Branches of Wing Chun

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There are seven main branches of Wing Chun (aka WingTsun, Ving Tsun) (Chinese: 詠春; pinyin: yǒng chūn; Yale Cantonese: wing2 cheun1) in mainland China. Some other branches are found in Malaysia (e.g. Yip Kin, Cho family), Vietnam (e.g. Nguyễn Tế-Công), and Taiwan.

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[edit] Yip Man branch

Yip Man was well respected by other martial arts instructors in Foshan and Hong Kong. He was the first person to teach Wing Chun to a wider public. After his death, many of his students formed separate schools. In some cases, instructors developed more systematic methodologies of teaching Wing Chun -- however, there is probably no substitute for direct hands-on transmission of the feel of the art. This has led to varying interpretations of the art.

Yip Man was well-known for having a very quick wit and an acid tongue. His teaching style, along with the very direct nature of the art and its despising of superfluous talk, infuses the art with a certain edginess. This is probably why Wing Chun is well-known for being split into many factions.

[edit] Chu Shong-tin (徐尚田)

One of the first Yip Man students and oldest living student of Yip Man. Start date: 1951

    • Chu Shong-tin
      • Ah Keung
      • Jim Fung - student of Chu Shong-tin since 1960
        • Graham Kuerschner
        • Susana Cheuk Har Ho
      • Lit Leung Yiu (Leo Lit)
      • William Lai

[edit] Duncan Leung

    • Duncan Leung
      • Allan Lee, Lee Chee Kong (New York City)
      • Brian Edwards
      • Rohy Batliwala (Swizerland)
        • Christoph Hauch (Germany)
      • Robert "Doc" Savage (Ft. Walton Beach- FL)
        • Stan Warden
        • Dustan Carroll
        • James Sasitorn
      • Jerry Gardner (Salt Lake City - UT)
        • Bart Mann (Denver - CO)
          • Dan Grenemeyer
          • Kip Murphy
          • Phil Switzer (Denver, CO)
            • Chas Fisher (Seattle, WA)
            • Ron Kammerer (Denver, CO)
      • John C Holzer (MO)
        • Steve Moreno
        • Jary Hudson
      • Joseph Musse ( New York)
        • Angel E. Mercado (NYC)
        • Ramon Diaz (Aguadilla - Puerto Rico)
        • Joseph Musse
        • Victor Morales
      • Mitch Ammons ( Greenville - NC)
      • Raul Zapata (New York)
      • Rohy Batliwala (Switzerland)
      • Steve Faulkner
      • Steven Leung (Las Vegas - Nevada)
        • Donald Kim
      • Wayne Goss (Glendale - AZ)
      • Willie Arroyo (New York)

[edit] Ip Ching

Yip Man's younger son. Start date: 1962

    • Ip Ching
      • Eric Li
      • Garner Train
      • Ron Heimberger
      • Sam Hing Fai Chan

[edit] Ip Chun

Yip Man's elder son. Start date: 1962

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    • Ip Chun

[edit] Leung Sheung (梁相)

One of the first Yip Man students in Hong Kong[1][2]. Start date: 1950

    • Leung Sheung

[edit] Leung Ting

created the "WingTsun" branch

      • Leung Ting
        • Allan Fong
        • Keith R. Kernspecht
          • Emin Boztepe - Former student of Keith Kernspecht
            • David Lesser - Former student of Leung Ting - Midland, TX
              • Asif Rafeek - Midland, TX
              • Justin Pon - Waco, TX
            • Michael Casey - Santa Monica, CA
            • Robert Puig (Austin, TX)
            • Nico LaHood - San Antonio, TX
            • Mauricio Blake - McAllen, TX
            • Graham Weedon - Plano, TX
            • Bill Walls - Tyler, TX
            • Colin Bain - Austin, TX\Santa Monica, CA
          • Ralph Haenel - former student of Keith R. Kernspecht (Vancouver, Canada)
        • Ingo Weigel - Chicago, IL
          • Jordon Varichak - Chicago, IL
          • Alice Toth - Chicago, IL
          • Julie C. Kong - Chicago, IL
          • Jonathan Wright - Chicago, IL
        • Keith Sonnenberg (Mesa and Scottsdale, AZ)
        • Norbert Maday
        • Robert Jacquet
        • Slavko Truntic
        • Jeff Webb (Austin, TX)
        • William Parker (San Antonio, TX)
        • Mike Adams (Illinois)
          • Chris Mah (Wheeling, IL)
          • Steve Chan (Chicago, IL)
          • Todd Wright (Indianapolis, IN)

