Iron Fist 05 Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 Right now I'm in karate and i'm considering joining a friend in Chinese Boxing. Should i? would this present a conflict? "By the time I was fifteen, I became a white belt." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiu-jitsu fighter Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 i say drop the karate "When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,and most people don't even know how to swim" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKJ1216 Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 I don't knwo much about chinese boxing. If you were to take say shotokan karate and shudokan karate. it shouldn't conflict too much. But say you were to take karate and aikido the pirincables of each would contradict each other. White Belt- Shudokan Karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiu-jitsu fighter Posted March 1, 2003 Share Posted March 1, 2003 this is the case bkj1216 "When we go to the ground,you are in my world, the ground is the ocean, I am the shark,and most people don't even know how to swim" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKJ1216 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 Well then if your still in the kyu ranks of karate stick one that, once your get to 1st or 2nd dan take the chinese boxing White Belt- Shudokan Karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverTheArt Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 I say the more you learn you learn the better. It shouldnt present too much of a problem. To advance the art,To honor my sifu,To fight for the sake of the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DokterVet Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 I know someone who does karate and kung fu, and he feels they complement eachother well, but on the other hand, "the hunter who chases two rabits catches neither one." 22 years oldShootwrestlingFormerly Wado-Kai Karate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJS Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 It's usually a better idea to study an art that completes the waekenesses of another, or focuses on other aspect...some example would be Boxing-Judo muay thai-BJJ karate-jiu jitsu just to make a few examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 A lot in a choice like that depends on how far along you are in the first art. My 'opinion' is that one should have a good grounding in the basics in the first art before starting a second. And too a lot depends on the individual person. Like the way some can take college level Sociology and Psychology at the same time and some can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karatekid1975 Posted March 2, 2003 Share Posted March 2, 2003 I do TKD and Judo. I think they work well together. Maybe it's because I'm just a white belt in Judo, but I have experience in the Korean "stand up" arts, and I think Judo complements TKD. I'm enjoying both, and I'm not getting confused, because they are totally different arts. Laurie F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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