Lineage

The legendary Yip Man is considered to be one of the first who was publicly teaching Wing Chun. His best-known pupils include Chu Shong Tin, Lok Yiu, Wong Shun Leung, Ip Chun, William Cheung and Bruce Lee. Yip Man was born into a wealthy family in mainland China in Foshan, Guangdong. He was training Wing Chun since he was 13, and his teachers included Chan Wah Shun. At the age of 15 he moved to Hong Kong and his teacher became Leung Bik. Upon his return to Foshan, he became a cop and taught Wing Chun friends and family. In 1949 he moved back to Hong Kong and opened his official Wing Chun School. After modest beginnings, Yip Man students began to compete against other martial arts schools, and this only increased his reputation. In 1967, Yip Man and his students founded the Hong Kong Wing Chun Athletic Association.

Grand Master Chu Shong Tin was one of the longest training students of the legendary Yip Man. In his childhood, Chu Shong Tin devoted himself to Tai Chi, taught by his father, but became seriously interested in martial arts only when he met Yip Man at the age of seventeen. Their first meeting lasted for the whole day, and Yip Man convinced Chu Shong Tin that Wing Chun would help him overcome his poor health and help him get fit. Fascinated by the application of the physics and dynamics of Wing Chun's structure, Chu Shong Tin learned quickly. Later, after training for up to 8 hours a day for 2 years, he became known as the “King of Siu Num Tau”, which is first training set of Wing Chun. Chu Shong Tin made several tutorial videos with the intention of preserving and imparting his extensive knowledge of Wing Chun. After the death of Sifu Jim Fung, he took responsibility for the International Wing Chun Academy and until the 82s (+2015) devoted himself to teaching Wing Chun in Hong Kong.

Sifu Jim Fung was born in Hong Kong into a business family. When he was 14 years old, he was physically attacked by an older and stronger man and that led him to the martial arts journey. Following his father's advice, he sought out the legendary Chu Shong Tin and became his student. During his law studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia, a classmate was asked for Wing Chun lessons and this was the beginning of the International Wing Chun Academy (IWCA). Since then, more than 35 years have passed and IWCA currently has hundreds of students from around the world and offices in many cities in Australia. After years, IWCA has become the largest and most professional martial arts school in Australia. Sifu Jim Fung is the author of two books on Wing Chun and was considered one of the most capable Wing Chun trainees with the greatest knowledge of the system internationally. „Wing Chun is a skill that combines physics, mathematics, logic and biology into one. There is always something to learn and improve at my level.“ Sifu Jim Fung

Sifu Dalibor Kuběna is a direct student of Grand Master Jim Fung and joined 2003 rank of Level 1 instructors of IWCA (Sydney, Australia). Since his return for more than 15 years, he has been promoting Wing Chun Kung Fu in the Czech Republic on social events and teaching his students at Wing Chun Praha. After the death of his master Jim Fung, he visited and trained with Grand Master Chu Shong Tin in Hong Kong (+ 2015) Současně pokračuje ve vlastním studiu Wing Chun kung fu s řadou Hong Kongských mistrů z linie Yip Man - Chu Shong Tin.