By Robbie Pangilinan
Alternative martial arts Wing Chun arrives in the Philippines on March 5, as its masters visit the country to establish the Wing Chun Association of the Philippines.
Grand Master Sifu Dancun Leong, trainor of the Navy Seal, FBI and SWAT will come to the Philippines along with other Wing Chun masters to introduce applied Wing Chun as an alternative martial arts and also to set up the association’s headquarters at the Diliman Preparatory School (DPS) campus.
The Wing Chun masters who will arrive are Lt. Col. Donald Presto (Airforce 1 pilot of President Bush), Allan Lee (master and founder of Wing Chun New York), Florian (Switzerland), Zeng Huiming and Mo Xining (China), and Li Hon Ki (Brazil/Argentina). The visit is coordinated by Yuri Timg (USA), a Wing Chun master based in the Philippines.
The masters also plan to instantly accredit Wing Chun Philippines as a Wing Chun New York global affiliate along with Wing Chun Brazil, Argentina, Switzerland, and Hong Kong.
In partnership with DPS, the Wing Chun Association of the Philippines aims to promote Wing Chun to other institutions, schools, military camps, government agencies and alike, to establish different local Wing Chun associations and affiliates, and to get accreditation from NSA and POC. DPS likewise prepares to establish an annual competition and fellowship among other associations and affiliates and to join the international Wing Chun Fellowship competition in Hong Kong, New York, and other parts of the globe.
Wing Chun originated from China around 280 years ago when the leading Kung Fu Masters and the Elders of Shaolin developed a master martial arts style that would overcome the style by the soldiers of the Manchu government which the monks wanted to overthrow. The elders combined the best of different martial arts into one system.
One monk, Ng Mui, successfully escaped an attack to the monastery. He met Yim Yee and his 15-year-old daughter Wing Chun who was being forced by a local bully to marry him. Ng Mui taught Wing Chun fighting techniques to protect herself. Wing Chun mastered the techniques, challenged the bully to a fight and beat him. When Wing Chun married, she also taught Kung Fu to her husband.
The techniques were then passed on and on until Wing Chun Kung Fu reached the now known grandmaster of modern Wing Chun, Ip Man, who was Bruce Lee’s martial arts master. The life of Ip Man was made into a movie in 2008 that won best film and best action choreography at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards. #
2 comments:
There is an existing Wing Chun tradition in the Philippines, albeit a quiet one. It is wrong to say "Discovering Wing Chun" because Wing Chun kung fu has existed in this country way before this new association. There are FILIPINOS practicing the art as we speak.
Out of respect for the old masters who propagated the art for decades against all odds, maybe they should have asked around first.
Wing Chun masters visit Makati
Masters of the alternative martial arts Wing Chun graced the foundation day of the University of Makati with an exhibition of their moves.
The masters arrived in the Philippines on March 3 to establish the Wing Chun Association of the Philippines and set up headquarters at the Diliman Preparatory School (DPS) campus.
Grand Master Sifu Dancun Leong, trainor of the Navy Seal, FBI and SWAT is in the country with other Wing Chun masters Lt. Col. Donald Presto (Airforce 1 pilot of President Bush), Allan Lee (master and founder of Wing Chun New York), Florian (Switzerland), Zeng Huiming and Mo Xining (China), and Li Hon Ki (Brazil/Argentina). The visit is coordinated by Yuri Timg (USA), a Wing Chun master based in the Philippines.
Seven hundred students, faculty and guests of the University of Makati’s foundation day celebration witnessed the amazing fighting moves of the Wing Chun masters. The martial arts is popularized by Bruce Lee and was showcased in the 2008 movie Ip Man that won best film and best action choreography at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards.
In partnership with DPS, the Wing Chun Association of the Philippines aims to promote Wing Chun to other institutions, schools, military camps, government agencies and alike, to establish different local Wing Chun associations and affiliates, to establish an annual competition and fellowship among other associations and affiliates and to join the international Wing Chun Fellowship competition in Hong Kong, New York, and other parts of the globe. #
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