elbows_and_knees Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I'd like to add that Wing Chi was invented for war, against the monks. You know when it comes to war, people train to kill. This is why the attacks are more harsh.........they aim for throat, eyes, knee caps, nuts, and most importantly the heart.Their "Kata" is not fancy at all. No high jumps or high kicks. Everything is solidly rooted onto the ground.um.... wing chun was created so that a woman could defeat a man that was harassing her. her father was a monk and created the system from his knowledge of shaolin arts. Also, the strikes you mentioned aren't necessarily more harsh BUT they are harder to pull off because the target areas are smaller, making them much harder to use against a resisting opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovine king Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 the father of the woman of the legend in which she was being harassed wasn't a shaolin monk.The most common story; after the burning of the temple, the elder nun escaped and along her journey she came across the girl being harassed. She taught the girl her own mix of boxing skills based on her small frame and extensive knowledge of trditional shaolin arts. The thing she taught was simple, didn't require brute strength and didn't take take long to learn. earth is the asylum of the universe where the inmates have taken over.don't ask stupid questions and you won't get stupid answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbows_and_knees Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 dude, there are like 234498234 different stories. In the one I am talking about, her father was a monk. Here's something I just found which states the same:The girl Yim Wing Tsun was born in Kwantung province and lived, since the death of her mother, alone with her father, Yim Lee, a student of the Shaolin monastery. http://www.wingtsun.com.au/site/AboutWT/History/wingtsunaustrali.htmlHowever, this story states that she was taught by ng mui, which is most common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonis Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 You got all the fun stories some even say the a women was watching a Crane kind of like the same idea a s the Hakutsuru stuff beikng created. Its all legend and open to interpretation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovine king Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 wht ever the legend, it's all false. earth is the asylum of the universe where the inmates have taken over.don't ask stupid questions and you won't get stupid answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traditional-Fist Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 My understanding is that Wing Chun was not just "invented" by someone but an art that evolved during many decades and that certain characters were involved in that evolution. Use your time on an art that is worthwhile and not on a dozen irrelevant "ways". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClA Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 Wing Chun was invented by a women name Ng Mui.http://www.leungtingwingtsun.net/multimedia/iwta.wmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adonis Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 not really of you picking the one you agree with the most. Its all open to your own interpration of its history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbows_and_knees Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 ng mui was the nun we referred to earlier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClA Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I thought you just said it was created by her father?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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