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Rather than starting a new thread, mind if i add a question to this?
Err....i'll take that as a "no we don't mind".....thanks!

Anyways, how do you avoid getting blisters at the base of the middle toes on the left foot. I've only been doing kendo for a month, so am a n00b and not used to hammering my feet this way.
But the first week i ripped the biggest blister open you could imagine. So i surgically taped it up and now wear a half-tabi, until it heals.
Last week i got so sick of the tabi not giving me any purchase on the floor, cos it slides too easily, that i threw it aside, and tore a new blister into the already healing one, making it far deeper and nastier than before.
So, back to wearing the half tabi again.
Then, last night, after a session fraught with frustration over not being able to move effectively due to the slippery properties of said tabi, i fumi-komi'd, my back leg slipped and i twisted over my right ankle, spraining it.
Now, i know most of the problem is n00b related, but ffs, i need help where i can get it, and these half-tabi are the devils invention.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Foot powder is surely just likely to make your feet slide again. I used surgical tape to completely bind the foot, but that too, is slippery.

Sorry to hijack the thread cBEX, but, answer to my queries may help you too.

Thanks guys.