How Not To Break Your Shin by Bas Rutten

HOW NOT TO BREAK YOUR SHIN
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In this fight training video, Bas Rutten teaches how to not break your shin.
Bas Rutten is a legendary Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a 3 time Pancrase World Champion and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. This is an excerpt from DESTROYIG OPPONENTS WITH STRIKES available from DynamicStriking.com.
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[@KeyserSoze23]

Somebody regrets not watching this video yesterday.

[@Viking4real]

He made a video talking about this right after Anderson broke his leg. Can't believe Weidman of all people doesn't even know WHY Anderson broke his leg, he thought it was the way he checked the kick

[@IhateCCP]

@@Viking4real What does bas mean 'open your hips'? I didn't fully understand his explanation.

[@a.a.h.s.2345]

Last week as well, lol.

[@IhateCCP]

@@Cynry haha love kung fu. Traditional Kung Fu is awesome.

[@IhateCCP]

@Xiao Luwan Thanks that makes sense!

[@gamalkawy9917]

Bas should be included in expendables

[@raymeester7883]

F A C T S ! ! !

[@brummagem9038]

He probably not old enough loll

[@ancientkeyboardwarrior]

@@brummagem9038 savage!

[@zaterranwraith7596]

Almost a good idea....except he’s not as expendable as those b actors

[@rhabdob3895]

No. He’s too cool.

[@clm652]

The full video ends w Bas telling you just to ignore leg kicks altogether bc that's not where Da Liver is.

[@jellejeremiah6793]

😂😂

[@badcp455]

This should be required viewing for current UFC fighters.

[@alecbernal3824]

Anyone who's made it to the UFC knows this; some just choose not to do it out of a.) habit or b.) to capitalize on the speed Rutten just mentioned.

[@douglascoe1385]

Thank you. Been trying to tell people that for over 40 years. They don't listen(until something goes wrong),because they want that extra quickness to the kick. I would council fighters that leg kicking(as most things in life) isn't always so much about speed as it is about timing.

[@DagwoodDogwoggle]

Hey, me too. Not the leg kick thing, but the timing thing. Everyone I trained used to say, "I'm trying, but I'm not as quick as you." I always told them I wasn't quick, I just had better timing because I knew where they were going to be. Timing beats speed almost always.

[@ney57e]

Yeah, it's all worth it for them. Until it ain't, and they're crippled.

[@weilzudope]

how does alex pereira do it without breaking his shin?

[@SuperKendoman]

​​@@weilzudopeconditioning, it's a long process for hardening your bones that will sustain constant impact. Back in the day it was trees and the wooden dummy, nowadays there is the heavy bag or smacking your shin with a wooden handle. Go slowly and don't rush this process because if you do, you would end up injuring yourself permanently. Also, get some Thai oil or linament made from Chinese herbs, put it onto your shin after the session to speed up recovery and reduce pain or inflammation, don't get the shin wet for an hour until the medicine has soaked in though, after its completely absorbed then you can take a bath or shower

[@bardia8225]

It is not a black and white matters. Smart fighters can quickly assess the situation and change their kicking technique accordingly. I always use"inferrior"/riskier kicking technique similar to jabs, but for power kicks, I always use the Muay Thai technique.

[@TheRazmotaz]

I was always taught this, but not why. I always assumed it was because the kick cut like a freaking knife - straight to the bone! I didn’t know the mechanical strength part. Makes tons of sense.

[@johntetzler1662]

basically. i think there is a more factors at play. otherwise it would happen more frequently. has to be a combo of risky technique, bone density, strains/stress, point of impact, target.

[@kaen4299]

@@johntetzler1662 Muscles are a factor too, they keep the bone stabilized.

[@williamdavis3590]

Yeah same here, but never heard that it keeps our shins safe when throwing kicks! It legit FEELS safer I just couldn't figure out why til this video

[@Altanirves]

It's also so your kick is as much perpendicular to the leg you're kicking so it inflicts more damage

[@aboodiaz262]

I had a friend who got his leg broken because of a sloppy kick technique.. Very informative video 👌

[@DynamicStriking]

🤙🏻

[@ZeroFucksLeft]

Suuuuure. A "friend"

[@renaldsunset]

@@ZeroFucksLeft A ‘’friend’’ huh 😏 yeah right

[@ItWontLetMePutMyName259]

0jesus is lord

[@ronisworld2916]

I always love listening to Bass when it comes to fighting tips. no BS what so evah!

