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Would Wing Chun Be A Good Compliment To Aikido?

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Would WIng Chun be a good compliment to Aikido? As ppl have said Boxing would be too different.

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4 Responses to "Would Wing Chun Be A Good Compliment To Aikido?"

  • Anonymous says:
    28/02/2010 at 22:26

    Nope. Have tried both. I was taught a watered down version of Wing Chun(JKD version) before I took up Aikido and the stances in both arts alone invariably clash with each other. This could be a problem if your just beginning to learn the basics of both arts as you’ll probably end up in a one step forward, two steps backward situation. The first thing my Aikido instructor corrected when I started training in his dojo was my footwork and stances which I picked up from my previous training, he said it was counterproductive to the free flowing wide circular footwork and deep stances required in Aikido. I had to unlearn everything I had accumulated before to learn the basics of my new art. You need to stick to one art til you master it, before even thinking of cross training in other arts or you’ll just end up confused and get nowhere with your training.

  • Jon says:
    01/03/2010 at 04:15

    No, no, no, Billy, no!
    I guess you are still convinced Aikido can/should be meshed with another art. I respect your right to you opinion, but, I still can’t see it at all!
    The only arts worth meshing with Aikido are definetly ones that are basically groundgrappling/fighting.
    Any stand-up fighting style will not work with Aikido at all! Your Aikido timing will be totally, totally, thrown off, and it will be very, very, hard to exectue it’s flowing, circular throws and holds. I have yet to hear of any one successfully blending Aikido with a stand-up fighting art. I have heard many stories of stand-up arts being blending with grappling arts like Judo or Brazillain Jiujitsu but, never Aikido!
    If you are convinced you need that other art to supplement Aikido definetly look into the ground grappling styles.
    I took Aikijiujitsu for 2 years. Before I took AikiJJ I didn’t know a whole lot about it. AikiJJ is very similar to Aikido (it’s where Aikido descended from). I took AikiJJ for a year at that point and saw some holes in it. I saw it was ok for the standing on your feet. I saw how it needs it’s own space to work alone and not be interupted by another art standing up. But, on the ground, I saw how weak it was. It virtually had nothing on the ground, just a blank, empty space. So, I took a Submission wrestling class. The blend worked well. The only problem I saw was that Submission Wrestling was really that much better than AikiJJ. I was able to do moves in Submission Wrestling in only 6 months (or less) while in AikiJJ I could hardly do any type of demonstraion because it was so complicated. But, that’s a different point. The blend of a groundart with AikiJJ worked fine.
    So, look into Submission Wrestling, Judo, Sambo, or Brazillian Jiujitsu. In fact, BJJ is the better one because of it’s obsessive focus on groundgrappling. The blend will work well! You can handle stand-up fighting with Aikido and then, if it goes to the ground and you need it, you can handle some in the groundfight with BJJ. I have heard of people mixing Aikido with BJJ, because there is that obvious gap that can be filled.
    The other point being, if Aikido is looking too weak to you, just drop it. You can learn really good skills with BJJ, Judo, Sambo, Submission Wrestling, Catch Wrestling, or Japanese Jujitsu. Those arts are “better” than Aikido in my opinion.
    If you can find a Japanese Jiujitsu place near you, take that. I am currently taking JJJ and find it superior to Aikido. Most JJJ schools don’t do full-contact sparring or competitions. If they do they are more the sport jiujitsu schools (which are good in their own right if you like contact). So, JJJ schools teach like Aikido does without heavy contact sparring. The throws and moves are like a combo of Judo and Aikido. I find the moves in JJJ waaay more practical than I did in AikiJJ or Aikido. It will also teach you groundfighting skills and strikes. It is a definetly a better option than Aikido.
    But, all these stand-up arts, and the grappling art of wrestling, just don’t work at all with Aikido. As I said, it’s your choice and I don’t know everything. I’m not pretending that I am the Ultimate source of martial arts knowledge anway. But, as far as giving you my opinion, I strongly suggest you do take a groundfighting art with Aikido and totally abandon adding a stand-up striking art or just dropping Aikido all together and doing some other grappling system. I think you would save a lot of time this way and it would help you a lot. That is just one person’s opinion though. If you find a way to blend a striking art with Aikido successfully, great! I just haven’t heard of someone doing that successfully yet.

  • Robin T says:
    01/03/2010 at 09:37

    The question should actually be more about you rather than the style. What are you lacking, or what aspects do you want to learn more in, that you can’t get in Aikido? After you answer this question, then you can start looking for the suitable style.

  • Keyboard Warrior says:
    01/03/2010 at 16:19

    Those are all horrible styles…

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