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	Wing Chun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Wing Chun terminology is traditionally rendered in the Cantonese dialect of Chinese.
		Wing Chun emphasizes attack and defense along an imaginary horizontal line drawn from the center of the practioner's chest to the center of the enemy's chest.
		Wing Chun students are often taught that when in doubt as to which technique to use, they should opt for the chain punch.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wing_Chun (4669 words)

	kicking ass, taking names
		wing chun is a movie that is more a shakespearean play about mistaken identities and love than an out and out kung fu action film.
		one aspect of the film that impressed me was the wonderful aural experience which accompanied the breathtaking imagery, such as the uncanny ability of american foley artist marko costanzo to replicate the audio action of hong kong action films.
		with films like drunken master two, fist of legend, tai chi master and wing chun under his belt, and with master action heroes like chow yun fat, michelle yeoh and cheng pei pei at his command, it becomes obvious that there must be some reason for the apparent abuse of the wire fighting effect.
	www.filmfatale.org /wpm/kungfu.html (1172 words)

	William and Mary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu- About Jiu-Jitsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Wing Chun is a southern Chinese martial art that stresses sensitivity, fluidity, and economy of motion.
		Wing Chun is a very scientific art; its techniques are based on anatomy, geometry, physics, and biomechanics, not brute strength.
		This being the case, the nun trained Wing Chun to strike with her entire body instead of relying on a single muscle group for strength.
	www.wm.edu /so/jiu-jitsu/wingchun.htm (736 words)

	Midlands Wing Chun Kuen (UK) - What is Wing Chun Kuen? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Wing Chun is logical, scientific, yet simple Chinese martial art system which was developed purely for practical and effective self-defence alongside fitness for people of all ages.
		Wing Chun's simple and direct short range simultaneous attack and defence hand techniques, its use of only low kicks and its simple but evasive footwork, combined with its logical and scientific methodology, are the reason it is fast becoming one of the most popular Chinese martial arts around the world.
		Wing Chun practice should also develop and maintain good health and a better quality of life which is something you can benefit from everyday.
	www.wingchun.co.uk /whatiswi.htm (387 words)

	Wing Chun
		Yim Wing Chun (Michelle Yeoh) is a female martial arts expert who lives with her aunt, Abacus Fong (Yuen King Tan), a tofu-seller with a knack for saying exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong moment.
		Wing Chun's unwomanly ways are the despair of her father, and local men keep trying to put her in her place.
		Wing Chun and her aunt take pity on a young beautiful widow called Charmy (Catherine Hung Yan) and take her in, only to run foul of a local band of bandits whose chief also wants the widow.
	www.heroic-cinema.com /review.php?ID=wingchun (417 words)

	DVDActive - Reviews - DVD - Wing Chun (UK - R2)
		Yim Wing Chun (Michelle Yeoh) is the daughter of an elderly tofu seller, who uses her extraordinary martial arts abilities to protect her village from a group of marauding bandits.
		However, Wing Chun’s skills are both a blessing and a curse.
		The rest of the film is essentially a series of fast-paced action sequences punctuated by the occasional comedic interlude, as Wing Chun goes up against the bandits while trying to fend off the advances of numerous unsuitable suitors (including the leader of the bandits himself).
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/wing-chun.html (1524 words)

	Wing Chun - Midlands Wing Chun Kuen - History of Wing Chun
		Yim Yee had a beautiful young daughter, Yim Wing Chun who was betrothed to Leung Bok Chau, a salt merchant of Fukien, however Yim Wing Chun's beauty had attracted the unwanted attention of a local warlord who made known his intentions to marry her forcibly if necessary.
		Yim Wing Chun went to the mountains with Ng Mui and trained night and day to master the techniques and then she returned to her village and challenged the warlord to open hand combat, which she won, and was then free to marry her intended husband.
		Today Wing Chun is being actively taught around the world and the Midlands Wing Chun Kuen is proud to be a part of that family and its lineage.
	www.wingchun.co.uk /history.htm (775 words)

