Hey, I was just reading these posts. I'm not into any martial art but have dabbled in this and that. I use a heavy bag for my cardio training and I have stretched my leg tendons enough to almost do splits and certainly get off some decent kicks.
The few times I have had to defend myself and used kicks, sometimes I did hit with a shin when I meant to contact with my heel. What that resulted in was fukin huge pain (not felt till after because I was so pumped full of adrenaline I guess) and a huge bruise!? Is it like the movies and you guys take massive hits to your shins to kill the nerves? What about bruising, won't this happen regardless of nerves?