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History of Wing Chun |
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Legend has it that Wing Chun Kuen, was developed by revolutionary groups seeking to create a system that could be taught more efficiently and with greater efficacy in its approach to combat and self defence. Five masters were assembled from five famous Kung Fu styles; Ng Mui (plum flower style) Bak Mui (white eyebrow style) Fung Do Dak (white tiger style) Mu Hin (Shaolin style) and the Abbott Lee Shin Seem (Shaolin style) . Before the five Grand masters could pass on their consolidations, the ruling parties found out of their plans and attacked destroying the Shaolin temple & scattering their disciples. The nun Ng Mui escaped & saved an orphaned infant girl and both fled to a safe village where Ng Mui left the renamed infant, (Yim Wing Chun) with a family, then departed to a monastery. The years pass and the beautiful Yim Wing Chun attracts the unwanted attentions of the leader of the town gangsters. Yim’s parents write a letter to Ng Mui for help. Ng Mui appears and instructs Yim to challenge the gangster to combat, to be held in one year’s time. The gangster is embarrassed into accepting the public challenge & so Yim Wing Chun leaves with the nun and trains for one year in this unnamed system. Yim Wing Chun returns & confronts the gangster and within a few moments easily defeats him. Yim goes on to perfect her technique and becomes very skilled. Yim Wing Chun goes on to teach her betrothed Leung Bok . After Leung masters the system, he honours his wife by naming the system after her-Wing Chun Kuen. The system is then passed down eight generations to Sifu Julian’s instructor . Sifu Julian is ninth generation disciple of the Wing Chun system. |
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