Minimalisme. First Impressions of Feiyue Wushu Shoes. Thanks to the suggestion and financial donation by one of my readers, I recently acquired a pair of Feiyue wushu shoes for review.
What are wushu shoes? Wushu is a Chinese word that means martial arts, but it is also the name for a specific martial art (or sport) called wushu. Whether these shoes were designed as a general martial art shoe, or are somehow tailored to the specific sport of wushu, I don't know. Based on my experience, minimalist shoes typically fall into one of two general categories: intentional and incidental. The first category is what I call intentional, or engineered minimalist shoes. The original barefoot shoe. Barefoot & Minimalist Running. Running Barefoot: Home. Barefoot running. Barefoot running, shoes, and born to run, shoes & injury: the latest thinking.
One of the more interesting, and certainly topical presentations at the recent meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Denver was a symposium on barefoot running.
It was led by Irene Davis and Daniel Lieberman, both advocates for barefoot running and top scientists in this field. Lieberman in particular is something of a ‘legend’ in the field, and two years ago, he gave the prestigious keynote address at the ACSM meeting. Since then, the area has moved on, thankfully. Most recently, Lieberman’s group did some fascinating work on the barefoot running concept in runners accustomed to shoes or running barefoot [1], and that’s the focus of this post, along with some thoughts on the concepts underlying barefoot running. A lot of the time, I’ll play devil’s advocate, because I believe in Lieberman’s findings, and the theory behind barefoot running is sound. Running. Pose Method Running Drills from Coach JonP. How to make sandals from an old tyre.