Jee Shim Weng Chun Kungfu

Jee Shim Weng Chun Kungfu

Jee Shim Weng Chun Kuen (至善永春拳, Zhi Shan Yongchunquan), also commonly pronounced as Chi Shim Ving Tsun, is a Southern Chinese martial arts originating from Fujian province. The name "Jee Shim" refers to the founder of the system - a zen monk (至善禪師) from the Southern Shaolin Temple. [http://www.shaolin-wengchun.com/history.html Shaolin - Wing Chung (Hong Kong) ] ] [http://www.wingchunkuen.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=18 WingChunKuen.Com - Encyclopedia ] ] This art is also known as Shaolin Weng Chun (少林永春) and Wing Chun White Crane (永春白鶴拳). [http://hk.geocities.com/yongchunwhitecrane/ index ] ] Despite the use of the Chinese term "Weng Chun" (永春), this style in practice is similar to Southern White Crane [ Mr.Li Gang anthology, http://hk.geocities.com/yongchunwhitecrane/likongessays.htm ] but has now been considered as a branch of the more widely known art of Wing Chun in the West. [Weng Chun Sifus in the Wing Chung Archive, http://www.wcarchive.com/html/sifus/wing-chun-sifus-other.htm#Weng_Chun_Sifus ]

History

Tang Yik (鄧奕) (student of Chu Chung Man) was a Hung Kuen Sifu ,in 1979 claimed that:-
*Siu Lam Weng Chun is founded by Fung Siu Ching, who first learned kung fu from a Chinese opera actor, Luk Kam in Canton in 1880.Fact|date=January 2008
*Fung Siu Ching's Kungfu only composes of three sets of dummy form,namely; sky, earth and man of 108 points and a set of pole. Fact|date=January 2008
*His father Tang Suen was the Student of Fung Siu Ching.

Around 1960,Tang Yik (鄧奕),Lo Siu Wan (羅超垣),Tam Kong (譚光),and Wei Yan (衛恩) were working in a fruit wholesale market at Kowloon side called 'Tai Tak Lan' They paid Chu Chung Man to teach them Far Kuen At that time, Chu Chung Man name his Kungfu as Siu Lam Weng Chun officially. Fact|date=January 2008

Now, all the old men's father became the students of Fung Siu Ching. Fact|date=January 2008

After the second world war, Chu Chung Man, came to Hong Kong. His Sifu was Far Kuen Wong Jik Sing(黃哲誠).He created one set of dummy form in Macau with other three friends of different style kungfu. He modified his kungfu and rename it 'Shaolin Weng Chun' (少林永春). Fact|date=January 2008

References

ee also

*List of Chinese martial arts

Links

* [http://weng-chun.com/ International Weng Chun Kung Fu Association Headquarters(Wei Yan Weng Chun)]


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