THE ENGLISH ARE known for their outlandish sports — such as worm-charming or cheese-rolling — but shin-kicking might be at the top of the list.
The shin-kicking championships were held in a rural county in southwest England, and from the video it seems that there was a huge crowd on hand to witness the games.
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One of the judges described the sport as “a bit like wrestling, but with a lot of contact below the knees.”
Hundreds of people flocked to the shin-kicking championships? Sure, why not
THE ENGLISH ARE known for their outlandish sports — such as worm-charming or cheese-rolling — but shin-kicking might be at the top of the list.
The shin-kicking championships were held in a rural county in southwest England, and from the video it seems that there was a huge crowd on hand to witness the games.
One of the judges described the sport as “a bit like wrestling, but with a lot of contact below the knees.”
(via The Mirror)
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