	Wing Chun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Along the way, she meets up with a childhood friend (Yen) who supposedly loves Wing Chun, but doesn't recognize her due to her adopting of male clothes and mannerisms.
		But Yeoh's scenes are quite exciting and unique; the "tofu showdown" where she must keep one of the bandits from chopping a piece of tofu is a masterpiece and literally something you won't see anywhere else.
		They're dealt with in such a heavy-handed and hammy way (the scene where Yen finally recognizes Wing Chun is cheesy beyond belief) that they just seem tacked on and unnecessary -- even the more so because there is little resolution to the various romances at the end of the film.
	www.hkfilm.net /wingchun.htm (287 words)

	[KFCC] Wing Chun Review
		Wing Chun wished to know what the style was called, but Yee had never been told, and so named the style after his daughter.
		Wing Chun is essentially a love story with some feminist undertones, and a running theme is that of a woman's societal status, particularly the lead character's status and how she deals with this.
		Wing Chun dresses as a man because nobody will take her seriously as a martial artist as a woman, and as the love between her and Yeung Pok To (Donnie Yen) develops, the gender as expressed by her clothes reflects her status.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/kungfu/wingchun/wingchun.html (900 words)

	MTV.com - Movies - Wing Chun
		Wing Chun is a martial-arts film with an unusual feminist bent, inspired by a true historical figure.
		On his return, he immediately falls in love with Charmy, mistaking her for Wing Chun -- and mistaking the real Wing Chun for a man. These farcical manueverings provide the backdrop for numerous fight sequences, which are filled with astoundingly acrobatic choreography skillfully performed by Hong Kong action star Michelle Yeoh.
		Especially notable is the final showdown between Wing Chun and the bandits, which proves once and for all it's not the size of the weapon, but the way that you use it.
	www.mtv.com /movies/movie/108601/plot.jhtml (262 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Wing Chun > Printer Friendly
		Wing Chun must defend Charmy and the town from bandits while also trying to escape the amorous advances of Scholar Wong (Waise Lee- Big Heat, Bullet in the Head, The Conman) and a childhood friend Pok To (Donnie Yen- Dragon Inn, Comet Butterfly and Sword, Iron Monkey), who has returned to honor their arranged marriage.
		Wing Chun was made to cash in on the ever growing popularity of the more modern styled period martial arts film, a trend that really began when the wirework enhanced choreography of Once Upon a Time In China won audiences over and, for a brief time, was all the rage in HK cinema.
		Wing Chun is not about authenticity and what it lacks in realism, Wing Chun more than makes up for its dazzling fight scenes- particularly the bean curd sequence that no doubt will go on Michelle Yeoh's highlight reel as one of her best performances.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/print.php?ID=3383 (890 words)

	Dynamic Defense Wing Chun Academy, best Kung Fu in Victoria
		The version of Wing Chun in the movie is not perfect and some moves are more like acrobatics (as in most kung fu movies), but there's plenty of real Wing Chun in the combat scenes and the story involves actual characters from the Wing Chun lineage.
		This film doesn't include either Wing Chun or actual drunken style boxing (which is a real kung fu style by the way), but it contains a lot of jaw-dropping stunts, amazing fight scenes and is very funny.
		It's very Wing Chun-like in that a) the man and woman are totally relaxed no matter how angry and psycho their attackers are, b) the woman is equally adept because they don't use force on force and c) they use many one-handed defenses.
	www.dynamickarma.com /wc/movies.htm (2337 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Wing Chun at Epinions.com
		Yeoh stars as Wing Chun, a very tough girl and martial arts expert who spends appears to spend more time doing what are considered man things, rather than concentrating on being feminine and her soya bean curd business.
		The bandits, however, seek revenge on Wing Chun as they were humiliated in being beaten by a female, and set out to defeat her, and kidnap Charmy again.
		The comic relief in the film is brought by Wing Chun's two friends, Charmy and the other one who I can't remember the name of, but is reffered to as Stinky at points, and also by a very horny scholar who is out to seduce one of the women.
	www.epinions.com /content_30983229060 (799 words)

