Yim Wing-chun

Yim Wing-chun (嚴詠春) was the first Wing Chun master. A Shaolin nun abbot Ng Mui (五枚師太) developed the fighting skill especially for Yim to defend herself against a tyrant at the time. Yim passed the skill to her husband. Some said that Ng Mui didn't name her invention and it was Leung Bok-chau who named the fighting style after his sifu (wife).

Lineage

Lineage in Wing Chun
sifu	The creator of Wing Chun abbot Ng Mui
Yim Wing-chun (嚴詠春)
only student	her husband Leung Bok-chau (梁博儔)

Categories: Wing Chun practitioners | Chinese people

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