The History of Ving Tsun
by The Late Grandmaster Yip Man
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Ng Mui later traveled around the country, but before she left she told Ving Tsun to strictly honor the Kung Fu traditions, to develop her Kung Fu after her marriage, and to help the people working to overthrow the Manchu government and restore the Ming Dynasty.
After her marriage Ving Tsun taught Kung Fu to her husband Leung Bok Chau.
He in turn passed these techniques on to Leung Lan Kwai. Leung Lan Kwai then
passed them on to Wong Wah Bo. Wong Wah Bo was a member of an opera troupe
on board a junk, known to Chinese as the Red Junk. Wong worked on the Red
Junk with Leung Yee Tei. It so happened that Abbot Chi Shin, who fled from
Siu Lam, had disguised himself as a cook and was then working on the Red
Junk. Chi Shin taught the Six-and-a-half-point Long Pole techniques to Leung
YeeTei. Wong Wah Bo was close to Leung Yee Tei, and they shared what they
knew about Kung Fu. Together they shared and improved their techniques, and
thus the Six-and-a-half-point Long Pole was incorporated into Ving Tsun Kung
Fu. Leung Yee Tei passed his Kung Fu on to Leung Jan, a well-known herbal
Doctor in Fat Shan. Leung Jan grasped the innermost secrets of Ving Tsun,
attaining the highest level of proficiency. Many Kung Fu masters came to
challenge him, but all were defeated.