Yim Wing-chun

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Yim Wing-chun (嚴詠春) is a historical character, often cited in Wing Chun legends as 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, who threatened to 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.

Wing-Chun, being a person's name in Chinese. literally means "spring chant" and alternatively as "forever spring", or substituted with the character for "eternal springtime".^[1]

[edit] Yim Wing Chun in Popular Culture

[edit] Movies

The 1994 movie, "Wing Chung", loosely portrays her life, using an action film genre.

[edit] Lineage

Lineage in Wing Chun
sifu	The creator of Wing Chun abbot Ng Mui
Yim Wing-chun (嚴詠春)
only student	her husband Leung Bok-chau (梁博儔)

1. ^ Ritchie, Rene - "What's in a name?"