Leung Ting Wing Tsun in the 1970s
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Nico
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I present you here an article from Black Belt magazine from January 1975, entitled Wing Chun: Hong Kong’s Scientific Art, Yip Man leaves a link…
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Nico
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The Red Boat Opera : From Legend to Wing Chun History
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Nico
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In previous posts, including those on The legend and reality behind the Southern Shaolin Monastery, A Brief History of the secret society Tiandihui and The…
The legend and reality behind the Southern Shaolin Monastery
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Nico
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This post follows that of the Shaolin Monastery in Henan, which deals with the historical outlines of this mythical monastery known throughout the world. The…
The Black Belt’s Ip Ching interview
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Nico
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I present here an interview of Ip Ching, published in July 1995 in the Black Belt magazine [1]. This interview was conducted by Steve Lee…
The Northerner Master versus the Wing Chun clan of Fatshan
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Nico
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In this post, I would like to revisit an event that happened in Fatshan 佛山 (Foshan in Mandarin) in the 1920s (or early 1930s), an…
Wing Chun Jo Fen 詠春祖訓 : The Ancestral Rules
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Nico
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In the 1950s, Ip Man established 9 rules of conduct known as 詠春祖訓 Ving Tsun Jo Fen (according to the most commonly used script) ;…
Fang Qi Niang and the White Crane style of Yong Chun
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Nico
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When we are interested in the History of Wing Chun 詠春, sooner or later, we end up interested in the History of Bai He Quan…
Fighting against multiple opponents : difficult but trainable
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Nico
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In self-defense, one versus one is already difficult. One versus many is more so, that’s undeniable. In a dynamic of aggression, the aggressor chooses his…
The 5 Elders of Shaolin : the mythology of the Hung Mun styles
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Nico
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There are several classifications in Chinese Martial Arts. I mentioned it in the post What is Kung Fu ? Regarding the Southern Martial Arts of…
The origins of Hung Gar by Lam Sai Wing
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Nico
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Below is a text from Lam Sai Wing 林世榮 on the origins of the Hung Gar 洪家. This text is the preface to the book…
