1. Provide a private medium where practitioners of the art can find others, get to know one another, and hopefully make new friends.
   
   
2. Provide a place where higher level discussions of the art can take place. Not the usual "What's a Pak Sao?" variety usually seen on rec.martial-arts.
   
   
3. Provide some source of organization and unity for the art on the Internet. It's like the little club house where we all can meet. Seminar announcements, school openings, and general news are often posted and encouraged.
   
   

The rules are:

There is really only one. No Politics. This is not the forum to insult or deride other lineages or Sifu. There have been a couple flame wars on rec.martial-arts regarding Wing Chun politics that were real doozies. There is no place for this in a mailing list that is stressing unity above all else. This is also the main reason why the mailing list is private. Any people who cannot follow this simple policy are banned. (The second reason is to ensure that only practitioners of the art have access and are able to post to the mailing list).

The WWWCML has been very successful, with almost 200 members from all over the world. Countries include Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, all over the U.S., Canada, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Germany, and more.

Many of the major families and instructors are represented, including William Cheung, Leung Ting, Wong Shun Leung, Leung Shun, Wang Kiu, Augustine Fong, Francis Fong, Ben Der, Philip Holder, and many more, including those outside the Yip Man lineage.

You will receive an introductory letter telling you more about the list and an application to join (just a few questions to answer at your leisure). Just follow the directions and you should be added asap.

Please make sure to subscribe using the email address you want used by the WWWCML.

A database and archive for the list will be available in the future, with public services including the Kwoon listing posted periodically, past conversation archives, and other Wing Chun related materials.

The list is sponsored by Rob Gillespie (gillespr@ucs.orst.edu), who has provided much of his energy and time in setting up and maintaining the mailing list.