adidasMen's Low-Top Training Shoes

Simply just nice, comfy good looking and just eye catching. I really don't much about the karate stuff. I will be wearing mine as a regular outdoor on the go shoe. This is wear simplicity meets good looks. Simply marvelous.

This is the second pair of these shoes I have bought for my husband and he absolutely loves them. He wore the first pair completely out after about 2 years. They would have lasted a lot longer but he wore them pretty much every day, in all types of environments, instead of saving them for Tai Chi as I had intended he would. The shoe is incredibly lightweight and flexible and the sole is made for martial arts or similar activities, not for streetwear; however, he loved the way the shoes felt so much he wore them everywhere. I am sure he will do the same with this pair!

Comfortable, sturdy, true to size. A little wide for my narrow foot, need more than a one eye lace in order to tighten it.

It’s my third pair and third version of Adidas martial arts shoes over the past 20 years. I am happy with the fit. Since unisex means men’s size I got one size smaller and it fit right. Prior version fit way too wide without any adjustment capability, but thewidth of these is good and the single lace is useful. I need to double knot it or else it unties while kickboxing but my feet stay in them as would be expected. I wasn’t thrilled about the white because I figured they’d get scuffed and dirty quickly on the heavy bag. I was pleasantly surprised to learn they are easy to wipe clean and buff out the scuffs. Overall I’m happy with the shoes.

Comfortable and soct

These pat shoe are great fit for me for I take taekwondo. Very lite weight and very durable.

3-month update: As I said in my review below, the shoe lace orientation leaves much to be desired. In the older Adidas SM IIs, the lace route goes around the full opening of the shoe, so you get a tight cinch down on your foot when you tie it. These shoes have laces that only go through two holes, and the laces don't hold well when you are moving around. I have to double-knot the laces to keep them from coming untied. For that, I am demoting the product to 3 stars.These are very comfortable, and the soles are much more durable-looking than the Adidas SM-II. I have worn the SM-II for over 20 years, and the weakness has always been the soles coming apart over time.The Adi-kick 2s have a much better sole, but the lace is simply a single string through the shoe. It doesn't wrap around the outer perimeter of the shoe like the SM-IIs did. I don't like that. The string could easily be lost if you are not paying attention. One way to minimize this is to tie a knot in the string so it can't slide out.

They are very comfortable. I use them for kickboxing. I had to reorder twice to get the size that fit the best.The single tie is a bit hard to get tight.