[@brahimmendez]

Dutch approach

[@jeegunugger1871]

His self defense videos are full of b.s

[@mendATTgmailcom]

Word

[@mendATTgmailcom]

@@jeegunugger1871 wouldn't be surprised if your a coach potatoe talking shit about a pioneer of the sport of MMA. What a joke

[@lmaoiwaslikelmao1132]

1 minute and gets straight to the point. Even throws in an anecdote. Can't get better than that

[@Over-9k]

McGregor should have watched this video before his fight. Hell he’s prolly watching it now😂

[@dangermouse9348]

Saw the title. Came here for this comment.

[@LinuxNavigator]

Video disliked by Conner McGregor!

[@djstarr18]

Hes probably getting his duck sicked

[@StealthCampingShorts]

@@dangermouse9348 same!

[@aiyahuntacheimumbi236]

@China Life The thin part of the shin above the ankle.

[@ScottGarrettDrums]

Here's a fun way to find out if you're kicking with the correct part of your shin. Take a piece of 1x2 lumber, maybe 6-feet long, and support it so it's vertical (90* to the ground). Now, using around 25% power (don't kick too hard!), kick the flat side. You'll know immediately where you're making contact. Odds are that you're not opening your hips as much as you think you are, because you're probably not pivoting far enough on your supporting foot, and you're actually throwing an incorrect outside-inside crescent kick.

[@ScottGarrettDrums]

@Wiley Temmer If you're kicking with power, absolutely. Note that I very clearly said "using 25% power" and "don't kick too hard!" This is not shin conditioning and this is not a board breaking exercise. This is merely a LOW POWER test to see if you're using the correct weapon. But, as far as your trepidation for kicking a 3/4" piece of wood. Lawlz. Little kids break 1" thick pieces of pine in McDojo's across the nation with their bare hands and feet.

[@sulfuras1985]

​@ScottGarrettDrums wish i could see wiley's comment. I just finished kicking through four one-half-inch thick bamboo shafts lashed together. Im assuming his trepidation is related to the flatness of pine boards and the necessity to hit it flush with grain, anything else and yeah man that stings lol Edit: specifically with a round house i mean. A teep is achievable by 6 year olds

[@bryanmuster5662]

I love Bas! He just seems so nice, courteous and likeable. Also a serious badass.

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗👍🏻

[@hefipaleburp9543]

This man can still empty a bar for sure.

[@porsche5914]

look at his right arm. could not even empty a bar of women with such an arm.

[@hefipaleburp9543]

@@porsche5914 With that very same arm he gave many a liver damage to pro fighters. Not even mention your "women's bar".

[@porsche5914]

@@hefipaleburp9543 dont you see how crippled his right arm is?

[@hefipaleburp9543]

@@porsche5914 Listen, this is Bas Rutten. Even with that arm he'll be emptying any bar of your choice.

[@porsche5914]

@@hefipaleburp9543 ikr

[@casz7098]

I've been kickboxing since 1994 and I had no idea it was because of the angle of the kick/bone. This makes so much sense. I always assumed it was either lack of conditioning, steroids, or both. Either way it makes sense that we would see it so much in MMA. More fighters with less specialized technique and more unconditioned shins compared to kickboxing.

[@MikeKollin]

Yep!

[@maxk880]

Yeah kickboxers almost never do this

[@casz7098]

@@maxk880 never do what?

[@mrsensei8878]

​@@casz7098 Kick with the flat shin.

[@casz7098]

@@mrsensei8878 😆

[@ispittruthchannel5317]

Been a fan for a long time. Thanks again Bas

[@thomasthonion9163]

This man is a Legend

[@DynamicStriking]

🔥

[@PatrickTheThird1]

I would think that in addition to what Bas is saying here it would also be more damaging to your opponent kicking this way. The sharper “blade” of the shin bone would hurt muscles it connects with more than the wide side of the shin bone. Same force only a smaller point of contact, so it would be more concentrated power at the point of contact.

[@Altanirves]

Yes you're right. Also, the more perpendicular the kick connects, the more damage it makes, hence why the leg movement has to come from above if you're kicking the thigh, and there's that point on the thigh where it's not protected by muscles so much, this is where you wanna kick, and finally if you can find the time, tiptoe on your support foot when you lift your leg, then drop your body weight when you land your kick, it adds more power.

[@elshowdeantony]

THANKS BAS WE LOVE YOU BAS

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗👍🏻

[@c.galindo9639]

Great information. It seems simple but the simplest things are always forgotten

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

So important to know anatomy. That makes perfect sense now!

[@honigdachs.]

I saw the breakage in Karate Combat, fucking painful. I always instinctively kicked downwards like Bas suggests here because it feels a lot safer. Never really thought about why, but the explanation here makes sense.

