A new Guinness World Record for Wing Chun has been set in Foshan City

On July 13th, 2024, the Guangdong Wing Chun Elite Competition and the International Wing Chun Warm-up Competition kicked off at the Citizen Square in Shishan Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City. The event spanned two days and drew participation from 55 teams within the Guangdong province, totaling 669 athletes, including 189 female competitors.

Notably, before the opening ceremony, a special event aimed at challenging the Guinness World Record for "Most people performing a single leg squat simultaneously" became one of the highlights of the competition. On the opening day, 300 participants dressed in yellow T-shirts performed a single-leg squat for 30 seconds under the guidance of staff members. Among the challengers, the youngest was six years old, and the oldest was 59 years old.

Yang Chunfan, a 59-year-old martial arts teacher from Foshan Lanshi Middle School, has been studying Wing Chun for nearly twenty years. In this event, he not only participated in the record-breaking challenge but also competed in the "Siu Nim Tao" competition. He expressed, "I participate in anything related to Wing Chun. I hope it can flourish and spread its influence."

In the end, the challenge was successful. It is understood that this marks another Guinness World Record related to Wing Chun for Shishan, following the demonstration by 3,167 Wing Chun enthusiasts in 2010.

It is reported that Shishan, the hometown of the legendary martial artist Yip Man, has always emphasized the inheritance and promotion of Wing Chun culture. In addition to establishing facilities such as the Yip Man Memorial Hall and the Wing Chun Sports Park, Shishan has also hosted prestigious events including the Foshan Wing Chun Traditional Chi Sao (Sticking Arms) Competition, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Wing Chun Elite Exchange Tournament, and the World Wing Chun Championship. These efforts have established Shishan as a major hub for Wing Chun enthusiasts worldwide.

In recent years, Shishan has been steadfastly promoting the "Three Advances of Wing Chun," bringing Wing Chun to villages, enterprises, and schools, thereby deepening its influence. Today, in Shishan, Wing Chun is active in every corner, practiced by people from elderly people to young children, becoming increasingly popular. Each year, tens of thousands of enthusiasts from around the world travel to Shishan to learn and pay homage to their roots in Wing Chun.

佛山南海獅山，一項新的詠春吉尼斯世界紀錄誕生

7月13日，2024廣東省詠春拳精英賽暨國際詠春拳大賽熱身賽在佛山市南海區獅山鎮市民廣場揭幕。賽事一連兩天，吸引了省內55支隊伍、669名運動員參賽，其中包括189名女子運動員。

值得一提的是，揭幕戰前，特別設置的挑戰吉尼斯世界紀錄™“Most people performing a single leg squat simultaneously”（最多人同時單腿下蹲）環節成爲賽事的亮點之一。揭幕當天，300名身穿黃色T恤的選手在工作人員指引下，同時單腿下蹲30秒。300名挑戰者中，年齡最小的6歲，最大的爲59歲。

來自禪城區瀾石中學、今年59歲的武術教師楊春凡，學習詠春將近二十年，此次不僅參與挑戰紀錄，還參加了“小念頭”比賽。“凡和詠春相關的我都會參加，希望詠春能夠發揚光大。”

最終，挑戰獲得成功。據瞭解，這是獅山繼2010年，3167名詠春愛好者同時展示詠春之後，再一次創造與詠春相關的吉尼斯世界紀錄。

據悉，獅山作爲一代宗師葉問的故里，向來重視詠春文化的傳承與發揚，不僅建設了葉問紀念館、詠春體育公園等硬件設施，還連續舉辦了佛山詠春無影手傳統黐手比賽、粵港澳詠春拳精英交流賽、世界詠春拳大賽等高規格盛事，成爲全球詠春愛好者的一大基地。

近年來，獅山持之以恆推動“詠春三進”，將詠春送到村居、廠企、學校，深化詠春的影響力。如今在獅山，詠春拳活躍在街頭巷尾，從花甲老人到稚嫩孩童，練習詠春蔚然成風；每年，成千上萬的愛好者從世界各地趕赴獅山，尋根拜師。

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