Quote Originally Posted by brianlkennedy View Post
... I actually kind of think that maybe the solid historical evidence for Wing Chun's history may not go much beyond the late 1940s or early 1950s. I said that initially as a joke but we shall see. And again when I say that I am not implying that Wing Chun only came into existence then, but our solid (or even semi-solid) records do not go earlier than that.
I would tend to agree with you there Brian, as my own teacher said, "anything before Sigung are just stories!"

FWIW There are many, many pictures from Ip Mans family that were taken in HK during the 1950's and maybe they are the strongest actual historical evidence we will ever have access to...