Jiu Wan

Description

Wing Chun teacher from Foshan, nephew and student of Jiu Chao. He taught at the Foshan Jingwu Association in the late 1940s, fled to Hong Kong in 1949, joined Ip Man and later ran a large school there.

Teachers (2)

• person
  Jiu Chao

  swordsWing Chun 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

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Later he studied with his uncle, Jiu Chao, also a student of Chan Yiu Min.”

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

  swordsWing Chun Possible

  Possible

  Single source; it notes that his own lineage disputes the relationship.

  Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source; it notes that his own lineage disputes the relationship.

  “The two Foshan natives established a tight relationship and Jiu Wan followed his new teacher until his death in 1972.”

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

Lineage

• Wing Chun Jiu Chao ← Chan Yiu-min ← Chan Wah-shun ← Leung Jan · 4 generations

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