[edit] Kenneth Chung
      • Kenneth Chung
        • Eddie Chong
        • Ben Der
          • Ken Werner
            • Karl Godwin
              • Mike Horn
              • Mike Bennett
              • Phil Reno (In Memory)
              • Russ Schiebenburger
              • Steve Causey
              • Dan Berry
              • Kim Leisey
              • Bill Graves
                • Armando Sainz
                • Jonathan Petri
                • Kevin Reid
                • Jesse Moon
              • Kevin Povelite
              • John Gendall
              • John Cardenas
              • Dante Redondo
              • John Bland
              • Mike Robinson
              • Anthony Falcone
              • Michael Herrera
              • Mario Hostios
              • Robert Soong
              • Jason Seachrist
              • Brian Davis
              • Jesse Uzzell
              • Warren Lakhan
              • Gene Luque
              • Mike Howell
              • Gary Richardson
              • John Susan
              • John Hiles
              • Jackson Rogers
              • Jesse Moon
              • John McCollum
              • Don Santana
          • Sandy Wong
          • Steve Wong
          • Carsen Chen
          • Peter Cheng
          • Lawrence Der
          • Francis Der
          • Wally Der
          • Wayne Nakamura
          • Vince Lee
          • Ana Cooper
          • Richard Tom
          • Mike McLaughlin
          • Gary Hall
          • Lin Nyberg
          • Paul Cheng
          • Aaron Bell
          • Chris Boyd
          • Ken Trieu
          • David Santen
          • Robert Gahl
          • Rob Horgan
          • Joe Arcoraci
          • Matt Howard
          • Adrian Borga
          • William Tsoi
          • Nam Quan
          • Selwyn Yee
          • Steve Love
          • Steve Sanchez
          • Theresa Ouano
          • David Williams
          • John Weiland
        • Patrick Au
        • Bradford Louie
        • Sydney Wong
        • Mike Lam
        • Gate Tsao
        • Nelson Fong
        • Cliff Wong
        • Richard Vargas
        • Doug Eibeck
        • Dan Adachi
        • Jim Pieri
        • John Ho
        • John Adams
        • Art Rose
        • Eddie Oshins
        • Carl Decharria II
        • Caesar Julaton II
        • Ernie Nazareno Jr.
        • Jurgen Reinke
        • Jerome V. Braun
        • Yvonne Kerno
        • J.L. Shaw
        • Ray Van Raamsdonk
        • Juergen Heerdegen
        • Juergen Reinke
        • Chuck Chan
        • Jack Moorman
        • Dan Lam
        • Dan Lau
        • Mars K Cheung
        • Humphrey Wong
        • Kathy Jo Connors
        • Alan Ngai
        • Tim Tsang

[edit] Others: Leung Sheung
      • Fung Hon
        • George Wong

[edit] Lok Yiu

one of the first Yip Man students

    • Lok Yiu
      • Wilhelm Blech - founder of ELYWCIMAA in Europe

[edit] Lo Man Kam 盧文錦

Yip Man's nephew

    • Lo Man Kam
      • Gorden Lu (Lo Man Kams son)
      • Bruce Cheng 陳正信(New Zealand)
        • Ian Varley (Tauranga, NZ)
        • Antony George(NZ)
        • Robert Smith(Hamilton, NZ)
        • Simon Witchalls(NZ)
        • Louis Mason(NZ)
        • Tim Clayton(NZ)
        • Gerard Ngawati(NZ)
        • Francois Medevielle(New Caledonia)
      • Olaf Buschke (Giessen/Germany)
        • Björn Etzeler (Darmstadt/Germany)
      • Marc Debus (Neu Anspach/Germany)
        • Aribert Weidmann (Frankfurt/Germany)
        • Valentin Gress (Neu Anspach/Germany)
        • Martin Dzemski (Neu Anspach/Germany)
        • Swindger Juniel (Neu Anspach/Germany)
        • Jan Philipp Simon (Neu Anspach/Germany)
      • Michael Hanamura (Germany)
      • Frank Kuhnecke (Karben/Germany)
        • Jochen Mutz (Grünberg/Germany)
      • Andreas Zerndt (Marburg/Germany)
        • André Achnitz (Marburg/Germany)
        • Manfred Rohrberg (Marburg/Germany)
      • Philipp Müggler (Swizerland)
      • Mike Felder (Swizerland)

