Footware Question

[Jeffrey Hull]

The "soccer cleats" I wear are actually suitable for many activities on earthen / grassy ground outdoors. Sleek profile to the body of the shoe, not too different from shoes for track & field, fitted beneath with chunky rubber lugs that sink in enough to allow traction plus flat-footing.

Here is exactly what I own, I recommend them without reservation, they prevent myriad bodily injury from the terrain I deal with.
These shoes let me do everything footwork-wise in longsword and other fencing that I need to do, with no problems:

Spalding Cleats
http://www.payless.com/Catalog/productd ... erformance

I must wear such, as I have no choice but to practice in the wild-grass fields adjacent to nature-walk / horse trails near a county lake. I refuse to hurt myself any more by a sliding misstep for sake of "costuming accuracy". I have almost hurt myself before a few times while doing reasonable moves, due to loss of traction outdoors. And once I did hurt myself significantly while really going for it, slipping forward across dry short grass in back yard no less, when I was doing flourishes involving lunges and springen while wearing modern equivalents to turn-shoes.

So I simply refuse to cheat my health when a simple $20 pair of cleats prevents injury yet allows all needed movements.

[Matthew_Anderson]

The "soccer cleats" I wear are actually suitable for many activities on earthen / grassy ground outdoors. Sleek profile to the body of the shoe, not too different from shoes for track & field, fitted beneath with chunky rubber lugs that sink in enough to allow traction plus flat-footing.

Here is exactly what I own, I recommend them without reservation, they prevent myriad bodily injury from the terrain I deal with.
These shoes let me do everything footwork-wise in longsword and other fencing that I need to do, with no problems:

Spalding Cleats
http://www.payless.com/Catalog/productd ... erformance

I must wear such, as I have no choice but to practice in the wild-grass fields adjacent to nature-walk / horse trails near a county lake. I refuse to hurt myself any more by a sliding misstep for sake of "costuming accuracy". I have almost hurt myself before a few times while doing reasonable moves, due to loss of traction outdoors. And once I did hurt myself significantly while really going for it, slipping forward across dry short grass in back yard no less, when I was doing flourishes involving lunges and springen while wearing modern equivalents to turn-shoes.

So I simply refuse to cheat my health when a simple $20 pair of cleats prevents injury yet allows all needed movements.

Easy there Jeffrey, no one's trying to take your cleats away, wear what you like

I've never tried them for fencing, but like I said, I haven't really had any problems despite training outdoors on grass all the time. I've slipped or even fallen a few times, but so far haven't hurt anything but my pride

[Jeffrey Hull]

Easy there Jeffrey, no one's trying to take your cleats away, wear what you like

I've never tried them for fencing, but like I said, I haven't really had any problems despite training outdoors on grass all the time. I've slipped or even fallen a few times, but so far haven't hurt anything but my pride

And it could be too that possibly you are better at your footwork than I am at mine.