I wore Asics wrestling shoes back in the 80s and have always had a lot of respect for Dan Gable so when I needed a shoe for Krav Maga this was a natural buy for me.  Overall I like the shoe very much.  The construction and quality is rock solid.  Much better then the entry-level garbage they sell in all of the sporting goods stores. The traction is excellent. The only issue I have with them that keeps me from giving them five stars is the stripes.  Because the stripe pattern stitched on the side is made of a thick, non-flexible plastic it makes outer part of the shoe not as flexible as it should be.  I need to tie the shoes much looser then I used to or the stripes dig into the outer edge of my foot.  One of these days I'm going to remove some stitches and cut off the parts causing the issue then I think I will have the perfect shoe.