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William Kwok is the elder son of Kwok Yuen-wah, a physical education professor who introduced Wing Chun and movement science to Kwok. [7] [8] Prior to learning Practical Wing Chun from Wan Kam-leung, Kwok trained in various martial arts systems including traditional Taekwondo, under Kim Suk-jun, a disciple of Choi Hong-hi. [1]
Victor Kan (簡華捷, Kan Wah-chit; born 1941) is a student of the late Ip Man [1] and began his Wing Chun instruction at the age of 13 years in Hong Kong. [2] He was with Yip Man for 7 years and in that time during which he became known as the 'King of Chi Sao' or 'The Untouchable'. [3]
Wing Chun or Yong Chun (traditional Chinese: 詠春; simplified Chinese: 咏春, lit. "singing spring") [7] is a concept-based martial art, a form of Southern Chinese kung fu, and a close-quarters system of self-defense.
Fujian Wing Chun is a group of associated martial arts originated from Fujian Shaolin Temple, where Jee Shim taught martial arts at the temple's Wing Chun Dien (Always Spring Hall). After destruction of the Fujian Shaolin Temple, the Fujian Wing Chun would be spread to Guangdong by Fong Sai-yuk and Hung Hei-gun .
Sometimes the Weng Chun is also referred to as Chi Sim Wing Chun or Siu Lam Wing Chun by martial arts scholars. [ 33 ] [ additional citation(s) needed ] Here one refers to the legend of the Buddhist monk Chi Sim from the Siu Lam temple (better known under the transfer of the characters 少林 in the Mandarin pronunciation as "Shaolin"), who is ...
Tran Thuc Tien (Vietnamese: Trần Thúc 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 awarded to Tran for Martial Arts by the leaders of the Hanoi Martial Arts Association, [3]
Eric Anthony Oram (born October 13, 1968) is an American Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioner and fight choreographer who introduced a new way of filming fight scenes in the film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows in which the actors fought with real strikes and attacks, which were then featured in slow motion at 500 frames per second in the final movie. [4]
James DeMile was the creator of Wing Chun Do [11] a modified version of Wing Chun. Virgin Australia Airlines Airlines contracted DeMile to create a program to train its in-flight cabin and ground crew staff with the tactics to disarm and immobilize a threatening passenger or terrorist.