Wing Chun in Vietnam - Past and Present Secrets

1. The Name

Recently, in Vietnam's newspapers and journals there were some articles introduced Wing Chun (Forever Spring) or VingTsun (Praise Spring) kung-fu system.

2. Several special features of Wing Chun methods

Wing Chun is a kung-fu system that requires a training with the greatest efforts and patience, despite the system has only few forms.

Thu-dau-quyen, (basic bare hand techniques, equivalent to Siu-nim-tao, or Litlle Idea in China)
Chi-kung Wing Chun Kuyen form,
108 (movements) form (which includes 3 sub-forms: static 108, dynamic 108, and 108 with wooden dummy.
Five separate 5-animal forms (dragon, snake, tiger, panther, and crane),
One synthesized 5-animal form.

Besides above forms, Vietnam Wing Chun also has several special training methods with their unique principles.
Among the above Wing Chun forms, the static and dynamic 108 forms (especially the static form) have a unique characteristic that no other kung-fu system has.

To be successful in Wing Chun, students must have a strong belief, good intelligence, patience and diligence.

3. Wing Chun in Vietnam

At the end of 1939, Grandmaster Yuen Chai Wan (whose Vietnamese name is Te Cong, or Tai Cong) fled and took refuge in Vietnam.

During the period in the South (1954 – 1959), the founding father also trained several pupils.
Kung-fu is one of the best human cultural forms.

[Published in JournalToday, No. 10-2003, UNESCO Club Association]

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