[edit] Moy Yat

    • Moy Yat

[edit] William Cheung

Grandmaster of the "Traditional Wing Chun" (TWC) branch, partially taught Bruce Lee. Start date: approx. 1954-1955

    • William Cheung
      • Adam Laskowski
      • Alexander Srokowski
      • Anthony Arnette
      • Andy Smith
      • Anna JAmes
      • Blaine Collins (no longer affiliated)
      • Bozidar Gabersek
      • Bobby Gabersek
      • Carlan Steward (no longer affiliated)
      • Chris Serras
      • Charles Boness
        • Angelo Foti
      • Costas Bochtis
      • Dana Wong (former TWC Chief Instructor, no longer affiliated)
      • Dan Brazitis
      • Danial Brown
      • David Cheung (Brother, no longer affiliated)
        • Garry Baneicki
      • Dave Flood
      • David Whitney
      • Del Fisher (no longer affiliated)
      • Denis Shink
      • Derek Jones
      • Delroi Flood
      • Dimitri Exintavelonis
      • Djore Kostovski
      • Dominic Bekes
      • Dominique Edmund
      • Don Schouten
      • Eric Oram
      • Felix Rosado (no longer affiliated)
      • Gary Wilkins
      • Gary Young
      • George W. Vance (no longer affiliated)
      • Gian Luca Boccato
      • Ian Protheroe (no longer affiliated)
      • James Kirkpatrick (no longer affiliated)
      • James Deaver
      • Jerry Bolding
      • Julian Richardson (no longer affiliated)
      • Jan-Pieter Boekestijn
      • Jean Pierre
      • Joe Grepo (No longer affiliated)
      • Joe Moahengimo (no longer affiliated)
      • Joe Sayah (No longer affiliated)
      • John Clayton 10th level (Traditional Wing Chun)
        • Shannon Moore 10th level
      • Julian De Boers
      • Keith Mazza
      • Keith Young
      • Kostovski Jore
      • Kypros Andreos
      • Lawrence Hochobeb
      • Leszek H. Starybrat
      • Marc Pericaud
      • Marty Goldberg (no longer affiliated)
      • Michael Bottoroff
      • Mike Kraushaar (no longer affiliated)
      • Panagiotis Raptopoulos
      • Paul Elston
      • Paul Hartley
      • Peter Guy
      • Phil Holder (no longer affiliated)
      • Philip Redmond
      • Randall J Sugrue (no longer affiliated)
      • Randy Kollar
      • Ray Tilley (no longer affiliated)
      • Raymond Mar (no longer affiliated)
      • Rick Spain (no longer affiliated)
        • Andrew Nerlich
        • Alfredo DelBrocco
      • Rhonda Bolding
      • Segvic Branimir
      • Sean O'Neil (no longer affiliated)
      • Steve Clegg
      • Steve Ruiz
      • Sonny Whitmore (no longer affiliated)
      • Tansel Ersavas
      • Tony White
      • Victor Parlati
      • Warren Stratulate (no longer affiliated)
      • Wayne Wright (no longer affiliated)
      • Yves Dantec
      • Zoltan Juhasz

[edit] Wong Long

Start date: 1956

    • Wong Long
      • Robert Yeung
        • Robert Tome
        • Bobby Cheng
        • Rodney Lam
          • Kenneth Anderson
          • Sean Cavanaugh
        • Donald Li
        • George Asato
        • Don Swain (aka Chung Po)
          • Don Jung Gin Swain
          • Tiana Fung Shin Swain
          • Kanani Leung Seung Swain
          • Matt Li Nian Swain
          • Mattea Wei Lan Swain
          • Chris Majors
          • Gwen Mu Ai Erece
          • Eric Wells
          • Melissa Goes
          • Jeremy Pierece
        • John DiVirgillio
          • Jeff Banuilos
          • Randal Ching
          • Geraldine Ebaloroza
          • Thomas Haluma
          • Patrick Jichaku
          • John Kaimana
          • James Kaku
          • James Lombardi
          • Malcolm MacMab
          • Deter Schwaller
          • Garret Takahashi
          • Keiji Yamaguchi
          • Ned Yonemori
          • Alex Yoshikawa
        • Art Kodani
        • Clif Lau
        • Richard Wong
        • Lawrence Miyashiro
        • Randy Sanches
        • James Sweet
          • Mark Enomoto
          • Danny Garcia
          • Mike Grande
          • Elson Honda
          • Todd Hasuike
          • Jesse Perrin
          • Uriel Wong
        • Alan Vasquez (aka Bak Fu)
          • David Vasquez
          • Kevin Phillips
          • William Bo St. John
          • C.Travis Vasquez
          • Dayton Chan
          • Victor Chan
          • Terence Joe
          • Sergio Lopez
          • Tyler Pope
          • Sean Kenmore
          • Kirk Saiki
          • Adam Williss
          • Tom Yee
          • Quoc Lu
          • Kaan Urdal
          • Saket Shroff
          • Edwin Vaughn
          • Ben Cutkomp
          • Dustin Cheverier
          • Kevin Jones
          • Vang Her
          • Larry Ramirez
          • Edwin Chimelis
          • Casey Gonzales
        • Basil Wong
        • James Tanaka
        • Wayde Ching
        • Kirk Saiki
        • Marcos Rivera
        • Dino Pertzoff
        • Embrey Williams
        • Gordon Caluya
        • Mike Konig
        • Ron Zelman
        • Thomas Perry
        • Mike Kitzer
        • Wayne Wong
        • Ted Hackbarth
        • Lenoid Nichols
        • Michael Mitcham
        • Hesh Goldstein
        • Gary Yokoyama
        • Ed Dumancus
        • Garret Ho

