[Music] [Music] [Applause] karate means empty hand Wu means martial arts those are understandable names the name wingun means beautiful spring the name Bears no Rel relationship to martial arts so where does the name come from the story that Wing Chung is based on a fight between a crane and a snake is pure fiction The Wing Chun system is based on the economy of motion and the structures of human body the legend of a pretty girl named Ying Wing Chun is unrealistic and outdated many Shaolin temples were destroyed by the around 768 a few monks could escape with a knowledge of kung fu it was forbidden to practice K Fu during that time [Music] period the era of w wo and L yeai somewhere between 1768 and 1850 there was a rebel organization a shing monk named shim he worked as a cook at the traveling theater opera [Music] group traveling Opa troops on red boats still exist today in China [Music] Yin Wing Chung is not a person but a name of a rebellion group against the Manu others say it's a code name of the Rebellion the use of the term eternity symbolizes Ming Dynasty forever the term spring symbolizes The Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty like Yin wiing Chong there were other rebel organizations such as the White Lotus the White Lotus Rebellion exists between 1796 and 1800 fall also here the color white symbolizes the purity of the Ming Dynasty and the lotus flower symbolizes the spring and The Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty Dr leam Young lived from 1826 till 19001 they called him king of kung fu this is the old house of Leon yam Shaolin martial art has many many weapon techniques and less hand techniques but all this time hand techniques getting more important According to some sources Leong yangang redesigned the three hand forms as we know today developed with combat Concepts and principles from Shaolin the character Wing Chun what means beautiful spring stands on the grave of Chang Wun as Eternal spring itman studied in Hong Kong between 19008 and 1917 on the St Stevens College it is quite possible that the young itman is somewhere on one of those pictures itman meets Le big in Hong Kong in 19008 Li big is the son of L Yan Le big died in 1912 after itman was graduated in 1917 he went went back to Mainland China it Man's first teacher was Chang second teacher L truma and his third teacher L big in his life he improved the kungu system and tested on the streets itman was 56 years old when he went back to Hong Kong lman and itman changed the name of the Eternal spring to beautiful spring in [Music] 1950 itman changed the name of Wing Chun to VT the V tun Athletic Association in Hong Kong was established in 1967 itman was regulated in dakan where he maintained contacts with chuman and Tang Yik who are masters of another style of Wing [Music] Chun one of the best students of itman was wangun Wang shung L had many organized fights where he tested the system in real he has put the finishing touches in the wing Chung system he was considered by many to be the most famous fighter of the wing Chung clan in the early 1950s you can only develop a combat system if you test it in real life this is what Li y Chang wasun itman and Wong shun have done in their lives we live in the final phase of the Wing Chun Evolution we see the end products of a complete system changes or additions or not understand it well may be the end of the system because we do not test it on the streets anymore a comprehensive system like Wing Chung is not developed in a single generation although initial principles and combat Concepts probably come from The Shaolin the biggest change took place between lunan and itman complex systemss need development time therefore you cannot ask the question who have created Wing Chun my conclusion is that Wing Chun is much newer than we previously thought the most important thing is not the history itself or the name important is the Legacy which we have now today [Music]