Our Second Hongkong Trip 2012 Day 2-3

In 2012, Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen led by Sifu Bertrand Lim was invited to attend the Ving Tsun Athletic Association 3rd World Conference and Ip Man Tong 10th Anniversary. A strength of 10 travelled up to Foshan, Luocun and Hongkong to remember the source of wingchun we practice. We visited the Ip Man Tong, the Must Visit Ip Man Museum by the China Goverment, Ip Man Memorial Hall- the Ancestral Home of the Ip Family, Grandmaster Lun Gai Kwoon- the last living Foshan disciple of Grandmaster Ip Man, in Hongkong, Ving Tsun Athletic Association and more. Join us for the next hongkong trip- no politics, open to all lineages, all styles of martial arts, for the next Hongkong/ China Wing Chun Training, Shopping and Good Food. Just Wingchun archeology at its best. www.singaporewingchunkuen.com

Our Second Hongkong Trip 2012 Day 1

In 2012, Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen led by Sifu Bertrand Lim was invited to attend the Ving Tsun Athletic Association 3rd World Conference and Ip Man Tong 10th Anniversary. A strength of 10 travelled up to Foshan, Luocun and Hongkong to remember the source of wingchun we practice. We visited the Ip Man Tong, the Must Visit Ip Man Museum by the China Goverment, Ip Man Memorial Hall- the Ancestral Home of the Ip Family, Grandmaster Lun Gai Kwoon- the last living Foshan disciple of Grandmaster Ip Man, in Hongkong, Ving Tsun Athletic Association and more. Join us for our next Hongkong China Training Trip for great training, shopping, food. Wingchun archeology at its best. www.singaporewingchunkuen.com

Our First Hongkong China Wingchun Trip 2011

 

In 2011, Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen led by Sifu Bertrand Lim was invited to attend Grandmaster Ip Chun 88th Birthday. Together with Grandmaster Samuel Kwok we paid our respects to this great man, elder Son of Grandmaster Ip Man and met many greats of wingchun at the dinner. We also paid our respects to the legend Grandmaster Ip man at his Grave. As part of our trip to remember the source we drink and to have a walkabout in hongkong, we went to Ving Tsun Athletic Association, Avenue of the Stars, The Peak, Temple Street, Stanley Street for shopping, Nathan Road, Lan Kwai Fong etc..., China- Foshan Ip Man Tong, Wong Fei Hong Musuem. Total 4 days 3 nights. My thanks to my students for their passion for wingchun. Join us for the next hongkong trip- no politics, open to all lineages, all styles of martial arts, for Hongkong/ China Wing ChunTraining, Shopping and Good Food just Wingchun archeology at its best. www.singaporewingchunkuen.com

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Our Qigong Lineage

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Customised Wooden Dummies that we sell

Levelled Arms

Customised JKD body Available- Neck can be used to practice clinching, Saat Geng(killing neck) techniques

Customised Logos on wooden dummy body

Customised Spring Tripod to provide aliveness or spring that a big frame dummy will give, but taking much less space

Customised Padding on Head and Body

Teaching internal aspects of the 2nd form of wingchun- Chum Kil

4 Stages of Conflict Resolution

At Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen

The 4 stages of confrontation we teach are
1. When to walk away or run away

2. When the first stage is not possible, when to control the person e.g a chin na(seizing) lock on body or choke to immobilise the person

3. When to use lightened Striking as a warning e.g a whipping pak sao to the arm or taps on targets that will break the persons will.

4. Striking to neutralise the target( we dont teach this unless they are instructors and we validate their martial virtues)

In stage 1. We recognise alot of fights or confrontations are not about life and death, but about the pride or ego or the fear of losing face. Many a time people feel insulted and by raising a hand, they feel they can redemn their pride or prove themselves to be the stronger man

Our training, we teach them to have real skills and pressure test them(6 attackers on 1) so that when its about ego and pride, they can and should always walk away because we have trained them to be a weapon. Liken to having a loaded gun. If you have a gun(hidden) on you and someone picks a fight with you over a trival thing like cutting your lane in driving, you can walk away, because that person had no idea he could have been killed, if he had known he was looking down a barrel of a gun, he would have with commonsense, walked away. We walk away empowered because we know its his lucky day and he should go buy the lottery- there is never a need to proof you could have taken the person out.

