View Poll Results: How many of you guys have shoes?

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  • I have shoes.

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  • I don't have shoes but I want some.

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  • I don't really like shoes.

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Thread: Shoes

  1. #31
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    Originally posted by Golden Arms
    I alternate between the old school southern kung fu boots, which are a nice neutral shoe, and whatever shoes I wear day to day, since that realistically is going to be what I am wearing if I ever have to get down and dirty.
    Yeah, I try to pick running shoes that feel snug and light enough to beable to throw a kick without messing my balance up.
    Quote Originally Posted by Oso View Post
    AND, yea, a good bit of it is about whether you can fight with what you know...kinda all of it is about that.

  2. #32
    Usually nothing, occasionally Otomix (sliders).

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    Wrestling shoes aren't very good for northern styles because there is no cushioning on the bottom. When you are jumping around all day long, you need some shock-absorbers.
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  4. #34
    http://www.roadrunnersports.com/cgi-...M-03074&prfc=6

    asics wrestling shoes i started with,

    then tried out the feiyues type of shoe

    I fight in these http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsma...tspargear.html

    and train barefooted at home...

    I also train in sneakers and boots just to have an idea what it feels like
    Last edited by Starchaser107; 08-26-2003 at 12:32 PM.

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    So you prefer the feiyeus to wrestling shoes? How come?
    Quote Originally Posted by Oso View Post
    AND, yea, a good bit of it is about whether you can fight with what you know...kinda all of it is about that.

  6. #36
    cause theyre cheaper...
    joke

    I actually think the wrestling shoes are pretty comfortable, i'm flat footed go figure. also the asics are more durable

    but thats not to knock the feiyues i like how they feel as well, feels very light. but not as much support as a hightop would offer me though.

    hmnn. tough one

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    I don't like the hightops... makes it harder to point the toe, etc...
    I like the feiyues.. they are a bit convexed, makes you blance top notch.
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    I always thought High tops look funny, so I dont ever wear them.. when I do they feel funny. I like low tops
    Still, gotta stick with the adidas samba's for good ol every day @ss kickin wear.

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    My Adidas
    walk through concert doors
    and roam all over coliseum floors
    I stepped on stage, at Live Aid
    All the people gave an applause that paid
    And out of speakers I did speak
    I wore my sneakers but I'm not a sneak
    My Adidas cuts the sand of a foreign land
    with mic in hand I cold took command
    my Adidas and me both askin P
    we make a good team my Adidas and me
    we get around together, rhyme forever
    and we won't be mad when worn in bad weather
    My Adidas..
    My Adidas..
    My Adidas

    standin on 2 Fifth St.
    funky fresh and yes cold on my feet
    with no shoe string in em, I did not win em
    I bought em off the Ave with the tags still in em
    I like to sport em that's why I bought em
    a sucker tried to steal em so I caught em and I thwart em
    and I walk down the street and I bop to the beat
    with Lee on my legs and adidas on my feet
    and now I just standin here shooting the gif
    me and D and my Adidas standing on 2 Fifth
    My Adidas..
    My Adidas..

    Now
    me and my Adidas do the illest things
    we like to stomp out pimps with diamond rings
    we slay all suckers who perpetrate
    and lay down law from state to state
    we travel on gravel, drit road or street
    I wear my Adidas when I rock the beat
    on stage front page every show I go
    it's Adidas on my feet high top or low
    My Adidas..
    My Adidas..

    Now the Adidas I possess for one man is rare
    myself homeboy got 50 pair
    got blue and black cause I like to chill
    and yellow and green when it's time to get ill
    got a pair that I wear when I'm playin ball
    with the heal inside make me 10 feet tall
    my Adidas only bring good news
    and they are not used as selling shoes
    they're black and white, white with black stripe
    the ones I like to wear when I rock the mic
    on the strength of our famous university
    we took the beat from the street and put it on TV
    my Adidas are seen on the movie screen
    Hoyywood knows we're good if you know what I mean
    we started in the alley, now we chill in Cali
    and I won't trade my Adidas for a ??
    My Adidas..
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  10. #40
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    you can trim down a Doc Scholl's type of insert to fit in a wrestling shoe and it helps a lot w/ the arch support.

    you don't have to tie the wrestling shoe all the way up.

    been using wrestling shoes off & on since 81.

    almost exclusively the last 2 years because of where I've been training but will switch back to skate shoes when I move my school to a space that has composite tile on concrete.

    have trained in Hi Tech Magnums for outside work.

    haven't we had this conversation before
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    Eh. High-top wrestling shoes don't really do much to restrict movement in the ankle. I could still do round kicks and other "point the toe" maneuvers just fine.

    But it's true that they aren't much for shock absorption.


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    haven't we had this conversation before
    For, the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard--James Baldwin from Sonny's Blues
    He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman

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  13. #43
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    For, the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard--James Baldwin from Sonny's Blues
    now you're just being silly
    "George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."

    "If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"

    "Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"

    It's simpler than you think.

    I could be completely wrong"

  14. #44
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    Originally posted by Oso


    haven't we had this conversation before
    I think we were talking about barefoot practice and whether that was indicative of a CMA or a JMA. The discussion then turned into whether shoes restrict pointing the toes so yes, we had this discussion before.

    My thread wanted to know what type of shoes people trained in because I have to wear them now. I have been wearing wrestling shoes and my only complaint is the arch support felt a little off. I'd never heard of the feiyuen shoe before. I may try them out.
    Quote Originally Posted by Oso View Post
    AND, yea, a good bit of it is about whether you can fight with what you know...kinda all of it is about that.

  15. #45
    in my experience the asics hightop wrestling shoes never hampered my ankle rotation, i can perform the same rotations with the fy's but i sometimes worry that i might kick those off.
    i must admit the fy's are good for jumping though. all of this should really depend on where you train though...

    concrete,
    wood,
    mats,
    carpet,
    grass...

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