Editing Wing Chun (section)

== Modern Wing Chun ==

Of the eight Wing Chun lineages,<ref>see [[#Origins|Origins]]</ref> the [[Ip Man]] and [[Yuen Kay-shan]] lineages are the most prolific branches of Wing Chun worldwide.<ref>Leung Ting, Roots and Branches of Wing Tsun, ISBN 9627284239</ref><ref>{{cite book|author = David Peterson |title = Look Beyond the Pointing Finger: The Combat Philosophy of Wong Shun Leung|date = 2001| publisher=Melbourne Chinese Martial Arts Club |isbn = 0-9579570-0-9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author = Jan P. Hintelmann |title = Westliche Sinnfindung durch östliche Kampfkunst? |language = German |date = 2005 |publisher = IKO – Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation |isbn = 978-3-88939-774-4}}</ref> The other lineages are pretty much unknown outside of China, except for the [[Pan Nam]] line, which survives in the USA<ref name="Valley news">{{cite journal|last1=Peyton |first1=James |title=Pocket area Wing Chun school preserves rare martial arts tradition |url=http://www.valcomnews.com/wp-content/PDFs/Pocket/PN1605.pdf |access-date=12 December 2020 |journal=Pocket News |issue=Print |publisher=Valley Community Newspapers | date=3 March 2016 |ref=Valley news}}</ref><ref name="Plum Publications">{{cite web|last1=Plum Staff |title=The Open Gate to the Garden of Chinese Martial Arts |url= https://www.plumpub.com/kaimen/2009/wing-chun-pan-nam-style/ |website=plumpub.com |date=8 December 2009 |publisher=Plum Publications |access-date=12 December 2020 |ref=Plum Publications}}</ref> and the [[Branches of Wing Chun#Jee Shim / Weng Chun|Jee Shim]] / [[Weng Chun]] line with a strong presence in [[Germany]].<ref>Andreas Hoffmann, Nadine Poerschke: Weng Chun Kung Fu. Budo International Publ. Co., Madrid 2011, ISBN 978-3-86836-183-4.</ref><ref>Chu 2015, page 94</ref>
The [[Yuen Chai Wan]] form of Wing Chun{{efn|name="YuenChaiWan1"|Chu, Ritchie and Wu consider this a derivative of his brother's, Yuen Kay-shan's Wing Chun. With Leung Ting also seeing this as a niche system.}} has a notable presence in [[Vietnam]], with this lineage having earned the moniker of "[[Branches of Wing Chun#Yuen Chai Wan / Nguyen Te Cong / Vietnamese Wing Chun|Vietnamese Wing Chun]]".<ref name="YuenWC_A">{{cite book |last1=Ritchie |first1=Rene |title=Yuen Kay-San Wing Chun Kuen |date=31 March 2000 |publisher=Action Pursuit Group |isbn=1-892515-03-2 |pages=142 |edition=Paperback}}</ref><ref name=24H>{{cite news |title=Sư tổ võ Vịnh Xuân Việt Nam là "đại ca" Diệp Vấn |url=https://www.24h.com.vn/the-thao/su-to-vo-vinh-xuan-viet-nam-la-dai-ca-diep-van-c101a768050.html |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=24H |issue=Online |publisher=Công ty Cổ phần Quảng cáo Trực tuyến 24H |date=4 February 2016 |ref=24H}}</ref><ref name="Kien Thuc">{{cite news |last1=Nam |first1=Khanh |title=Những truyền kỳ về sư tổ phái Vịnh Xuân Việt Nam |url=https://kienthuc.net.vn/tham-cung/nhung-truyen-ky-ve-su-to-phai-vinh-xuan-viet-nam-336432.html |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Kien Thuc |issue=Online |ref=Kien Thuc}}</ref><ref name="Dansaigon">{{cite news |title=Vietnamese Wing Chun Master Nguyen Te Cong |url=http://dansaigon.com/su-to-vinh-xuan-viet-nam-nguyen-te-cong/ |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=Dan Saigon |issue=Online |publisher=Dansaigon |date=24 March 2019 |ref=Dansaigon}}</ref><ref name="SOHA">{{cite news |last1=Mã |first1=Tiểu |title=Bậc thầy võ Việt làm Diệp Vấn, Lý Tiểu Long phải phục |url=https://soha.vn/bac-thay-vo-viet-lam-diep-van-ly-tieu-long-phai-phuc-20161005082128826.htm |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=SOHA The Thao |issue=Online |publisher=SOHA |date=6 October 2016 |ref=SOHA}}</ref>

