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<!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Leung_Ting.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Grandmaster Leung Ting]] -->'''Leung Ting''' ([[1947]] - Present) is the founder and permanent president of the International WingTsun Association.

Great Grandmaster Leung Ting chose the spelling of [[WingTsun]] to differentiate his teachings from those of other [[Wing Chun]] schools, and to keep them from passing off their style as his own. (There is no standard romanization of [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]]; the Chinese characters remain the same.)

For a time, the martial arts were seen as the activity of triad members, resulting in a strong negative association. In order to improve the image of martial arts, Leung devoted himself to promoting and teaching WingTsun. He was the first instructor to introduce any style of kung fu in an academic institution, the Baptist College in [[Hong Kong]].

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Among the achievements in his career outside of teaching and writting about WingTsun, Leung has been a fight director in some Hong Kong films.

GGM Leung appeared on episode 1 of the first season of the [[BBC]] show ''[[Mind, Body & Kick Ass Moves]]''; a 10 part series on martial arts masters of the east hosted by [[Chris Crudelli]].[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0648646/]

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