Wing Chun Kung Fu is a unique and effective martial art from Southern China that specializes in close range combat. It is the only martial art created and made famous by a woman. About 300 years ago, Ng Mui, the Shaolin nun who developed the system, realized that most of the techniques in Shaolin Kung Fu were ineffective for a small woman to use against a larger, stronger man. She also realized that a woman could not match a man's stamina in a long fight. With this in mind, Ng Mui developed a self-defense system that enabled a smaller, weaker person such as herself to defeat a bigger, stronger person. The system is focused around the centerlines, diagonal lines and angles. The theory behind the basic elements includes: balance, timing, control and simultaneity in defense and attacks. Movie Stars such as Robert Downey Jr., Christian Bale, Donnie Yen and Stephen Chow were Wing Chun practitioners.

There are different lineages of Wing Chun depending on the interpretation of the system. We follow Grandmaster WAN Kam Leung's Practical Wing Chun system. Practical Wing Chun (實用詠春拳) is a system evolved and developed by Grandmaster WAN Kam Leung based on the traditional Wing Chun he studied for many years and the many fights he had while progressing in his martial art. He felt a need to improve a system whose forms where invented hundred years ago and passed along mostly through word of mouth. Some of the techniques may have become obsolete, and some methods of training may have become outdated. Moreover, modern understanding of the human body can also be different compared to concepts developed several hundred years ago. He accurately tested and modified a system already efficient to make it a practical and modern combat system.

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