[edit] Wong Shun-leung (黃淳樑)

Partially taught Bruce Lee. Start date: 1954

    • Wong Shun-leung
      • Nino Bernardo
      • Alan Gibson
      • Gary Lam - Gary Lam was Grandmaster Wong's assistant instructor for 15 years.
      • Phillip Bayer - Philip Bayer was Grandmaster Wong's assistant throughout the 80's until his death.

[edit] Others: Yip Man

    • Lun Gai- The very first student of Yip Man in Foshan, China.
      • Mark Hobbs - Student of Lun Gai.
    • Gwok Fu- The second student of Yip Man in Foshan, China.
    • Wang Kiu - one of the first Yip Man students
      • Dr Khoe in Canada
      • Rudie Perreijn
      • James Terbeek
      • Martijn van Wagtendonk
      • Lee Che Kong (Allan Lee) - student and an assistant instructor of Lok Yiu; later taught by Yip Man.
    • Chan Shing (Chris)
    • Hawkins Cheung
    • Fung Ping Bor (Derek) - Nicknamed "lightning hands". Teaches in New South Wales, Australia.
    • Ho Kam Ming - from Macau
      • Augustine Fong (Fong Chi Wing)
        • Daniel Chan
        • Carina Cirrincione
        • Edward de la Cruz
        • William Denny
        • Tony Frighetti
        • Dan Marichi
        • Nancy McDonald
        • Christian Pankhurst
          • Oliver Van-Overbeek
        • Brian Tufts
        • Raoul (Van) Iotti
      • Rene Ng
    • Chow Tze Chun - Master of Mak Kwong Kuen international wing chun institute
    • Kan Wah-Chit (Victor)
    • Simon Lau
    • Lee Che Kong (Allan Lee)
    • Bruce Lee later incorporated many of its moves and philosophy into Jeet Kune Do he later developed. Jeet Kune Do differs from Wing Chun as taught by Yip Man by incorporating many different styles - philosophy centers on knowledge of self, and follows vector sciences very closely.
    • Wong Chok (Tsok)
      • Robert Yeung

[edit] Yiu Kai branch

  • Yiu Kai
    • Leung Keung
    • Wai-Po Tang

[edit] Jiu Wan branch

Jiu Wan (招允; pinyin: Zhāo Yǔn) first taught Wing Chun at Jing Mo Gwun, a school in Foshan, China. When the Communists took over China, he moved to Hong Kong where he continued to teach.

Jiu Wan's relationship with Yip Man is controversial among his students. Some 1 claim he was not a student of Yip Man's and just a close friend, others 2 3 claim that he did indeed study with Yip Man.

Amongst Jiu Wan's known students are Ti Lung (Tam Fu-Wing), Chow Hung-Yuen, Jason Lau, Francis Fong and others.

  • Jason Lau
    • Dennis Chan
      • Edward Ng
  • Ti Lung
  • Tam Fu-Wing
  • Chow hung-Yuen
  • Francis Fong
    • William Smith

[edit] Gu Lo Village branch

Wong Wah Sam (Leung Jan art)

  • Fung Chun
    • Fung Chiu, Fung Keung, Fung Leung, Fung Sang, Fung Chu, Ng Chun Keung etc..
  • Fung Hoi
  • Fung Lim
    • Fung Sang, Lee Ding, etc..
  • Fung Kong
  • Fung Min
  • Fung Jau
  • Koo Lung
    • Fung Sang, Koo family
  • Etc.

