Samuel Kwok Martial Arts Association

SAMUEL KWOK WING CHUN MARTIAL ARTS ASSOCIATION (AUSTRALIA)

The style of Wing Chun is said to have originated in Southern China. The Shaolin Temple was a place where Buddhism was studied but also the practice of Kung Fu.

The Manchu Government who ruled China at this time was threatened by these activities and sent troops to burn the temple to the ground. Several Buddhist Monks were killed but some was able to escape and take refuge throughout Southern China, one was a Buddhist Abbess named Ng Mui.

Ng Mui is said to have fleed the temple and taken refuge in the White Crane Temple at Mount Tai Leung. It is said that while there she witnessed a fight between a snake and a crane and from this she created a new style of Kung Fu but with not yet a name.

Around this time Ng Mui was said to have met a young lady by the name of Yim Wing Chun (which meant - Everlasting or Beautiful Springtime) who was being forced into marriage by a local bully. Ng Mui wanted to help the young lady with her situation and decided to pass on to Yim Wing Chun the new system she had developed.

After a period of constant training under Ng Mui, Yim Wing Chun had found herself quite proficient in her newly learnt skills and challenged the bully to a fight. After winning the fight Yim Wing Chun was able to freely choose to marry the man of her choice which was Leung Bok Cho.

(This is where the style was said to have received its name)

Yim Wing Chun passed her newly learnt art on to her husband Leung Bok Cho who was said to have studied Hung Kuen (Hung Gar).

Leung Bok Cho is said to have incorporated the Butterfly Knives into the Wing Chun System. Leung Bok Cho is said to have past the art of Wing Chun on to Wong Wah Bo and Leung Yee Tai. Leung Yee Tai had learnt the Long Pole from Abbott Chi Shin and past this form on to Wong Wah Bo, this is how the system is said to have received the Butterfly Knives and Long Pole forms.

Wong Wah Bo and Leung Yee Tai passed their refined art on to a Herbal Doctor in Futshan named Leung Jan. Leung Jan taught the art on to his son Leung Bik and also a Money Changer Chan Wah Shun. Chan Wah Shun was Grand Master Ip Man's first teacher. Grand Master Ip Man continued training under Chan Wah Shun up until Chan's death.

Ip Man left for Hong Kong in 1941 to attend college, it was there that Grand Master Ip Man met Leung Bik (The son of Leung Jan) Leung Bik passed on to Grand Master Ip Man all he had learnt in Wing Chun from his father.

Grand Master Ip Man eventually opened his doors to the public in Hong Kong where he taught many students including his two sons, Ip Chun and Ip Ching and also Legendary Martial Artist and Movie Star Bruce Lee.

Grand Master Ip Man's two sons Ip Chun and Ip Ching passed their knowledge of the Wing Chun System on to Grand Master Samuel Kwok. Grand Master Kwok continues to teach his Wing Chun System to students all over the world.