Wing Chun

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Wing Chun (disambiguation). Wing Chun

A wing chun front kick (right) against a turning kick. This illustrates the principles of centerline and simultaneous attack and defence.

Wing Chun, Wing Tsun, ing Tsun Focus !triking, Trapping Country of origin China Creator "g #ui ($isputed) !um "ung,%&' (ip #an,%)' Famous practitioners *ruce +ee%,' Parenthood Fu-ian White Crane Descendant arts .eet /une $o Wing Chun !implified Chinese Also known as Traditional Chinese +iteral meaning fist of spring chant [show]Transcriptions Alternative Chinese name Chinese +iteral meaning fist of eternal spring [show]Transcriptions Wing Chun (Chinese0 1 pinyin0 yng chn1 Cantonese (ale0 wihng ch2un1 literally 3spring chant3), also romanised as ing Tsun or Wing Tsun, (and sometimes substituted with the characters 3eternal springtime3%4')1 is a concept5based Chinese martial art and form of self5defense utilising both striking and grappling while specialising in real world, close5range combat. The alternati6e characters 3eternal spring3 are also associated with some other southern Chinese martial arts, including Weng Chun /ung Fu and (ong Chun .%7'%8'

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& ;istory ) Characteristics o ).& *alance, structure and stance o ).) <ela=ation o )., Centerline o ).4 9unches o ).7 /icks o ).8 >ncommitted techni?ues

).@ Trapping skills and sensiti6ity ).A Close range , Curriculum o ,.& Forms and san sik ,.&.& Bmpty hand ,.&.) Wooden dummy ,.&., Forms ,.&.4 Weapons o ,.) Chi !ao o ,., Chi Cerk o ,.4 #ook Wan 4 !outhern #artial Art 7 Clobal !pread o 7.& Dn 9opular Culture 8 *ranches @ !ee also A <eferences E !ources
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#ain article0 ;istory of Wing Chun The earliest known mentions of Wing Chun date to the period of <ed *oat Fpera. The common legend as told by (ip #an%@' in6ol6es the young woman (im Wing5chun, (Wing Chun literally means Gfore6er springtimeG or Gpraising springG,) at the time after the destruction of the !outhern !haolin Temple and its associated temples by the Hing go6ernment0 After (im Wing5Chun rebuffed the local warlordGs marriage offer, she said sheGd reconsider his proposal if he could beat her in a fight. !he soon crossed paths with a *uddhist nun 5 "g #ui, who was one of the !haolin !ect sur6i6ors, and asked the nun to teach her fighting. The legend goes that "g #ui taught (im Wing5Chun a new system of martial art that had been inspired by "g #uiGs obser6ations of a confrontation between a !nake and a Crane1 this then5 still nameless style enabled (im Wing Chun to beat the warlord in a one5on5one fight. (im Wing5Chun thereafter married +eung *ac5Chou and taught him the style, which was later named after her. !ince the system was de6eloped during the !haolin and #ing resistance to the Hing $ynasty, many legends about the creator of Wing Chun were spread to confuse enemies, including the story of (im Wing Chun. This perhaps e=plains why no one has been able to accurately determine the creator or creators of Wing Chun.%A'