Best shoes for tai chi?

Question

Hi i've been doing tai chi for 3 years now and now i have to look for a pair of shoes. i used to do tai chi bare foot but, now i'm in a new dojo and to prevent injury due to unclean floor, i want a good pair of shoes for training. I know disciple shoes are great for kung fu ... and adidas make some good shoes too... are those 2 brand a good choice for tai chi shoes? i want a shoes i can wear all day, so the old traditional one isn't for me too much... i need a good shoes that last long... i do tai chi, and traditionnal yang style with martial aplication and some free fighting and the form bare hand and with weapon... what shoes would be best?

Answer 1

Nihauma !!

        I teach all that you say.  The best is to get rubber sole comfortable tennis shoes - solid black - about 1 size too big - to give better balance and allow for any swelling during training - these can be worn all day - make 'em "wide" - in other words, if you wear size 10, buy size 10 wide - duh.

      I have been teaching for well over 30 years now - feel free to e-mail me for anything -

Answer 2

hospital shoes  (they are like socks with rubber soles)

Answer 3

get shoes with some arch support. i learned the hard way and my feet were killing me afterwards. don't bother buying those expensive $60 shoes. their not worth it, been there done that and they lasted maybe 4 months at most.

Answer 4

The best shoes in my experience are the adidas samba indoor soccer shoes.  They're made of very durable leather and tend to last a long time.  You can wear them all day and throughout your practice.  They're great for almost all Chinese martial arts practice.  Check them out.  Good luck.

Answer 5

I've been doing martial arts (including Yang style T'ai Chi Ch'uan) for many years now and I still swear by my Chuck Taylor's...! I've had some of the other brands mentioned, and they are good, but Converse are just a nice, flat shoe with decent support.

Answer 6

i got some adidas martial arts shoes i love them and i work them to work etc they are great i sugest going to a martial arts store and they will probs have some.