I wanted to learn more about it after playing hellish quart but could find very few sources.
What are your experiences using it against other weapons or defending against it?
I'm an aspiring fighter, training heavily in kickboxing, wrestling and bjj. I've been progressing a lot lately and I find myself doing better and better during sparring. But one day I realized something interesting. I switch guards a lot and very often end up in the karate/bladed stance.
That sparked a question in my head: "what karate style would complement my skillset the most?" I've always loved traditional martial arts but refused to get into them since the majority of schools in my area are marketed towards kids and have a fitness focus. Nothing against that style of teaching, but it wasn't what i was looking for at the time. Now that I have a solid base I would love to train karate to spice up my game. I'd be very grateful if you helped me choose.
These are my options:
Kyokushin
Shotokan
Ashihara
Taekwondo (not karate, but its available and I'm sure some of the people who'll read this will have practiced it)
Traditional jiu jitsu (again not karate but I figure it's worth mentioning)
Kempo karate (basically an mma gym, very little focus on tradition and style specific skills, but maybe you guys have something to add that I haven't thought of)
Keep in mind that the real life effectiveness of the style isn't as important since I'm not trying to learn how to fight, only to learn valuable skills that can be transferred to kickboxing. I suppose the distance management skills you get from point sparring would also be valuable to some degree as long as you're comfortable with close range and clinch fighting as well.
So, for context I'm a mixed martial artist (decent at kickboxing and utterly trash at bjj), but I've always had a strong passion for wing chun and other kung fu styles. I'd love to incorporate wing chun into my skillset for mma since I've seen fighters do it before.
My question is: how do I do it? Are there any online sources that could help me? Is drilling with a partner enough to learn solid wing chun if we both already know how to fight?
I'd love to hear this sub's opinion on this:)