Does anyone have opinions regarding the mix of Wing Chun and Taekwondo? Have your say?

Have you ever thought about mixing Wing Chun with Taekwondo to create your own special mix of styles?


Do you have anything to say for those who would mix Wing Chun with Taekwondo?


What do you think about the idea of mixing the nice hand techniques of Wing Chun with the nice foot techniques of Taekwondo?





Have your say! I would be interested to know what you people think!|||This is what Bruce Lee did, largely. If you read his book, his kicks come from Taekwondo, while Wing Chun was his base style. He also took some throws and grappling from Judo, and some additional punching ideas from Boxing. |||I have to agree with sifu_frank, each system is unique and complete. Once you have attained a sufficient understanding in one, feel free to cross train in the other.





I get what you say when you talk about mixing the hand techniques of wing chun with the kicks of TKD, but I also see a small problem with this. Yes knowing both systems would help in different circumstances, but that is because each has their own range for fighting.





TKD is excellent for a slightly further distance because of the kicking. That doesn%26#039;t mean there aren%26#039;t any close fighting techniques, there are many kicks even in TKD that can be executed from less than a foot away. Check out a movie called Billy Jack; the main character (actually a famous Hapkido instructor acting as a stunt man) uses a TKD style crescent kick from just inches away to kick an opponent in the head.





While Wing Chun wouldn%26#039;t hurt to add more hand techniques, it is in itself a full fighting system as well. With proper understanding in either art you shouldn%26#039;t have much need for the other. Which brings us back to the idea of cross training; while it isn%26#039;t strictly speaking necessary, it is very interesting to learn new styles.





Calling a fusion of Wing Chun and TKD a new style would be misleading though. simply picking and choosing techniques from each system to use in your %26quot;own%26quot; really means you are incompletely teaching both styles, at the same time.|||I think it%26#039;s a good mix.





The major weakness would remain a lack of practice in blocking hand strikes to the head.





It%26#039;s not that they don%26#039;t, or won%26#039;t, or can%26#039;t, but it%26#039;s been my experience with both of those that they don%26#039;t often train to defend looping punching to the head. In training Wing Chun, it%26#039;s usually against Wing Chun, etc.





But still, it%26#039;s a good combination.





James|||Regarding pure technique, it%26#039;s not a bad idea. On a more strategic and tactical level, there are some principles which don%26#039;t fit well at first. However I%26#039;m a big proponent of cross-training. I say go for it. Any reasonably intelligent person can make these systems work together. People have been doing it for centuries.|||Good idea. Bruce Lee mixed Wing Chun with other styles to create his unique Jeet Kune Do. However, you have to be proficient in those styles before you can do it. I just wonder if Bruce Lee had master all those styles because he was quite young when he created Jeet Kune Do.|||Our school teaches Traditional Tae Kwan Do and Wing chung Kung Fu. We teach them separately as they should, because each is a complete and full system. Our students are encouraged to cross train after achieving a black belt or black sash. You need to commit to the entire system for enough time to understand the principals. This takes time. For the students that have done this the say it is awesome and has lead to the discovery that each art has a little of the other already.|||All that is good in a controlled sparring environment in the ring or dojo but in a sudden violent street confrontation where there is little time to think just react whatever you train in the most will prevail .|||We call it Taekwing Chun Do.