Its self awareness about who we are, what we can do, and our principles(martial and ethical virtues)

New Class 9am 7 April- Traditional Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen

Tomorrow,

9am 7 April,

Traditional Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen

1st class for 2012

Changes in Class Timing and Location

Starting 7 April, by popular demand and request, Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen will have 2 classes 9am and 5pm

9 am Traditional Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen

5pm Ip Man Ving Tsun Combatives

Please note the differences in Class timing, Fees, Criteria and type of class

For more details go to www.singaporewingchunkuen.com under FAQ

Kwoon Rules of Conduct

国有国规 家有家规  馆有馆规

A country has laws, A family has rules, A kwoon has its code of conduct

As a recipient of a time honoured tradition: Traditional Ip Man Ving Tsun Kungfu, we have a duty to uphold the way of our ancestors and the way kungfu was being taught from Master to Disciple, the code of conduct in learning and the deep traditions of the chinese culture.

武术虽然是一种武装力量，但是我们中国武术，是包含儒家的哲理，

武德，也就是仁，推已及人

Kwoon Rules of Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen

1. Do not do any techniques from other schools of wingchun or other martial arts during training. You are to do the techniques as taught in the training. This is basic respect for the art and the Sifu.
Unsupervised techniques may also lead to serious injuries. *
2. Do not hurt your partner intentionally. *

3. Do not show uncontrolled aggression.

4. Do bow to the Sifu before and after class. Do bow to your training partners as a mark of respect.

5. Do address the teacher as Sifu during class.

6. Do wait for the Sifu to bow you in if you do not arrive on time.

7. Do not sit down or rest on the floor of the training ground unless granted permission

8. Do wear clean and proper uniforms for training.

9. Do not horseplay or talk loudly in the kwoon. If you wish to chit-chat or are not willing to do a particular exercise, please leave the floor so as not to distract others or short change your partners out of training time. Stay focused and disciplined.

10. Do behave as students during training and the Sifu will behave as a teacher, this is the reason why you enrolled in class- to learn.

These rules have come about to maintain 1. The Safety of all those who train with us 2. The code of conduct for proper and effective learning of traditional ving tsun kuen.

All rules are to be obeyed at all times, violation of these rules may lead to the following 1. A official reprimand 2. An official letter issued 3. Immediate Expulsion

Rules marked * if broken will lead to immediate expulsion.

I reserve the right to remove any student instantly who does not display the proper attitude of a student- Sifu Bertrand Lim

Some Students Testimonials Part 2

Zhen Wei - Through the teachings of Sifu Bertrand Lim, I have learnt the true essence of Ip Man Wing Chun. Passed down from Sigung Samuel Kwok, student of Ip Man's 2 sons, Ip Ching and Ip Chun, the power, strength and speed I gained from it is priceless. The martial virtue, confidence, emotional content and combativeness was nothing I had before knowing Sifu and learning Wing Chun.


Hor Cheng : Before joining this class, i was always cautious with people around me, afraid of meeting some thugs on the street. Now, after just a few months in this class, I've obtained a confidence I never had before, and I can confidently walk down the street without ever being scared, because now I can safeguard my safety without relying on others.


Keng Hsiang : Sifu teaches us combative Ip Man Wing Chun which we can use to defend ourselves and our loved ones, strengthen ourselves physically and mentally, martial virtues and how to avoid or handle conflict. He is able to blend them together and teach us in a way which we can learn and understand the art. I am truly grateful to be a student and learn this great art passed down by its ancestors.



My thanks to all the students who have written testimonials, it is my honour and blessing to be able to lead them and guide them along this path of wingchun, to empower them to protect themselves, and their loved ones and to find confidence, discipline and self control and the true martial artist in themselves. - Sifu Bertrand Lim
A special note to lance- thank you very much for helping me compile all these testimonials.

