Wang Kiu Video Online!
News, March 24th, 2008
Via KFO, enjoy!
Sifu Wang Kiu – Video Footage Finally Online – Kung Fu Magazine Forums
Hello everyone.
The foundation Wang Kiu Wing Chun SWK has put some footage of Sifu Wang Kiu online for the first time ever Normally this kind of footage is never brought to public, but its the wish of his students and Sifu himself to show us his way of Wing Chun. Its not the right or wrong way, its the Wing Chun as he was taught by Yip Man.
Joseph Wang Kiu was one og the core 5 private students of Yip Man together with Leung Sheung, Lok Yiu, Wong Shun Leung and Tsui Sheung Ting.
On this moment, Sifu Wang Kiu is already 84 years old as of 2008 and lives in The Hague, The Netherlands for allready about 40 years.
Sifu Wang Kiu gave exclusive permission to the foundation Wang Kiu Wing Chun to put some of his private footage online in the next years. Just for sharing to see where his roots are from.The first small video is online now presenting Sifu Wang Kiu in the 80s doing the first 30 Dummy Works as he was taught by his teacher Yip Man.The Dummy Works are always like a mirror. What you do left, you do right.
You can watch the footage on www.wangkiu.nl his personal website and www.vechtsport.org website of the foundation Wang Kiu Wing Chun.
We are planning to put some more videos online in the near future, but then especially with all the explanations from Sifu himself, because video only doesnt tell you/us much. Theres so much Wing Chun on the internet that its hard to really understand how the principles of the system work and thats why we will put the videos on www.wangkiu.nl with English explanations of the movements.
Enjoy watching
Very nice to see Wang Sifu online on such good form. I believe that he was training while my Sigung was with Ip Man in the fifties, so I wonder if he remembers Lee Shing?
Here’s a website that honoured Lee Shing along with Wang Sifu? http://www.wumei-yongchun.com/main.html
Oh, great, we get to see another old “master” perform some forms. Maybe we can get some 80 year old former tennis champions to swing their rackets in the air so their fans can oooh and aahh at their “form”.
Isn’t that called “mixed doubles” at most events? 8p
Stu Hart and Helio Gracie still appear(ed) on video at advanced age. I don’t think any of their proteges were going full-bore on them, but there’s something about knowing that what you’ve invested so much of your time in, you can still enjoy into your advanced years. It’s inspirational.
I don’t remember Helio rolling around in thin air or playing with a grappling dummy. For me, that would not be inspirational. It would be sad.
I hope I move as smooth as he does in my 80′s,….great to see more people open up and share thier wing chun too,…..GM Ip Man taught so many people, and so many people differently…..great to see the various people play thier kung-fu….
I think he performed this not in his 80′s. In this video he still has his black hair and he looks much younger. Try google some pictures of Wang Kiu and you will find some where he’s older.
Very nice!
Thiago Pereira
from Rio de Janeiro,Brazil