I’m thinking of joining a Shodokan Aikido school which is closeby due to a lack of WC schools here (Osaka Japan). Does anyone know if my WC will be affected by learning aikido? If so, how?
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I honoured her offer;
so all through the night,
I was honour and offer!!
The neural pathways that are involved by Aikido practice are not the same ones that will be formed, reinforced and trained by practicing wing chun. Splitting your training between more than one art reduces time spent on both, therefore skill in both grows at a slower rate in general. Kirk out. 
Does the aikido dojo emphasize connection with the opponents center of gravity and breaking his balance rather than just repetition of technique? Do they have good training methods that will develop your ability to feel imbalance, create connection, root external force, and destroy body structure? If so, then you are accomplishing the same goals as in WC, but with a different toolbox. It depends upon what you want to learn and how you want to learn it because some WC schools don’t teach or develop the high level skills.
Dzu
If they don’t follow the same principles, then one of them must be wrong. You have to decide which one.
wH- that post was stupid man.. Why would one of them be WRONG? moron…
~K~
“maybe not in combat… but think of the chicks man, the chicks!”
uh-huh…
Designing a functioning train and designing a functioning aircraft also require you to follow different principles…I guess one of them must be wrong. It’s probably the airplanes. Stupid Boeing.
WH - is wing chun the only correct way to fight?
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sticky fingers, what do you hope to gain from aikido that wing chun doesn’t provide you?
wing chun is the correct way to fight for me
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Read his post
He said there are a lack of WC schools in Japan where he is living, not that he prefers Aikido over WC.
Neither martial art is inherently superior. There is an efficient and economical method of attacking the human body and sometimes even WC people don’t do this despite their claims.
Dzu
Wing Chun vs. aikido
What is most important in studying a martial art is not so much the style. What is important is finding a good teacher and a good school that you can learn from and are comfortable at. And are you learning what you want to learn. If you are interested in realistic self-defense/fightiing then is the teacher teaching that? And is it realistic and effective? There are good Wing chun fighters and there are good Aikido fighters. there are good wing chun schools and there are bad wing chun schools, same with Aikido. 99% of the public sits around getting fat and watching TV all the time, so IMHO anybody, spending there evenings working out in any Martial art is an accomplishment and better than nothing. Of course I am particular to Wing Chun, but I have seen some really bad wing Chun schools. If you decide to study Aikido, I hope your training goes well for you and you study hard and completely immense yourself in the art and learn as much as you can. Good Fortune in your search and training.
I have just recently taken up Wing Chun.
I took both TKD and Hapkido in my youth (over 14 years ago). I am still asked in class if I had any prior MA experience. To which they reply: I can tell by the way you punch.
So as to how it will effect you it may be long lasting.
“I feel your pain” as to wanting to train while in Japan, even in their style. I spent a year and a half on Okinawa and a short time in South Korea. MA was everywhere and is in almost everything they did.
Good luck.
Akido or Wing Chun
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he who points, are guilty three fold.
“MORON”
You guys don’t get it…
See my post on Wing Chun and the SAS on this forum. The wing chun/aiki blend has found support among several elite units.
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I get stabby.
Doing Aikido may affect your Wing Chun. It may even affect it for the better. There have been no scientific trials. Have there?
Doing nothing will probably affect your Wing Chun worse then doing Aikido will. Go for it. If you don’t like it or it’s screwing you up (IMHO pretty unlikely), stop.
Im sorry for my last post, but when i started posting on the WC bord not long ago. This whipping hands figure started flaming me with topics like BAN K, and i didnt even post anything to him or anything!! 
:mad: so I still think he is a moron. I will say that to anyone that thinks that ‘their’ way is the ONLY and the BESt way to fight, and putting down all other martial arts… I may think that what I do is god damn effective and great, and that its better FOR ME, to do. But to put down martial arts like he do reminds me of my mental stage when I was 9, or lower. Grow up
~K~
“maybe not in combat… but think of the chicks man, the chicks!”
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But what am I?