A short introduction to us

Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen 新加坡葉問詠春拳会 is the Singapore training centre for
Grandmaster Samuel Kwok 郭思牧大师. We are the first kwoon for Grandmaster Kwok in South East Asia and first from Singapore to be recognised in Ip Man Memorial Hall-
Luocun, Guangzhou  佛山羅村葉問紀念館開幕- the birthplace of Grandmaster Ip Man, by the Wing Chun Elders of Hongkong and Grandmaster Ip Chun. We were awarded the name Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen 新加坡葉問詠春拳会 and authorised to use the name Ip Man 葉問.

We are kungfu descendents of Ip Man 葉問 and our School only teaches Ip Man Ving Tsun     
葉問詠春拳. My Master Samuel Kwok 郭思牧 once said to me, never let the name of 葉問 Ip Man be disgraced or the art lost. Our Mission is to honour this great man 葉問 Ip Man, who taught Bruce Lee and in which 90% of the world's wingchun pays tribute to, our Grandmasters Ip Chun, Ip Ching and our benefactor Sifu- Grandmaster Samuel Kwok.

Our Lineage is

Grandmaster Ip Man- 葉問
Grandmaster Ip Chun- 葉準 Grandmaster Ip Ching- 葉正
Grandmaster Samuel Kwok- 郭思牧
Master Sifu Bertrand Lim- 林达賢

Lineage of Singapore Ip Man Ving Tsun Kuen

Grandmaster Ip Man New Martial Hero Magazine Interview

Here is a translation of an original interview with Grandmaster Yip Man in the magazine "New Martial Hero“. It is one of only two ever published interviews with the famous Wing Chun grandmaster.Grandmaster Yip Man was a Fatshan native. When he was very young, he was quite weak. Therefore, his parents sent him to learn Wing Chun from Chan Wah Shun, the most outstanding student of the famous Dr. Leung Jan.

When Grandmaster Yip described his past, he did so with great warmth.

New Martial Hero: “Did Chan Wah Shun have the nickname Jau-Chin Wah (Wah the Money-Changer)?”

Yip Man: “This nickname does not represent my instructor’s character. Other than ‘Wah the Money Changer’, he had also a less graceful nickname. ‘Ngau-Chin Wah’ of ‘Wah the Bull’. He was the headstudent of Dr Leung Jan”.

New Martial Hero: “This name indicates that Wah the Money Changer was a very bad tempered person who liked fighting all the time, right? How many students did Wah the Money Changer admit? How were you ranked amongst your kungfu brohters?”

Yip Man: “Including me, Wah Kung only admitted 16 students since opening his kungfu school. I was 11 years old when I became his student during his latter years.”

New Martial Hero: “We Chinese have a saying that the last son is the most beloved one. According to the Chinese custom, since you were his last kungfu son, you must be the most beloved student of his. Right?”

Yip Man, smiling: “You’re right. When I learnt under Wah Kung, he was already 70. He was a bit weak at that time. However, he still corrected my mistakes with great patience. Futhermore, he also told his other students to teach me. As a result, my techniques improved at high speed.”

New Martial Hero: “It’s a good question. Let me tell you why. In olden days, people were very strict concerning the teacher/student relationship. Before they admitted a student, they had to know the character of this would-be student very clearly. This is what is called ‘to choose a right student to teach’. Secondly, it also depended on whether the student could afford to pay his school fees or not”.

Grandmaster Yip stopped for awhile. He then talked i a rather low tone: “The fact is, not too many people could affordd to pay for such a high school fee. For example: at the time I paid, the red packet for the ‘Student-admitting Ceremony’ had to contain 20 taels of silver. And I had to pay 8 taels of silver each month as my school fee.”

New Martial Hero: “How much was 20 taels of silver worth, in terms of your living standards?”

Yip Man, after thinking for a while: “For 20 taels of silver you could marry a wife, say if you did it economically. Also, with no more than 1 and a half taels of silver you could buy 1 picul of rice.” The Grandmaster continued: “That was why, at that time, most of the people who learnt kungfu were rich people. These people could leave their jobs and live in the old temples in deep mountains for training. It is not the same as today when people can easily learn kungfu anywhere.”

