My Style of martial arts is Wing Chun Kung-Fu
The
Origin of Wing Chun Kung-Fu
Wing
Chun originated approximately 300 years ago during the turbulent,
repressive Ching (Qing) Dynasty. It was a time when 90% of the Chinese
race, the conquered Hons, were ruled by 10% minority, the Manchus.
The Manchus placed a great amount of unjust laws on the Hons to
control them. For example, all female Hon infants were made to bind
their feet, so when they grew up they would be dependent on their
parents or husbands.
Work
opportunities of the Hons were also restricted. They were unable
to hold office in their own government--except at the Shaolin Temple,
where the Buddhist practices of the monks were respected.
Before
long, the Shaolin Temple became a hotbed for revolutionary activity
for the Hons. However, the Manchus warriors were trained equally
to the Shaolin monks and were formidable opponents.
As
a response to this problem, the Five Elders of the Temple combined
their collective knowledge and experience in the martial arts to
create a new system--something more effective than anything to ever
come before it. The result of their efforts was the most scientifically
advanced martial arts in the world--and it could be trained in 3
to 5 years, rather than the traditional 10 to 15. But before the
monks could be trained in this new system, the temple was raided
and burned and most of the monks were killed.
Ng
Mui, a Shaolin nun, was one of the few survivors of the raid. She
passed this new system on to a young girl she named Wing Chun, (forever
spring) after the hall in the temple where these techniques and
principles were developed.
Wing
Chun passed on this knowledge to her husband, Leung Bok Cho. He
passed this knowledge on to his nephew, and so on. Throughout the
years, the system itself became known as Wing Chun and has survived
to this day, to the system’s eight and current Grand master, William
(Chuk Hing) Cheung.
Grand
master William Cheung was the top disciple of the legendary Grand
master Yip Man and was the primary instructor to the late, Bruce
Lee.
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