This system was invented 400 years ago by a Shaolin Buddhist nun named, Ng Mui. She combined the temples most combat ready fighting arts and stripped way the unnecessary movements, while still retaining the economic speed and attack theories of Shaolin. She then taught this new style to a girl named, Yim Wing Chun. Since that time, Wing Chun has become known as the most powerful and realistic style of combat ever to be used in martial arts.