Yim Wing-chun
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Yim Wing-chun (嚴詠春) was the first Wing Chun master. A Shaolin nun and abbess Ng Mui (五枚師太) developed the fighting skill especially for Yim to defend herself against a bully at the time who she feared would sexually abuse Yim. Yim later passed the skill to her husband.
Some said that Ng Mui didn't name her invention and it was Leung Bok-chau who named the fighting style after his sifu or teacher, his wife.
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Lineage in Wing Chun | |
sifu | The creator of Wing Chun abbot Ng Mui |
Yim Wing-chun (嚴詠春) |
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only student | her husband Leung Bok-chau (梁博儔) |
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