Fo Shan's citizens were well off and practiced kung fu as a hobby.
Martial clubs became popular, turning Fo Shan into a province renowned for martial arts.
Martial Arts Street in Fo Shan, 1935
Another competitor.
Start practicing.
Come on, ready.
One.
Two.
One... two...
Sir, a Master Liu is looking for you.
And you are?
My name is Master Liu
I just open a martial club here.
Congrats.
I've heared that you Master Ip is a expert of Wing Chun
And I'd love to practice with you today.
How about another day?
Right now is not convenient .
But since I'm here now,
Why don't we just have a little fun?
And this way would stay private. No one else shall know who wins.
It's not about that. It's dinner time.
Well... I'll wait.
Master Liu.
Have you eaten ?
Why don't you join us?
Want one?
No, thanks.
How did you like your dinner?
Good,good
That's good.
Not long.
Uncle Wang.Let it be, doors,please
Master Liu.
Please!
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Again!
All right.
Hit!
Break it!
Thanks for being lenient
Thank you for the lesson. I've learnt a lot.
My pleasure
Regarding this private duel, Master Ip...
I won't tell anyone. Just relax
Thanks. I'm appreciated it
Goodbye.
Take care
See you
With Move 1000 Catties with 4 Taels,
Master Ip pushed Master Liu away.
Isn't Move Tai Chi?
I thought Master Ip practiced Wing Chun.
Whatever, he pushed him away with one hand.
Liu refused to give up.
Master Ip kept chasing,Bang bang bang
But Liu remained indignant after being hit.
He jumped at Ip like a hungry dog.
These tea leaves are pretty good and cheap.
Thank you.
Goodbye.
See you, see you next time.
Ping,Who put these here?
Your brother.
I thought Liu was good but he's so bad at defence
and was beaten up like a dumb pig.
He wants part of dad's restaurant. He's always idle.
Go ask him to serve the customers.
Morning.
Morning.!
Morning, Master Ip.
Is Quan here yet?
He's waiting for you upstairs.
Quan,Been here long ?
You're always late.
I'm busy.
Doing what?
Drinking tea, eating, practicing...
What else then?
This tea smells nice.
I'm talking about you.
You ordered yet?
I wanna talk to you.
Let's eat first,okay?
Fresh out of the oven! Have a taste.You'll love it
Heard that you had a duel with Master Liu
and you beat him quickly. Is that true?
Who told you that?
My brother told me.
He should've told me a lot earlier. I'm studing with Master Liu!
But you've studied of every master.
Was the duel a private duel ?
We have things to discuss. Thank you.
Then I won't disturb you
Good!
Morning, Sir! Morning!boys
Master!
Heard that you were beaten by Ip Man.
Everyone in Fo Shan knows about it now.
Who told you that?
Yuan at the restaurant.
Things cost most expensive .
So what?
That means the economy is doing well
People can afford to spend money.
Well?
And I think clothing is the most important
There will be lots of demand for nice clothes,you know
So I'll open a cotton mill to provide cotton for them.
Partner with me.
I don't know business.
But I do.
I'm not short of money.
Which one of you is Yuan? Show yourself!
I am.
You ruined my reputation.
I must teach you a lesson!
Master.calm yourself..
He's my brother. Let's talk.
What do you say, Master?
Your smart brother just ruined my reputation.
He said Ip Man defeated me
What's gonna happen to my martial school?
Who will want to be my disciples now?
Apologize!
I didn't do nothing. I told the truth!
- You're bullshitting ! - Master...Calm down
Master Ip is upstairs. Take him out on him!
What? Go on!
Master,relax
Master.
Master,don't be angry
Master Ip,I've been wronged,
Master.
Please tell everybody
you've defeated Master Liu in a duel.
Master Ip.
You must clear my name.
You liar, why're you bothering Ip?
I'm no liar.
I saw the duel when I was picking up my kite.
Your kite was just broken just happened to land Master Ip's house?
You just pass the master's door between the two great martial artists?
sounds like a pretty big coincidence
That's what happened.
Even if it's true, you shouldn't have told everyone.
Something should remain private.
What's wrong with that?
Cause that might cause embarrassment.
What do you mean? I don't understand.
That's embarrassment!
Lin,That was a bit harsh
What's so funny?
Captain, it's no big deal.
That's so?
- Show's over now! -No one leave!
Really,it's not
I saw it all. I'm warning you.
