Wing+Chun

Wing Chun is a Chinese Martial art designed for close combat and self defence. It is divided into three forms: Sil Lim Tao(Little idea) Chum Kiu (Sinking Bridge) Biu Jee (Darting Fingers)

HISTORY It was developed 300 years ago in southern China by Shaolin Monks. The common legend as told by [|Ip Man] involves the young woman Yim Wing Chun (Wing Chun literally means forever springtime or praising spring) at the time after the destruction of the Southern [|Shaolin] and its associated temples by the Qing government. After Wing Chun rebuffs the local warlord's marriage offer, he says he'll reconsider his proposal if she can beat him in a martial art match. She asks a Buddhist nun- Ng Mui, who was one of the Shaolin Sect survivors, to teach her boxing; this still nameless style enables Yim Wing Chun to defeat the warlord. She thereafter marries Leung Bac-Chou and teaches him the style, which he names after her. Since the system was developed during the Shaolin and Ming resistance to the [|Qing Dynasty] many legends about the creator of Wing Chun were spread to confuse the enemy, including the story of Yim Wing Chun. This perhaps explains why no one has been able to accurately determine the creator or creators of Wing Chun.