wrestling shoes - Page 2

JKDBrando · 12-21-2007, 10:26 AM

New shoes should always be "snug" because they will form to your foot better. Where them around at the house before you actually start using them or you will hate yourself.

**Hardball** · 12-21-2007, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by JKDBrando

New shoes should always be "snug" because they will form to your foot better. Where them around at the house before you actually start using them or you will hate yourself.

When and if ever you stub your toes in snug shoes, it hurts like a Mutha. LOL

twtguy · 12-21-2007, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JKDBrando

New shoes should always be "snug" because they will form to your foot better. Where them around at the house before you actually start using them or you will hate yourself.

good idea. ill try to wear them for a while to break them in a little bit.

jubaji · 12-21-2007, 01:32 PM

Only if your house is clean. And don't wear them outside.

twtguy · 12-21-2007, 07:05 PM

clean and i wont

GrapplerB · 12-29-2007, 06:27 PM

Oh just one thing! Remember the shoes are wonderful for takedowns and sprawls, but be careful if you wear them for BJJ/Submission Wrestling. Much easier to be anklelocked or heel hooked.

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bodhisattva · 01-01-2008, 06:09 PM

Asics tend to fight more narrow feet better.

Adidas has some wider sizes available.

I recommend always wearing wrestling shoes on wrestling mats. It's not as important if you're pracitcing on Judo style Tatemi - those are usually firmer and better for barefoot usage. But wrestling mats are softer - gooshier. When you do a back-quarter-turn, your big toe tends to stick and stay put while the rest of your foot turns and pulls away from it. This causes problems with the tendons of that big toe - which is what happened to me. Now, it tends to get pretty stiff if I tax it - I feel on a muddy hillside not so long ago and my toe was stiff for a week.

I don't recommend working out on wrestling mats without wrestling shoes.

I always get the cheapest pair available, and just glue the soles back on as needed. I never wear mine off of the mat (only an asshole wears his shoes off the mat - you'll give people ringworm that way.) so the soles don't tend to really wear out - they tend to come off the bottom of the shoe, though, so I just glue them on again.

I like a $30 pair of wrestling shoes as much as an $80 pair.

jubaji · 04-23-2008, 06:30 PM

I wonder what he finally got?

Bjjexpertise@be · 04-23-2008, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by jubaji

I wonder what he finally got?

If he's still wrestling

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twtguy · 06-04-2008, 12:28 PM

i got the shoe that i posted on the first page. i like it. it was tight at first but started to loosen up.

jubaji · 06-04-2008, 01:08 PM

and how's the wrestling going?

twtguy · 06-04-2008, 01:57 PM

well, i just got my ass handed to me on saturday. im a little depressed about it, but u live and u learn. basically, ive been just wrestling with people in back yards and what have ya because i was gettin ready for college next year. there is a wrestling club there and the coach said i could join. problem is, im not going to that college n e more, and the one i am going to doesnt have wrestling. so...im screwed. i guess all i can do now is continue learning from people that used to wrestle via backyard schooling...unless u have a better idea?

jubaji · 06-04-2008, 05:52 PM

There may be a wrestling club in your local area. You should look into it.

I would steer clear of 'backyards.'

twtguy · 06-04-2008, 10:06 PM

lol yeah ur probably right. ill look into it.

Bjjexpertise@be · 06-05-2008, 09:48 AM

Check the YMCA's and other community colleges in your area, they'll probably have a club there.

12-21-2007, 10:26 AM	#16 (permalink)
JKDBrando Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 85	New shoes should always be "snug" because they will form to your foot better. Where them around at the house before you actually start using them or you will hate yourself. __________________ There can only be one.

12-21-2007, 01:32 PM	#19 (permalink)
jubaji Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 8,401	Only if your house is clean. And don't wear them outside. __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

01-01-2008, 06:09 PM	#22 (permalink)
bodhisattva Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: nowhere Posts: 576	Get a cheap pair of wrestling shoes - but be sure to get some Asics tend to fight more narrow feet better. Adidas has some wider sizes available. I recommend always wearing wrestling shoes on wrestling mats. It's not as important if you're pracitcing on Judo style Tatemi - those are usually firmer and better for barefoot usage. But wrestling mats are softer - gooshier. When you do a back-quarter-turn, your big toe tends to stick and stay put while the rest of your foot turns and pulls away from it. This causes problems with the tendons of that big toe - which is what happened to me. Now, it tends to get pretty stiff if I tax it - I feel on a muddy hillside not so long ago and my toe was stiff for a week. I don't recommend working out on wrestling mats without wrestling shoes. I always get the cheapest pair available, and just glue the soles back on as needed. I never wear mine off of the mat (only an asshole wears his shoes off the mat - you'll give people ringworm that way.) so the soles don't tend to really wear out - they tend to come off the bottom of the shoe, though, so I just glue them on again. I like a $30 pair of wrestling shoes as much as an $80 pair. __________________ St. Louis MMA Training Club - MMA Boxing / Clinch / Submission Grappling / Wrestling Gym Portland MMA Training Club: MMA Boxing / Brazilian Jiu Jitsu / Greco Roman Wrestling Last edited by bodhisattva; 01-01-2008 at 06:09 PM. Reason: the voice in my head was screaming again

04-23-2008, 06:30 PM	#23 (permalink)
jubaji Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 8,401	I wonder what he finally got? __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

06-04-2008, 01:08 PM	#26 (permalink)
jubaji Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 8,401	and how's the wrestling going? __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

12-21-2007, 07:05 PM	#20 (permalink)
twtguy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Muskegon, MI Posts: 231	clean and i wont

12-29-2007, 06:27 PM	#21 (permalink)
GrapplerB Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4	Oh just one thing! Remember the shoes are wonderful for takedowns and sprawls, but be careful if you wear them for BJJ/Submission Wrestling. Much easier to be anklelocked or heel hooked. GrapplerB www.grapplebooks.com

06-04-2008, 12:28 PM	#25 (permalink)
twtguy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Muskegon, MI Posts: 231	i got the shoe that i posted on the first page. i like it. it was tight at first but started to loosen up.

06-04-2008, 01:57 PM	#27 (permalink)
twtguy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Muskegon, MI Posts: 231	well, i just got my ass handed to me on saturday. im a little depressed about it, but u live and u learn. basically, ive been just wrestling with people in back yards and what have ya because i was gettin ready for college next year. there is a wrestling club there and the coach said i could join. problem is, im not going to that college n e more, and the one i am going to doesnt have wrestling. so...im screwed. i guess all i can do now is continue learning from people that used to wrestle via backyard schooling...unless u have a better idea?

06-04-2008, 05:52 PM	#28 (permalink)
jubaji Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: koko Posts: 8,401	There may be a wrestling club in your local area. You should look into it. I would steer clear of 'backyards.' __________________ Optional signature you may use to appear at bottom of your posts.

06-04-2008, 10:06 PM	#29 (permalink)
twtguy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Muskegon, MI Posts: 231	lol yeah ur probably right. ill look into it.

06-05-2008, 09:48 AM	#30 (permalink)
Bjjexpertise@be Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: florida Posts: 1,750	Check the YMCA's and other community colleges in your area, they'll probably have a club there. __________________ Mike Brewer's 2008 Athleticon Challenge!!! 45563 Pushups Completed 45563 Situps Completed

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