New Martial Hero: “After the death of Wah the Money Changer, you left Fatshan and came to Hong Kong to study in St. Stephens’s College. Did you learn Wing Chun kungfu again when you were in Hong Kong?”

Yip Man, smiling: “Of course I did! And I can say that it was because of a highly proficient Wing Chun expert whom I met that I learnt the most advanced Wing Chun techniques.”

New Martial Hero: “Who was that highly proficient expert?”

Yip Man: “It was Leung Bik, the eldest son of Dr Leung Jan. The story of how I came to meet my teacher Leung Bik was really quite dramatic. It’s a long story.”

But after repeated requests by the writer, Yip Man started telling the following story in detail:

At the time Grandmaster Yip left Fatshan to go to study in Hong Kong, was already very skilled in the basic wing chun fighting techniques. He always fought with his classmates at the school. Although Yip Man was not tall, he was very skilful in fighting techniques. Therefore, he could defeat all his classmates, even those that were much taller and stronger than he. For this reason, he became arrogant for he believed that nobody could match him.

After six months, one of Yip Man’s classmates, surnamed Lai, whose father ran a big silk company named “Kung Hang Silk Company” in Jervois Street of Sheung Wan, told Yip that there was a friend of father’s living in their house. He was in his 50s. This man knew some kungfu techniques. He offered a friendly sparring with Yip Man.

At that time Yip had never been defeated, and so he wasted no time in accepting the challenge. Lai made an appointment to introduce them to each other on one Sunday afternoon.

On that Sunday, Yip went to the house of his classmate. After being introduced to this middle-aged man, Yip looked at him appraisingly. To Yip’s eyes, he looked more like a typical slim-gentleman than someone who really knew kung fu.

After a short time, Yip Man frankly challenged the man to a sparring match.

With a smile, the middle-aged man said: “Well, Yip Man, so you are interested in doing some sparring with me. Before your fight me, I can tell you not to worry about me. All you need to do is attack me to any part of my body with your full strength and that’s all!”

On hearing this, the arrogant Yip Man, though apparently still unruffled, was actually so mad that all he wanted to do was to beat this man up!

No sooner did the middle-aged man give Yip Man a hand-signal inviting him to attack than he was subjected to Yip Man’s aggressive rain of punches. However, this man was so quick that Yip Man could not match his counter-attack movements. In an instant, Yip Man was forced to withdraw into a corner. The man stopped at the same moment.

After the first contact, and already defeated, Yip Man could not believe that this man had gained the upper hand so quickly. Therefore, he asked the man if he could try again. Once again, Yip Man was completely controlled by this man. He could not do anything against him! This time, Yip Man knew that he had surely been beaten by a real kungfu expert. Without saying a word, Yip Man went away with great disappointment.
After that friendly sparring match, Yip Man was so depressed that he did not even dare to mention that he knew kung fu.

One week afterwards, Yip was told by Lai that the middle-aged man wanted to see him again. At that time, Yip Man rather afraid and too ashamed to see the middle-aged man again. He told Lai: “I feel too embarrassed to see him again. I am not his match at all.”

However, to Yip Man’s surprise, Lai told Yip that his father’s friend actually praised Yip’s kungfu techniques highly. That was why he wanted to see Yip and talk to him again. Lai started telling Yip Man the secret of his father’s friend. In fact the one who had fought with Yip Man was none other than Leung Bik, the son of Dr. Leung Jan!

After learning the truth, Yip Man thought to himself: “Gosh! That is why he is so good in kung fu techniques. Actually this time I was fighting with a high-rank Wing Chun expert!”

Immediately Yip Man’s realized what an opportunity this was. He was still not that highly skilled in the kungfu techniques taught to him by his si-fu Wah the Money Changer. This would be the best chance for him to learn the more advanced Wing Chun techniques. Therefore, he wasted no time in asking Lai, his classmate, to take him to the Kung Hang Silk Company to meet Leung Bik.

Since Yip Man was a genius in terms of learning kung fu, Leung Bik was very happy to teach all he knew to Yip Man.

A few years later, Leung Bik got tired of living in Hong Kong and was thinking of going back to Fatshan. At that time Yip Man had already attained the highest proficiency in kungfu techniques.

