Yuen Woo PingAa's kung fu comedy based on the legendary female character Wing Chun is a landmark of action choreography and heroic womanhood in Chinese cinema, offering a gender imaginary rooted in Daoist and Buddhist thought. This is the first in-depth study of the work of Yuen Woo Ping, who achieved international recognition as an action choreographer of films such as The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Quentin TarantinoAa's Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2.