strong oak that has had the corners rounded off for safety.
I rub it up and down my shins and insteps as a warmup prior to tapping my legs. At this stage you want to use dit da jow combined with massage to heal any and all bruising that might occur.
Some people start to roll a rolling pin down their shins after the wooden stick. Helps to roll out bruises as well for some for others it is too painful.
After the first year your shins are set up for almost anything.
I do agree that kicking bags is a useful part of training. But if your not tapping your shins and rolling a stick or some kind of rolling pin down them, your not going to get the same level of conditioning.
Like most gungs, training your shins is done slow and with no excessive force. Do no harm to yourself.
Peace,
Dale Dugas
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