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 Canton
Wing Chun was named after the Guangzhou (Canton) region
in China. Our lineage is from Grandmaster Sum Nung,
who passed away on November of 2002. Grandmaster
Sum Nung had learned his Wing Chun from
Yuen Kay San . In the mid 1960s, Sum Nung introduced
Yuen Kay San Wing Chun to an accomplished martial
artist,
Kwok Wan-Ping. Kwok Sifu became one of the most
sought after martial artists in Hong Kong and several
of his students have gone on to become highly respected
instructors in their own rights.
Chung Ming Lee was one of these students who brought
Wing Chun to the Washington DC metro area in the early
70's. During this time, Sifu Lee took on a student
who became his most favorite, Alton Miller. Sifu Lee
taught Alton Miller the Yuen Kay San system and the
essence of Wing Chun so that one day Mr. Miller would
be ready to meet Kwok Wan-Ping and Sum Nung. The day
came in 1975, when Sifu Lee proudly brought Alton
Miller to meet Kwok Wan-Ping, and Sum Nung to pay
respect and homage. Sigung Kwok Wan-Ping and Sijo
Sum Nung were impressed and amazed, to say the least,
at the skill of Alton Miller and the idea that Yuen
Kay San Wing Chun would continue to spread in the
United States. There were many trips to Hong Kong
and China that followed. Today, Sifu Alton Miller
continue to teach Wing Chun as was taught to him by
these teachers. The trips to Hong Kong and China in
the 70's spurred historical legends and romanticized
the times gone by.
During the initial trip to China, Sifu Lee also brought
along another student who was junior to Alton Miller,
Jack Henderson, who at the time was a secret service
agent for the Reagan Administration.
"during
the last New Year's festival an America knocked
on a door in Guangzhou in order to give a gift to
the owner of the dwelling. The gift was a picture
of the U.S. President and his wife. The man who
brought the gift came across the Pacific Ocean to
do so. He was a body guard for the American President,
and had come all this way to visit the famous Wing
Chun teacher, Sum Nung. The man was named Henderson,
and had followed a student of Sum Nung's named Kwok
Wan-Ping to learn Wing Chun Kuen"
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