Is Shotokan Karate a good compliment to Judo esp in relation to self defence?

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Billy

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Is Shotokan Karate a good compliment to Judo esp in relation to self defence? I'm thinking of training 3 nights a week. Week one- Judo twice and Shotokan once and Week two- Judo once and Shotokan twice. Would this be good and would it help me create a decent self defence style?
 
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raym

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The more varied styles you know, the better you are.
Karate is a hard style that tends to focus on straight line attacks.
judo is more soft, involving grappling and such.

If you don't have the judo and someone grapples with you, you are less knowledgeable about what to do. You'll notice some of the best fighters have taken many different styles. the weakness of one can be helped by using a style strong in it.
 
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