Sweaty Feet

[Michael Robinette]

Okay .. i know the topic doesn't sound thrilling but i do have a real question.

I am a professional sweater ... i can think about sweating and sweat. I have two problems .. one is when sparring i get sweat in my eys b/c i have no hair to keep it out of face. hahaaa. easily solved with headband under sparring gear. my second problem alludes me ... when i sweat, my feet sweat too. I have had several incidents lately where i have slipped and fell not out of horrible technique but slipper when wet conditions.

I know this is a long shot but any thoughts on how to work aroound this? I want to be able to throw a spinning kick w/o feeling like i'm on ice.

[Liam Cullen]

Sounds simple, but have you tried just using a strong antiperspirant directly on the soles of your feet? I used to have problems sometimes rolling on mats (mainly beacuse of the mats getting sweaty, not because of my feet I should add) but found just giving my soles a dusting before going on stopped the problem.

[Michael Robinette]

That is a good idea. I'm going to give that a shot this Friday for class. It'll be my first time in the intermediate class and well i don't want to make a complete fool of myself.

Also, who on Earth is doing that kick in your avatar?

[Liam Cullen]

Give it a go and see how you get on.

The kicker is Marius Zaromskis, you can check him out on youtube.