Kung Fu Wing Chun

We’ve got another movie about the origins of the Wing Chun Kung Fu style – Wing Chun (played by Jing Bai).  This is a romantic comedy that makes use of authentic Kung Fu to tell the story of Wing Chun and her Fiancee Bao Chou.

The movie starts off by introducing Wing Chun as she works at her father’s Tofu shop.  Her mother having died when she was very young, Wing Chun has learned Shaolin Kung Fu from her father and isn’t the most lady like, getting into (fun) fights and rough housing with her friends.

When her fiancee, a young business man named Bao Chou, comes into to town to meet her (from an arranged marriage) the two don’t see eye to eye and Bao Chou runs for the hills scared of being married to a ‘tom boy’.  This of course offends Wing Chun and she decides she doesn’t have much appreciation for him either.

Around the same time Wing Chun is challenged by a rich and rather spoilt young man who declares that if he beats Wing Chun she must marry him, and if he loses he’ll work at the tofu shop for 3 months.  Wing Chun is being badly beaten when a travelling Nun who fled Shaolin knocks a basket of nuts over to  cause Wing Chun’s opponent to slip and hurt himself.  He vowes that a rematch is necessary and decides he will return in 3 months.  During this time the Nun name Mg Mui (Kara Hui) teaches Wing Chun her more effeminate Kung Fu style to win the rematch.

Kara Hui and Jing Bai

The rematch comes and Wing Chun easily wins.

From there Wing Chun and Bao Chou meet again and after a lot of resistance they start to appreciate each other and their relationship grows.  But as things start to go good, a man name Kam Ying (Collin Chou) comes to town in search of the Mg Mui, leading to people being killed. Wing Chun must work together with her fiancee and the Nun to stop Kam Ying from killing any more of her loved ones.

 A good balance!

Unlike a lot of Kung Fu Comedies, this movie does a terrific job of keeping the feel of the movie constant, as opposed to starting off light hearted and becoming serious toward the end.  Although things are more serious toward the end, the character of Wing Chun doesn’t seem to change her nature, keeping that light hearted feel alive.

Wing Chun and Bao Chou

She is a fun and bubbly personality with the right amount of cheek – the beautiful actress Jing Bai did an awesome job playing her.

The saddest thing about that is after watching this movie I did some research and found that Jing Bai was murdered by her husband back in February of 2012 before he killed himself!  Her acting ability and even the display of Wing Chun onscreen was fantastic, I was a little shocked when I read it. With only a few movies under her belt, she definitely left behind a top movie in Kung Fu Wing Chun.

Her character, although comedic, shows a lot of different sides.  She is the ‘tom boy’ who is aggressive and loves getting into fights, but also reveals her more feminine side in the movie especially after training under Ng Mui.  She asks Ng Mui if she can think of her as her mother, since she grew up without a mother of her own.  She wants to take care of her in her old age, to which Ng Mui tells her to look after he father – to already appreciate those around her.

But what really impressed me was the display of martial arts onscreen.

Wing Chun in action

The Martial Arts

Wing Chun displays a very masculine style at the beginning of the film, performed brilliantly without looking out of place for a romantic comedy.  But seeing her peform the Wing Chun style (after learning from Ng Mui) was very impressive.

The moves were authentic and looked fantastic.  Combined with a few extra ‘flashy’ onscreen movements, the style of Wing Chun Kung Fu is demonstrated in an entertaining way.  A top notch job.

The fights are fast paced but not as vicious as your standard action film – since it’s a comedy!  The fights still have a serious feel that doesn’t have them looking alien among the light hearted nature of the film and are a must see for anyone interested in seeing authentic Kung Fu or Wing Chun on screen.

Action Junkies may not appreciate it as much, but with the quality of the fights and choreography it’s hard not to respect this movie as a martial arts classic.  Check it out for sure!

This movie doesn’t have a lot of options.

Luckily the one copy I did find, and bought myself
was also region free. The link is below 🙂

Region Free – plays anywhere in the world!
Wing Chun Kung Fu (Region Free DVD)

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