Tabi question...
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Japanese-Ta...0939683?pt=US_Men_s_Shoes&hash=item2c58f3e423Can't seem to find Takarazuka Designs, though I won't lie, I didn't look all that hardcould you put a link up from their site, eBay or otherwise?
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Tanaka
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I don't see how they are good or not good as far as martial arts training.
I guess it depends on where you are training. Outside or on Mats?
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Indagator
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Ok. I don't think I understand what you meant about the work boots?We train outside pretty much all of the time.
Sanke
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Those are (if I'm not mistaken) jika-tabi, and are commonly used by fishermen to gain better purchase on rocks and such in their line of work. It's not really a ninja thing, strictly speaking.
That said, I own a pair myself, and if I'm training outside, I'll grab them out sometimes, adds a bit of a ninja feel to it all but overall, I wouldn't really say they're necessary, just another option.
That said, I own a pair myself, and if I'm training outside, I'll grab them out sometimes, adds a bit of a ninja feel to it all
but overall, I wouldn't really say they're necessary, just another option.
Chris Parker
Grandmaster
Jika Tabi (地下足袋
are, pretty literally, "socks for the ground" (actually, the kanji for "tabi", 足袋, literally refer to "foot bags/sleeves"... gotta love that!), meaning that they are designed for outside wear. Typically they are split toed boots with a soft top and rubber sole, and are very popular amongst Japanese construction workers. A US company has marketed a version of them for fishermen as well.
With regard to the ones you linked, they seem fine. The only real difference is the way they seal up, from what I can see. If you do a fair bit of outdoor training, then they could be fine, if it's all indoors, then maybe not. In Japanese arts they are not considered correct wear for indoors training (although I am relatively lenient on that myself, I would prefer that they are not worn... but can appreciate their use in regards to being closer to hard soled shoes worn on the street. Personally, for indoors shoed training, I'd go with either regular tabi, or TKD, or Kung Fu-style training shoes).
are, pretty literally, "socks for the ground" (actually, the kanji for "tabi", 足袋, literally refer to "foot bags/sleeves"... gotta love that!), meaning that they are designed for outside wear. Typically they are split toed boots with a soft top and rubber sole, and are very popular amongst Japanese construction workers. A US company has marketed a version of them for fishermen as well. With regard to the ones you linked, they seem fine. The only real difference is the way they seal up, from what I can see. If you do a fair bit of outdoor training, then they could be fine, if it's all indoors, then maybe not. In Japanese arts they are not considered correct wear for indoors training (although I am relatively lenient on that myself, I would prefer that they are not worn... but can appreciate their use in regards to being closer to hard soled shoes worn on the street. Personally, for indoors shoed training, I'd go with either regular tabi, or TKD, or Kung Fu-style training shoes).
Tanaka
Purple Belt
If you are training outside, then I would say those are good.
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Thanks for the input, everybody. Jikatabi are part of the required uniform where I train, and as I mentioned earlier pretty much all of our training is done outside - rain hail or shine which can make it interesting.As an aside I remember winter last year we trained outside during a thunderstorm - it was a truly beautiful experience to train with the lightning crashing around in the skies above us!I've ordered a pair of these tabi as it sounds like they'll do the trick.Interesting about the workers and fishermen using them, I hadn't been aware of that.
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