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ARTICLES RELATED TO Ng Mui | | | |  Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wǔ Méi PàiAs the daughter of a general in the Ming imperial court, Ng Mui enjoyed not only the education that a young lady of her social standing could expect, but the finest martial art training available. The personal style she developed was geared toward combat rather than performance, as befits the daughter of a soldier. Ng Mui was traveling in the countryside when her parents were killed in the Manchu capture of the Ming capital. She took refuge in the White Crane Temple, which this legend locates in Kwangsi Province, where she became a leader in ...
See also:Ng Mui, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wing Chun, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Five-Pattern Hung Kuen, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Dragon style, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wǔ Méi Pài, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Tibetan White Crane, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Popular culture references, Ng Mui - Notes, Ng Mui - External link Read more here: » Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wǔ Méi Pài |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Wing Chun - History The history of most martial arts, including Wing Chun, has historically been passed from teacher to student verbally rather than by text, making it difficult to confirm or clarify the differing accounts of Wing Chun's creation, which has long been a subject of debate. Since students are usually more focused on learning the art itself rather than its history, historical fact easily becomes lost as these stories become romanticised and mythologized. Additionally, it is difficult to pinpoint the lineage and history because the art was not fully ...
See also:Wing Chun, Wing Chun - History, Wing Chun - Oral histories, Wing Chun - Theories, Wing Chun - The origins of Wing Chun's branches, Wing Chun - Recent History, Wing Chun - Notes, Wing Chun - Curriculum, Wing Chun - Forms, Wing Chun - Chi Sao sticking hands, Wing Chun - Wing Chun Kuen Kuit, Wing Chun - Principles, Wing Chun - Practicality, Wing Chun - Efficiency, Wing Chun - Economy of Movement, Wing Chun - Characteristics, Wing Chun - Balance and Structure, Wing Chun - Relaxation, Wing Chun - Centerline, Wing Chun - The Wing Chun punch, Wing Chun - Uncommitted techniques, Wing Chun - Trapping Skills and Sensitivity, Wing Chun - Close Range, Wing Chun - Branches Read more here: » Wing Chun: Encyclopedia II - Wing Chun - History |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei
Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei according to the lineage of Grand Master Nam Anh.
Bak Mei played an important part in the downfall of Shaolin temples.
Manchu conquered China in 1644. Before then, China had been ruled by the Ming Dynasty, which had been weakened by internal corruption and rebellion. The Manchu dynasty became known as the Qing Dynasty. As part of the Manchu campaign to pacify China ...
See also:Bak Mei, Bak Mei - White Eyebrow Traitor?, Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei, Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei according to the lineage of Grand Master Nam Anh, Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei according to the lineage of master Jie Kon Sieuw, Bak Mei - Comments, Bak Mei - Bak Mei Kung Fu, Bak Mei - Futshan branch, Bak Mei - Cheung Lai-Chuen branch, Bak Mei - Notes Read more here: » Bak Mei: Encyclopedia II - Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Bak Mei - Bak Mei Kung Fu Bak Mei is characterized by its emphasis on powerful close range hand strikes. Within Bak Mei can be found the four principles of Fou (Float), Chum (Sink), Tun (Swallow), and Tou (Spit) common in the Southern Chinese martial arts and also found in Karate. Unique to Bak Mei is its classification of the following 6 powers: biu (thrusting), chum (sinking), tan (springing), fa (neutralizing), tung, and chuk. Bak ...
See also:Bak Mei, Bak Mei - White Eyebrow Traitor?, Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei, Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei according to the lineage of Grand Master Nam Anh, Bak Mei - Historical Bak Mei according to the lineage of master Jie Kon Sieuw, Bak Mei - Comments, Bak Mei - Bak Mei Kung Fu, Bak Mei - Futshan branch, Bak Mei - Cheung Lai-Chuen branch, Bak Mei - Notes Read more here: » Bak Mei: Encyclopedia II - Bak Mei - Bak Mei Kung Fu |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Wing Chun - Characteristics
Wing Chun - Balance and Structure.
Wing Chun practitioners believe that the person with better balance and body structure will win. A correct Wing Chun stance is like a piece of bamboo, firm but flexible, rooted but yielding. This structure is used to either deflect external forces or redirect them into the ground.
Wing Chun favours a high, narrow stance with the toes pointed inwards and the elbows kept close to the body. All attacks and counter-attacks are initiated from this firm, stable base. Structure ...