The Origin Of Ving Tsun

BY THE LATE GRANDMASTER YIP MAN

(from "Genealogy of Ving Tsun Kung Fu" from the Ving Tsun Athletic Association)

The text in Chinese was a rough draft written by the late Grandmaster Yip Man and was supposed to be the preface for the purpose of organizing the “Ving Tsun Fellowship”, once upon a time. However, the Ving Tsun Fellowship never came into existence; instead, the “Hong Kong Ving Tsun Athletic Association” was finally established on August 24, 1967.

The founder of the Ving Tsun Kung Fu System, Miss Yim Ving Tsun, was a native of Canton, China. As a young girl, she was intelligent and athletic, upstanding and manly. She was bethroned to Leung Bok Chau, a salt merchant of Fukien. Soon after that, her mother died. Her father, Yim Yee, was wrongfully accused of a crime and nearly went to jail. So the family moved far away and finally settled down at that foot of Tai Leung Mountain at the Yunnan—Szechuan border. All this happened during the reign of Emperor K’anghsi (1622-1722).

At the time, Kung Fu was becoming very strong in Siu Lam Monastery (Shaolin Monastery) of Mt. Sung, Honan. This aroused the fear of the Manchu government, which sent troops to attack the monastery. They were unsuccessful. A man named Chan Man Wai was the First Placed Graduate of the Civil Service Examination that year. He was seeking favor with the government, and suggested a plan. He plotted with Siu Lam monk Ma Ning Yee and others. They set fire to the Monastery while soldiers attacked it from outside. Siu Lam was burned down and the monks scattered. Buddhist Abbess Ng Mui, Abbot Chi Shin, Abbot Pak Mei, Master Fung To Tak and Master Miu Him escaped and fled their separate ways.

Ng Mui took refuge in White Crane Temple on Mt. Tai Leung (also known as Mt. Chai Har). There, she came to know Yim Yee and his daughter, Yim Ving Tsun. She brought bean curds at their store and they became friends.

Ving Tsun was a very young woman then and her beauty attracted the attention of a local bully. He tried to force Ving Tsun to marry him. She and her father were very worried. Ng Mui learned this and took pity on Ving Tsun. She agreed to teach Ving Tsun fighting techniques so that she could protect herself. Then she would be able to solve the problem with the bully and marry Leung Bok Chau, her betrothed husband. So, Ving Tsun followed Ng Mui into the mountains and started to learn Kung Fu. She trained night and day, and mastered the techniques. Then she challenged the local bully to a fight and beat him. Ng Mui set off to travel around the country, but before she left she told Ving Tsun to strictly honor the Kung Fu traditions, to develop her Kung Fu after her marriage and to help the people working to overthrow the Manchu government and restore the Ming Dynasty. This is how Ving Tsun Kung Fu was handed down by Abbess Ng Mui.

After the marriage, Ving Tsun taught her Kung Fu to her husband Leung Bok Chau and he passed his Kung Fu techniques on to Leung Lan Kwai. Leung Lan Kwai passed it on to Wong Wah Bo. Wong Wah Bo was a member of an opera troupe on board a junk, known to the Chinese as the “Red Junk”. Wong worked on the Red Junk with Leung Yee Tei. It so happened that Abbot Chi Shin, who fled from Siu Lam, had disguised himself as a cook and was now working on the Red Junk. Chi Shin taught the six and a half point Long pole techniques to Leung Yee Tei. Wong Wah Bo was close to Leung Yee Tei and they shared what they knew about Kung Fu. Together they correlated and improved their techniques and thus the Six and a half point Long pole techniques were incorporated into Ving Tsun Kung Fu.

Leung Yee Tei passed the Kung Fu on to Leung Jan, a well known herbal doctor in Fat Shan. Leung Jan grasped the innermost secrets of Ving Tsun and attained the highest level of proficiency. Many Kung Fu Masters came to challenge him, but all were defeated. Leung Jan became very famous and later he passed his Kung Fu on to Chan Wah Shan, who took me as his student many decades ago. I studied Kung Fu alongside my brothers such as Ng Siu Lo, Ng Chung So, Chan Yu Min and Lui Yu Jai. Ving Tsun was thus passed down to us and we are eternally grateful to our Kung Fu ancestors and teachers. We will always remember and appreciate our roots and this shared feeling will always keep our Kung Fu brothers close together. This is why I am organizing the Ving Tsun Fellowship, and I hope my Kung Fu brothers will support me in this. This will be very important in the promotion of Kung Fu.

