VING TSUN KUNG-FU
THE ORIGINS OF VING TSUN KUNG-FU
The Kung Fu system that we teach is a traditional Southern Chinese system of Kung Fu which is often spelt in English as 'Wing Chun'.
There are many versions of the history of the Wing Chun fighting system but the most popular version is that it was created somewhere around 250 years ago, by a Buddhist nun named Ng Mui. The Shaolin monastery, of which she was an elder, was destroyed by traitors whilst under siege, hence her new style was developed specifically to overcome the Shaolin Kung-Fu methods.
Her art was named after her first student, a young woman, Yim Wing Chun, whose name meant 'beautiful springtime.'
This art was then passed down through the generations in secret, until the 1940’s when the late Grand Master Ip Man started to develop and teach the system in Hong Kong, making Wing Chun accessible to the public.
Many people learnt the art from Grand Master Ip Man, most famously Bruce Lee who trained privately with both Ip Man and Instructor Wong Shun Leung from 1954 to 1957.
Due to the system’s simple but very effective techniques, Wing Chun has continued to grow taking many branches, and now can be seen advertised under many different English spellings and lineage's.
OUR LINEAGE
In 1997 Mike Gorton joined a WingTsun class in Stafford and was one of the first students of Sifu Mik Lane.
Sifu Mik Lane learnt WingTsun in Germany as a member of the EWTO, and then after returning to England was one of the pioneers in the UK of teaching the Leung Ting 'WingTsun' system, but later left the organisation in 2002 to form the Wing Tyun Kung-Fu Organisation (WTKO)
In 2000 Mike Gorton took over the running of the Stafford club, and in 2005 began teaching Kung Fu professionally.
Mike became the Staffordshire Instructor for the WTKO and was acknowledged as a Sifu of Wing Tyun in 2009.
Sifu Mike now runs the 'Stafford Ving Tsun Kung Fu Club'.
Sifu Mik Lane & Sifu Mike Gorton
Call us on 07720 892332 to enquire about Ving Tsun Kung Fu classes, or complete our membership form
