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This is why we always need to remember this great Wing Chun has evolved into a very effective
man, none of all the practitioners over the world combat system and there just is no authentic Wing
(except small parts of China) would have known Chun. But there is authentic Ip Man Wing Chun.
about Wing Chun. GM Ip Man was a very intelligent man that impro-
“AUTHENTIC” WING CHUN ved the system. Fortunately we have this knowled-
In the Wing Chun world there’s a lot of talk going ge thanks to his 2 sons so the system can stay alive.
on about the authenticity of Wing Chun. A useless We see many different types of Wing Chun and
discussion. The origin of Wing Chun cannot be many of these are created because of lack of this
verified. There are legends and oral stories passed knowledge. If you want to know if your Wing
on that cannot be verified. Chun is really from GM Ip Man than look at the
The one thing that can be said that GM Ip Man 8mm video and compare. There can be slight di-
did not do well is that he underestimated the fact fferences but it should be more or less the same. If
that people would be able to make a lot of money it’s not … you can draw your own conclusion.
with Wing Chun. And so Wing Chun has become WING CHUN THEORY
big business with all the negative influence coming Ip Man Wing Chun is a system because it uses
from that. principles, concepts that are the foundation of the
He passed on his knowledge to only a few stu- Martial Art.
dents. At the end of his life he realized that he You can practice till your arms and legs fall of but
needed to rectify this to preserve the system he if you don’t understand and apply the principles
was teaching. That is why he filmed the famous your Wing Chun will be not good.
8mm video. Unfortunately he was already too ill CENTER LINE
to film everything. The centerline we talk about is the imaginary ver-
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