looking for a good pair of shoes for forms and sanshou training as well. i was looking at a pair of ISBA savate shoes but still shopping around. if anyone has any good recomendations please feel free.
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looking for a good pair of shoes for forms and sanshou training as well. i was looking at a pair of ISBA savate shoes but still shopping around. if anyone has any good recomendations please feel free.
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i love my feiyue shoes but sadly they are ripped to hell and after a recent injury i need something with abit more toe protection unill i become proficent in iron toe qigongOriginally Posted by GeneChing
"No Problem, keep going."
- Master Wen Ching- Wu
"People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar"
-Thich Nhat Hanh
"To show mercy to your enemy is to be cruel to yourself."
-Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming
Shifu
I LOVE my 5 fingers vibram for kung fu they are the best thing next to bare feet and they grip you have individual toes gripping the ground and you use individual muscles as you work out nothing beats them
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I like in door soccer shoes myself. The bonus side of them is the reinforced toe and heal. there are all kinds of styles for all kinds of feet. they are light weight, flexible, and tough as nails. they are made for kicking in and not falling apart.
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NIII
I wear uncleated soccer style shoes. Velcro, no laces. low profile, very simple and really not much shoe when compared to your average running shoe.
I don't like feiyues. I feel there are a million better choices out there. I think people around the world wear Feiyues because it's trendy in MA's. I think Chinese people wore them originally because they were cheap, fairly durable for the price, good enough and easy to find.
It is a fact that "better shoes" make your feet weaker. In that respect Feiyues are better than Nikes.
I must say tho, I love my Nike wrestling shoes. Not the best for doing forms and stuff tho.
NIII
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Mind of No Mind...
Vivo Barefoot shoes. They hold up to punishment and regular use well, I haven't gone back to wearing any other shoes since I found them 2 or 3 years ago.
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Loud City
Don't wear shoes for San Shou.
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
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"Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"
It's simpler than you think.
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GOLDEN,
its just that shoes are designed around the sport intended, lord knows you don't feel light on your feet with high top air Jordan basket ball shoes, and you dont feel the support in the ankle with low tops when your playing basket ball so for me personalty the closet thing to natural barefeet is the vibram 5 fingers, they make look funny but get them in black hardly stick out and i swear they are th most comfortable thing you have ever put on your feet.
I wear them all summer, your feet actually feel more comfortable than they ever will because the muscles in the feet are allowed to stretch and guide you as you walk or run, trust me
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Teaching traditional Ba Bu Tang Lang (Eight Step Praying Mantis)
Jin Gon Tzu Li Gung (Medical) Qigong
Wu style Taiji Chuan
Teacher always told his students, "You need to have Wude, patient, tolerance, humble, ..." When he died, his last words to his students was, "Remember that the true meaning of TCMA is fierce, poison, and kill."
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Earth Dragon
How is the breathability with those shoes?
I love my Feiyues (ok - if they were a little wider I'd love them even more) and they're cheap enough that I don't mind buying a few pairs a year.
But they don't breathe much - and my feet get very sweaty when i train. Nothing worse than pulling on a pair of damp shoes the next day to train in again. I've worked around this simply by alternating pairs - but if there's something else out there with more airflow I'd be interested to give them a try.
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I think they have mesh tops, kinda like those beach shoes ya know?
Balanced Hemispheres
EarthDragon,
These things are great! I just couldn't resist buying a pair, mainly because I'm a gear junkie but also because I think your advise is sound. I haven't had them for more than a couple of days but so far I think they breath well while running and exercising and feel just like you're bear footed but with protection. You're not kidding about the comfort and I can even wiggle my toes...
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I prefer barefoot for training but I now use my feiyues for oly lifting comps to keep a little more rom and its the closet to bareffot i can afford atm.
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