Seventeen Keys to Wing Chun

- Be ferocious when clashing.

- Be fast with your fist.

- Be forceful when applying power.

- Be accurate with timing.

- Be continuous when applying Fan Sau.

- Do not use all your strength.

- Protect your own posture.

- Be alert with your eyes.

- Unite your waist and stance.

- Coordinate your hands and feet.

- Movements must be agile.

- Comprehend the principles of Yin and Yang.

- Remain calm.

- Be steady with your breathing and strength.

- Sink your inner chi.

- Be commanding with your fighting demeanor.

- Be quick to end the fight.

Ip Man Maxims of Wing Chun, Kuen Kuit

Maxims of Wing Chun

- Retain what comes in, send off what retreats. Rush in on loss of hand contact.

- Do not be lax when your opponent is not advancing.

- Once your opponent moves, his center of gravity changes.

- Make the first move to have control. Attack according to timing.

- Timing is achieved through practice.

- A strong attitude and posture gives an advantage over your opponent.

- Being alert and adapting to the situation allows maximum results for minimum effort.

- The body follows the movement of the hands. The waist and the stance move together.

- Complement the hands with posture to make good use of the centerline.

- The eyes and the mind travel together, paying attention to leading edge of attack.

- Charge into the opponent. Execute three moves together.

- Strike any presented posture if it is there. Otherwise strike where you see motion. Beware of sneak attacks, leakage attacks and invisible centerline attacks.

- Soft and relaxed strength will put your opponent in jeopardy.

- Coordinate the hands and feet. Movement is together.

- Do not take risks and you will always connect to the target.

- Have confidence and your calmness will dominate the situation.

- Occupy the inner gate to strike deep into the defense.

- To win in an instant is a superior achievement.

- The Yin Yang principle should be thoroughly understood.

- The theory of Wing Chun has no limit in it applications.

- Be humble to request your teacher for guidance.

- Understand the principles for your training.

- Upon achieving the highest level of proficiency, the application of techniques will vary according to the opponent.

Wing Chun Fist, easy to learn, hard to master

咏春拳, 易学, 难精

Wing Chun Fist, easy to learn, hard to master

Dinner pictures with Grandmaster Ip Chun, Sifu Samuel Kwok and other wingchun elders

Traditional Wing Chun Rules of Conduct

Traditional Wing Chun Rules of Conduct

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1. Remain disciplined - Conduct yourself ethically as a martial artist.
2. Practice courtesy and righteousness - Serve the society and respect your elders.
3. Love your fellow students - Be united and avoid conflicts.
4. Limit your desires and pursuit of bodily pleasures - Preserve the proper spirit.
5. Train diligently - Maintain your skills.
6. Learn to develop spiritual tranquility - Abstain from arguments and fights.
7. Participate in society - Be moderate and gentle in your manners.
8. Help the weak and the very young - Use martial skills for the good of humanity.
9. Pass on the tradition - Preserve this Chinese art and rules of conduct

Wing Chun Kuen Kuit

Wing Chun Kuen Kuit are “Words of Wisdom” which capture in poetic terms the finer attributes of Wing Chun Kung Fu. “Kuen Kuit” is Cantonese for “Martial sayings” , “Fist poetry” or “Fighting songs.” Chinese martial arts employ Kuen Kuit as concise, rhythmic verses which present a method or philosophy of a style. Even among competing Wing Chun traditions, many sayings are recognized and shared. One significant proverb cites, “Loy Lau Hoi Sung, Lut Sau Jik Chung.” This means: “Retain what’s coming in; Send off what’s retreating; Rush in upon loss of hand contact.” Regardless of the Wing Chun tradition, this advice bridges many differences and defines one of the most important strategies of the art.

