As a practioner of Wing Chun, the main story I hear about the history of Wing Chun is that it was invented by a nun called Ng Mui, and then passed down to Yim Wing Chun and then finally to Yip Man (see this traditional story). However, through my current instructor Rick Spain, I heard the following version about Wing Chun’s origins, one that I found much more believable and credible. Check it out and let me know what you think?

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 After watching the first movie, I was in awe of this stunning piece of cinema. The action scenes were fast and furious, and Donnie Yen showing great applied Wing Chun technique. Sammo Hung did an awesome job in creating the fight sequences.

Being a Wing Chun practitioner myself, I was really excited by this film. Unfortunately I do not have a wooden dummy, so I had to travel to my school, which is 1 hour away for my home, just to relieve some wooden dummy itch after watching the movie.

When I heard the sequel is being made, I just can't wait for you to come out. Fortunately, it is coming out in April. For those people can't wait, check out these awesome movie previews while you are counting down the hours.

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After watching the movie 300, and the epic battles, I have always wondered what is the Persian empire?  Did the movie portrait them accurately?  Or was it mostly fantasy and imagination?

These enemy of the Spartans have really intrigued me.  So I did a little bit of digging around, and I found the following documentary series on Youtube that you may find interesting. 

They give a very good background information about the Persian empire, check them out!!

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