See also:Wing Chun, Wing Chun - History, Wing Chun - Oral histories, Wing Chun - Theories, Wing Chun - The origins of Wing Chun's branches, Wing Chun - Recent History, Wing Chun - Notes, Wing Chun - Curriculum, Wing Chun - Forms, Wing Chun - Chi Sao sticking hands, Wing Chun - Wing Chun Kuen Kuit, Wing Chun - Principles, Wing Chun - Practicality, Wing Chun - Efficiency, Wing Chun - Economy of Movement, Wing Chun - Characteristics, Wing Chun - Balance and Structure, Wing Chun - Relaxation, Wing Chun - Centerline, Wing Chun - The Wing Chun punch, Wing Chun - Uncommitted techniques, Wing Chun - Trapping Skills and Sensitivity, Wing Chun - Close Range, Wing Chun - Branches Read more here: » Wing Chun: Encyclopedia II - Wing Chun - Characteristics |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Wing Chun - Curriculum Note that curriculum varies between lineages and individual groups.
Wing Chun - Forms.
Forms are a meditative, solitary exercise which develop self-awareness, balance and sensitivity. Forms also train the practitioner in the fundamental movements of Wing Chun. It is from the forms that all Wing Chun techniques are derived.
Conventional Wing Chun comprises six forms: three empty hand forms, two weapons forms and one "wooden dummy" form.
Empty Hand
Siu Nim Tao (小念頭; pinyin: xiǎo niàn tóu; Yale Cantonese: siu2 nim6 tau4; "litt ...
See also:Wing Chun, Wing Chun - History, Wing Chun - Oral histories, Wing Chun - Theories, Wing Chun - The origins of Wing Chun's branches, Wing Chun - Recent History, Wing Chun - Notes, Wing Chun - Curriculum, Wing Chun - Forms, Wing Chun - Chi Sao sticking hands, Wing Chun - Wing Chun Kuen Kuit, Wing Chun - Principles, Wing Chun - Practicality, Wing Chun - Efficiency, Wing Chun - Economy of Movement, Wing Chun - Characteristics, Wing Chun - Balance and Structure, Wing Chun - Relaxation, Wing Chun - Centerline, Wing Chun - The Wing Chun punch, Wing Chun - Uncommitted techniques, Wing Chun - Trapping Skills and Sensitivity, Wing Chun - Close Range, Wing Chun - Branches Read more here: » Wing Chun: Encyclopedia II - Wing Chun - Curriculum |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Wing Chun - Principles The tenets of Wing Chun are practicality, efficiency and economy of movement. This core philosophy becomes a useful guide to practitioners when modifying or refining the art. New techniques which do not conform to these principles are often discouraged and discarded.
Wing Chun - Practicality.
Wing Chun was designed purely for fighting rather than artistic or sport applications. As such, its techniques emphasise practicality and effectiveness over aesthetic or athletic value. Most strikes are fatal and target vulnerable areas of the body such as ...
See also:Wing Chun, Wing Chun - History, Wing Chun - Oral histories, Wing Chun - Theories, Wing Chun - The origins of Wing Chun's branches, Wing Chun - Recent History, Wing Chun - Notes, Wing Chun - Curriculum, Wing Chun - Forms, Wing Chun - Chi Sao sticking hands, Wing Chun - Wing Chun Kuen Kuit, Wing Chun - Principles, Wing Chun - Practicality, Wing Chun - Efficiency, Wing Chun - Economy of Movement, Wing Chun - Characteristics, Wing Chun - Balance and Structure, Wing Chun - Relaxation, Wing Chun - Centerline, Wing Chun - The Wing Chun punch, Wing Chun - Uncommitted techniques, Wing Chun - Trapping Skills and Sensitivity, Wing Chun - Close Range, Wing Chun - Branches Read more here: » Wing Chun: Encyclopedia II - Wing Chun - Principles |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung The Hung Gar curriculum that Wong Fei-Hung learned from his father comprised Single Hard Fist, Double Hard Fist, Taming the Tiger Fist (伏虎拳), Mother & Son Butterfly Knives (子母雙刀), Angry Tiger Fist, Fifth Brother Eight Trigram Pole (五郎八卦棍), Flying Hook, and Black Tiger Fist (黑虎拳). Wong distilled his father's empty-hand material along with the material he learned from other masters into the "pillars" of Hung Gar, four empty-hand routines that constitute the core of Hung Gar instruction in the Wong Fei-Hung lineage:
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See also:Hung Gar, Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung, Hung Gar - 工 Character Taming the Tiger Fist 工字伏虎拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form Fist 虎鶴雙形拳, Hung Gar - Five Animal Fist 五形拳/Five Animal Five Element Fist 五形五行拳, Hung Gar - Iron Wire Fist 鐵線拳, Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Ha Say Fu Hung Gar 下四虎洪家, Hung Gar - Five-Pattern Hung Kuen 五形洪拳, Hung Gar - Northern Hung Kuen 洪拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form 虎鶴雙形, Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Notes Read more here: » Hung Gar: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung The Hung Gar curriculum that Wong Fei-Hung learned from his father comprised Single Hard Fist, Double Hard Fist, Taming the Tiger Fist (伏虎拳), Mother & Son Butterfly Knives (子母雙刀), Angry Tiger Fist, Fifth Brother Eight Trigram Pole (五郎八卦棍), Flying Hook, and Black Tiger Fist (黑虎拳). Wong distilled his father's empty-hand material along with the material he learned from other masters into the "pillars" of Hung Gar, four empty-hand routines that constitute the core of Hung Gar instruction in the Wong Fei-Hung lineage:
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See also:Hung Gar, Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung, Hung Gar - 工 Character Taming the Tiger Fist 工字伏虎拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form Fist 虎鶴雙形拳, Hung Gar - Five Animal Fist 五形拳/Five Animal Five Element Fist 五形五行拳, Hung Gar - Iron Wire Fist 鐵線拳, Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Ha Say Fu Hung Gar 下四虎洪家, Hung Gar - Five-Pattern Hung Kuen 五形洪拳, Hung Gar - Northern Hung Kuen 洪拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form 虎鶴雙形, Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Notes Read more here: » Hung Gar: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen The dissemination of Hung Kuen in Southern China, and its Guangdong and Fujian Provinces in particular, is due to the concentration of anti-Qing activity there. The Hung Mun began life in the 1760s as the Heaven and Earth Society, whose founders came from the prefecture of Zhangzhou in Fujian Province, on its border with Guangdong, where one of its founders organized a precursor to the Heaven and Earth Society in Huizhou. Guangdong and Fujian remained a stronghold of sympathizers and recruits for the Hung Mun even as it spread elsewhere in t ...
See also:Hung Gar, Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung, Hung Gar - 工 Character Taming the Tiger Fist 工字伏虎拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form Fist 虎鶴雙形拳, Hung Gar - Five Animal Fist 五形拳/Five Animal Five Element Fist 五形五行拳, Hung Gar - Iron Wire Fist 鐵線拳, Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Ha Say Fu Hung Gar 下四虎洪家, Hung Gar - Five-Pattern Hung Kuen 五形洪拳, Hung Gar - Northern Hung Kuen 洪拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form 虎鶴雙形, Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Notes Read more here: » Hung Gar: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen Beyond that, the curricula of different branches of Hung Gar differ tremendously with regard to routines and the selection of weapons, even within the Wong Fei-Hung lineage. Just as those branches that do not descend from Lam Sai-Wing do not practice the Five Animal Five Element Fist, those branches that do not descend from Wong Fei-Hung—sometimes called "old" or "village" Hung Kuen—do not practice the routines he choreographed, nor do the branches that do not descend from Tit Kiu Saam practice Iron Wire. Conversely, the curricula of some branches have grown through the additi ...
See also:Hung Gar, Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung, Hung Gar - 工 Character Taming the Tiger Fist 工字伏虎拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form Fist 虎鶴雙形拳, Hung Gar - Five Animal Fist 五形拳/Five Animal Five Element Fist 五形五行拳, Hung Gar - Iron Wire Fist 鐵線拳, Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Ha Say Fu Hung Gar 下四虎洪家, Hung Gar - Five-Pattern Hung Kuen 五形洪拳, Hung Gar - Northern Hung Kuen 洪拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form 虎鶴雙形, Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Notes Read more here: » Hung Gar: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen Beyond that, the curricula of different branches of Hung Gar differ tremendously with regard to routines and the selection of weapons, even within the Wong Fei-Hung lineage. Just as those branches that do not descend from Lam Sai-Wing do not practice the Five Animal Five Element Fist, those branches that do not descend from Wong Fei-Hung—sometimes called "old" or "village" Hung Kuen—do not practice the routines he choreographed, nor do the branches that do not descend from Tit Kiu Saam practice Iron Wire. Conversely, the curricula of some branches have grown through the additi ...
