Are Special Martial Arts Shoes Necessary When Training

Martial arts shoes come in a assortment of diverse forms - from footwear you can

wear both to and from training to shoes integral to your training.

In my opinion the very first question is what would classify as a martial arts shoe?

Well it's not going to be what you wear on your feet out on the streets - they could be anything from high heels to trainers or boots so not necessarily appropriate for martial arts training, or maybe I should rephrase that, not appropriate for traditional martial arts training. These days you see more and more martial arts that are heading towards a realistic approach and so introduce outdoor shoes into the training, but should you really be wearing hobnail boots or high heels in the dojo and on the mat?

Personally I think no, I can see the sense in realism behind it all, but not on the mat, a number of reasons really, I'm a traditionalist at heart I suppose and its all part of the respect aspect of it for me, but I also don't want todamage the mats I train on, they aren't cheap to replace on a regular basis so we treat them with respect, look after them and over the years of getting thrown on them they'll look after us. People train in all sorts of different places, and for those of you who train in sports halls, how many of you walk past a sign that says no outdoor shoes?!

So how can you vary things, train realistically, and keep training in your normal place of training, martial arts shoes have got to be the solution there surely? There are a wide range of possibilities these days which should fulfill your requirements around protection for your feet, style and practicality. Whether it be to give you that sense of safety you want or that feeling of reality in your training.

In my opinion I don't like having students in my class sporting shoes whilst training, what we do is Ju-Jitsu, and I believe shoes get in the way, losing some of the feel, but, I really think it can cause more damage to your training partner having a shoe grinding in your face or neck. But that's just my opinion, and solely looking at my particular art. Break that out to things like Self-Defence, Taekwondo or Boxing, and you could quite easily be benefiting from several years of technological innovation, there are some really nice leather training shoes now to give you the support and protection you need.

All that, even before you think about those traditional martial arts shoes, the Zzori sandal, these days I generally see Aikido practitioners making use of the Zori Sandals more than others but hey, we all can! Then of course you have the other arts that make use of their own type, the Ninja Tabi and the Kung fu shoes to name but two, I keep thinking of obtaining some Zori myself for going from changing room to mat, don't know why I haven't to be truthful, in fact, I think I will!

Are Special Martial Arts Shoes Necessary When Training

By: Anaya Kelley

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