Welcome to the London Wing Chun Academy Information page.
Here you will find a rich source of information regarding the
principles, theory and history of Wing Chun Kung Fu as well as general
information about our academy and the martial arts classes we offer.
You can also contact Sifu Mark Phillips directly for any questions you might have about the Academy or about the simple yet powerful martial art of Wing Chun Kung Fu.
WING CHUN Forms, Characteristics and Principles
Through countless generations of Masters, Wing Chun Kung Fu has managed to maintain its focus as an effective practical fighting system. The martial arts system has avoided being modified into a competitive rules based sport or demonstration art, and therefore has maintained the essence of the founding principles of the Wing Chun fighting art: move efficiently (Economy of Motion), occupy and control the centre ground (Centre Line Theory), Strike with explosive power over a short range, Fa Jing (short Distance Power Theory).
Wing Chun is not simply just a collection of unrelated ideas and techniques. It has a core set of guiding principles, which allows a practitioner to naturally develop their Wing Chun ability by selecting what is a correct response of for a given attack with little effort.
WING CHUN History
The
Wing Chun system of martial arts was developed in southern China
approx. 250-300 years ago. Wing Chun Kung fu is just one of many
martial arts whose origins are to be found in Southern China.
Compared with other arts it is a relatively new style.
Often interpreted as a soft style, Wing Chun is in fact a blend of both hard and soft techniques, owing to the fact that it was developed by a woman and refined in the main, by men.
