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I am currently taking wing chun and wanted to incorperate another art in to my training. I was thinking TKD for some long range fighting skills. What do you guys think? I will not try to put the two styles together. If someone is in close already then I will use wing chun. If they are out I would then use kicks.

 

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[ This Message was edited by: HarvesterofSorrow on 2002-05-28 17:11 ]

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Hey, what a coinkedink. I do TKD, and I am planning to do either wing chun, hapkido, or ninjitsu when I get a little more advanced. I'm wondering the same thing, but I'd say if you do wing chun, you should probably do an art that includes things like grappling and stuff. And also, doesn't wing chun have kicks(even if they are low)?

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I feel that sport taekwondo may be a very good complement to wing chun because much of sport tkd does not really operate on any type of theory or ideology (therefore it's quite flexible) and most practitioners just use it in tournaments. The centerline principle(s) ?? in wing chun can be incorporated for self-defense quite easily I would think for someone who is a tkd practitioner yet new to wing chun with good footwork and flexibility and kicking skills. Just as long as the sport tkd guy realizes that he is moving from a sport-oriented discipline to one that is more oriented towards practical application. Wing chun is mostly hands-based and would definitely be great for those WTF'ers who have bad habits of not keeping their hands up to guard. :smile:

 

 

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Yea i was thinking the exact same thing.I do kung/wu shu/wing chun and i want to do TKD.Harversterofsorrow i think you should do TKD..lolz

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I find Wing Chun complements TKD is so many ways, as pointed out, TKD is brilliant for long and medium range attacks whereas Wing Chung is great for “in your face” type attacks. Concepts such as occupying the centre and contact reflex are awesome when coupled with TKD techniques.

 

I think my TKD master must have studied some form of Chinese martial art before, as I now see a lot of Wing Chun fundamentals applied throughout his teachings.

 

May I suggest that you achieve black belt in your TKD studies before studying Wing Chun, as some Wing Chun concepts go against some TKD concepts which may lead to confusion in your TKD studies.

 

Regards,

 

John G Jarrett. 1st degree ITF TKD

 

Western Australia

 

[ This Message was edited by: John G on 2002-06-03 01:34 ]

John G Jarrett


III Dan, ITF Taekwon-Do

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As has been said elsewhere, getting your black belt is probably a good idea before seriously cross-training.

 

Also, welcome, John G! Head over to Introductions and say hi.

 

 

Chris Tessone

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I agree John G.....im taking both TKD and Wing Chun Kung Fu. It takes me more time memorize everything. I think its best to go TKD first before Wing Chun. I think that TKD and WC work great together both of these arts were kinda combined in JKD.
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