Wing Chun (Cantonese) or Yongchun (Mandarin) (Chinese: 詠春 or 咏春, lit. "singing spring") is a concept-based martial art, a form of Southern Chinese kung...
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different branches of the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun can be thought of as describing both the differing traditions and interpretations of Wing Chun and...
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Ip Man (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
Yip Man, was a Chinese martial artist. He became a teacher of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became martial...
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Yuen Kay-shan (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
Grandmaster of Wing Chun. The youngest of five brothers, he became known as "Foshan Yuen Lo-jia" (Yuen the Fifth of Foshan). He was the fifth child of wealthy...
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Leung Jan (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
Leung Tak-wing; 1826–1901) was a Chinese martial artist and Wing Chun practitioner from Heshan, Guangdong. He was known in Foshan as Mr. Jan of Foshan and...
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Chinese martial arts (redirect from History of Chinese martial arts)
a master of the Wing Chun and the first to teach this style openly. Yip Man was the teacher of Bruce Lee. Most major branches of Wing Chun taught in...
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Ip Man (film) (redirect from The Legend of Yip Man)
biographical martial arts film based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun and teacher of Bruce Lee. The film focuses on events in...
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Wan Kam-leung (category Wing Chun practitioners from Hong Kong)
Practical Wing Chun in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Wan studied Wing Chun kung fu under Wong Shun-leung As a teen, Wan studied a variety of styles of kung fu as...
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Victor Kan (category Wing Chun practitioners from Hong Kong)
(簡華捷, Kan Wah-chit; born 1941) is a student of the late Ip Man and began his Wing Chun instruction at the age of 13 years in Hong Kong. He was with Yip Man...
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Wong Wah-bo (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
artist and an opera singer of the late Qing Dynasty. Wong Wah-bo is a notable figure in development of martial art Wing Chun, which is known for its poorly...
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made Weng Chun Kung Fu known outside of China and founded various martial arts schools and associations. As with Wing Chun Kung Fu, aspects of trademark...
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Chan Wah-shun (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
Clutcher Wah (爪錢華), was a student of the Wing Chun grandmaster Leung Jan (梁贊). He is noted for being the martial arts teacher of Ip Man. Born in Shunde District...
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Butterfly sword (category Wing Chun)
primary function is to cut and slash regardless of length. In some branches of Kung Fu, such as Wing Chun, butterfly knives are known as Baat Jaam Do (named...
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Pan Nam (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
Grandmaster of the Wing Chun style. In 1994, he was awarded the title of "Guangdong Wulin Hundred Masters". The popular Pan Nam Wing Chun Tournament which...
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Yuen Chai-wan (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
pinyin: Ruǎn Jìyún) was a Grandmaster of Wing Chun and a general during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was the son of the wealthy firework monopoly owner...
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Hung Ga (section Branches of Hung Kuen)
Master Chun Sun Ho(Chris Ho){son of Kar Yung}, Master Jaelynn Mae Ho {Daughter of Chun Sun} and Master Ken Chow (周學禮). - Lam Cho (林祖) (Lam Sai-wing's adopted...
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Chun Doo-hwan (Korean: 전두환; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌnduɦwɐn] or [tɕʌn] [tuɦwɐn]; 18 January 1931 – 23 November 2021) was a South Korean army general...
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Tran Thuc Tien (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
Tiển) was a Grandmaster of Wing Chun, disciple of General Yuen Chai Wan, a Western educated wine maker and entrepreneur. The title of posthumous honor was...
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Lam Sai-wing took him to Hong Kong, where they opened two branches of Lam Sai-wing Martial Arts Association and Dit Da clinics there. Sai-wing managed...
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Jee Sin Sim See (category Chinese Wing Chun practitioners)
Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Tradition. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 9781462917532. Leung, Ting (2000). Roots and Branches of Wing Tsun, Second edition...
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Tan Tui Tien Shan Pai Tongbeiquan Wing Chun Wudangquan Xingyiquan Yau Kung Moon Yiquan Yuejiaquan ("Yue family boxing") Ziranmen List of martial arts...
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Jeet Kune Do (redirect from Way of the Intercepting Fist)
upon their own interpretation of the philosophy created by Bruce Lee. Growing up in Hong Kong, Lee was a student of Wing Chun Grandmaster Ip Man. However...
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include: Choy Li Fut, Fujian White Crane, Dog-style kung fu, Five Ancestors, Wing Chun, Southern Praying Mantis, Hak Fu Mun, Bak Mei and Dragon-style. There...
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Wuzuquan, Wing Chun, and so on. During the Ming dynasty of the 16th century, there were Wokou (Japanese pirates) active on the coast of China. At one...
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travelled to Hong Kong to study Wing Chun kung fu under Wong Shun Leung. Upon returning to Melbourne he opened a Wing Chun school in Australia alongside...
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Tiandihui (redirect from Society of Heaven and Earth)
p. 10. Murray & Qin (1994), p. 10. "WingChunPedia - the One and Only Wing Chun Encyclopedia! | WCP / Wing Chun Kuen and the Secret Societies-Collected...
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Chuck Norris (redirect from Chun Kuk Do)
won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline, Chun Kuk Do. Shortly after, in Hollywood, Norris trained celebrities in martial...
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Brigadier General Cary C. Chun (born August 23, 1963) is a retired senior officer of the United States Air Force. He served as the Deputy Commander, Operations...
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Government Secretariat (Hong Kong) (redirect from Government Secretariat, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)
Branch Housing Branch Security Branch Civil Service Branch New Territories Branch (1974-) Administration Branch (1975-1978) Branches of the Government...
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