Wing Chun Vs. Karate(any style of it) Vs. Boxing Vs. Muai Tai (or somthin spelled like that)?

in ur opinion whats the best in a street fight? competition?

Wing Chun Vs. Karate(any style of it) Vs. Boxing Vs. Muai Tai (or somthin spelled like that)?
Kyokushin Karate or Muay Thai imo.
Reply:Street fight -single opponent? Whatever you have trained on for past 6 months. Maybe Wing Chun practice would give slight advantage- the training to fight one-on -one and low kicks for stance breaking are close to street fight. Competition? What rules? Extra point for head kicks? submission or knockout? Required number of kicks per Punch's? Anything but eye gouging valid? A boxer has most of upper level punch capabilities to win general submit or knockout competition- his weakness will be in defending against the other styles kicks or low techniques- Remember the Ali/Inoku match?- boxer was vulnerable to Tatami knee kicks and refused third round, lost fight, sensible move. Wing Chun has low kicks used normal, Muai Tai kicks body also, Karate schools vary - all body areas open to most.
Reply:Depends I know some great Wing Chun schools that train hard, have big enthasis on fitness, train BJJ for a good ground game and send their students into kickboxing competitions and MMA comps to get some pressure experience, I also know Karate school that also train in BJJ, fight in full contact tournaments as well as in kickboxing under someone elses rules, train hard physicaly and are generaly tough





It's just that overall Boxing and Muay Thai will consistantly have those things but not every karate school and not every Wing Chun school will train as hard as some of the others, but there are definately karate and Wing Chun schools that train as hard and harder than some Muay Thai and boxing schools, just not all of them





Fitness training and full contact fighting that teaches you to act under pressure as well as giving you the killer instinct are part of the package with Boxing and Muay Thai, while with WC and karate it is often optional, if you just take the techniques, ofcource Wing Chun and Karate will be above MT and Boxing since they have much more street focused techniques, but just knowing techniques doesn't make you a better fighter and it's not like boxers don't know the dirty tricks to use in a fight, if you can't take a punch it's not going to make a difference how many different ways you can gouge someone's eyes out
Reply:it is hard to compare Karate with Boxing for competition, they don't mix them to often. Boxing has devastating hands but they can be roached hard by a groin kick or a kick to the knee. Muay Thai can be be ring and street deadly. Wing Chun, which I have studied when I lived in Taiwan is great for a street fight and sometime s it can pose an ugly challenege for some boxers to deal with. The best for the street and the ring is an eclectic approach where you can function in more than one art.
Reply:It depends on the fighter but for me I'd have to say Wing Chun. I have never landed a hit on my Wing Chun sifu no matter how hard I tried or what I tried.
Reply:All good styles, the fighter would make the difference.
Reply:The best standup styles for the street are Muay Thai, Boxing, Kickboxing, and Kyokushin. All the WC fighters I've seen couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag, most other karate styles are a joke, and the best arts for MMA would be Muay Thai, Boxing, Kickboxing, and Kyokushin.