Monday 22 July 2013

Shoes for girls

Shoes for girls Biogarphy

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To act and move correctly you need athletic shoes made for quickly stepping, turning, and leaping on diverse ground, not ones designed for running and jumping distances over grass or basketball courts. You also typically need something that works well on modern floors. Face it; we all invariably practice on linoleum, vinyl, common asphalt, painted concrete, padded foam mats, or moist St. Augustine grass in backyards and public parks. We need shoes that will to some degree protect our feet from excessive strain and stress on modern floors as well. And we also need them to be inexpensive.
So, what do I recommend? I tell students get some wrestling shoes or sport fencing shoes, simple tennis shoes, or even tae kwon do shoes. I usually find what I need at Walmart or Payless Shoes. They are cheap, look decent, and meet all the requirements. If you can find them and afford it, try some Capezio dance shoes (which I find superb), or even styles like the Puma Urban Collection. Whatever fits your size and wallet. But avoid those cheap flimsy kung fu slippers --- truly the slipperiest shoes on the planet and just terrible. They offer no protection to your toes or heels and they rapidly deteriorate from use. (Besides, wearing some cheesy rubber-soled modern Chinese shoes to practice historical European martial arts just feels wrong.)
STYLES NOT GOOD FOR HISTORICAL FENCING
STYLES VERY GOOD FOR HISTORICAL FENCING
nothing is built on so much as footwork”
- Master Joachim Meyer, 157The issue of footwear is no insignificant matter. Not only does what shoes you wear affect how you move, but more importantly, understanding why they wore the kinds of shoes they did gives rise to understanding how they moved when fighting. In turn, understanding how they moved in fighting gives better understanding of just why they wore the shoes they did.
I am no specialist on the history of Renaissance shoes. I could care less about their styles, decoration, or construction. I only care if the ones I wear fit well and hold up when I am moving during practice of my fighting art. But, when it comes to shoes for Renaissance martial arts I do know one thing: the historical evidence and source teachings do not show us men fencing in thick heels or heavy boots.
I cater from the heaviest work shoe to the elaborate silk slipper and some of my work is still in use after twenty years. All my shoes are totally handsewn, not machine made with just the uppers closed by hand.
Please be aware (ladies in particular) that the fashions of a particular epoch may not always be the most appropriate wear for the human foot; for example the last style of the 18th Century lady is pointed in shape. Please recall the old saying “one must suffer for one’s art”. These may be made-to-measure shoes but straight lasted shoes may not suit you; may take a while to get used to or break in; or if you are a celtic foot shape, i.e. square, may be quite uncomfortable. I can’t change your foot shape but if comfort rather than style is your preference then I can (if you inform me) use a less fashionable shaped last, say from a different epoch, to ease the problem.



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Shoes for girls

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Shoes for girls

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