One of the striking features of our art, is to discover that this system was created by a woman, for it is said that the origins of this art show one of the first signs of feminization of the martial.

This we can delve into a world that until now, often, mistakenly think only in masculine terms.

Us enter into the history of our protagonist and the context in which they lived. Yim Wing-Chun was born in Guangdong Province, China.

After being promised to marry Leung Bok To, his mother dies; Yi Yim his father was unjustly accused of a crime, Yim was made Ving Tsun and his father, mudarse to near the border of Guangxi and Yunnam.

A mid-eighteenth century, Siu Lam Buddhist Monastery was destroyed by fire, five monks managed to escape the tragedy, each settled in different mountains; in this group of scholars was a Buddhist nun, his name was Ng Mui. The nun Ng Mui, was established in the Taoist monasteries on the Mount Bak Hok Miu.

One of the activities carried out was to descend the mountain and attend the nearest village to stock up on products.

In this way he met the young Yim Ving Tsun that passed through difficult moments. Yim Ving Tsun was promised to marry Leung Bok To, But a local leader of the village wanted to marry her by force.

At the request of the father of Yim Ving Tsun, the nun took the girl as a disciple, was in the Temple, where Pak Hok Yim Ving Tsun Martial Art learned the innovative designed by the Nun Ng Mui, reportedly, inspired by witnessing the confrontation between a snake and a crane.

After defeating the local leader that he wanted to marry against their will. Yim Ving Tsun could finally marry Leung Bok To.

Later, Yim Ving Tsun structured and systematized the teachings of their Master, Ng Mui, and this is the system that has survived to this day, taught in traditional schools that keep it pure and complete. Opportunely, Yim Ving Tsun convey to her husband Leung Bok To set up System.

It is believed that the first person to use the name Wing Chun Kuen (The Ving Tsun Martial Art) was her husband and did so in tribute to his teacher and wife Yim Ving Tsun.

Grand Master Moy Yat lectured and teachings of Wing Chun in the United States of America and many other countries in South America and the world.

Some of his disciples, also had the luck to finish the complete Wing Chun system and could become a master of Wing Chun officially recognized.

These disciples of Master Moy Yat continued the dissemination of art and other teachers they have emerged, who are the living example of perpetuation, maintaining the traditional transmission and purity of the Art, with all the richness and coherent logic, from the beginning, until today.

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