What is the difference between Wing Tsun and Wing Chun or Ving Tsun?
The difference in spelling lies partly due to the fact that there is no standard transcription of the Cantonese dialect of Chinese. Using the Yale system of transcription, we would pronounce Wing Tsun as “wihng cheun”. Many of Great Grandmaster Yip Man’s descendants use spellings such as “wing chun” or “ving tsun”. Wing Tsun, or WT is the registered trademark of Professor Leung Ting and the International Wing Tsun Association (IWTA). Only schools that are part of the IWTA may use the Wing Tsun (WT) spelling. Don’t be fooled by imitators using alternate “WT” type spellings. Only official IWTA sanctioned schools may use the trademarked spelling of “Wing Tsun”. For a list of IWTA sanctioned schools, click here.
