What is Kung Fu?
Kung Fu means ‘skill gained through hard work’
Ving Tsun - easy to learn for self-defense, does not require strength, & helps us end fights quickly
Ving Tsun is a complete system
how to act
how to relate to others
how to overcome obstacles
Centerline
Efficiency
Relaxation
Ving Tsun System
Origins
Chinese Lineage
Leung Pok Toa learned the entire system from Yim Ving Tsun, whom he later married
Leung Lan Kwai and Leung Yee Tai were both students of Wong Wah Poh, and all three were performers in the chinese opera, called Heung Seun or, "Red Junk”
Fung Wa learned from Leung Tsun and was a contemporary of Chan Wah Shuen
Chan Wah Shuen worked on the Yip family estate in Foshan, when he reluctantly took the young Yip Man on for a years’ salary (Chan Wah Shuen did not think wealthy, priviledged students would be very devoted)
After the passing of Chan Wa Shuen, Yip continued his training with Shuen's eldest student, Fung Wah. Later in Hong Kong, Yip Man trained with Leung Bik, another son of Leung Tsun
Late Grandmaster Moy Yat with his Sifu, Yip Man
Yim Ving Tsun divided the new system into Siu Nim Tao, Chum Kiu, Biu Je, Mui Fah Jong, Luk Dim Boon Kwan, and Bot Jom Do
Wong Wah Po learned his kung fu from Leung Pok Toa
Lueng Tsun, an herbalist and doctor, learned his kung fu from Wong Wah Po, together with Leung Lan Kwai and Leung Yee Tai
Chan Wah Sheun, also known as Jow Chin Wah (Wah, the money changer), learned from Leung Tsun and from Fung Wa. Chan Wah Shuen was a son of Leung Tsun
Moy Yat was introduced to Yip Man by his friend and sihing, Moy Bing Wah
The late Grandmaster Moy Yat spent 15 years training and living 'Kung Fu Life' with Yip Man before becoming his youngest Sifu at the age of 24 in 1962
Moy Yat brought Ving Tsun Kung Fu to America in 1973 when he opened his first school in New York and later in the Chinatown area of New York
Moy Yat passed in late January of 2001
Moy Bing Wah, sihing of the late Grandmaster Moy Yat
American Lineage
Within the United States, the Moy Yat lineage has preserved the heritage, principles, and Kung Fu life of Grandmaster Yip Man and the Sifus before him
Grandmaster Moy Tung with his Sifu, the late Grandmaster Moy Yat.
Sigung Moy Yat Tung with his Sifu, Grandmaster Moy Tung at the 10 Year Anniversary of the Iowa City Ving Tsun Kung Fu Academy.
Sifu Brett with his Sifu, our Sigung Moy Yat Tung, at the 10 Year Anniversary of the Iowa City Ving Tsun Academy in 2003.