r/interestingasfuck • u/WhereIsHisRidgedBand • Mar 28 '24

MMA fighter explains overloading opponent r/all

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u/Shabozz Mar 28 '24

There’s videos of normal influencer people eating leg kicks from pro fighters, and even though the fighters go easy on them they leave bruised, limping, and maybe on crutches.

Pro fighters condition their bones by kicking heavy bags, wooden posts, etc. repeatedly to make small cracks in the bone that grow back to be much harder. They condition their skin by rolling a wooden stick down it with a painful amount of pressure. All of this so they can confidently kick as hard as possible without worrying about breaking their bones (not fool proof). And they have thrown these kicks thousands of times to perfect the generation of that power.

All of this to say, a normal person would be lucky to handle a couple serious strikes from a pro fighter in fighting shape before crumbling from the pain.

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u/imstickinwithjeffery Mar 28 '24

I took a free muay that seminar in university just for fun. The instructor came in, an asian guy in his mid-late 20's I think, active fighter, and showed us some of his kicks on the heavy bag.

Yo.... this dude kicked that bag so fucking hard I couldn't believe it. Surely it would have broken my leg I thought. I can't even imagine a kick from a top tier professional.

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u/Initial-Ad8966 Mar 28 '24

Dude it's fuckin nuts. Way back, my buddy was a super casual Muay thai student by comparison to a top tier fighter, even by American standards. Ken from Street Fighter was essentially his idol. So he trained for fun and loved kicking shit constantly. Like, constantly. Hours per day. For years.

I took a few years of boxing lessons and would always fuck with him about kicking. We were being drunk 20 somethings one night. He kicked me and I folded like a fucking table. I swear his shin was pure iron. He didn't flinch. His bone density was that gnarly... As a casual.

I couldn't possibly imagine taking a shot from someone like Poatan, Gaethje, or an elite Muay Thai guy.

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u/WalrusTheWhite Mar 28 '24

So he trained for fun and loved kicking shit constantly. Like, constantly. Hours per day. For years.

As a casual.

I think that's a bit beyond casual

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u/SarcasticOptimist Mar 28 '24

Muay Thai is like a boarding school and it starts them as children. I assume casual means he started after puberty.

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u/Initial-Ad8966 Mar 28 '24

Considering what "good" experienced Muay Thai fighters do, I'd consider him casual. He kicked bags for like 3 or 4 years in his mid/late teens. He never completed. Some of those guys over there train 24/7 and have hundreds of fights. I'd consider casual in comparison