Wing Chun Kung Fu

In this text I approach in a systematic and scientifically based way the roots of Wing Chun Kung Fu. In the first part I explore the founding myths as well as their symbolic importance to later make a first approach to the historical process of foundation conformation development and diffusion of the system starting from the Ming dynasty until the first half of the 20th century.It is said that Wing Chun Kung Fu is going through a deep technical crisis so in the third chapter I explore some of the most important criticisms that have been made to the system dismantling those that are unfounded and retaking to improve those that are accurate. Always when we face a crisis it is of vital importance to return to the roots hence in the fourth chapter I return to some of the most important statements left by Ip Man in the interview he was given in 1972 just a few months before his death; these statements are contrasted against the text of General Qi Jiguang of 1560 the Shaolin Canon of Short Strike of 1784 and the Kuen Kuit of the Siu Lim Tao form of the nineteenth century.