Vintage wrestling drills

This is proper awesome, an old wrestling instruction film showing wrestlers in vintage wrestling shoes and singlets:


Check out these cool old canvas wrestling shoes, probably by Converse or Bata:

Today I Am Mostly Wearing

...white feiyue plimsolls.

Converse All Star - vintage Chucks

Recently acquired, these vintage USA-made Converse Chuck Taylors in wonderful light blue. Chucks the way they should be!

Converse All Star "Special"

Newly acquired, these beefed up Chucks in superb olive feature a double-thickness toe cap and metal loops at the top of each boot. Nice.

10.5 on the left; 11.5 on the right

10.5 on the left; 11.5 on the right, a photo by jimshooz7 on Flickr.

Two wonderful pairs of vintage USA-made Chuck Taylors. Great photo of awesome shoes!

A wall of wrestling shoes

Some of what I have..., a photo by Wrestle4life133 - Now Accepting Visa/MC/AMEX on Flickr.

This collector has an impressive selection! You can see more on his Flickr photostream.

Back arch throw

Back arch throw, a photo by Powerheadlock62 on Flickr.

Time for some wrestling action on here!

Nike Blazer 77 in white leather

Just purchased these awesome sneakers. More soon!

From the Back of my Sneaker Cupboard #37

Adidas "Wrestling" shoes, reissued a few years back. These came out, I think, as a shoe for "general" wear based upon a genuine wrestling shoe, but some wrestlers did use them for their original purpose.