Nail Polish

[Willow]

OK. I think this thread's going to be of minimal interest to the guys (but you never know...)
Do you put any thought into the colour of your toenail polish? I have matched mine to my do - it's Chanel's Rouge Noir, a really dark black red. I actually think it gives me a slight psychological boost in a way that pale pink would never do.
Anyone else ever thought about this?

[Nochi-no-tsuki]

no, can't say i've ever derived any kind of psychological boost from my toe nail polish. but hey, whatever works for you.

[bullet08]

there's a teenage girl in our dojo, very good spirit. she paints her toenail. it's very distracting to me at least. whenever she moves, i can see the dark spots moving around. other than that it's good indication to me that she's about to strike.

pete

[Genya]

One GUY at my dojo painted his finger nails (light blue, can´t remember clearly) It was pretty hard for me to do kata with him and his blue finger nails...

[ne0r]

Hmm... I had to stop painting my nails BLACK (I tend to go into that goth-like style a little bit... Or a little bit more ;D ) because it makes your nails look small and mine had to be cut very short anyways, so I had mini-fingernails...

Furthermore it looks pretty shitty with your gi and hakama and black fingernails... Yeah, in kata I probably looked funny (but I don't remember if I've done kata with black nails. In fact I don't even remember if I've ever been to practise with black nails. Ah, never mind XD )

[Kitsune]

Never had my toenails painted... I think it's distracting, but I have my fingernails painted every now and then.

[ne0r]

Ah, I should say that I'm a man... XD

[Kitsune]

But black fingernails is not bad at all, no matter if you're girl or boy. I like guys with black fingernails hohoho!

[Lone Kitten]

i tend to go for really bright colours - shocking pink, floursecent orange, lime green.

i don't see anything wrong with painting your toenails. It's nice to co-ordinate!

[Lone Kitten]

actually thinking about it, my bokuto has scraps of bright pink nail varnish still stuck to it from where i put the tsuba on!

[Solinde]

I don't use nailpolish. I don't see the point. At all. Sorry.

[Lone Kitten]

i do go thru periods of thinking like this... but then i see how cool it looks. and paint them green or something!

I like to clash!

[runsyi]

I've actually gotten told off for wearing nail polish before. But that was during Iaido practice. So I haven't worn since.

[rottunpunk]

i used to paint mine (fingernails), usually black or purple of course, but i cant be bothered now, besides i allways smudge it, even if i dont move for ten hours and i have to pick it off as soon as its on etc.

i always made sure that they were cleaned for seminars etc. though.

[Willow]

there's a teenage girl in our dojo, very good spirit. she paints her toenail. it's very distracting to me at least. whenever she moves, i can see the dark spots moving around. other than that it's good indication to me that she's about to strike.

pete

That's interesting. I'd never thought about coloured toenail polish making movement of your feet more obvious. Like you say, it does give away an intention to move forward and strike, but could the distraction also work in your opponent's favour? If you're thinking about looking at feet doesn't that take your attention away from looking at your opponent in the eye?