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Originally Posted by Them's Fighting Words  Wow, you have a hell of a lot of good options. Really depends on the quality of the instructors.
If you want to grapple Aki-Jijitsu or BJJ don't rely on legs anywhere near as much as Judo, so I suggest one of those. Depends if you like going to ground or standing up.
If you want to strike than Wing Chun is the way to go. It won't stress your legs as much as the other stuff and is almost wholly upper body striking. The only possible problem is it does have a few odd angles in its stances. |
If a Wing Chun practitioner is striking with just his upper body, then he isn't striking properly and his structure is crap. There are a couple of different types of Wing Chun and one of those has a goat riding stance that is a bit hard on the knees. The other's goat riding stance isn't nearly as bad. You will have to have your knees bent when practicing proper Wing Chun and as a person with a couple of bad knees, that can make your knees sore after a while. The more traditional styles of Wing Chun focus on a solid, but mobile base. This means you won't see many "odd" angles. The more modern Wing Chun, such as what many are calling Yip Man Wing Chun, do have some odd stances and angles.