Fung Chiu

  • Mui Wai Hun

Fung Sang

  • Fung Ming
  • Sung Chen

Fung Keung

  • Alfred Kwan
  • etc

Lee Shing 12 point version

  • Joseph Lee [1]

Fung Lim 22 point version

  • Chiu Fan Kai
    • Leung Wan Jee

Yim Sei 40 point version:

  • Tam Yeung
    • Kwan Jong-Yuen
      • Robert Chu

[edit] Pan Nam branch

  • Pan Nam
    • Pan Siu-Cho
    • Pan Siu-Lam
    • Lee Dak-Sang
    • Wong Jee-Keung
    • Lun Fao
    • Leung Chong-Ting
    • Eddie Chong [2]
      • William Smith

[edit] Yuen Kay-San branch

  • Yuen Kay-San
    • Sum Nung
      • Sum Jee
      • Leung Dai-Chiu
      • Kwok Wan-Ping
        • Gary Kwok
        • William Ma
      • Lee Chi-Yiu
      • Ngo Lui-Kay
        • Sonny Le

[edit] Nguyễn Tế-Công branch (Vietnam WingChun 永春)

  • Nguyễn Tế-Công (阮濟云; Yale Cantonese: yun5 jai2 wan4; Yuen Chai-Wan) Older brother of Yuen Kay-San

Yuen Chai-Wan (Ruan Jiwan) was the fourth son of a Foshan Fireworks merchant and was thus also known as Yuen Lo Sei (Yuen the Fourth). Due to a childhood illness, he was also referred to as Dao Pei Chai (Pock Skin Chai). Yuen first learned Wing Chun Kuen under Fok Bo-Chuen and later continued his studies with Fung Siu-Ching. In Foshan, Yuen Chai-Wan taught students such as Yiu Choi.

In 1936 he was invited to teach Wing Chun in Vietnam, at the Nanhai and Shunde Expatriates Associations and moved to Hanoi, where he was known by the Vietnamese pronunciation of his name, Nguyen Te-Cong, and founded his first school. In 1955 he relocated to Saigon where he established a second school. Among his students in Vietnam were Nguyen Duy-Hai, Luc Vien Khai (The Southern school), Tran Van Phung, Vu Ba Quy, Ngo Si Quy, Tran Thuc Tien (The Northern school) and others, whose disciples are continuing teaching Wingchun in Vietnam today.

Yuen Chai-Wan died in 1960 at the age of 84.

[edit] Way Yan branch (Jee Shim Weng Chun Kuen)

  • Way Yan
    • Lau Chi-Lung
    • Cheng Kwong
    • Andreas Hoffmann
      • Sergio P. Iadarola
    • Rafael Salomão

[edit] Cho family branch

  • Cho Dak-Sang (曹德生; pinyin: cáo déshēng; Yale Cantonese: chou4 dak1 sang1)
    • Cho Chuen (曹全; pinyin: cáo quán; Yale Cantonese: chou4 chyun4)
    • Cho Man (曹文; pinyin: cáo wén; Yale Cantonese: chou4 man4)
    • Cho On (曹安; pinyin: cáo ān; Yale Cantonese: chou4 on1) - A grandmaster and contemporary of Yip Man said to be the person who introduced Yip Man to teach in the Hong Kong Restaurant Association, he relocated to Pulau Pinang, an island off the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
      • Cho Hung-Choi, who returned from Malaysia to Panyu village to undertake training with Cho Chuen
      • Yeung Gam-Jeung
      • Lau Soon-Yin (Mandarin: S.Y. Liu)
        • Y. Wu, Singapore
        • Victor Leow, Sydney, Australia
        • Ku Choi Wah - Grandmaster based in Singapore who actively promoted Cho Ga Wing Chun there although in a very private manner.
          • Randy Tay - Disciple of Ku Choi Wah and one of the foremost authorities on Cho Ga Wing Chun. Founded Kuen-Do[3] based on his learnings.

[edit] Wang family branch (Hung Fa Yi/Hung Suen Wing Chun Kuen)

  • Wang Ming
    • Garrett Gee
      • Benny Meng

[edit] Pao Fa Lien branch

  • Pao Fa Lien
    • Kwok Gai
    • Chu Chong
      • Chu Wing-Jee
      • Chu Ping
        • Mok Poi-On

NOTE: This is an on going process of updating lineages and instructors. This is by no means a complete list of all branches or practioners of Wing Chun.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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