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i dont agree with the statements above about muay thai not fairing well against wing chun after 2 years since wing chun is one dimensional for more than 2 years and chi gerk isnt covered until later.
silat or kuntao fair well aginst muay thai but mainly its the body positioning and the angles, not the power or speed.
wing chun guys are usually pretty good and very fast , but they dont train as hard for fights like a thai boxer or american boxer. boxing in either style is superior for conditioning to most styles except maybe wrestling and jiujutsu/judo etc.
traditional wing chun is too static and has no mobility in the footwork, and in spite of trapping which is only a range anyway, the focus on defending against a good boxer is lacking. they seem to assume the straight blast/chun chois will go thru anything.
do both and tell me what fits better , maybe its better for certain body types than others , but looking at both types of gyms id say fighters and athletes take muay thai, and if you arent one, you will be if you stay.
the wing chun guys played alot of d&d and watched bruce lee movies and still need a hero.
unless its modified or non classical, in which case its more jkd than wing chun and those guys are all nuts, all of us.
jkd adds other styles to fill gaps wing chun has like boxing, better footwork, filipino kali, silat, brasillian jiujutsu, etc.
they also still assume for the most part that technique is more important than conditioning, and dont train as intensely .
yea, these are generalities based on my own experience and may not be held by management.
check out fairtex for muay thai in the bay area, ive been there and its nice.
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