Shoes for martial arts

[Shinobi_Kokujin]

Originally Posted by Chapel

Sounds like that would toughen you up a bit, Shinobi.

yeah.....but i dont want my feet looking like my old instructor....all hardened an calousy lol

[Chapel]

You won't always be fighting with your shoes on. What if someone breaks into your house when you are sleeping?

[Shinobi_Kokujin]

oh he'll be in for a surpise, u know we para-military ninja always got tricks up our sleaves

but ya....i can do the barefoot thing....but gonna jus keep the feet lookin pretty lol

[The B]

Originally Posted by Chapel

You won't always be fighting with your shoes on. What if someone breaks into your house when you are sleeping?

yer, there's gonna be exceptions but most of the time i would think an attack would happen outside of home and most people wear shoes when their outside or at school or work etc.

[JaysonEmo]

Lol if they break into my home ill shoot em.....Then put my shoes on...

[Bushido]

In high school I used the Asic's. The best wrestling shoes are the ones with the split soles. Although I stub the heck out of my toes in BJJ I don't wear anything now.

[Chapel]

In 39 out of 50 states breaking into either Shinobi's or Jayson's house actually counts as a form of suicide. Its true, I read it on Wikipedia.

[jordanjelly]

I used to wear TKD when I train by myself but not more anymore. I have rubber mats in my room so I won't hurt my feet. When you wear adidas TKD shoes you can't "feel" your feet. Tournaments are fought barefoot anyway. If I'm kicking a heavy bag (standing bag from everlast, hard as rock) I wear instep guards or I might even fracture my foot if I kick too hard.

[kenpodog]

shoes, never.

Barefoot at dojo,
socks at home.

[disgruntled]

Originally Posted by kenpodog

shoes, never.

Barefoot at dojo,
socks at home.

as poor disgruntled sits at home not doing MA because she most likely has a stress fracture from running on the hard wooden floor with no shoes and flat feet...... and she laments every time she snickered at the "pussys" that wore shoes to class, who are surely now laughing at her.

[jordanjelly]

Gasp!

I HAVE FLAT FEET too! Does that mean that I am at risk for stress fracture in my feet????

But I use rubber mats.

[disgruntled]

Originally Posted by jordanjelly

Gasp!

I HAVE FLAT FEET too! Does that mean that I am at risk for stress fracture in my feet????

But I use rubber mats.

if you have rubber mat then not so much because you have padding.

but yes you are at higher risk. people who have flat feet are at greater risk (so if you run on hard surfaces wear good shoes) and females in general are at higher risk. women are more likely to have lesser dense bones, are more likely to not eat properly (eating disorders, but i honestly don't think this is strickly a female issue) which also makes you at higher risk, and finally, if you don't have your periods regularly (like most female atheletes) you are at higher risk. oh and people with arthritis are at more risk.

[jordanjelly]

Lots of high calcium MOO ice cream for me then!

[kenpodog]

Originally Posted by disgruntled

as poor disgruntled sits at home not doing MA because she most likely has a stress fracture from running on the hard wooden floor with no shoes and flat feet...... and she laments every time she snickered at the "pussys" that wore shoes to class, who are surely now laughing at her.

Having wall to wall mats in both rooms at my school,
I often foget about certain types of schools having hardwood floors (why?).

So I have mats at the school
and carpeting at home.

[Lone Ronin SBK]

For me,it depends on what i'm doing.If I'm doing westernized fencing,then i were my fencing shoes.If I'm fencing with Germon Broadsword,I wear my thick boots.I hate going barefoot.Don't know why,I just do.