Customer Reviews ASICS Budokan™

Great shoe! These shoes are awesome! I’ve had many compliments on these shoes and they look good too. They are super light weight and very comfortable!

These shoes are great. They're comfortable and they look awesome. If you have wide feet like I do, chill. They stretch out if you wear them for a week, so they'll accommodate your feet. Requires no break in time. Zappos’ customer service couldn't have been better.

Very stylish kick - The back of the shoe rubbed my skin causing slight discomfort when wearing very low socks during first few days of use. Eventually the rear got softer and it is not a problem anymore. I got the birch brown/orange version and am very pleased overall with my purchase. Customer support couldn’t be better as well.

Pretty good shoe for "kicking it"- Nice shoe. I had some Adidas martial arts shoes before this and these are a little more comfortable. I wish more color combinations were available (I went with black on white) but still a good shoe.

SWEET PAIR OF KICKS! I bought this shoe as a boxing trainer. They feel solid, sticky and very lite. When I first put them on they felt a slight, slight , bit bigger than marked, but absolutely nothing to worry about ! The arch support is there, but I have a high arch on my feet so it felt moderate to me. Definitely would recommend to any.

Excellent. First pair of non-skate shoes in a LONG time. . . Recently got out of the habit. These are a snug, comfortable fit. The black with white look great . . . super confident. They feel broken in as soon as you get them. Super light, but feel well-built.

Damn good shoes! I like them, the look and feel great. Nice buy, leather is easy to clean and nice. The only thing bad about them is that they don't vent very well and can become hot in some conditions.

Best Martial Arts shoes I've tried... These are the best martial arts shoes I've tried so far... very comfortable, good balance on hard and soft surfaces... not sure about wear and tear yet...

Great look and comfort - Wow, these shoes are so comfortable and they look great...

Love these shoes - I bought these shoes for kung fu. They are so comfortable, have great support and look awesome too.

Great shoe - Nice shoe fit is very true to size; feels like you are barefoot.

Good - I wear a 10 in Adidas and a 10.5 worked perfectly with a little room. They fit great and feel very light.

These sneakers are great looking - My son has big feet a size 14. These shoes make his feet look normal. LOL!

Great looking shoes - These are great looking shoes, but don't expect much in the way of support. ;)

Good shoes - I bought these shoes to wear during tai chi class. They work very well for that purpose. The soles are smooth enough to make the turns easier, but not so smooth as to be slippery. They provide a little support, but let me feel the way my feet are contacting the floor. I don't know how they would do for walking, but I'll likely try that too.

Stylish - Great looking shoe. Almost no arch support and a bit on the narrow side. I like the streamlined look, but I wish the sole was a bit thicker. When it rains, the shoes take on water.

Very comfortable. Moderate grip with functional pivot points. The slipper-type sole - not covering all the way across from side to side - is noticeable and you can rock off the inside or outside edge more than I would really like. I will keep looking for something with a full-width sole for training, but these are very comfortable and I may use them at work as a massage therapist.

Best Looking Shoes Ever - They arrived way before the scheduled time. They are a little wide in the heel for Asics, but the rest of the shoe fits true to size. Very, very cool.

The shoe is an improvement on the Tai Chi model with the increased support at the arch...not too much and not too little. I believe the shoe may loosen up with time as it is leather.

Solid Shoe - Good shoe, this is my second pair. Fit loose at the ankle, but very comfortable in the arch and toe.

Budokan-san - The look of this shoe is terrific. I had some trouble with the left shoe for unknown reasons. I say "for unknown reasons" because the shoe fits correctly. It tended to rub at the heel and I had to cinch the laces tighter. This appears to be a temporary problem, but I do not like to have to break in new shoes. Oddly, I had no problem with the right shoe and my right foot is slightly larger than my left. I would recommend this shoe, definitely, as it's very classy looking.

Pretty comfortable - These shoes are very comfortable for walking, I just wore them sightseeing in New York for a couple of days and felt great afterward. The only drawback with the comfort is that they are not well-ventilated so if you wear anything but thin socks with them your feet will get pretty hot.

Nice shoes for drumming! The size of the shoe runs big so figure at least a half a size or a hole smaller for the perfect fit. They look sick, too. Thanks Zappos.

A good shoe for martial arts - When I wore them to kung fu class, my instructor remarked, "Now those are proper kung fu shoes!" The sole is thin enough that I can feel the surface under me, which is helpful for balance, but there's enough cushioning that jumps on a wooden floor aren't painful. The fit was acceptable, even though I have really narrow feet. My one complaint is that they're a little stiff out of the box, though they loosen up a bit with wear.

Nice rides - The leather on this shoe is very smooth and soft. These shoes have stretched since I bought them, but still when I put them on my socks stick inside the shoe and wrinkle and stuff, to the point to wear I wear my lowest ankle socks as tight as I can. These shoes look perfect with jeans, and have great traction. However, they are very low to the ground with no stability. Just shooting a basketball I almost sprained my ankle just by landing on my heel. The laces are very short, and unless you wear these shoes tight, which is a hassle, it is hard to make these shoes “slip on” as I prefer my non basketball shoes to be. Also they are cut way low and my foot goes up about an inch before my ankle bone, making even slightly high socks look horrible. Like before, to stop the wrinkling, I fold my socks down to my arch. Not a shorts shoe, but if you are going to be wearing jeans a lot, these shoes are well worth the price. For the person wearing these for the style, great great shoe. For the person doing boxing/martial arts, with these shoes tight, great shoe. For the all around sneaker...not the best choice. Still a good buy, and surprisingly good from Asics.