Lee Shing Wing Chun History in his own words

[leeshing]

This I believe is the only interview that Lee Shing did and in it he discusses his early training leading up to Ip Man and the early days in the UK

[Vajramusti]

This I believe is the only interview that Lee Shing did and in it he discusses his early training leading up to Ip Man and the early days in the UK

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Thanks for the interesting article involving interviewing Lee Shing and stating some of his opinions. Without wanting to debate- FWIW somewhat different opinions follow... based on what I have read ad also discussed with others in Lee Shing days. I also have Joseph Cheng's
writings.

1. Lee Shing drops names like Leung Jan and Ip Man. I don't doubt that he met them but I doubt that he was their direct student. This shows in the way he holds the pole and the bot jam do
(doing a gan-jam d0). Lee Shing slant body wing chun is quite different from Ip Man wing chun.

2 A friend of mine learned from Lee Shing, and Joseph Cheng among others.

3. A student of Leung Shun -the first HK student of IM was Paul Lam who moved to England after Lee Shing. Paul Lam had polio as a youth and had thin legs but powerful arms. Joseph Cheng challenged Lam but Cheng did not do well.

No offense intended-I respect Lee Shing and Joseph Cheng's own skills.Name dropping for legitimacy is common in wing chun.