Jee Shim Weng Chun

Jee Shim Weng Chun Kuen, also commonly pronounced as Chi Shim Ving Tsun, is a Southern Chinese martial arts originating from Fujian province. The name "Jee Shim" refers to the founder of the system - a chan (zen) monk from the Southern Shaolin Temple. This art is also known as Shaolin Weng Chun and Wing Chun White Crane. Despite the use of the Chinese term "Weng Chun", this style in practice is similar to Southern White Crane, but has now been considered as a branch of the more widely known art of Wing Chun in the West.

Tang Yik was Dai Tak Lan Weng Chun Sifu, in 1979 claimed that: -

· Siu Lam Weng Chun is founded by Fung Siu Ching, who first learned kung fu from a Chinese opera actor, Luk Kam in Canton in 1880.

· Fung Siu Ching's Kungfu only composes of three sets of dummy form, namely; sky, earth and man of 108 points and a set of pole.

· His father Tang Suen was the Student of marshal Fung Siu Ching.

Around 1960, Tang Yik, Lo Siu Wan Tam Kong and Wei Yan were working in a fruit wholesale market at Kowloon side called 'Tai Tak Lan' .They paid Chu Chung Man to teach them Far Kuen (the “plum flower” set). At that time, Chu Chung Man named his Kung fu as Siu Lam Weng Chun officially.

Now, all the old men's father became the students of Fung Siu Ching.

After the second world war, Chu Chung Man, came to Hong Kong. His Sifu was Far Kuen Wong Jik SingHe created one set of dummy form in Macau with other three friends of different style kungfu. He modified his kungfu and rename it 'Shaolin Weng Chun'

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