I'll arrest anyone who causes trouble on my beat.
I didn't do that.
Someone ruined my name. I'm here to claim justice.
What justice? I am justice.
You hooligans ,You fight all the time.
What age are this?
Age of Kungfu?
The age of gun!
Guns. You see that?
You know, Captain Li,
We martial artists have a lot energy
Sometimes we might be a bit too loud.
But that doesn't mean we're not civilized.
We're civilized people here. There's no need for that gun.
Am I right?
Lin, set a table for Captain Li. It's on me.
Yes. Captain Li, this way please.
What are you looking at? Get lost.
Go on now
Please.
Master Liu.
As you please.
Why so secretive?
I'm really not good at business.
Take this to the mill. Pay me back when you can
It'll be a while before I can.
That's fine
One last request: Take my son as your disciple.
There're so many martial clubs. One of them should be fine.
None of them is better than you.
It's all similar.
Master Ip.
Yes?Lin.
Mr Quan.
I learnt some new moves. Practice with me.
Your brother, You found him yet?
Let him be.
He'll come back once when he's out of money.
Let's try.
Dad, did Uncle Ip agree?
Let's go watch.
You draw very well, kiddo.
What new moves have you learnt?
Our teacher says
this move is offense and defense.
Attack while defending. Defend while attacking.
Aren't they the same thing?
This is not for a little kid.
Here I come.
This move attacks the midrib.
Stop reciting mantra. Just hit your target.
Mommy, I'm finished drawing.
That's real nice. Now go show to Dad.
Hit to disperse. Exactly
My last move was ...
Dad, look.
Hold on, I'm busy
You get it?
Dad won't look.
- There it is. - What?
That was disperse while hitting Do it again,
I didn't see it.
See what? What do you wanna see?
You guys fight every day. Aren't you tired?
Master Ip
Mrs Ip.Sorry
Good night
I didn't mean you.
I know,I have something to do with the mill.
Yao.
Uncle,I gotta go,
Okay, see you next time.
Bye, Ip.
Talk to me if you're not happy.
No need to take a tantrum.
Okay, please look at your son's drawing.
Spend some more time with him instead of playing with your buddies.
Let's go inside
Come on
Hey
Martial arts club to?
Martial arts!
Straight ahead.
One, two.
Which one should we challenge first?
One, two!
One.
Back!
You teach here?
Come in if you wanna learn.
Who's the master here?
I am the master here.
My name is Jin.
I came here because Fo Shan is famous for martial arts.
I wish to practice with the martial artist here,what do you say
You sure you mean practice?
Yes!
Don't you mean challenge ?
If you prefer
Good!
Stand aside.
Just watch how I beat these country pumpkins!
Not there,here
What is it?
Just watch!
Good job!
Where's your master?
Over here!
You wanna hack me to death?
Master is not here.
Weather is so treacherous recently,I don't get over it
I'll do that
What are you drawing, Zhun?
He's ignoring you. You should spend more time with him.
Okay.
Hello,Lin,you are early,
Yeah,I know
I'm not here to fight. Just a few words.
What's up?
Some out-of-towners are challenging everywhere
Their kung fu is too good,they beat all the masters.
Can you look into that out-of-towners?
They are that good?
Yes.
Madam,I gotta go
Hang in there, Master Liu!
We are behind you, sir!
Damn it.
Anyone in Fo Shan know kungfu?
I thought everyone here was like Wong Fei-hong .
But I was wrong
They got no skills,they can't fight
Brothers, we wasted time here.
Nobody in Fo Shan can fight.
We'll all be rich by this time.
That's right, let's keep this up.
We open a school here,we'll show them our strenth.
We can be No:1
You think you're good by beating a few nitwits?
Wait till you beat the best.
Who's the best in Fo Shan?
Ip Man, of course!
Let's go!
Come with us!
See how we shall defeat Ip Man.
Dad, there're lots of people outside.
How can I help?
Sir, they just...
Are you Ip Man?
My name is Jin. I heard that Fo Shan's famous for ...
Master Jin. I get it.
You brought a crowd here to challenge me to a duel?
Naturally
We're opening a school here ,we need to show our might.
To open a school,
you don't need to fight me. you just need a good location
Now,please leave!
Uncle Wang, take Zhun outside.
Ip Man!
Don't you walk away. Are you scared of me?
This is our house ,not a martial club
No one's going to fight with you? Now leave!