[@BJJMTF]

I always thought it generated more power, and the other way is more speed

[@PACIFICBboy]

I’m only a grappler but I’ve been wanting to get into Muay Thai. I’ve never kicked anything with my shin on purpose and the thought of doing so always scared the hell out of me lmao. I could never understand how a shin bone DOESN’T break almost everytime lol. This video actually calmed some of those fears. When I do eventually start training Muay Thai I will be paying extra attention on my kicking technique

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@jonapel2459]

Good to see Bas!

[@williamdavis3590]

Wow so simple but overlooked, makes so much sense! No one else has explained it like this that I've seen.

[@andrewwest3312]

Thank you Bas!

[@russelltrumble245]

The Man!! A lot of respect for you.

[@theazza]

Bas... you're a legend, thanks

[@MrGWolf-ih6me]

Bass is a legend still schooling everybody !

[@michaelabercrombie7698]

It's Bas not Bass. Not a fish.

[@andrewpanos3818]

Bass you are extremely knowledgeable about different things over years i do enjoy watching your volgs your technique has help me in life thanks heaps bass your true legend man.keep up the great work

[@solaireastora5394]

Thank you Bas

[@adithyagopinath933]

Thank You for this important information!

[@calneon6549]

Looks like another good series! If Dynamic Striking got one with Eugene Bareman I’d be straight on it!

[@monadamus42]

Good to know! Thank you

[@Sil80s]

I LOVE BAS

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@mickybender7726]

Risk and award management is what it is all about. Shevechenko said it perfectly when she mentionend that the calf kick is a very dangerous technique. Its trajectory is different from a low kick, hence it will be much more difficult to kick as mentionend and adviced by Bas since you'll have more of a shallow upward swing and the leg is held more straight like a bat, making it more difficult to kick with the pointed part of the shin. Thus it will be inevitable that we will see more tibia breaking.

[@DoroboInu]

Short and sweet, learned something new. Great video.

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@3stools518]

Love Bas. Legendary fighter, great teacher, even a great comedy actor

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@xyzcrysis948]

That would be so awesome to get to train under Bas, the wealth of knowledge that man must possess about striking.

[@DynamicStriking]

💯

[@steveunknown8407]

Thank you Sensei Bas

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@ryangray384]

Such amazing advice here. Incredible. Thank you for taking your time to share. Only thing I would say is, WIDER camera angle please. I would love to see the low kick open hip technique. Thank you again!

[@pm2050]

Best explanation ever!

[@jakobw135]

Thank you for this USEFUL tip, Bas. :-)

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗👍🏻

[@rileybarnett210]

Thank you

[@shekharpradhan5576]

The great Bas Rutten.

[@DynamicStriking]

🔥

[@panosdimi4713]

thank you

[@Dmitriy_D]

Thank you, it's important to know!

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗🤙🏻

[@25spaz]

well explained Bas.

[@DynamicStriking]

👍🏻🤗

[@FR-ty5vn]

Great 👍🏼 explanation, Bas!!

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@olafkardinal4080]

Thanks to bass !! He’s damn right!!! 👊🏾

[@alexblue6991]

I learn something every day

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗🤙🏻

[@Father-klovkoski]

First useful KZbin ad I’ve ever seen!

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@dharamsohal4761]

This should be the first safety lesson when starting Muay Thai. Also this helps explain how to properly block a low kick.

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@Ben-qm9zq]

I demonstrated the downward angle kick in a gym once and everyone laughed at me telling me that was the wrong way to kick. I di it because it felt right to me and not because I had been trained to do so. Thanks for video!

[@James-fs4rn]

👍 you're the man Bas!

[@irshadazeez4764]

Great advice.

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗👍🏻

[@Hawtload]

never heard this before, thanks!

[@PathofVox]

Very very interesting indeed, Thanks Bas,, got a new idea (and combos!!) to meditate upon these next few weeks !

[@VTVT1306]

Nooit van gehoord, goede info Bas, dank.

[@danielcamargomontero9699]

wow pure gold

[@DynamicStriking]

🔥

[@Zlenny]

This is the difference in learning some martial arts before learning MMA. There are so many nuances in kicks, punches, holds, submissions and in attacking and defending just you just don’t learn.