	Wing Chun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Wing Chun starts to appear in independent third-party documentation during the era of the Wing Chun master Leung Jan, making the subsequent history of Wing Chun more amenable to documentary verification.
		Other origins for Wing Chun have been suggested, typically involving connections to the Triads, revolutionary groups, or the Hakka people of southern China.
		Wing Chun Kuen and the Red Junk Opera. URL accessed on August 14, 2005.
	www.1bx.com /en/Ving_Tsun.htm (4653 words)

	Foshan Wing Chun
		Wing Chun is direct and uses economical movements and the opponent’s force.
		In Foshan Wing Chun, boxing forms are longer than Hong Kong Wing Chun and there are many differences in positions and angles.
		He was born in 1926 and began to study Wing Chun at the age of 14 with Yip Man.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/chinese_martial_arts/47272 (197 words)

	The Wing Chun Federation Health - Southampton, Hampshire.
		Wing Chun practitioners often comment on how their particular training makes them feel really good.
		Wing Chun, in contrast to many arts, if practised correctly, is actually a soft, free flowing style, which deals more with deflecting an opponents energy rather than clashing with it head on.
		Wing Chun constantly reminds me of the value of simplicity.
	www.wingchun.org.uk /health/home.htm (925 words)

	Wing Chun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Wing Chun is the name of a Chinese martial art which was developed by a woman over 250 years ago, and made popular in modern times by the late Kung-Fu Film star Bruce Lee.
		The Theory for Wing Chun was developed by five Grandmasters of the Shil Lim (Shaolin) Temple in order to develop a system which could be learned in one-third the normal time, yet best the older systems.
		Traditional Wing Chun is a form of Wing Chun which was passed down only from Grandmaster to Grandmaster until 1974 when the current Grandmaster, William Cheung, decided to go public with the art.
	www.bscba.com /twc.html (282 words)

	Wing Chun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		I also always get a kick out of viewing the cute scene in the hut that involves Wing Chun and Pok To (and has the individual who the Wing Chun branch of kungfu is named after learning the true meaning of her nun sifu’s advice in between innocent bedroom antics).
		Wing Chun was one of my very early introductions to Hong Kong film and I was simply enthralled with the wonderful and at times witty choreography — but even more so I was awestruck by the charismatic presence of Michelle Yeoh.
		Wing Chun accepts and tells him that all he has to do is hit the tray of tofu that has been placed on a table between them.
	brns.com /pages/yeoh2.html (1117 words)

	Stomp Tokyo Video Reviews - Wing Chun (1993)
		Wing Chun is a bit of a throwback for Yuen, and there are also some gags reprised from Drunken Master and Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.
		Wing Chun accepts and the two duel on horseback among a field of burning logs.
		It's difficult to think of another Chinese actress who could have carried off the character of Wing Chun at all, and Yeoh does it with the same confidence that allowed her to get the better of James Bond in one of his own movies without inviting the scorn of the audience.
	www.stomptokyo.com /movies/w/wing-chun.html (1121 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Wing Chun's speciality is in close contact combat, using quick punches with a tight defence, coordinated through agile stances for a quick advance.
		The effectiveness of Wing Chun is achieved by well coordinated attacks with simultaneous defence and vise versa, yet delivering the correct amount of energy, whilst being flexible and relaxed.
		Unique to Wing Chun is "Chi Sau", a form of training to help develop and put into practice your techniques and theories you learn during your training.
	www.lancs.ac.uk /socs/wingchun (373 words)

	Amazon.com: Wing Chun (1998) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Abacus is a shrewd and sharp-tongued businesswoman while Wing Chun (who developed her martial-arts skills to be less attractive to men) is known as a topnotch fighter.
		More of a gender comedy than an accurate historical film (Yeoh doesn't actually perform the fighting style made famous by her character), Wing Chun is a combination of sitcom-style mistaken identity antics and kung fu action sequences.
		The story is almost comical, as Wing Chun's aunt constantly goads her father into stress-attacks, Badgers Wing Chun about her fighting ways and brings haggling to new levels in her business.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6304056664?v=glance (1466 words)

