shin kick
Boot the tibia
A shin kick is a kick delivered to the shin—the front of the lower leg between knee and ankle.
It's a simple, instinctive attack requiring no training, common in schoolyard fights and self-defense situations.
The shin's lack of protective muscle makes it a vulnerable target: She gave him a swift shin kick when he wouldn't let go.
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
- charlie horseInvoluntary painful muscle contraction
- dead legBruised thigh from impact
- sharp painAcute bodily distress
- tibiaMain lower leg bone
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- kicksroundhouse, armada, dropkick, boot
- fighting movespunch, uppercut, jab, elbow strike, knee strike
- kickboxingkickboxing, jab, sparring, punch, uppercut
- strikesgeneral strike, labor strike, wildcat strike, strike action, walkout
- foulslow blow, headbutt, eye gouge, biting, rabbit punch
- lower legankle, calf, tibia, fibula, shinbone