Wing Chun Kung Fu Club Belgrade Serbia

Wing Chun Kung Fu Club Belgrade

What is Wing Chun?

Wing Chun is a martial art originating in China. Wing Chun can be performed bare handed or using various weapons.Wing Chun can be mastered by all individuals, regardless of sex or age.

How Wing Chun originated?

Wing Chun appeared four centuries ago when China was tormented by civil wars, in the age of Manchu dynasty . Masters of various kung fu styles gathered in legendary Shaolin convent with intention to create an efficient fighting style for training of guerilla fighters aiming at deposition of foreign Manchu dynasty.

New fighting style was supposed to embrace all the best elements of “soft” styles (mobility, non resisting to force, using of inner energy, ability to be efficient even in advanced age) and so called “hard” styles (explosiveness, shorter period of learning and training and efficiency in finish), as well as to remove all the shortcomings of both.

Before training of guerilla movement fighters actually began, Manchu government disclosed the conspiracy, killed the monks and burned the convent, only five monks survived. One of survivors was Ng Mui who perfected the style and trained a girl whose name was Yim, and then renamed her Yim Wing Chun (“Wing Chun” means “Eternal Spring” in chinese, which was the name of the hall of Shaolin convent where the style was created). Ever since the style itself is named Wing Chun.

Yim Wing Chun had married and she trained her husband in new fighting style and ever since that style was practised in secrecy and was passed on from generation to generation.

Wing Chun persisted through time and was passed on from generation to generation of the most able pupils, also being modified adapting itself to conditions and requirements of modern fighting.

In early eighties of twentieth century, master William Cheung started public training and popularization of Wing Chun.
Memebers of military and police forces are trained in Wing Chun all over the world.

What Wing Chun consists of?

Wing Chun is practised through “kuenes” (forms or “katas”), namely:

1 Sil lum tao – with this form (position) starts traininig of Wing Chun. By this (the first) figure are exercised basic position of body and basic arm movements; there are basic and advanced versions of this figure.
2. Chum kil – by this form are exercised fighting positions, movements, coordination of arms’ and legs’ techniques and keeping in balance.
3. Bil jee – by this form are exercised advanced techniques, as finger thrusts and elbow punches etc.
4. Muk yan jong fa – form exercised on wooden dummy. In the time of it’s formation, Wing Chun was a secret style and dummy was used for maintenance and perfection of technique.

5.Bart cham dao – form with buttefly swords (traditional chinese weapon in the shape of machete).

6.Louk dim book kwun – form with long bar

Beside figures, Wing Chun also consists of:

Chi sao – training method for perfecting of sensitivity
Sensitivity is a capacity which enables the fighter to, after establishing contact with his antagonist, estimating opponent’s pressure, anticipate his moves and spot his weak points and figure out how to defend himself and deliver counter attack.

Chi sao is exercised in the form of one-handed (parallel and crossed)and two-handed

Chi sao can be contractual, half-free and free, as regards place or motion.
“Iron palm” – system of exercise using Chi kung and special herbal preparations for hardening of hitting surfaces.

Which techniques are exercised in Wing Chun?

1. Defence against various ways of attack (blows, grips, armed attacks etc.).