Tiger Claw brand Feiyue

[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>

[GeneChing]

I'm trying to imagine Feiyue conducting any sort of test on their shoes. That's just not the way things work in China.

Its not so much about your shoe as it is your foot. Some people can run without running shoes. Some people beleive that the very notion of running shoes is a created market. After all, running has got to be a very natural function of the human foot. Then again, all the pros use pro shoes, except for in China, of course, where they were Feiyues.

BTW, two days ago I was hiking a bit of the Kalalau Trail from Ke'e beach on Kauai in Tevas. There's all these warnings at the trailhead about wearing good shoes and I'm a bit of a tenderfoot (although I have jogged up Songshan in Feiyues). Then this yoga chick goes sprinting past me up the mountain in a teeny tiny bikini, barefoot. So I didn't worry anymore. Of course, on the way back, I slipped and jammed a stone into my right arch. Still hurts. Darn those bikini yoga chicks...

[PangQuan]

feiyue is our school standard.

on my own time i like these. http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/...i-chi-perf.jpg

[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.

[GeneChing]

Monk Takes Off His Shoe: My Life as a Shaolin Shoe Salesman

Monk Takes Off His Shoe: The Sequel

[Banjos_dad]

real quick on my way to something.

but yeah, i like them for training jibengong and forms. i haven't sparred with them on but they don't look worse to get hit by than other martial arts shoes. as far as abrasions and that.
the soles are kind of on the soft side so they might not give "extended mileage." for some reason the canvas is holding up better than the canvas on my allstars do.

as far as the grip and rooting feeling through the sole i think it would be a great skating shoe, not as much protection in a crash as a padded new school suede Van. and as far as braking, if you put your foot down to brake after shooting a hill or whatever, the sole on your back foot is going to be holed in a matter of weeks. they would work good in a half pipe setting though

[GeneChing]

£40? Wow.

Feiyue Plimsolls by SummerSeventySix

Chucks are beyond ubiquitous aren't they? In London, even the anti-Converse, non-branded, army surplus training shoe is everywhere these days, so what's next? Chinese brand Feiyue looks the most likely over the summer. They've been made in Shanghai since 1920 and have been worn by everyone from politicians to Shaolin masters. Apt, as the brand-name means "flying forward." They are incredibly comfortable to wear.

The original Shaolin Soul shoe (top left) is going for around £40 in a handful of London stores at the moment. You can also get them direct from Feiyue's online shop for €50 plus postage. However, there are specialist martial arts stores out there selling them for as little as $18. [Eds. note: Feiyue wrote us to tell us that those are fakes.] Seek them out, Grasshopper.

Never thought of calling them 'plimsolls'. Apparently they're becoming all the rage in some non-martial arts circles. Or maybe that's just me, trying to sell more shoes...

[David Jamieson]

40 pounds is like 100 dollars.

which is crazy for a 3 dollar chinese shoe. lol

as for the mam ones, they gotta pad the price a little cause they gotta import them and then export them out etc etc. so, pretty reasonable price and you don't have togo all the way to shanghai to get em... but if you were to go to shanghai and buy a pair, you would be right ticked that you spent 40 pounds on a pair!

I will reiterate ~G's "wow" on that.

[GeneChing]

Feiyue Plimsolls. If I had thought up that name, maybe I'd be a rich man by now. Did anyone else have to look up the word plimsolls? Ironically, I noticed a pair of high fashion shoes...sorry, I mean plimsolls, at Macy's that reminded me of the Feiyue Plimsolls design a while back. All I could think is 'Why the heck am I selling these beauties to martial artists instead of high fashion supermodels?' Why? I ask you why?

[neilhytholt]

Feiyue Plimsolls. If I had thought up that name, maybe I'd be a rich man by now. Did anyone else have to look up the word plimsolls? Ironically, I noticed a pair of high fashion shoes...sorry, I mean plimsolls, at Macy's that reminded me of the Feiyue Plimsolls design a while back. All I could think is 'Why the heck am I selling these beauties to martial artists instead of high fashion supermodels?' Why? I ask you why?

Yeah, I had to look up Plimsoll ... haven't run across that one in a while.

Obviously you need to change your marketing. If they can sell perfume to guys like Ax Body Spray by making them think chicks will dig them, then obviously you need to change your marketing strategy.

Does anybody remember the Jaeger Meister girls? Maybe Gene can start the TC girls ... a bunch of KF chicks going around to schools giving away T-shirts and selling swords and stuff like that.

[MasterKiller]

Yeah, I had to look up Plimsoll ... haven't run across that one in a while.

Obviously you need to change your marketing. If they can sell perfume to guys like Ax Body Spray by making them think chicks will dig them, then obviously you need to change your marketing strategy.

Does anybody remember the Jaeger Meister girls? Maybe Gene can start the TC girls ... a bunch of KF chicks going around to schools giving away T-shirts and selling swords and stuff like that.

Do a search for the Got Qi girls. They are legendary.