Grandmaster Ip Man’s Wing Chun Rules of Conduct (traditional): Remain disciplined – Conduct yourself ethically as a martial artist. Practice courtesy and righteousness – Serve the society and respect your elders. Love your fellow students – Be united and avoid conflicts. Limit your desires and pursuit of bodily pleasures – Preserve the proper spirit. Train […]
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Meet two of Ip Man’s Best Students: Wing Chun Masters Chu Shong Tin and Wong Shun Leung During the week of September 20,1990 we had the honor of meeting Wing Chun Masters Wong Shun Leung and Master Chu Shong Tin from Hong Kong. Master Chu Shong Tin was the third official student of the late
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Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin explains in this article the Wing Chun forms and what he loves about Wing Chun. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF WING CHUN KUNG FU The structure of Wing Chun Kung Fu is so scrupulous and precise that it fits into the logic of science. Viewing from any angle, I consider that Wing
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After one is familiar with all the movements in the Wing Chun Forms, he should study and understand more in-depth the theory and contents of the Forms in order to establish the concept in training so that he could reach the revelation – “Lup Lim” (Means: determines to use the thinking process to achieve the
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Part 4 Biu Gee can generate tremendous fightback Power, so great that it surpasses the power generated by the body when it is still. Also, characterized by its unique techniques, Sending-power-to-fingertips and Channelling-force-to-centre, Biu Gee certainly embodies the wonder of Power! Sending-power-to-fingertips: The theme of Biu Gee is exactly to send out all the cumulated
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Part 3 In Biu Gee, every movement in the arm displays the peak of the kinetic power of the body. The difficult part is how to converge such peak power onto a particular point of the limbs to turn it into a spearhead for attack. This entails techniques – finding the Centre of Weight of
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Part 2 Biu Gee five gears explained; based on the concentrated operation of body weight and speed of movement, can cumulate power from the entire body onto an attack point. Its power generation can be described as five gears, similar to the acceleration gears of a vehicle. These Biu Gee five gears include: Moving-body-weight Power,
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Biu Gee is the third form-set in the Wing Chun martial art. Traditionally Biu Gee has been regarded as prohibited to outsiders. Grandmaster Ip Man had also mentioned that it would not be taught to others not of his lineage. This might be due to some old thinking that heritage is private, or due to
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Here is an excerpt of an interview with Grandmaster Chu Shong Tin by Wing Chun Teahouse where he describes his attainment of Nim Lik (mind intent) through studying Siu Nim Tao – the hidden power. My master Ip Man first started teaching Wing Chun in Hong Kong at the Restaurant Workers Union Association. At the
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Here is a translation of an original interview with Ip Man in the magazine “New Martial Hero“, and it is one of only two ever-published interviews with the famous Wing Chun Grandmaster. Grandmaster Ip was a Foshan native, and when he was very young, he was quite weak. Because of this, his parents sent him
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