See also:Hung Gar, Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung, Hung Gar - 工 Character Taming the Tiger Fist 工字伏虎拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form Fist 虎鶴雙形拳, Hung Gar - Five Animal Fist 五形拳/Five Animal Five Element Fist 五形五行拳, Hung Gar - Iron Wire Fist 鐵線拳, Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Ha Say Fu Hung Gar 下四虎洪家, Hung Gar - Five-Pattern Hung Kuen 五形洪拳, Hung Gar - Northern Hung Kuen 洪拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form 虎鶴雙形, Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Notes Read more here: » Hung Gar: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen The dissemination of Hung Kuen in Southern China, and its Guangdong and Fujian Provinces in particular, is due to the concentration of anti-Qing activity there. The Hung Mun began life in the 1760s as the Heaven and Earth Society, whose founders came from the prefecture of Zhangzhou in Fujian Province, on its border with Guangdong, where one of its founders organized a precursor to the Heaven and Earth Society in Huizhou. Guangdong and Fujian remained a stronghold of sympathizers and recruits for the Hung Mun even as it spread elsewhere in t ...
See also:Hung Gar, Hung Gar - The Hung Gar curriculum of Wong Fei-Hung, Hung Gar - 工 Character Taming the Tiger Fist 工字伏虎拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form Fist 虎鶴雙形拳, Hung Gar - Five Animal Fist 五形拳/Five Animal Five Element Fist 五形五行拳, Hung Gar - Iron Wire Fist 鐵線拳, Hung Gar - Branches of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Ha Say Fu Hung Gar 下四虎洪家, Hung Gar - Five-Pattern Hung Kuen 五形洪拳, Hung Gar - Northern Hung Kuen 洪拳, Hung Gar - Tiger Crane Paired Form 虎鶴雙形, Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen, Hung Gar - Notes Read more here: » Hung Gar: Encyclopedia II - Hung Gar - The dissemination of Hung Kuen |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wing Chun According to the Wing Chun master Yip Man, Ng Mui was Abbess at the Henan Shaolin Monastery and managed to survive its destruction by Qing forces during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1662–1722). She fled to the White Crane Temple, which this account locates in the distant Daliang mountains on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan, where she met a girl of fifteen named Yim Wing-Chun whom a local bandit was trying to force into marriage. Ng Mui agreed to teach Wing-Chun how to defend herself and distilled her knowledge of Shaolin martial arts into a system that Wing-Chun would be able to learn quick ...
See also:Ng Mui, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wing Chun, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Five-Pattern Hung Kuen, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Dragon style, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wǔ Méi Pài, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Tibetan White Crane, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Popular culture references, Ng Mui - Notes, Ng Mui - External link Read more here: » Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wing Chun |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Tibetan White Crane According to the genealogy of Tibetan White Crane, "Ng Mui" is the Chinese name of the Tibetan monk Jikboloktoto, who was the last generation of transmission before Sing Lung, who brought the art to Guangdong.
Ng Mui - Comments.
This account is most different from the others, with a male Ng Mui, the absence of a Manchu menace to flee from and, given the dati ...
See also:Ng Mui, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wing Chun, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Five-Pattern Hung Kuen, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Dragon style, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wǔ Méi Pài, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Tibetan White Crane, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Popular culture references, Ng Mui - Notes, Ng Mui - External link Read more here: » Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Tibetan White Crane |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Five-Pattern Hung Kuen It is believed that the Five-Pattern System was jointly created by the Buddhist Mistress Ng Mui, and Miu Hin, an unshaved disciple of the Siu Lam Monastery. Through careful observation, and imagination, these two kung fu experts imitated the movements of the creatures — how they jump, how they paw, and how they use their wings, beaks, jaws, or claws, how they coil up, how they rush forward and retreat, and finally they created this kung fu system consisting of movements modified from those of the named creatures, and adjusted the techniques to su ...
See also:Ng Mui, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wing Chun, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Five-Pattern Hung Kuen, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Dragon style, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wǔ Méi Pài, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Tibetan White Crane, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Popular culture references, Ng Mui - Notes, Ng Mui - External link Read more here: » Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Five-Pattern Hung Kuen |
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| | | | Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Dragon style Modern Dragon style historians relate that Shaolin nun Ng Mui, who is said to have originated the Dragon style, was one of the last members of the temple before its first destruction, which they date to 1570 (Chow & Spangler, 1982). The Shaolin Gung Fu Institute of the Pacific Northwest agrees with the date of 1570 for a destruction of the temple and states explicitly that Dragon style was created at the Henan Shaolin Temple c. 1565.
Ng Mui - Comments.
The conventional attribution to the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) with the destruction of the Shaol ...
See also:Ng Mui, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wing Chun, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Five-Pattern Hung Kuen, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Dragon style, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Wǔ Méi Pài, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Tibetan White Crane, Ng Mui - Comments, Ng Mui - Popular culture references, Ng Mui - Notes, Ng Mui - External link Read more here: » Ng Mui: Encyclopedia II - Ng Mui - Ng Mui in the traditions of Dragon style |
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