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- From: cobra@ziggys.cts.com (Ron Lee) 619/262-6384
- Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
- Subject: Re: Kicking with instep vs. ball
- Message-ID: <XmcFuB1w165w@ziggys.cts.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 23:43:20 PST
- References: <1992Nov17.102512.1058@mala.bc.ca>
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- Organization: Ziggy's Den Of Iniquity, East of East SD CA
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- princecr@mala.bc.ca writes:
-
- } >
- } > Use of the shin (as I've seen in only a couple posts--I'll have to try it
- } > next Tuesday night) will spread that energy over an even wider area.
- } >
- } > Again, as the cliche' around her goes: "It depends on what you're trying
- } > to accomplish."
- } >
- } > Best Bet: Experiment--see what's right for YOU
- } >
- } It's true that it depends on what your trying to accomplish.
- } but about this area stuff, the Tiba's crosssection is triangular (more or
- } less) The impact area using the shin will be less than the impact area of the
- } instep.
- }
- } chris.
- }
-
-
- Thank you.
-
- I Think I stand corrected--physiologically....
- However, my contention is that the practitioner using the shin
- is using a greater _length_ of an extremity, along the run of the shin
- as opposed to the smaller length of the instep (from ankle toward the
- toes).
-
- I didn't really think about the protruding shape of the shin though.
-
- Then again, the instep (as I stare at mine now) looks kinda like a
- lopsided triangle, too. And if you kick with the knob of the first
- toe-bone (some-kind-of tarsus?) does that acheive a relatively
- equal point as the shin?
-
- Sorry if this gets into another thread.....
-
-
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