Aug 26, 2018
Contrary to popular belief, Wing Chun in movies didn’t start with Donnie Yen. Not only was Sammo Hung making Wing Chun films in the early 80′s, Cecilia Wong was busting out Wing Chun forms in 1977. in fact, in the film (Stranger from Shaolin), Cecilia plays Yim Wing Chun, the founder of the style. Is this the earliest example of Wing Chun in the movies? Nope. A year earlier, Ip Man’s real life son, Ip Chun, portrayed his father in the Bruceploitation film, Bruce Lee the Man, the Myth. I’m sure there were even earlier examples of Wing Chun being used. None pop into my head at the moment though.
