Feiyue Shoes

[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 (http://www.martialartsmart.net/45353l.html) 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. :o

[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.

:eek:

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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]

:eek:

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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 (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=527). 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 (http://www.martialartsmart.net/90-201.html) as street shoes. He keeps them going for a good year on the street, something I could never do.

If the shoe fits...

[Fitdoc]

I trained at Shi DeCheng's school in DengFeng during the month of october, '05 and ALL the martial art students at his school and every other school in dengfeng run in feiyue shoes (EVERY DAY). The foreign martial students ran in them also.

[ZhuiQuan]

I've seen pictures, some of their Feiyue's are knock-offs.
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I train in Tiger Claw Feiyue's, they're awesome. The soles are really cushioned, it's like walking barefoot on a plush carpet at all times. I bought a 10.5 because I thought the 10's would be too small, but they ended up being too loose for training. So now I wear the 10.5 as street shoes and the 10's for training. They make excellent street shoes! And they're so cheap! I honestly think I'm not going to wear anything but Feiyue's for a long time.

And aren't they just cheap Chinese athletic shoes? They're not strictly made for martial arts right?

[monkeyfoot]

Every student trained in feiyues when I was in dengfeng and shaolin si.

Nearly a year since I left for china.....I wonder why the hell I didnt pick up more than 1 pair.....now I have to pay 19GBP instead of 1.50GBP.


On the point of running. The sole is very very thin and it can hurt your foot when you run/jump alot in them. I found that I had very severe pains in my heals (especially being a 7* practitioner) after a few weeks of using feiyues. But now I have conditioned the soles of my feet to the point where the heal is now rock solid. So I suppose the pain is worth it in the end.

Im never having another shoe.

craig

[TaichiMantis]

Every student trained in feiyues when I was in dengfeng and shaolin si.

Nearly a year since I left for china.....I wonder why the hell I didnt pick up more than 1 pair.....now I have to pay 19GBP instead of 1.50GBP.


On the point of running. The sole is very very thin and it can hurt your foot when you run/jump alot in them. I found that I had very severe pains in my heals (especially being a 7* practitioner) after a few weeks of using feiyues. But now I have conditioned the soles of my feet to the point where the heal is now rock solid. So I suppose the pain is worth it in the end.

Im never having another shoe.

craig

I put sport gel pads in mine, it makes it somewhat better....

[monkeyfoot]

yea I put inner-soles in them a few months ago and it helps a lot. I really need to buy some more, mine are tottally trashed from training outside all the time.

I wouldnt mind a pair for leisure aswell, when I walk round in etnies or emiricas I think 'holy **** i'd never be able to kick in these'.

craig

[Mortal1]

It won't bother you if you jog correctly. That means running with a low light step. Sort of like a military double time trot. Don't pick your feet far up and slam them down hard. Like i see many joggers in their expensive shoes do on a daily basis.
I saw something on TV where these people run bare foot with no problems. i notice they also utilize the shaolin running style.

[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. :rolleyes:

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/images/on/onitsuka-tiger-tiger-tai-chi-perf.jpg