In 1949, [[Ip Man]], considered the most important grandmaster of modern Wing Chun, brought the style from China to [[Hong Kong]] and eventually to the rest of the world.<ref name=Chu2 /><ref>{{cite book |last=Rawcliffe |first=Shaun |date= 2012|title= Wing Chun Kung Fu: The Wooden Dummy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZh8AwAAQBAJ|publisher= Crowood|page= |quote=Wing Chun Kung Fu has a long history but it has only been taught openly since the 1950s when Grandmaster Yip Man revealed the secrets of the art and began to teach large numbers of students in Hong Kong.|isbn=978-1-84797-507-2}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url = http://www.foshanmuseum.com/ymt/ymt.htm |title = Ip Man Tong virtual tour |website = foshanmuseum.com| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111128031909/http://www.foshanmuseum.com/ymt/ymt.htm|archive-date = November 28, 2011|date = November 2011 | language = }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kwokwingchun.com/about-wing-chun/ip-mans-wing-chun/interview--with-grandmaster-yip-man/| title = An Interview with Grandmaster Yip Man| date = January 22, 2014|website = www.kwokwingchun.com|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191029214756/http://www.kwokwingchun.com/about-wing-chun/ip-mans-wing-chun/interview--with-grandmaster-yip-man/ |archive-date = October 29, 2019|access-date= 2019-01-25}}</ref> Yip Man's most famous student was [[Bruce Lee]], who had studied under Yip Man before he moved to the United States.{{efn|name="Lee"|Lee was mainly taught Wing Chun by [[Wong Shun-leung]], a senior student of Ip Man.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated-->|date= 25 July 2018|title= Who taught Bruce Lee kung fu? He was born to be a fighter, but the martial arts superstar also trained with the best |url= https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2156574/who-taught-bruce-lee-kung-fu-he-was-born-be-fighter-martial-arts|work= South China Morning Post|quote=Although Lee studied wing chun at Ip's school, he was mainly taught by Wong Shun-Leung, as Ip himself only taught advanced students, not beginners. Lee quickly became devoted to Wing Chun and practised diligently.|access-date=February 14, 2023}}</ref>
}}<ref>Complete Wing Chun: The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions, Robert Chu, Rene Ritchie, Y. Wu, page 9, Tuttle Publishing; 1st edition (20 June 1998). ISBN 0-8048-3141-6, ISBN 978-0-8048-3141-3.</ref> Lee is also credited for popularizing Wing Chun internationally,<ref>{{cite book |last= Ing |first= Ken|date= 2010|title= Wing Chun Warrior: The True Tales of Wing Chun Kung Fu Master Duncan Leung, Bruce Lee's Fighting Companion|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Ecw2I-gDXR4C|publisher= Blacksmith Books|page= 21|quote= Finally, Li Xiaolong (李小龍), known to the world as Bruce Lee, made Wing Chun famous in the 1960s and 1970s through his movies.|isbn=9789881774224}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Thomas|first= Bruce|date= 1994|title= Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yE1HsGFasGYC|publisher=Frog Books |page= 308|quote=[William Cheung] joined the school and brought along the pupil who was to become wing chun's most famous exponent, Bruce Lee|isbn=978-1-883319-25-0}}</ref> although he would later develop his own martial arts philosophies (namely [[Jeet Kune Do]]) that contain many Wing Chun influences.<ref name=Crudelli316>{{cite book|author=Chris Crudelli|title=The Way of the Warrior|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Ltd|page=316|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QlI0fxSm1vgC|isbn=978-1-4053-3750-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rafiq |first1=Fiaz |others=Foreword by [[Diana Lee Inosanto]] |year=2020 |title=Bruce Lee: The Life of a Legend |publisher=Birlinn |isbn=978-1-78885-330-9}}</ref> Some masters changed the way of teaching only 1 loyal student because it was a tradition that came because of Qing dynasty's influence and destruction of Southern Shaolin, in order to preserve the style, ancient masters taught only 1 loyal student.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