	Prodigal Son review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After many years of Hung Gar style kung fu films (the best of which were the Lau Kar Leung films for Shaw Brothers) Samo was looking for a different style to portray on celluloid and chose Wing Chun.
		The film might be a bit lighter on action than some of Samo's other works but its definitely a case of quality over quantity as the standard is high in all of the fight scenes.
		Guy Lai worked as the Wing Chun consultant on 'Prodigal Son' and in the interview talks about the theories and origins behind Wing Chun as well as the making of the film.
	www.carly.clara.net /prodigalson.htm (801 words)

	Wing Chun (1994) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Instead of chronicling Yim Wing Chun's life as a motherless daughter to a wanted father who secretly learns kung fu from a female master deep in the mountains of Yim's village, Yuen seems more at home with silly comedy, preposterous wire fu, and bottomed-out romance.
		She dresses in men's clothes and is known for her martial arts skills, though the film supposedly uses little to no real Wing Chun artistry.
		Towards the climax, the last few chapters of the film actually become engaging: Yuen Woo-ping trades in ridiculous wire fu for a tighter kind of wirework that actually appears to be going for some attempt at realism not to mention entertaining for a change.
	www.geocities.com /pangit_cash/wc.html (565 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Wing Chun: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One of the reasons I orginally bought the film was to see Wing Chun kung fu being used in a film (as it rarely is).
		The overall quality of the film is increased by the skill and presence of other top-grade performers such as Donnie Yen, although Michelle Yeoh still gives as good as she gets with a show comparable to that in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'.
		Wing Chun is a formidable female character whose kung fu is feared and revered at the same time.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CRRD (698 words)

	Wing Chun (1994)
		Wing Chun deservedly ranks high among the films of Yuen Wo-ping for it's winning mixture of winsome humor, creative action, and colorful characters.
		After Wing Chun consults with her martial arts master who is played by film legend Cheng Pei Pei, she finally masters her style and returns to fight for the privilege of having the entire band of outlaws call her mom!
		Variations in film stock and shooting conditions seems to have muted the vibrancy of the films colors, leaving the film a little pale and washed in certain places but aside from that, this is a very good anamorphic transfer.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/wingchun_011005.htm (1295 words)

	DVD Times - Prodigal Son, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Prodigal Son is a film close to my heart, mainly because I practise the martial art featured in the film (Wing Chun), but also because it was my first traditional kung fu film with Yuen Biao.
		In this film Leung Jan is shown to be thought of as the kung fu king, taking on all comers in his town and beating them hands down.
		His screen Wing Chun is brilliant, and he carries off one of the best kung fu fights ever against Frankie Chan on a restaurant entrance bridge.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=3458 (830 words)

	cityonfire.com \| Wing Chun
		Besides horse thieves, Wing Chun must deal with the men around her who simply can't handle a strong, independent woman.
		How accurate the choreography in this movie is with regard to Wing Chun as it's known today I don't know, but the point that it's a "gentle" martial art with emphasis placed on restricting your opponent's capacity to attack you is gotten across sufficiently.
		This is evinced by bits like Wing Chun luring her foe into a small shed where his big, unwieldy spear is of little value (I'm sure someone will see a phallic symbol in that...read on), while she, armed with a pair of short swords, is able to peck away at him at her leisure.
	www.cityonfire.com /hkfilms/wx/wingchun.html (709 words)

	Gung Fu Institute Wing Chun
		Ng Mui Decided to solve the problem indirectly by taking Yim Wing Chun with her to the White Crane Temple and there she became her first and only disciple and over a period of three years, with Yim Wing Chun studying diligently Ng Mui taught Yim Wing Chun the newly developed fighting style.
		Leung Yee Tei became the successor of the Wing Chun system and so the pole techniques were added.
		Leung Yee Tei's disciples who carried Wing Chun on was Leung Jan a physician of Fatshan in Kwangtung Province of Southern China.
	www.gungfuinstitute.com /wingchun.htm (889 words)

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