Tiger Claw brand Feiyue

[chris_b]

Do the monks in shaolin run in their Feiyue shoes? They are quite thin soled. Would you not suffer injuries if you did this?

Just curious!

[GeneChing]

Tens of thousands of Shaolin students run in Feiyue shoes every morning, and that includes the few hundred monks that are there too. They do a lot of corss country running. For most of the students, a pair of feiyues is all that they own, so it's their running shoe, their training shoe and their street shoe.

Don't beleive the hype. In many third world cultures, people run in all sorts of crappy shoes. Some even run barefoot. It's the natural way, really. Of course, my feet are so tender from a lifetime of wearing comparatively expensive shoes, that I balk at the idea of running up to Tamo cave in Feiyues too. But I've done it. I was ten years younger then.

[PangQuan]

At the school I belong to, we run in our feiyue's as well.

we run an average of 2 miles in a semi small circle on concrete every day.

at the begining of this it kind of sucked, blisters and the sort. but now the bottoms of my feet are rock hard.

[chris_b]

Well if it's good enough for them, then it's good for me too!

Truth is that I can't be bothered to head down to my local Niketown (or whatever) to have some Rudeboy try and sell me the latest pair of pogo stick soled moonboots just so that I can keep running in my training (my last pair of "trainers" broke)!

Anyway, I like to keep the Shaolin dream alive by conforming to authentic training methods, and as I already have a few pairs of Feiyues,.....

Thanks again!

[IronFist]

we run an average of 2 miles in a semi small circle on concrete every day.

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[Invisible-fist]

Your feiyues will wear out quickly if you run in them.

[chris_b]

They're real cheap though. So when they wear out i'll just buy more!

[PangQuan]

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I DONT GET IT

[GeneChing]

That's a really funny notion when you think about it. I'm sure Shaolin's detractors roll their eyes at that one. That's sort of what I was alluding to when I penned my first Feiyue informercial. Shoe technology has improved greatly in just the last few decades. So when people talk about 'traditional' practice, how does that affect their shoes? Personally, I wear Feiyues because they work well for me. I find that they don't wear out that quickly for me, but maybe that's because they fit my feet well. I've noted that some shoes, like Nikes, wear out really quick for me. On the flip side, I have a buddy who wears Tiger Claw shoes as street shoes. He keeps them going for a good year on the street, something I could never do.

If the shoe fits...

[FooFighter]

Do the monks in shaolin run in their Feiyue shoes?

Based on what I have seen in NYC, yes. Based on what I have in Mags, yes.

Would you not suffer injuries if you did this?

To be honest, there are so scientific tests or research that went behind seeing if running with Feiyue shoes will injury you that I am aware of? I am do know if the makers of Feiyue have invested money on this kind of reserach? I can tell you from my experience that people in the past have ran with Converse or Chucks (thin soles) without hurting themselves. So I guessing that Feiyue would be the same? I am not making any claims that I cannot back up so just be becareful and exercise common sense. I use to own a pair of Feiyue, but perfer my chucks because of its classic design. It looks cooler with my jeans than a pair of Feiyue. <wink>

[ZhuiQuan]

I'm just curious, why are there so many companies that make Feiyue? I know Feiyue means flying fish or flying bird or something... I don't remember, but I'm assuming that's not copywritten?

Just curious about that... boring post, but whatever. Anyway, I like the Tiger Claw brand, I wear a pair as casual sneakers pretty often and another for training. They're so soft and flexible (and cheap). It's like being barefoot on a plush carpet.

Hey, Mr. Gene Ching... you should sponsor me (like a pro skateboarder) and send me and my family free shoes

haha... seriously though, I love them, good job on those sneakers... they kick the crap out of other brand Feiyue's.

[CLFLPstudent]

Are they anything like the old Century sneakers? Those things were the best training shoe's. The only problem was the soles wore out too fast..... I know they discontinued the Century shoes a while ago.

Are the Feiyue's high-top or low-top?

-David

[Banjos_dad]

i like mine. black ones. they are low tops. very low actually.

i just thought they were named after Marshall Yue Fei. i don't know


i got these to use in class but Sifu doesn't like em so much because everyone else has black soled shoes with no red stripes on the side. so i don't blend in properly, so i had to buy more otomix. fei yues are so much more comfortable. there is no padding though, the soles are like converse all stars but even thinner, even thinner than old-school Van's. but yeah, they are real low cut and the cloth is kind of soft so that if you are doing a crouch stance our back stance where your front leg is almost parallel to the ground and your foot is hooked to the inside, your are not feeling any constriction or discomfort, where with me fat padded otomix, the top of the shoe is cutting in on my ankle enough to where i notice it & it bothers me. know what i mean? lol

plus when you are sporting fei yues, all the kung fu people know you are one of them. at first i thought people were going to make fun of them, but no one has so far. (lol: here it comes. that's what's known as walking right into it)
for the record, i do not officially become a "shill" until i actually receive some free size 46 fei yues, Gene. lmao. just kidding.

[Banjos_dad]

--Can you imagine the extra power that must have been infused into my gung fu by believing that my shoes were dedicated to Marshall Yue Fei? if my shoes were not in fact named after the Song dynasty hero, will i still be able to channel the energy? or will it all collapse into chaos.

[ZhuiQuan]

"fei yues are so much more comfortable. there is no padding though, the soles are like converse all stars but even thinner, even thinner than old-school Van's"

That's why I asked about Tiger Claws... I have them and the soles are way more padded than old-school Vans and Converses. I have a pair of classic Vans, after wearing Tiger Claw Feiyue's, it's like walking with a slab of wood strapped to my foot.