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The History of Wing Chun
Bodhidharm, A Shaolin Monk
Wing Chun History Shaolin (Siu Lam Buddhist Temple) monastery where Kung Fu was taught, was found in Honan Province, in China roughly 300 years ago. There, the monks practiced themselves in Kung Fu system by exercising their bodies and minds and by this way, they developed their spiritual training. During the Ching Dynasty, the Manchu government, {(non-Chinese)-(Manchuria was in the North)} thought that the Temple of Shaolin was training an army and in their fear, they attacked the monastery in order to burn it all and finally they succeeded and also killed many monks. Five Shaolin Grand Masters that escaped from the attack at Shaolin temple created Wing Chun system as a new fighting style that would dominate other fighting arts (martial arts) and require much less training in order to become a master as they are known according to Grand Master Yip Man. There were five masters who created Wing Chun and were.... ....Master Fung To Tak, Abbot Pak Mei, , Abbot Chi Shin, Master Miu Hin & Buddhist nun Ng Moi. Ng Moi left and found a shelter in the White Crane Temple on Mt. Tai Leung and there she met Yim Yee and his daughter Yim Wing Chun. Yim Wing Chun was a beautiful girl 15 years old, who with her beauty attracted a local (military) man, who wanted to marry her but without her approval. When Ng Moi learned what had happened at Yim Wing Chun, agreed to teach her the fighting techniques in order to protect herself from the undesirable men. The young girl was training herself very hard in order to be a master at Kung Fu system. After the hard training she did, Yim Wing Chun challenged the man-who wanted to marry her- in a fight and she beat him with ease. Yim Wing Chun developed Kung Fu and later, got married with Leung Bok Chau to whom she taught Kung Fu. Leung Bok Chau taught Leung Lan Kwai, who passed it on to Wong Wah Bo who was a member of an opera group, known as “Red Junk”. He, with his line, taught his colleague in the work Leung Yee Tai. Leung Yee Tai had already taught the “Six and a half Long Pole” form by Abbot Chi Shin who was working at the Red Junk and thus the “Six and a half Long Pole” form was incorporated into the Wing Chun Kung Fu system. Leung Yee Tai passed it on to Leung Jan, who was the doctor of Fat Shan. Leung Jan became very famous for his Kung Fu dexterity and he managed to beat many other fighters. Leung Jan taught Wing Chun system to Chan Wah Soon. Chan Wah Soon had a student, the famous grand Master of Wing Chun sytem, Yip Man. Yip Man succeeded to do the following:
Also there are many kung fu forums and communities to discuss about wing chun and other martial arts and see the Tai-Chi uniforms, dragon Tee, the classical chinese shoes Feiyue! Hong Kong was the source of Wing Chun. Firstly, Yip Man passed the system on his two sons who are Yip Chun and Yip Ching and other students. They teach many students of them. Yip Man was the man who taught Wing Chun to Bruce Lee in the 1950's in Hong Kong and also taught William Cheung, who also is famous about his Wing Chun skills. William Cheung passed the system on to Panagiotis Brebos and other students of him. "The Genealogical Family Tree of Wing Chun"
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