Leung Ting
| Leung Ting | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 February 1947 Hong Kong |
| Style | Wing Chun |
| Teacher(s) | Pak Cheung, Leung Sheung, Yip Man |
| Rank | 10th level m.o.c. founder, International Wing Tsun Association |
| Notable students | Keith R. Kernspecht, Emin Boztepe, Máday Norbert |
Leung Ting (Chinese: 梁挺; pinyin: Liáng Tǐng; born 28 February 1947 in Hong Kong) was an original student of Leung Sheung, and later became the last closed door student of Ip Man. Leung Ting is the founder and president of the International Wing Tsun Association.
Leung chose the spelling of Wing Tsun to differentiate his teachings from those of other Wing Chun schools, and to keep them from passing off their style as his own. (There is no standard romanization of Cantonese; the Chinese characters remain the same.)
Among the achievements in his career outside of teaching and writing about Wing Tsun, Leung has been a fight director in some Hong Kong films. Leung was the director and screenwriter for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Kung Fu World! (大踢爆), a humouristic documentary on the history and culture of kung fu. Leung appeared on episode 1 of the first season of the BBC show Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves; a 10 part series on martial arts masters of the east hosted by Chris Crudelli. He has also served as head instructor on the board of directors for the Ving Tsun Athletic association from 1996-1997.
Some of Yip Man's students have disputed whether Leung Ting ever directly studied under Yip Man, most notably of which include Yip Man's eldest son, Yip Chun claimed "我老豆最憎最嬲係梁挺呢個人！" (My father dislike this person Leung Ting the most !) and also "唔係葉問徒弟" (Leung Ting is not Yip Man's student). In response to Yip Chun's accusations, Leung Ting organised a public press conference in Hong Kong in May 2010 to showcase photographic evidence of his own close direct relationship with Yip Man. Existing photo evidence shows that Leung Ting did appear with Yip Man in numerous high profile events, including the only 2 interviews Yip Man ever conducted, private lessons, Leung Ting's wedding, and public martial art demonstrations. Leung Ting publicly threatened to initiate a defamation claim against Yip Chun if an apology and withdrawal of accusations was not received. Yip Chun has since been quiet on this matter.
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