Need Advice: Wing Chun or "Practical Tai Chi Chuan"?

[Said]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a CMA that will help me get in shape, lose some weight, and ultimately help me defend myself and have an allround better condition (also some of the more philosophical aspects).

Where I live the CMAs offered are:

a) Wing Chun - two different organizations - one that spells it Wing Tsun and another that spells it Ving Tsun.
b) Practical Tai Chi Chuan

I find both styles interesting, but I don't know enough about these styles to know if I can get all I want from them.

There are also Arnis and Okinawan Goju-ryu clubs here, but they are obviously not CMA (although Goju-ryu has a Kung Fu lineage).

[MasterKiller]

1. Try a couple.
2. Pick the one that fits your needs.


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[xinyidizi]

Chen Taiji is a powerful martial art but even that one is not really good for losing weight. If you are interested in the internal arts you may choose xingyi(I think hebei is better) or xinyiliuhe (if you can find a teacher) because there is more footwork.

[GeneChing]

...choose by the school itself. I'd take a decent WT school over a lousy TCC school and vice versa.

[Lucas]

Ya try out what is available, and like Masterkiller said, choose what fits your needs/goals. goju ryu is a good style.

any website links to the schools in question?

[rett]

Är du i Eskilstuna?

[jimbob]

A good teacher is a good teacher, regardless of style, and a bad one is a bad one. Go and check them both out like everyone has been saying, see how well each fits you.

[HumbleWCGuy]

1. Try a couple.
2. Pick the one that fits your needs.


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That's the best advice. For example, small circle jiujitsu isn't my cup of tea, but guys in law enforcement in my area swear by it. Criminals try a lot more than you think to grab a cops arm or gun and well, you can't do that to a small circle or an Aikido practitioner.

[Vajramusti]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a CMA that will help me get in shape, lose some weight, and ultimately help me defend myself and have an allround better condition (also some of the more philosophical aspects).

Where I live the CMAs offered are:

a) Wing Chun - two different organizations - one that spells it Wing Tsun and another that spells it Ving Tsun.
b) Practical Tai Chi Chuan

I find both styles interesting, but I don't know enough about these styles to know if I can get all I want from them.

There are also Arnis and Okinawan Goju-ryu clubs here, but they are obviously not CMA (although Goju-ryu has a Kung Fu lineage).

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The teacher is more important than the style-though the style should be martial.

[bawang]

i would not recommend taking asian martial arts to lose weight. thats not the purpose of martial arts. the best way to lose weight is rigorous exercise.

[David Jamieson]

i would not recommend taking asian martial arts to lose weight. thats not the purpose of martial arts. the best way to lose weight is rigorous exercise.

This is true. Asian martial arts aren't that great for weight loss unless there is vigorous cardiovascular exercise going on. Breathing after all is the only way that calories burn.

Much about asian martial arts isn't really heavy into the aerobics. Especially early on when you are learning things. There just isn't lot of vigour and vim that goes into learning sets. Once you've learned a few, you could use them for cardio, but they aren't very efficient for that. Heavy bag work is awesome cardio, just as a by the way. :-)

[Said]

My main purpose with regards to studying a martial art isn't losing weight, but it would be nice if it had that side effect.

Depending on the style I plan on supplementing with other types of exercise.

[Eric_H]

My main purpose with regards to studying a martial art isn't losing weight, but it would be nice if it had that side effect.

Depending on the style I plan on supplementing with other types of exercise.

Do kickboxing, it includes conditioning and offers you as much as any other MA.

[YouKnowWho]

i would not recommend taking asian martial arts to lose weight. thats not the purpose of martial arts. the best way to lose weight is rigorous exercise.

If you train Tan Tui 20 times daily, the water and fire cannot attack you, the heat and cold cannot bother you. You will be able to live as long as sun, moon, and stars. You will become "immortal".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt83nvRwq-4

[Yoshiyahu]

If you want to Loose weight Add your wing chun training These elements

1.Running

2.Exercise videos P90X or Insanity

3. Elipitcal Bike


Add these things to your work out...or just add running an you will see the weight come off!