Wing Chun Kung Fu History


[Wing Chun History]--(English) (Chinese)

[Yuen Yim Keung History]

[Hong Kong Wing Chun Association]


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(Left is Wong Shun Leung.  Right is Yuen Yim Keung in 1975)

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(Wing Chun Kung Fu -- English)
Wing Chun is a famous style of Chinese kung fu. It was founded by Yim Wing Chun more than two hundred years ago and its disciples have now spread all over the world. Since Grandmaster Yip Man came to Southern China to teach Wing Chun, Wing Chun kung fu has now prospered worldwide. The reasons why Wing Chun is highly appreciated by the Western world are its simplicity, practicality and prudence. From the training sets to weapon techniques, the teaching approach is systematic and if one practises hard, he/she will be able to master it in a short time and grasp its practical values.

I learnt Wing Chun from Sifu Wong Shun Leung in the seventies and thanks to his appreciation, I was promoted to become his Assistant Instructor and have been devoted to the learning of Wing Chun for more than twenty years. However, Wing Chun encompasses an enormous amount of kung fu knowledge  and therefore  the study of Wing Chun is endless.

(Wing Chun Kung Fu -- Chinese)
詠春拳為中國著名之武術,自祖師嚴詠春開宗立萬,已歷二百餘年,桃李滿天下o宗師葉問南來傳技至今,拳技亦傳遍世界各地o詠春拳受西方武術界極之推崇,考其原因乃詠春拳法之極點為簡捷實用,法度嚴謹,自拳法至兵器,循序漸進,學者經積極練習,定能於短期內掌握運用,體會詠春之實用價值o本人七十年代跟隨師父(黃淳樑)習技,蒙師父錯愛,升任為助教,致力深研詠春拳達廾餘年,但詠春拳法博大精深,學無止境o

(My Sifu Yuen Yim Keung)
Master Yuen Yim Keung started his martial arts career when he was very young . He studied various Chinese and Japanese martial arts . He modestly describe that he did not accomplish anything because of lacking the instruction from martial arts masters.  Until early 70s he happened to have met the late Master Wong Shun Leung and became one of his students .  Late Master Wong was the best disciples of the late Grand Master Yip Man . Master Wong was also the teacher of the late Bruce Lee . Master Wong in the 70s was already famous for his Wing Chun Kung Fu .
Finally , the chance for Master Yuen came and he became the disciple of Master Wong until 1997 when Master Wong passed away .  In the 70s , it was quite common for Kung Fu Masters to organize free fights between their students . At one fight , there were not enough students who Master Wong considered to be qualified for the fight . Sifu Yuen volunteered to take one of the palaces . Sifu Yuen won the fight and since then Master Wong found himself a disciple who he though that he can pass onto what all he had learnt from Grand Master Yip Man . Master Wong spent long hours in teaching Sifu Yuen without any reservation . Sifu Yuen never let his Sifu down by winning every fight that Master Wong assigned him to . In 1977 Master Wong granted Sifu Yuen the first instructor certificate for Wong Shun Leung Wing Chun Kung Fu Association.

During the 70's , for several occasions , Sifu Yuen represented Hong Kong to fight in Japan and Taiwan for the Asian free fighting championship .

Soon  Master wong started to teach Sifu Yuen the ultimate in Wing Chun Kung Fu - The Bat Jam Do ( the knife ) .Even with Sifu Yuen's devotion to learn and Master Wong's dedication to teach . The whole process still took eight years to accomplished . In commemorate for the occasion , Master Wong gave Sifu Yuen a pair of Bat Jam Do ( knife ) and told Sifu Yuen to start his own school in Wing Chun .

Late Master Wong has designated the task of teaching Wing Chun Kung Fu to the four corners of the world to my Sifu Yuen .

My Sifu Yuen continued the heritage of Master Wong and taught his students without reserve .  With his systematic teaching method and dedications,  Sifu Yuen taught hundreds of pupils among them a large number became instructors of Wing Chun and  they are spreading the gospel of Wing Chun Kung Fu in North America and Europe.

It is a privilege and honor for me to have this wonderful opportunity in learning from Master Yuen Yim Keung , one of the remaining Masters of Wing Chun Kung Fu.
 
Mr Alvin Y. So: alvinso@hkstar.com
 

                                          by Alvin Y. So (1998)

Hong Kong Wing Chun Athletic Association Ltd.
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