[@DynamicStriking]

🔥

[@edgar1082]

Tnx ❤

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@mbongoyanguba2071]

Love this

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@augurcybernaut4785]

EXCELLENT

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗👍🏻

[@steverabbits]

I never knew that! Thanks Bas 👍

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@blackcatsarenopussies]

Mystic Bas He's foreseen the future

[@jefkoele-wijn8872]

Very learnful

[@DynamicStriking]

🤙🏻

[@danieltakyi1793]

Uncle Bas saving shins

[@ironwill4706]

The BOSS has spoken

[@FNHot]

You can tell Im not a fighter, just the idea of hitting something with the edge of my shin makes me wince. That shit hurts so bad.

[@gayan369]

This is why Bas was the Champ❤🤘🙏

[@TheDidacticMind]

Words of wisdom from the mighty BAS RUTTEN. All that's missing is the "dengededengededeng"))

[@MackTrainingAcademy]

Where technique meets science. The reinforcing structure of the bone position and angle of the strike!

[@fallingleaveskungfu]

Bas is still the man. Hard to watch the nerve damage shrivel his right arm down to nothing.

[@yodasmomisondrugs7959]

Bas is the Boss.

[@tjoey2112]

That is a world class tips

[@The_Unintelligent_Speculator]

Effective depth for strength.

[@Shitmouth99]

For a second I thought Bas said "Why people break their shin when they kick gophers for a low kick" in the beginning.

[@mumo5154]

exclent fookin video

[@OpticShadow360]

Holy shit that makes so much sense

[@ZENIGMATV]

I met Bas at Big John’s gym. Coolest guy!

[@MarioUcomics]

As someone who does kyokushin, this is very important information to know

[@PatrickStar19872]

God damn, great video.

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@Picorico2X]

I needed to se this

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@drakelopez9243]

Where can I find this full instructional??

[@DynamicStriking]

Here you go dynamicstriking.com/products/destroying-opponents-with-strikes-from-every-range-by-bas-rutten?_pos=1&_sid=fe7eaeaf8&_ss=r

[@abelflores5976]

I’m definitely getting that instructional series.

[@elrifle24]

A Muay Thai gym 😂

[@dombarnes7092]

I’m so glad this video has been made finally I can go out without breaking my shin🤗

[@DynamicStriking]

🤗

[@harryhirsch8527]

no one can afford to break their shin bones Bas

[@AztecUnshaven]

exactly lol.

[@riperboyxl3216]

lol if you train for fun and work at an office maybe, but those thai guys live by fighting once a week

[@sym9266]

Thank goodness, since I can’t afford a broken shin I’ll never get one 🥴

[@judofry]

Ohh that’s why they do that! Nice

[@DeanWinchesterTheMan]

Very important, and it's worse if the opponent is good at checking round kicks. That's why I try to avoid using round kicks. Also, lot of people like to do round kicks without sufficient proper conditioning. The round kick is overused, but it's technicalities are underappreciated and not trained enough.

[@sanjuansteve]

Any strike we can do from above adds energy to them going with gravity to maximize our force.

[@nicocontreras5366]

Good one, I saw the same explanation in a video with Ludwig.

[@izio1111]

Thank you Bas! Off to training I go ahahaha

[@DynamicStriking]

🔥

[@phealy02]

I'd have liked him to demonstrate the 'open hip' movement.

[@amrutghonasagi7045]

Even In Okinawan karate styles it is taught to kick from up to down direction for leg kick for maximum damage n safety.

[@toy578]

Baz for president!

[@antonioroma6849]

Bas, you still the boss. El guapo.

[@joydivsion77]

''Next, how not to break your liver...hint, don't fight me'' - Bas

[@TEMUJINARTS]

I’d love to know where / who you guys are learning from. This is elementary stuff and you guys are here in awe and idolizing. The magnitude of why this is is greater than I thought. Sigh

[@bertrandronge9019]

I learned to open the hips at the last moment, it's a bit less powerfull but it conceal the intention way longer. At the opposite of opening the hips at the beginning of the kick, and then you see a weight shift and see the hips opening, that's kind of easier to see coming if you pay attention. With that technique to open the hips at the last moment, when it's checked, the contact happens a bit before the normal point of contact, so in some cases, the shin might still be going in an upward motion

[@steffenjespersen247]

Bas Rutten the Einstein of MMA.

[@nathanbrown19]

Tense your foot and ankle (toes and foot up not pointed is best), and restrict the flex in your knee. This tension in your muscle and tendons act like rebar in reinforced concrete, strengthening the bone dramatically.

[@thaistomp]

Bas Rutten real Muay Thai legend.

[@gwapa_unicahija9317]

Also shin conditioning is essencial when the low kick is one of your main weapons. Never seen a thai fighter break their shin.

[@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595]

I also don’t think I’ve seen Thais kick the shins, they kick the thigh.