List of Best Martial Arts Shoes – Karate, Taekwondo, MMA, Kung Fu, etc.

Here is our selection of the best martial arts shoes. These are our favorite martial arts shoes for martial arts such as Taekwondo, Karate, MMA, Krav Maga, etc. These elite martial arts shoes include Adidas, ASICS, Feiyue, Mooto, Ringstar and many more. These shoes are used for a variety of martial arts workouts such as sparring, grappling, breaking techniques, etc. Please vote for the best martial arts shoes in our poll below. This will help others to find great martial arts shoes.

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Shoes by Martial Arts Style

• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) Shoes – BJJ students mainly train with bare feet. Some BJJ schools allow the use of wrestling shoes but this can tear up the skin of grappling partners.
• Boxing Shoes – Boxing shoes can be high-top or low-top shoes. High-top boxing shoes give more ankle support whereas low-top boxing shoes provide better maneuverability.
• Karate Shoes – Some Karate schools use shoes for sparring, practice, etc. They are often laceless in order to avoid injuring a sparring/practice partner with the “whip” of a shoe lace.
• Krav Maga Shoes – Krav Maga students traditionally use wrestling shoes, cross training sneakers or bare feet.
• Kung Fu Shoes – Kung Fu shoes tend to be traditional canvas Chinese martial arts shoes.
• MMA Grappling Socks – Grappling socks are used by some MMA fighters during training in order to get a better grip (less sliding) and to reduce potential injuries to their grappling partners (i.e. no hard wrestling shoe to the face).
• Muay Thai Ankle Support – Muay Thai fighters often fight with their bare feet. However, many use ankle support or ankle wraps in order to provide a little support to their ankles, help reduce slipping on sweat, provide at least minimal foot protection when kicking, etc.
• Sandals – Traditional wooden Japanese sandals. Think of Samurai movies. 🙂
• Sparring Footwear – Sparring protective footwear.
• Ninjutsu Tabi Shoes – Tabi shoes are the famous Japanese split-toe shoes often seen in Ninja movies.
• Taekwondo Shoes – Some Taekwondo schools use shoes for sparring, breaking, practice, etc. They are often laceless in order to avoid injuring a sparring/practice partner with the “whip” of a shoe lace.
• Tai Chi Shoes – Tai Chi shoes tend to look like martial arts “slippers”. They are geared towards allowing feet to turn more easily than a regular sneaker as they have less floor “grip”.
• Wrestling & Grappling Shoes – Shoes for MMA, wrestling & other grappling martial arts.

Miscellaneous Shoes

• Kevlar Sneakers – These work “sneakers” often have steel toes and kevlar bottoms. These sneakers are worn by some martial artists for better foot protection outside the dojo.

Martial Arts Shoes by Manufacturer (i.e. Adidas) – Click on the main brand name for a wider variety of shoes (as we have listed only a few of the best examples of each brand below).

• Adidas – Karate & Taekwondo shoes
  1. Adidas Taekwondo Adilux Shoes – Very popular. One of the best martial arts shoes in our opinion.
  2. Adidas KICK Shoes Martial Arts Sneaker White with Black Stripes
  3. Adidas SM II Low Cut Martial Arts Shoes – White with Black Stripes
  4. Adidas SM II Low Cut Martial Arts Shoes – Black with White Stripes
• Adidas – Wrestling, Grappling & MMA shoes
  1. Adidas Combat Speed 4 Wrestling Shoes
  2. Adidas HVC Wrestling Shoes
  3. Adidas Men’s Pretereo 3 Wrestling Shoe
  4. Adidas Mat Wizard Wrestling Shoes – “Breathable” mesh wrestling & grappling shoes
  5. Adidas Men’s Combat Speed
• Aircee – Aircee makes Kung Fu, Wushu & Tai Chi shoes.
• ASICS – ASICS makes a wide variety of well regarded wrestling & grappling shoes.
  1. ASICS Men’s Aggressor 2 Wrestling Shoe
  2. ASICS Men’s Dan Gable Ultimate 3 Wrestling Shoe
  3. ASICS Men’s CAEL V5.0 Wrestling Shoe
  4. ASICS Men’s JB Elite Wrestling Shoe
  5. ASICS Men’s Matflex Wrestling Shoe – Very popular.
  6. ASICS Men’s Omniflex-Attack Wrestling Shoe
  7. ASICS Men’s Split Second 9 Wrestling Shoe
• Brute – Wrestling shoes.
  1. Brute Xplode 2 Wrestling Shoe
  2. Brute JS25 Elite Wrestling Shoes
• Bushido
• Century – Lightfoot Martial Arts Shoes
• Doublestar – Doublestar shoes for Kung Fu, Tai Chi, etc.
• Feiyue – Feiyue makes mainly Kung Fu & Wushu shoes.

 

• Mooto
  1. Mooto Taekwondo Shoes Drive3 Convertible TKD Kick Sneakers
  2. Mooto Taekwondo Spirit 2 Fighter Shoes White/Black
  3. Mooto Wings Korea TaeKwonDo Shoes TKD Competition
• Mosso – Taekwondo shoes.
• Old Beijing – Traditional cloth Kung Fu & Tai Chi shoes.
• Otomix
  1. Otomix Limited Edition Pro Boxer Men’s Boxing Shoes
  2. Otomix Stingray MMA Boots
• Pine Tree
• ProSpecs – Classic Martial Arts Shoes
• Puma
  1. PUMA Men’s Redon Move MMA
• Rikio – Rikio makes Ninjutsu tabi shoes.
• Ringside – Ringside boxing shoes, etc.
• Ringstar
  1. Ringstar FightPro Sparring Shoes
  2. UFC Ultimate Training Shoe by Ringstar
• Rival Boxing Shoes
• Sandals – Traditional Asian Sandals
  1. Edoten
  2. Geta Sandals – Traditional Japanese wooden sandals used to keep feet well above mud, dirt, etc.
  3. Watanosato
• Star Sports – Star Sports shoes for Taekwondo, Karate, etc.
• Tiger Claw
  1. Tiger Claw Feiyue Martial Arts Shoes – White/Black
  2. Tiger Claw Martial Art Shoes – For Karate & Taekwondo.
• Turf
• UNOW Chinese Traditional Cloth Kung Fu Shoes
• ZemGear

Cross Training Shoes – Wear these shoes when you are working on conditioning outside the dojo!

• Adidas Cross Training Shoes
• ASICS Cross Training Shoes
• New Balance Cross Training Shoes
• Nike Cross Training Shoes
• Reebok Cross Training Shoes

Misc. Martial Arts Foot & Leg Gear

• Ankle Sleeves – Ankle support for training.
• Ankle Wraps
• Compression Socks
• Foot & Ankle Braces – These braces are designed to help injured feet & ankles.
• Shoe Glue – Even the best martial arts shoes will start to fall apart due to the abuse from martial arts training. You can extend their life by repairing minor damage (i.e. loose soles) with shoe glue.

Sparring Foot Gear

• Karate Sparring Foot Gear
• Krav Maga Foot & Shin Guards
• MMA Foot & Shin Guards
• Muay Thai Foot & Shin Guards
• Taekwondo Sparring Foot Gear

 

Best Martial Arts Shoes

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