Question #1. Which one is easier for a 25 year old martial arts beginner to pick up on - Muay Thai or Wing Chun? I've heard of Muay Thai guys having to train by kicking steel poles and thin sides of wooden boards. That sounds dangerous to me at my age, like I would break or damage my shins. Wing Chun sounds good but I don't know if it's difficult for a beginner to jump into and I don't like how it doesn't focus on physical conditioning. Eventually I would like to be doing both and combining the things I've learned in each. Question #2. Everyone says that 90% of fights end up on the ground so you need wrestling/submission skills. I believe that a good boxer/striker would be able to avoid going to the ground and could beat a wrestler. I also don't think many of the submissions you see in MMA are useful in real life such as ankle submissions and certain chokes. Not to say that they wouldn't stop your opponent, but when you're in a real fight, it seems to me that normally if you're in a fight, you're natural inclination is to punch and kick, not get the other guy in a submission. Am I wrong?
