does wing chun and karate come from the same white crane style of wushu/kung fu?
Ng Mui, the Shaolin monk that survived to carry the research in Wing Chun, was a specialist in the white crane style, I have heard.
The original White Crane Fist came from a woman named Fang Chiniang. Her father was a Master of the Fujian Luohan Style and she learned that from him. The story is that he was murdered by some bandits. She developed crane style to avenge him... sounds like a typical kung fu movie. She studied the movements of the crane and used the Luohan Boxing as her foundation. The Fujian Luohan style is quite different from Luohan styles of the other temples. It is from where Fujian White Crane's Sanchien (Sanchin) is derived. I have a video where 11th Gen White Crane Master - Su Ying Han is showing where two Okinawans went to Yong Chun Village in Fujian to learn They are in the Lineage Chart in his Records. One of the names is close in pronunciation with Aragaki Seisho, who was known by the Chinese and called by a Chinese name. The Yong Chun White Crane is also where the Crane Styles taught in Taiwan come from - Sleeping, Shouting, Shaking, Feeding and Ancestral Crane. The people who developed these styles were disciples of Fang Chiniang. Wing Chun's root is from Yong Chun White Crane and Snake Fist. There is also the Tibetan White crane but it is not related. It is closer related to White Ape Boxing and Mok Gar and Hop Gar. This is where Hung Gar Crane comes from.
The correct answer is given by Daoshi.
Possibly. Naha Seisan contains a technique much akin to Wing Chun.
