The Lost of Living Legend of Wing Chun Sifu Tsui Sheung Tin, age 81

Sad news reaches us from Hong Kong—we have lost yet another living legend of Wing Chun. Sifu Chu Shong Tin (Tsui Sheung Tin), Grandmaster Ip Man’s third Hong Kong student, has passed away at age 81. He was known as the “King of Siu Nim Tau” for his dedication to the first set. He taught Wing Chun for over 60 years, beginning his training under Ip Man at age 17. Chu Shong Tin was born in 1933 in the Kwong-tung Province of Mainland China. In November 1949, he left China and settled in Hong Kong. During September 1950, he started work as a secretary for the Association of Restaurant Workers of Hong Kong. It was at that time that he first met Grandmaster Ip Man, who had just started teaching Wing Chun at the Union building. Chu Shong Tin lived with Ip Man from 1951 through much of 1955. May he rest in peace. #ChuShongTin#WingChunIllustrated

Wing Chun Illustrated Magazine Issued No.19 - The European WSLVT Connection

"First of all, people should understand that things are not always an application. You can use applications or exercises to show a person how things work, however, you should never think in terms of applications. The most important thing is that people understand that Wing Chun helps you to create certain behaviour and attributes for fighting. For example, Chi Sau is an exercise where we exchange force and it is used to further develop our fighting skills. We need 'knock out' power, so we need to programme our bodies for this. Therefore, we create behaviour that we can punch from any direction, at any time. People need to develop the attributes. If not, they will be stuck in movements like Taan Da against this kind of attack and another fixed movement against another kind of attack. That’s application thinking. It’s all about changing your behaviour. Fighting is fighting, just like swimming is swimming—we have to adapt our bodies to this thinking."

-- Spread of our cover interview with Sifu Philipp Bayer from the upcoming Issue No. 19. New issue on sale August 22.#WingChunIllustrated #WingChun#PhilippBayer