What are the rules of shin kicking?
The aim of shin kicking are simple: kick your opponent as hard as you can in the shins. Each time your opponent falls to the ground you earn a point. The winner is the person with the highest score in the best of three rounds. Competitors face each other and hold onto each other’s collar.
Who is the Shin Kicking Champion?
Zac Warren
A bizarre competition took place last week in Chipping Camden, England and the world champion is a Vancouver resident. The sport of shin-kicking saw Ross Langill, 24, take the championship at the Cotswold Olimpicks on Friday as he beat out two time winner Zac Warren.
What is a throw in shin kicking?
A successful throw involves unbalancing the opponent, in the course of a kick. It does NOT involve kicking the opponent to the ground, NOR pushing the opponent to the ground. Shins must be kicked before a throw can be achieved. Contact must be made.
Where was and is the Cotswold Olimpicks held?
Chipping Campden
The Cotswold Olimpick Games is an annual public celebration of games and sports now held on the Friday after Spring Bank Holiday near Chipping Campden, in the Cotswolds of England. The games likely began in 1612 and ran (through a period of discontinuations and revivals) until they were fully discontinued in 1852.
Who founded Shin?
Shin-Kicking originated in England in the early 17th century, at the Cotswold Olimpick Games, a revival of the Greek games organized by Robert Dover, a Cambridge-educated lawyer.
Why was Shin created?
The 17th-century wit, poet and Cambridge-educated lawyer seems to have launched his contest near Chipping Campden in 1612 – four centuries before the London 2012 Olympics. Shin-kicking is a tactic in Cotswold wrestling. The aim is to trip an opponent through “underplay”, hooking his legs.
Who started shin-kicking?
It has been described as an English martial art, and originated in England in the early 17th century. It was one of the most popular events at the Cotswold Olimpick Games until the Games ended in the 1850s. It also became a popular pastime among Cornish miners.
Is shin-kicking a sport?
Shin-kicking, also known as shin diggings or purring, is a combat sport that involves two contestants attempting to kick each other on the shin in order to force their opponent to the ground. It has been described as an English martial art, and originated in England in the early 17th century.