2, ive read that wing chun was specificly designed to counter and exploit the weakness of shoalin styles, and 2, in my opinion Escrima is the best style there is as it focuses on hard hits and never uses a block, but an interupted hit and the sticks can also be translated into empty hand movements and if you are ever in a confrontation with a guy who can box, modern boxing was taken from escrima and introduced by Filipinos in I believe the 20's. If you can take lotosa Escrima. And as not to start a confrontation im not disrespecting any other styles.