BALNAL Taekwondo Shoe Concept

BALNAL is korean for ‘foot shaped knife’, the outer foot shaped as a knife when performing a Yeop Chagi, or known as knife side kick. What’s unique, when performing this offensive kick, the stances position is contrarily in a defense position. That’s the basic concept the BALNAL is rooting from; a responsive shoe for attacking and defending.

This is a footwear sketch I made for a project with footwear designers.