Dragonfire43560 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Karate? And do you do it? For some reason i dont like taking off my socks and i feel unconftrable doing it but i do it anyways. "Foolishness is not courage, but courage can lead to foolishness." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsey Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 karate dojos usually have smooth wooden floors. if you wear socks you're gonna slip over. you can grip the floor a lot better without socks. plus, in all honesty, you look a bit stupid in a gi and socks. "Gently return to the simple physical sensation of the breath. Then do it again, and again, and again. Somewhere in this process, you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels." - ven. henepola gunaratana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfire43560 Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 Makes sense but I have been in dojos with carpetting and you still had to take off your socks. There must be another reason. "Foolishness is not courage, but courage can lead to foolishness." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.A.L Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 people of japan and Okinawa don't use socks like others who live inland, you can see this in most cities on a coast line. so it's is imported custom that we follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legkicker Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I know of a school where some of the weiners wear socks while they train. It's also important to build up callouses on the bottoms of your feet and if you actually train hard you will rip up socks fairly quick. A friend of I teach martial arts at this school part time and he teaches BJJ, the students can't do certain things properly while wearing socks. The same goes when I teach Muay Thai to them. They can't pivot, I had enough and made them start taking there socks off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mya Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 First, socks smell, and they smell a lot. Feet smell and some feet smell worse than the socks. But you can wash your feet before you practice, while washing your socks... is just strange.Then, you have the fact that socks cut a bit of your sensivity of the floor. And they grip the floor is a strange sense.They can slip on hard wood, and grip to mutch on some mats.And a sweaty feet in a wet sock just completely sucks.So wash you feet and learn to train barefooted. PS: if you have feet sickness please do us a favor and wear socks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotokan-kez Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 I couldn't imagine wearing my socks while training, it would be so strange. Your answers are already there i guess. Firstly you would slip on the floors, if your training in socks on a carpet you would like rub your feet and make them sore..and like someone else said..they stink! Walk away and your always a winner. https://www.shikata-shotokan.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koko1969 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 It's all about looking cool...... actually, it's all about traction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushido_man96 Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 Training without socks toughens your feet. And, you have better grip, like the others have said.Also, when everyone trains barefoot, it ensures that nothing will be drug onto the workout floor with socks or shoes. Keeps it clean and safer. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotokanwarrior Posted July 21, 2006 Share Posted July 21, 2006 If you have diabetes you should wear something on your feet. Where Art ends, nature begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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