Chinese kung fu in Egypt: Mohamed Noah and his Wing Tsun class

Mohamed Noah performs Wing Tsun moves during a class at Egypt Wing Tsun Academy, Cairo, Egypt on March 1, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] 

"Wing Tsun started to become more popular in Egypt as it is a simple martial art for self-defense that requires neither effort nor physical strength," said trainer Mohamed Noah, or Sifu as his students call him, at the small Wing Tsun academy in Maadi district south of the capital Cairo.

Located in the first floor of a building in a quiet street, Egypt Wing Tsun Academy, the only officially certified Chinese academy for Wing Tsun in the Middle East, consists of a medium-sized parquet-floor hall with a wall-size mirror on top of which there is a portrait of Grandmaster Ip Man, Chinese Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee's teacher.