Kung Fu Shoes

For the past two days in the afternoons I have gone to pick up Noah while wearing Kung Fu shoes. Not athletic Kung Fu shoes with laces. Not Wu lik, or the new types with rubbery soles, but the old hard soled ones that nobody can really believe were ever meant to be more than slippers. Why? My feet are very wide and when I do Kung Fu in any type of fancy cross trainers it is only a matter of time before my foot's shape, and the movements that my feet are doing (especially sweepy type movements) destroy that shoe. So At first I was like, "If I'm going to destroy a pair of shoes, let's destroy a cheap pair." And then more optimistically I thought, "Maybe the slipperiness of the shoes will be a good thing for sweeps and such."
It is.
In fact there's nothing wrong with practicing with said shoe except that they might fall off and are slippery, but that can be seen as a bonus since it makes you be careful of your footing. The real issue is walking a long distance in them while pushing a stroller. The last time I walked a long distance in that type of shoe was a double ten parade when I was in the 1st or second grade of Kwong Kow. I remember my feet hurting and thinking that maybe children were not meant to march in parades wearing that type of shoe. I've worn other types of Kung Fu shoes around, with rubber soles, and laces, and the more popular wui lik. I bought this pair of cheap ones planning to use them Mr. Rogers Style, changing into them for practice only, and then changing back into normal shoes for walking.
I actually found that walking in them is not that bad. You just have to walk on your toes. The real question is how long will they last?

When I was not taking care of kids, I would never wear those shoes because I would feel unstable and vulnerable. It is difficult to run in them and I would imagine you would be at a disadvantage in a fight because of the lack of traction. However the Wui Lik shoes were great for running, kicking, and fighting if necessary. So oddly, I am now comfortable wearing slippery shoes because I don't really plan on getting into a fight while pushing a stroller. Their not nearly as uncomfortable as some of the shoes women wear to work. In fact there is a comforting feeling of wearing something that feels like a slipper outside when it is cold. Like you are secretly at home, while everyone else is outside, and nobody knows it but you. It is odd though, that they are called Kung Fu Shoes, when the only reason I can wear them now is because I don't plan on fighting. Well I guess Kung Fu is more about the practicing part isn't it? And they are fine for that.