The system of Wing Chun / Ving Tsun has been evolving for over 200 years. Its origins can be found in the southern Shaolin Temple in Fukien, from where five of its Monks fled, when the then Manchurian rulers destroyed the temple, in an attempt to suppress a possible rebellion. One of these Monks was a Buddhist nun by the name of Ng Moi.

 

Ng Moi supposedly developed the system in order to teach effective fighting skills in a short period of time, to help the people overthrow the Ching Dynasty. One of her students was Yim Wing Chun.  Ng Moi taught Yim Wing Chun, from whom the system takes its name. Yim Wing Chun famously used what she had been taught over the course of a year to successfully defend herself against a violent gang leader that had attempted to rape her, from there, the system began to get a following. Hundreds of years later, and passing through many generations of students that added weaponry and there personal interpretations of the skills, the system was introduced to the world by a young man called Bruce Lee, perhaps the most famous student of the late Grandmaster Yip Man.

Grandmaster YipMan brought the system of Wing Chun from China to Hong Kong. From there, through the efforts of many of his students, the system has now become recognised as one of the most popular and effective Martial Arts in the world. Due to its approach to combat, which promotes simplicity of thought, economy of motion, and directness of application, a complete novice can gain unsurpassed self-defence/fighting skills in a very short period of time. Coupled with its scientific methods of force projection and structural alignment, the system can be learned and effectively applied by practically anyone, of any size, build and gender.