Does someone with an “iron chin” have better “wiring” such that it takes a bigger hit to knock those wires loose (I’m fully aware the brain is much more complicated than a bunch of wires, but I don’t know how else to put it), is it a skill that gets developed, or is something about their facial structures better at minimizing the amount of concussive force the brain receives?
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Someone correct me if I’m wrong or simplifying it too much, but it’s more or less how much your brain can move around in your skull. If you get punched by a hook or cross, your skull rotates, but for a short time the brain stays in place in relation to the spinning movement of the skull. It then catches up, and this force causes the concussion. The other happens from blunt force to the head. In this instance the skull moves and the brain compresses inside the head leaving an empty space. When the brain snaps back into the empty space and hits the other side of the skull, you get a concussion or a contusion. So the more your brain can move around in your skull, the more susceptible you are to injury.
I’m sure I’m missing a bit, but those are the basics.
usually strong neck jaw and trap muscles can mitigate the blow, reducing the shock to the chin. Fighters with iron chins will get slept if sucker punched, but these fighters usually are more brawlers. Anyone with a iron chin you’ll notice how tense the said muscles are while squaring up, and they’ll be eating punches, take another fighter who’s style is more precise and defensive, their body is trained to be more relaxed and tense in other muscle groups and timings. they won’t square up they’ll weave in and out and if they get caught the muscles needed to mitigate the shock aren’t tense cause that isn’t their style or how they train, but the iron chin guys are comfortable and fight that way. anyone with a iron chin is always a scrappy brawler tensed up and can eat them, the other guys just don’t train or fight in a similar style so they aren’t prepared to take the hit
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