Hello everyone, thank you to the mods for accepting my account. Love that I can talk about martial arts with people online without having to be on 4chan or Reddit. I was talking with a couple sparing partners of mine (we have all trained in different arts previously) and we got onto the topic of wearing shoes when you spar. When I was practicing Karate I wore shoes for every sparring match, but there were quite a few people in my dojo at the time who did not like them. What are the opinions of the rest of the members on here? Is there certain disciplines you would wear shoes for but others that you wouldn't, and how strict are you on that rule and why? Also wondering what shoes people use, as I have seen some from companies like Adidas and Nike that are for multiple disciplines. Looking forward to seeing your replies