Pan Nam

In 2018 the first Pan Nam wing chun Boxing Tournament hosted by the Gaoming District's Wushu Lion Sports Association in Hecheng Square. More than 200 people from all the groups under the Pan Nam zong branch participated in the competition, a total of 55 competitions ran throughout the day.

Pan Nam wing chun Boxing is one of the most important styles of Wing Chun boxing. The purpose of organizing the "2018 First Pan Nam wing chun Competition" is to contact disciples from all over the world, to experience the development of "Pan Nam wing chun" and to test the inheritance of disciples from different generations. The technical level so far provides parameters and experience as a basis for future competitions, it is also to unite with the same family, work together to inherit the skills, and jointly carry forward the skills of Pan Nam.

Nam passed away in Foshan on October 28, 1995, He hoped that his disciples would inherit his last wish, practice martial arts with all their hearts, and organize the precious cultural heritage of Wing Chun into a book for publication.

Pan Nam or Peng Nan (彭南) was a Chinese martial artist and Grandmaster of the Wing Chun style. In 1994, he was awarded the title of "Guangdong Wulin Hundred Masters". The popular Pan Nam Wing Chun Tournament which began in 2018 was named after Nam.

In 1986, Foshan Jingwu Sports Association was started by Nam and it has claimed to have unified the Wing Chun of different schools. Foshan Pengnan Wing Chun is integrated into Hong Quan style, so it is called "Wing Chun Hand, Hong Quan Jin", and it is actually a blend of different types of fists in Foshan, Ryazan's direct line (Ip Man) approach.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Nam participated in the Guangdong Province Wushu Observation Competition in 1957. Master Li Yechi was invited as a guest at the conference, and Nam met Master Li Yechi (1898-1970). According to seniority, Master Li Yechi should be Master Nam’s fellow master-uncle. After Nam met Master Li Yechi, he often consulted him for advice, and every time he was easily subdued by Master Li Yechi. For a long time, under Nam’s humility, Master Li Yechi passed on the skills to Nam without reservation, and pointed out that the essence of it is the "come, stay, go, and send." At the moment of losing power, the opponent was defeated by the technique of the inner family). From then on, Nam kept humbly asking Master Li Yechi for advice, and tried his best to pass on the his truth.

Nam has studied art from many masters in his life. They are: Master Gan Zhu (1931); Master Ma Fen (1942, Xinan Shaolin Boxing); Master Chen Tian (1943, furthering Shaolin Boxing); Li Zibin Master (learning southern lion dance, bone setting, trauma, miscellaneous disease and martial arts); recruiting master (1947, learning Wing Chun); Master Liang Xisu (learning Southern Shaolin, equipment); Master Wu Wenlong (learning Qigong "Five Fingers") Pieces"). Nam has never stopped learning and researching martial arts throughout his life, never satisfied. Nam taught his apprentices in his later years, focusing on Wing Chun. Due to historical reasons, Wing Chun is widely spread around Foshan. This extremely rich connotation of the Southern Shaolin School Kung fu focuses on actual combat and simple and unpretentious moves. The "indeterminate force and roots" mentioned in the Quan Jue means "bending hands to stay in the middle, coming and staying to send, concealed shots, feminine and non-exposed, strong and soft, both internal and external, and up and down. Therefore, Wing Chun Quan It is a kind of boxing that emphasizes technique and has no fixed form.

Peng Nan was born on December 24, 1911, and lived at No. 223 Gaoji Street, Foshan, Guangdong. Nam was not tall, but his eyes were piercing. He started martial arts at the age of 13, and he was a beginner in Shaolin Boxing, Hong Boxing, Bie Da and Wing Chun (the legend is Kuaishou Wing Chun). At the age of 36 (1947), he learned Wing Chun from Master Zhaoju. Master Zhaoju is a direct disciple of Chen Huashun's disciple Chen Rumian, an apprentice of Ryazan at Wing Chunmen, Foshan, and he was good at Wing Chun (Zhao died in Shiqi, Zhongshan in 1972).