How would a mixture of Judo and Wing Chun be good for self defence?
How would a mixture of Judo and Wing Chun be good for self defence? What would its strengths and weaknesses be?
Hard to say, to a degree it is good for hand to hand self defense.
Judo prepares you tremendously for moving with intensity and purpose, you spar at full speed with your opponent trying to beat you, this translates well to fights.
Wing Chun it really depends on how you are training, if the most you do is push hands, and punching bags and working dummies, it isn't going to teach you effectively how to use it in the streets, nor will you develop a combat reflex from it. You need full speed sparring, with head contact (controlled or padded) to give you an idea of now only where the timing and openings are, but also how to defend yourself from punches.
It is hard to go straight weakness because it is really how you train.
Major weakness is that little time will be spent in either one going over weapons, and the philosophies of how to deal with them. The weakness that approaching any self defense situation from a hand to hand standpoint, weapons or deploying weapons should be a primary, with empty hand tactics secondary.
Neither art will really drill into you what a TRUE self defense scenario is, or the laws regarding it.
Neither art will give you the most effective self defense tactic in the world, having a good head on your shoulders, the ability to talk your way out of situations, and the ability to recognize a potential hostile or unsafe environment before going there. In reality neither art really helps you develop situational or environmental awareness.
From a hand to hand stand point, when trained properly, and in cojuction with another they could be very effective, but keep in mind there is more than just empty hand techniques involve when it comes to real self defense.
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