Trouser Pain

[AnonymousCoward]

I was watching the new series of 24 last night and I saw this guy do a spinning back hook kick at head height whilst wearing a pair of jeans. It got me thinking, I see a lot of high kicks in martial arts movies where the actors appear to be wearing jeans or other tight-ish trousers.

 

If anyone can remember the scene in Timecop where Jean Claude Van Damme holds his leg up to the bag snatching skaters face - those are the tightest trousers I've ever seen in a martial arts movie - how in the world could he walk...

 

In my jeans, the highest I can kick is about breast bone height without causing an injury in the trouser dept. and I also find the denim can be restrictive when chambering a kick.

 

Do the stars of martial arts movies have modifications made to the cut of their trousers? Are they using stretchy denim or are they using another material? Or, do I just need to wear baggier trousers? Or should the awesome power of my kick simply tear my trousers into submission?

 

In movies, often the characters look like normal people. Most "normal" people I know don't wear dobok / gi trousers or other loose fitting clothes for everday activities, so how do they do it?

 

Just wondering what people thought...

[BKJ1216]

I don't know, if they're gettin' the legs up that high I would guess they got special jeans on that allow for greater mobility.

[kchenault]

Some people, like Chuck Norris, use a special pair of jeans that have a stretchable gussett (diamond shaped piece of fabric) in the crotch of the jean. This fabric stretches for the kick causing less bind-up.

[omnifinite]

You see ads for those jeans in martial arts magazines. Pick one up and you'll probably find one.

[AnonymousCoward]

Thanks a lot for the tips. I've never read a martial arts magazine before (the pictures on the front always seem to be of muscle bound men in poses) so I'll have to stomach my embarassment and take a look!

 

I'm also glad that my suspicions relating to extra gusset are true...

[kchenault]

We said MA magazines not pro wrestling or muscle mags Try TKD Times or Black Belt Magazine.

[monkeygirl]

Well, even Black Belt Magazine had a picture of Frank Shamrock one time...muscle-bound man in a pose

 

I know Century carries Billy Jack kicking jeans. Not sure what's so special about them...guess they're just made like gi pants but with denim.

 

I know that Wal-Mart carries Jordache Stretch jeans for women/juniors. Not so sure if they have them for men. Anyway, the point of these jeans is that they can be skin tight but you can still walk in them. I find them to be great kicking pants. Because if I can't kick in them, I don't want them

[ramymensa]

I use to wear tight jeans (the normal ones, without stretching posibilities). I have nice legs (MA thank you ) and I like to show them. Sometimes i tend to be more like a woman and even wear a skirt. Those times (tight jeans and skirt) I tend to be very polite and peaceful

 

I'm a kicker mostly and love to do very high kicks (should have gone to TKD, but gues Shotokan is OK still) and I can't do my stuff dressed like that

 

Anyway here in Romania the guys in the streets are not that dangerous like the American ones seem to be

[SaiFightsMS]

http://www.gusset.com/

 

Here is a link to a company that makes jeans with gussets in them.

[jca]

Some people, like Chuck Norris, use a special pair of jeans that have a stretchable gussett (diamond shaped piece of fabric) in the crotch of the jean.

 

I'm so glad you mentioned Chuck Norris - I remember the magazine ads (from years ago, when I was a kid) he appeared in selling those jeans. The jeans allowed him to kick, but looked really uncomfortable for everyday wear.