The original Wing Chun Kuen Kuit are believed to descended from an ancient, oral tradition, and reportedly were connected to southern Chinese secret societies of the nineteenth century. Moy Yat wrote, “It was during the ching dynasty that many of the proverbs were part of secret codes and rituals developed by the rebels dedicated to overthrowing the Manchus.” Over the passing years, unrelated or inapplicable sayings were eventually discarded, the remaining few are described as being “truly intrinsic” to Wing Chun Kung Fu.

“Wing Chun Chuen Jing Tung” is an important proverb usually displayed in the traditional Wing Chun school. This refers to the genuineness of the martial art and reads, “Wing Chun authentically passing down.” This means passing on the true system of Wing Chun “unchanged by your own ideas.” Other well known proverbs cite: Kuen Yau Sum Faat (The punch starts from the heart); Ying Da Juck Da, But Ying Da, But Ho Da … (Strike when you should, Do not strike when you should not …); Chew Ying Joi Ying (Face toward and chase the opponent); Chum Jong Sau Jone (Sink the elbow, protect the center)4; Guan Mo Leung Heung (The staff doesn’t make two sounds), etc.

Wing Chun’s Traditional Rules of Conduct and the popular sayings above may be easily recognized. Others have been preserved based upon the discretion of Augustine Fong, and these originally appears in Randy William 6 book set. There are maxims, training proverbs and sayings for all Wing Chun forms. The majority of these are genuine, artistic commentaries on Wing Chun boxing. It may be noticed some verses are similar to training proverbs presented in the Chinese Internal Arts. Thus, “People do not know the extent of my skills, but I know their abilities,” has been attributed to Yang Lew-Shan: “The theory of Tai-Chi is that nobody knows you, only you know them.” This is a popular saying, as are those which mention invisible techniques such as the famed Mo Ying Gerk (No Shadow kick).

While masters of self-defense declare that real experience is the best teacher, Wing Chun proverbs do excel as wonderful reminders and clues to the mastery of the martial art. These poetic stanzas preserve a secret Kung Fu tradition, a legacy which can be rendered in beautiful Chinese calligraphy. Wing Chun Kuen Kuit are treasures waiting to be discovered; they remain an outstanding contribution to the world of Chinese martial arts.

Some random pictures from Training with Grandmaster Samuel Kwok in Kajang, Malaysia

Mo Dak Training Part 2 from Ip Man 2 the movie

你所追求的，是武功上的拳脚招式。但是我想（让你）你学的，是中国的武术。因为中国武术，包含了我们中国人的精神，还有修养。贵在中和，不争之争 甄子丹对黄晓明说：你是不是觉得我很能打？　　黄晓明说：你当然能打，你一个人可以打那么多人......　　甄子丹说：20年后呢？20年后你随时可以打倒我。人总是会老的嘛。这世界上怎么会有最能打的人。 為生活我可以忍，但是侮辱中國武術就不行。 中國人燒香不只是為了算時間，除了計時，最重要的，是包含了我們的謙遜。 你觉得分胜负重要，还是跟家里人吃饭重要？ 我們身為別人的師父，是不是應該先教好自己的徒弟 不炫耀，不张扬；不爱喧嚣，不喜热闹。 在内省与沉寂中，过着真正属于自己的生活。 武学分有层次，那些最爱与人争斗的人，大抵都是略通拳脚者。 武学至理乃在"中和"二字，而不以好勇斗狠为上。 武学修为越高的人，领悟越透，其性格气质也随之潜移默化，而趋于淡泊平和。

Mo Dak Training from Ip Man 2- the movie

今天的胜负，不是我想证明中国武术比西洋拳更优胜。我只​是想说，人的地位，虽然有高低之分，但是人格，不应该有​贵贱之别。我很希望，从这一刻开始，我们大家可以学会懂​得怎么去互相尊重。 From Ip Man 2 Translation- In today's win, I was not trying to prove chinese kungfu is better than western boxing. I was just trying to say, people's position in life, our status, albeit may be high or low(depending on fate), but our integrity, character, mindset should not differentiate and say who's life is worth more or less. I hope from this minute on, we will all learn how to respect each other.