=== The Ving Tsun Athletic Association ===
The Ving Tsun Athletic Association was founded in 1967 by Cantonese master Ip Man and seven of his senior students so they could teach Wing Chun together and Ip Man would not take on all the work himself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vingtsun.org.hk |title=詠春體育會 - Ving Tsun Athletic Association |website=vingtsun.org.hk |language=zh, en |date=2019-11-27}}</ref> The first public demonstration of the Wing Chun fighting system, according to Ip Man, took place in Hong Kong at an official exhibition fight in the winter of 1969 at what was then the Baptist College (now the [[Hong Kong Baptist University]]). [[Leung Ting]], a student of Ip Man, invited his master and some well-known representatives of the martial arts scene of the time to the college and conducted the exhibition fights in front of a specialist audience. The Association helped Wing Chun to spread to the rest of the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vingtsun.org.hk/developmentofVTAA.htm |title=詠春體育會發展簡介 - Kurzer Überblick zur Entwicklung des Ving Tsun Athletic Association |website=vingtsun.org.hk |language=zh |date=2019-11-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vingtsun.org.hk/Development_1961-70.HTM |title=The Development of Ving Tsun Kung Fu in Hong Kong (1961–1970) – 香港詠春體育會發展 (1961–1970) |website=vingtsun.org.hk |language=zh, en |date=2019-11-27}}</ref>

=== Organizational structure in modern Europe ===
There is no uniform umbrella organization in Europe under which Wing Chun practitioners are grouped, but rather numerous, sometimes competing and divided associations, schools, and individual teachers. Most associations do not appear in the legal form of associations that have voluntarily merged to form an association, but as commercial organizations in which associated schools are integrated, which are authorized and certified by the association. Some of the associations are organized in a franchise system.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

=== International Wing Chun Organization (IWCO) ===
The International Wing Chun Organization (IWCO)<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Wing Chun Organization HQs – One World, One Family |url=http://iwco.online/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |language=en-GB}}</ref> was founded by Grandmaster Donald Mak<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-30 |title=Mästare Donald Mak |url=https://iwco.se/index.php/mastare-donald-mak/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=International Wing Chun Organization Sweden |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Donald Mak 麥廣權 {{!}} eWingChun |url=https://www.ewingchun.com/sifus/donald-mak-%E9%BA%A5%E5%BB%A3%E6%AC%8A-0 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.ewingchun.com}}</ref> in 1997,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Donald Mak Books from the Chow Tze Chuen lineage of Wing Chun Kung Fu. |url=https://www.everythingwingchun.com/donald-mak-wing-chun-books-downloads-s/419.htm |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.everythingwingchun.com}}</ref> a respected Wing Chun practitioner and instructor who studied under the Great Grandmaster [[Chow Tze Chueng]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chow Tze Chuen 鄒子傳 {{!}} eWingChun |url=https://www.ewingchun.com/sifus/chow-tze-chuen-%E9%84%92%E5%AD%90%E5%82%B3 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.ewingchun.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-30 |title=Mästare Chow Tze Chuen |url=https://iwco.se/index.php/mastare-chow-tze-chuen/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=International Wing Chun Organization Sweden |language=en-US}}</ref>

In some associations, based on the family system that was used in the past, obedience and obligations towards the master and his teacher are emphasized, although these are rarely directly related to their training students.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}