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Ving Tsun Athletic Association

詠春體育會
Association · 1967-08-24
Hong Kong China

Description

Association of Ip Man's Wing Chun line in Hong Kong. Planned from 1964 and ratified in 1967 with Ip Man as president, it was the first private traditional martial arts association registered with and recognised by the Hong Kong government.

Also known as

VTAA

Founded

1967-08-24
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“August 24, 1967, saw the final ratification of the VTAA.”
— Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info
“Yet, by the time of Lee’s death in 1973, the Ving Tsun Athletic Association, the organization founded by Ip Man to carry on his legacy, was already moving in a different direction, seeking a new model of social discourse and accommodation in line with the emerging reality of life in the more prosperous Hong Kong of the 1970s and 1980s.”
— Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info

Officers (2)

  • Ip Man
    President
    1967
    Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    “His students bought an apartment that served as headquarters for the organization in 1966 and Ip Man was finally named the new association’s president in 1967.”
    — Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info
  • Ip Chun
    Treasurer
    1967
    Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Single source.
    “Ip Chun served as the fledgling association’s first treasurer; he was well suited to the post given his professional experience as an accountant.”
    — Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Arts link info

Locations (1)

  • Hong Kong China
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Tags

wing-chun · chinese-martial-arts

Sources

Judkins, Benjamin N.; Nielson, Jon. (2015). The Creation of Wing Chun: A Social History of the Southern Chinese Martial Artslink info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Ving Tsun Athletic Association. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP0XPBMW04PV24ARCSVB - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M69YRP0XPBMW04PV24ARCSVB, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Ving Tsun Athletic Association}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M69YRP0XPBMW04PV24ARCSVB}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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