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
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.
–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.
“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.
The stories behind Feiyues
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
Dang, we’ve been undercharging!
£40? Wow.
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…
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. 
It’s all in the name
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?
[QUOTE=GeneChing;754943]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?[/QUOTE]
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.
[QUOTE=neilhytholt;754974]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.[/QUOTE]
Do a search for the Got Qi girls. They are legendary.
Ah yes, the Jager girls
Sexy girls selling alcohol is much more efficient than sexy girls selling swords. But still, we do what we can.
Hands down the best longest lasting MA shoe i have ever worn has been KWON brand, they held up better than century, tiger claw and pinetree
[QUOTE=GeneChing;755050]Sexy girls selling alcohol is much more efficient than sexy girls selling swords. But still, we do what we can.[/QUOTE]
Okay, so this is totally off topic, but does anybody know which of the tai chi swords on Martialartsmart are more weighted and study and more like a combat sword as compared to a wushu spring steel sword?
Help: Feiyue and Shoes For Training
I love wearing Feiyue shoes for wushu training. As anyone who has worn them knows, they quickly fall apart and only provide minimal support for a short period of time.
I’ve been having some knee trouble and would like to wear shoes with thicker soles for training. But Feiyues, or other slipper like brands, are very traditional for wushu.
Is this because it is better to train (jumps, tumbling, splits, etc.) in slipper like shoes? Can more traditional sneakers with thicker soles cause injury? I’d love to hear what you guys think/have experienced.
I’ve still got an old pair of those stylish paragons of footwear I got when I was in China back in the mid-90s.
these shoes are awesome!!!
i have no problem with them
beside the fact there are holes in the shoes every now and then!!
You want to avoid shoes that lift the heel. You may want to try some volleyball or indoor soccer shoes. Both are flat bottom, allow side to side movement, and may have more arch support. The soccer shoes will have a stiffer sole.
As funny as this sounds, I actually wrote about this in my blog about a month ago. Here’s the link if you want to check it out.
I also like the feel of Feiyue shoes and recommend them to my students but I don’t think they are perfect.
christ i missi kung fu sometimes. i love posting when drunk.
for different reasons i need similar shoes. when squatting and deadlifting i need something that keeps me close to the ground, yet doesnt squish a lot which ****s everything up. if you squish into the floor you cant generate power for squatting or pulling … same as in rooting.
the best bang for your buck in powerlifting is converse chuck taylors. although i wore them as a kid because they were cheap, i thought it was just trendy until i tried them out. they are better than barefoot for squatting, and although i’ve done no extensive tma training in them, they feel great when i go through some old movements for warmup before lifting.