Ving Tsun
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| Also known as | Wing Tsun, Ving Tsun |
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| Focus | Striking, Trapping |
| Country of origin |
 China
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| Creator | Ng Mui of the Five Elders |
| Parenthood | Fujian White Crane |
| Descendant arts | Jeet Kune Do |
| Olympic sport | No |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Yǒng Chūn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Wihng Cheūn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Spring Chant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yǒng Chūn |
| Bopomofo | ㄩㄥˇ ㄔㄨㄣ |
| Wade–Giles | Yung³ Ch'un¹ |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Yǒng Chun |
| IPA | [jʊ̀ŋ ʈʂʰwə́n] |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Yún Chhûn |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Wihng Cheūn |
| IPA | [wèːŋ tsʰɵ́n] |
| Jyutping | Wing6 Ceon1 |
| Sidney Lau | Wing6 Cheun1° |
| Canton Romanization | Wing6 Cên1 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Éng-chhun |
Wing Chun (traditional Chinese: 詠春) is a traditional Chinese martial art specializing in close range combat. It is known for being economical, direct and efficient. In Wing Chun, defense and attack are in one synchronized movement.
The earliest known mentions of Wing Chun date to the period of Red Boat Opera (late 1800s).
The common legend as told by Yip Man involves the young woman named Yim Wing-chun during the period after the destruction by the Qing government of the Southern Shaolin and its associated temples.
Having rebuffed the local warlord's marriage offer, Yim Wing-Chun said she'd reconsider the proposal if he could beat her in a fight. She soon crossed paths with a Buddhist nun named Ng Mui, who was one of the Shaolin Sect survivors, and asked the nun to teach her to fight. According to legend, Ng Mui taught Yim Wing-Chun a new system of martial art that had been inspired by the nun's observations of a confrontation between a Snake and a Crane. This then-still nameless style enabled Yim Wing-Chun to beat the warlord in a one-on-one fight. Yim Wing-Chun thereafter married Leung Bok-Chau and taught him the style, which was later named after her.
Since the system was developed during the Shaolin and Ming resistance to the Qing Dynasty, many legends, perhaps including the detailed story of Yim Wing-Chun, were spread regarding the creation of Wing Chun in order to confuse enemies. This is often given as a reason to explain the difficulty in accurately determining the creator or creators of Wing Chun. Various motives have been proposed [1][2] including at least plain sexism (casting ambiguity on two women as the originators of the style), causing authorities to regard women as threats and lose support by over-reacting or over-restricting them, or to so regard smaller men, and to suggest a connection between Buddhist resistance to Qing and current political resisters. The film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon explores these themes of hidden feminine power and the co-mingling of romantic urges with deep respect between martial masters - its title refers to a place of unnoticed masters.
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