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History: Grandmaster Lee Shing

Grandmaster Lee Shing passed away in 1991 he was European and U.K President of the Yip Man Martial Arts Association and founder of the International Lee Shing Wing Chun Martial Arts Association. He was also a member of the Hong Kong Kowloon Chinese Medical Association and was a qualified Chinese doctor. These positions are testimony to a lifetime's dedication to Wing Chun and his impact on the development of Wing Chun in Europe has been very significant and yet it is a largely untold story.

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Ip Man

Ip Man (葉繼問, Yeji Q) was the first ever Master to teach Wing Chun Kung Fu. He was born in Foshan, China on 1st October 1893 but moved to Hong Kong in 1949 and began teaching Wing Chun in 1950. He is reknowned as being the former teacher of Bruce Lee. He passed away in Hong Kong on 2nd December 1972 at the age of 79.

Last Commented By KeithBell at 10:40:21am 7 January 2010:

What a legend this guy is, without him Bruce Lee would not have been what he was