To protect herself, the young woman, Yim Wing Chun, went to visit a nun at a nearby monastery to learn a martial art that would help her fend off a big, strong man.

Yim Wing Chun kept her promise and eventually taught her husband Leung Bok Chau who in turn, passed it down to Leung Lan Kwai, Leung Lan Kwai and Wong Wah Bo. Advertisement.

A gray, rainy day shone with the bright light of opportunity for 20 martial arts students and instructors gathered Monday under a shelter at Anderson Park.

Her disciple, Yim Wing Chun, then developed the martial art. “Being a woman, she (Yim) modified it to make it simpler so that people of small stature can use it as effectively as someone bigger ...

To protect herself, the young woman, Yim Wing Chun, went to visit a nun at a nearby m… Several centuries ago in China, a powerful warlord wanted to marry a young woman, who didn't want to marry him.

Yim Wing Chun agreed and would train day and night to master this new form of Kung Fu. When the time came, she challenged her persistent bully to a fight and won.