Here in glorious North America, as a society we tend to believe that shin-kicking is reserved for little girls, or maaaybe boys who don’t know any better. Not so in Great Britain – I give you the British Shin-Kicking Championships:

Apparently the even has been held off-and-on since the 1600′s, so it must be legit. In case you’re wondering (which you no doubt are), this year’s winner was Pershaw, England native Zac Warren.