(wing chun mo gung tang)

Wing Chun s Martial Training Hall

Legend tells that the kung fu from southern China has only one father. His monastic name was (jee sin sim see) highest adept, or spiritual teacher of meditation and he was the abbot of the Shaolin temple in the south. He was a member of royalty and was related by blood to the emperor of the dethroned dynasty. Belonged to the Chu family (Chu Ga), masters of martial arts, which had developed a system capable of fighting at close range.

In 1662 the Manchu emperor (Kan Xi) ordered the big cleaning of southern China, where they had lived the last pockets of resistance persisted even after 18 years of falling Ming dynasty (Ming Chao). The last of the rebels under the command of general (Guo Xing Yue) allied nobility of the previous dynasty, so the clergy and ordinary citizens. These groups of people operating from the underground as well as regular armies. Operating under the names of (Tin Dei Wui) heaven and earth society, (Saam Hap Wui) three harmonies society (Hung Mun) powerfull gate

The emperor (Kan Xi), crush revolts, massacring the men of arms and the clergy, but pardoning the common citizen. (Nan Siu lam Si) Southern Shaolin Temple was destroyed by giving refuge to leaders of these secret organizations, their members persecuted and exiled its art. After the burning of the temple all those who practices or teaches the shaolin system was dead or imprisoned. All the survivors of the Shaolin temple changed both their identity and the name of their art. After escaping survivors continued transmiting the system under different names. The generic name for those styles was (fut gar kuen) Buddha Fist.

The master (jee sin) had nine outstanding students, four monks graduated from (wing chun tang) eternal springtime hall and five lay people. Together with their master they were responsible for spreading the (nan siu lam si) south Shaolin temples kung fu in southern China.

The most famous student of the abbot was the nun named (ng mui), wen she escaped took refuge in canton in the temple of the Magnificent Terrace and she taught the abbot named (tai yuk) of that temple. the boxing style called (lung xing mor kiu) rubbing the dragon bridge. After that she marched westward to Sichuan province. Living in the white crane temple she accepted as a student a woman named (yim wing chun). The nun taught her a technique called snake and crane boxing, years later the husband of (yim wing chun) would call this technique (wing chun kyun) wing chun boxing.

The other Abbots famous pupil was the monk called (pak mei). He inherited from (nan shaolin si) south Shaolin temple and of the five original animal technique pak meis school places particular emphasis on tiger boxing and leopard boxing. This monk renounce buddhism and adopted the taoist religion and teaches his art to two Taoist monks one called (chuk fat wan sim see) and the other called (kwong wai sim see).

There were other perhaps not so famous but they were the creators of two major schools of boxing. The monk called (fung to tak) founded the (bak fu pai) white tiger system

The monk called (chow ah nam), this monk took refuge among the hak ka () community in canton. He founded the (nam pai tong long) southern system of praying mantis

According to legend (Zi Sin) escape alive from the burning of the southern Shaolin temple and took refuge as a cook in the boat known of travelling opera troupe Where accepted as a student the actor called (Wong Wah Bo) who passed the art to (kan lam zung) who was the master of (wong on zung) who was the master of (mou ding soeng) also named (ming wu shan) who was the master of (lei fai zung) who was the master of (Suk Siu Fu) William Tzu or William Suk, who was the master of Rod Polich who was the master of Mike Castroman who is the master of Sifu Daniel Vasquez.

All styles descended from (jee sin) lineage are excellent at close range, their positions are high and their movements are short with large number of blows for each step executed. All this styles have in comon three theorys called (wing chun tang de ng han sau) eternal springtime hall five elements boxing theory and (wing chun tang de ng ying kyun) eternal springtime hall five animals boxing theory and (yap sei sap sau mou han faa) one stance, ten hands, limitless applications theory.

Among others things (wing chun tang faa) eternal springtime halls method teaches us (yi liu faa) healing methods like (yi hao kung fu) medicinal kung fu, (sek leu) medicinal food, (hei kung) qi gong, (sing kung fu) sexual kung fu and (seem) meditation.