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Shaolin Abbot Chi Sin Sim Si:
Treachery led to the Southern Shaolin temple being destroyed in the
18th century by the ruling powers. The Southern Shaolin abbot Chi Sin
Sim Si was able to flee with some other monks and got himself hired as
a cook on the “Red Boat” under a false name. The “Red Boat” was a ship
of a Chinese opera troupe, which travelled from town to town to
entertain the people. After a fight that lead to his identity being
discovered Chi Sim ended up teaching a few of the opera boat members
the weng chun system. Wong Wah Bo in turn taught Sun Gam, Leung Yee
Tai and Leung Lan Kwai.
The Five Dragons: Sometime
in the mid 1900's, the current Grandmaster, Wai Yan, converted one of
his trading houses into a Weng Chun research academy. He did not want
to enrole any pupils in this “research academy”, but rather bring
together and unite the best Weng Chun (Grand-) masters of his day.
These were then to try and perfect the efficiency of Weng Chun with no
need for secrecy between them in “Dai Duk Lan”. They were: Sifu Wai
Yan, Sifu Lo Chiu Woon, Sifu Chu Chung Man (The “Unbeatable”), Sifu Tam
Kong (The Weng Chun Grappler) and Sifu Tang Yick (King of the
Lonepole). The Weng Chun masters fought, discussed and lived together
every day. They also invited Kung Fu masters from other styles to share
and exchange their experiences. The project was carried out by Wai
Yan, Chu Chung Man and Tang Yick for twenty years. In this time, they
tried again and again to put their gained knowledge to the test and to
discover all the secrets of the art of one-to-one fighting. Their
result was the evolution of a Weng Chun, that enabled the pupil to
practice his self-defence with even more safety and ease.
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