What are the roots of the Wing Chun System?
The Wing Chun system has its roots in the Shaolin Temple. According to legend, Ng Mui, one of the Five Elders of Shaolin, escaped the burning of the Shaolin temple by the Ching army. Ng Mui designed a system that would significantly shorten the training time required to produce competent fighters. Ng Mui passed on this combat system to Yim Wing Chun. The Wing Chun system has since been refined and passed down multiple generations to the current association of Wing Chun Kung Fu practitioners today.
