Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) Kung Fu Lineage
From Shaolin to Moy Tung
YIM VING TSUN
According to legend, as a young woman Yim Ving Tsun (wing chun) learned Kung Fu from Buddhist nun Ng Mui, one of the Venerable Five Kung Fu masters of the Southern Shaolin temple. After training for a short period of time, she was able to defeat a bully in an unarmed challenge match. In overcoming a larger, stronger opponent, Yim Ving Tsun personified the system named for her.
LEUNG BOK TOA
Husband of Yim Ving Tsun. Passed the system on to Leung Lan Kwai and/or Wong Wah Po.
LEUNG LAN KWAI
Ving Tsun Kung Fu master connected to the Red Boat Opera era of Han Chinese resistance to the Manchu occupation of Southern China.
WONG WA PO
Learned the Ving Tsun (wing chun) system of Kung Fu training from Leung Lan Kwai and/or Leung Bok Toa while working as a Red Boat Opera performer with Leung Yee Tai.
LEUNG LEE TAI
A contemporary of Wong Wah Po, Leung Yee Tai learned Ving Tsun Kung Fu from Wong, and taught him the Kwan pole techniques. Together, they refined the system.
LEUNG JUN
An herbal doctor in Fatsan, he learned from Leung Yee Tai and possibly Wong Wah Po. Yip Man notes that Leung Jun “grasped the innermost secrets of Ving Tsun, and attained the highest level of proficiency.”
FUNG WAH
Student of Leung Jun in Fatsan and contemporary of Chan Wah Shuen.
CHAN WAH SHUEN
Known as ‘the money-changer’, Chan Wah Shuen was already a Kung Fu master before becoming the student of Leung Jun in Fatsan. Chan passed just a few years after taking on the young Yip Man as his last disciple.
YIP MAN
The last disciple of Chan Wah Shuen, Yip Man taught students first in Fatsan, and later in Hong Kong. He was the first to teach Ving Tsun openly and publicly, so that it could be widely known and shared. He was the Sifu of ‘Gong Sao’ Wong, Bruce Lee and Moy Yat, as well as thousands of others.
MOY YAT
One of Yip Man’s closest disciples, Moy Yat is remembered today as one of the foremost masters of Ving Tsun (wing chun) Kung Fu, as well as many other arts. At age 24, he became the youngest Sifu authorized by Yip Man. Grandmaster Moy Yat taught thousands in his lifetime, in addition to publishing 6 books and over 30 videos on Ving Tsun.
MOY TUNG
Grandmaster Moy Tung began training under his Sifu, Moy Yat, in 1980. He became a member of the Moy Yat Special Students Association in 1984, and founded the Richmond Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy in 1986, at his Sifu's direction.
Today, there are 3 generations of Sifus teaching Ving Tsun (wing chun) Kung Fu in Grandmaster Moy Tung's lineage. This website is for the association of these branch schools; the Moy Tung Athletic Association (MTAA).