conditioning shins without thai bag

[Orionkeiji]

i don't have a thai bag to hit... but i do have one of those wavemaster punching bags (had to get it so i could move it around the garage)... i do have thai pads but not always a partner to hold.... any alternate suggestions for conditioning shins?

[Little Apple]

Do nothing silly. Use the bag, find a partner, kick the pads. Any gyms in your area?

[Orionkeiji]

thanks for the advice... i'll just grab a buddy and make him hold for me i guess haha

[Little Apple]

yeah, any body tells you to kick a tree, laugh at them and walk away.

[Garland]

I've heard alot of methods...none of which are as good or safe as hitting a heavy bag or hammering away at the pads...

One involves a wet towel a quarter...and is really asking for nerve damage, and does nothing to harden the bone, it just strips the skin off and kills away the nerve endings...

The other is more or less the same, but does something to make the bones more dense...but can cause problems later on, so I'm told...and it involves a stick or a bottle...not tapping, but rolling.

And kicking trees isn't a shitty option if you live somewhere exotic and you can use a soft tree like a young bannana tree or something.

You can kick trees for timing and to practice distance if you don't have a bag...just don't hit it hard...tap it very softly.

[chalambok]

A few tricks I used to use include throwing an old 13" radial, rimless tire up and then kicking it as it falls. This takes some coordination, timing and form. Another tire trick is to just kick it as you would a lower-leg. You can sneak onto your local high school football field and kick the blocking sled sometimes, but they are notoriously easy to break. You also can investigate myriad ways to fasten your tie pad to something like a fence, a tree limb, your couch. If you truly wish to learn, you will find a way.

[William]

i don't have a thai bag to hit... but i do have one of those wavemaster punching bags (had to get it so i could move it around the garage)... i do have thai pads but not always a partner to hold.... any alternate suggestions for conditioning shins?

Since all you have at the moment is a Wavemaster.....put the pad on the lowest setting....and round kick the crap out of it!!! At least until it breaks and you have water all over the floor (been there, done that).

Don't use the rolling pin, bowling pin, coke bottles etc.... to try and "condition" the shins, just kick that bag until it's done. In the meantime, plan on getting yourself a 6ft Thai bag and hang it like this in your garage:

http://www.defend.net/deluxeforums/showpost.php?p=252181&postcount=11

Just tie it back out of the way when you need to.




William

[Caddock]

I built myself something similar to a wavemaster. Based on an idea I saw somewhere for building a makiwara.

Muckbucket similar to: http://www.horse.com/products/gift-0__sku-BSE43.html
a couple bags of portland cement mix, just add water.
4*4 landscaping tie

mix it, pour it, plumb the tie and strap the thai pads on, or wrap with some foam and tape.

Get a fairly wide bucket base or obviously it will tip. The cement makes decent weight. It cost me maybe 40$ (not including the thai pads)

[newcuttys]

kicking pads + heavy bag is the best overall way to condition the shins, all the other methods may or may not work, even if they work you have a good chance of injury even if not immediately later on in life...

[blackriceman]

i dont think a wavemaster will be as good for conditioning as a thai banana bag or a heavy bag, bags are good enough no need for kicking trees and anything that might cause damage to ur leg

[bigboywasim]

The pads and bag are the best. Don't use anything else. I only had a boxing bag. I hung it so I could move it up and down. Now I have a Muay Thai heavy bag. It is the best bag in my opinion. That is how I worked my shins.