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What is Wing Chun?

Wing Chun generally refers to Wing Chun Boxing. Wing Chun Boxing is a traditional martial art in China, a technology to prevent invasion, an active and streamlined self-defense system and a boxing method to legally use force. Compared with other traditional martial arts in China, it pays more attention to subduing opponents as soon as possible, so as to minimize the harm of the parties.

Wing Chun Boxing is a distinctive southern boxing based on the "midline theory", which emphasizes the flexible use of limbs derived from correct concepts, consciousness and ways of thinking. Its contents mainly include "thinking carefully", "finding a bridge" and "pointing". The main training methods are paired "fighting hands" and "fighting feet". Auxiliary equipment includes wall-mounted sandbags and three-star piles; Training equipment includes stakes, knives, sticks, etc.

The legend of the origin of Wing Chun Quan;

Wing Chun Boxing was founded by five great masters (formerly known as Zhu Hongmei) of South Shaolin Temple in Fuqing, Fujian. The five great masters combined Zen with martial arts, and finally created a practical kung fu-Wing Chun Boxing suitable for women to practice.

The reason why he was named after the word "Wing Chun" is the crystallization of his academic experience all his life. For example, the point, horizontal, folding, vertical, hook, pick, skimming and pressing in the right half of a simple word "Yong" hides the boxing principles and moves of Wing Chun Boxing.