You heard it. I am not gonna fight
Please leave at once.
I heard Wing Chun was invented by a woman.
That suits you just fine.
Ip Man,Are you afraid of your wife ?
No men are afraid of their wives.
But men should respect their wives.
Don't worry,I won't beat him to death.
If you afraid he'll lose, then I'll use only one hand.
If you want, I can do it with no hands
Come on,Fight with him,
Fo Shan is truely weak. I can't believe it!
So many martial artists but none of them good.
You shut up!
Just don't break my things.
Get off the way!Move it
What's going on?
Good timing.
My place is too small. Please excuse us and stand outside
and close the door on your way out.
You have to redeem our honor.
Everyone out!Go on
Let me just watch
Outside!
Move it! Move it!
Get out!
Wing Chun, Ip Man
I wanna see it,
I wanna see how a man can fight like a woman does.
Good kung fu does not depend on age or sex
it's on you You will understand that in a bit.
I'll pay!
Good!
I'll pay!
Mommy says you should start fighting
or everything will be broken.
Okay.
Little brat.
Mind you language!
Brother.
Are you okay
Master Jin,You all right?
I'm fine!
Did you like that?
My kung fu isn't too bad
That's enough
My northern style has lost to your southern one.
Not quite,it's not about style.
It's about you.
So who won?
Look at him,look at his face. He must have lost.
Get lost!
Get lost
Master! very well,good work!
You've redeemed the honor of our martial clubs.
I was just lucky.
Whatever. You are treasure of Canton!
Thank you.
- Some flowers for your wife. - Thank you.
Hey,boss,how much ?
On the house, Master Ip.
I can't let you pay. You saved the honor of Foshan.
You're running a business.
There's no need
Maybe next time.
Fine, next time.
Fruits, Master Ip.
- You're too kind. I can't. - for the kid.
No problem.See you
Kiddo,take this
- Say thank you. - Thank you.
You're welcome. Take care
Hello, Master Ip
Hello
Master Ip,hello
This one's nice
Yes, this one is the finest in the shop.
Really?
It's our honor if it can be placed in your house.
Thank you very much
What's going on?
Uncle Ip. Auntie.
I can't believe you, You are opening a school,
You should told us first
When did I say that I was gonna do that?
Everyone in Fo Shan knows it.
Everyone knows about it?Well, I don't.
Let me help you with that,
Please accept me as your disciple, Master Ip.
Master. Madam.
Kiddo
You must be the one spreading this rumor.
Keep order for me.
Here,off to go
I don't care. Yao has to be your first disciple.
Come on. You've known me long enough.
I don't like having disciples.
Quiet.
Stay in order.
Stay in order and hail: Master Ip! Master Ip!
On July 7, 1937, the Marco Polo Incident broke out. Japan invaded China,
robbing its people of their livelihood and causing rampant starvation all over the country.
In October, 1938, Fo Shan was occupied by the Japanese army...
...who destroyed factories, infrastructures and buildings.
The population of Fo Shan shrunk from more than 300,000 to just over 70,000.
Only a dozen factories in the whole city remained in operation still.
lp's residence was also confiscated and turned into the headquarters the Japanese army.
Ip's family was rendered homeless, living an abject existence.
I'm going out. I'll be back.
Wait!
It's cold outside. Wear a jacket.
Hurry up. Me this side, you that side.
Zhun.Be careful, Don't hurt others.
I'll give you more, Master Ip.
Thank you.
Don't push! One at a time!
Don't push!One at a time I said
Don't push!
The mill may be old but it's still productive.
Fo Shan is in chaos
You left it. Why come back?
Who's going to feed the workers otherwise?
All my money is invested in this mill.
I can't pay you back now.
That's ok, I almost forgot.
Then, I'll make you a shareholder.
Let me calculate,
you should have ten percent
You don't have to
Stay and help out, now that you own it too.
Uncle
Yao.
You are gonna help out? That's great!
Everybody will be so happy to hear that
And I can watch you practice Wing Chun.
Ip, stay for lunch. It's lunchtime .
Yes, let's have lunch .
No, thanks.
I'm not free. Maybe next time.
Goodbye.
Dad, why didn't you ask Uncle Ip to stay?
He doesn't like to owe anyone.
Dad, you practiced martial arts, right?
Why did you stop it?
I get hungry when I exercise.
So I need to exercise less
I get it. I won't play outside anymore.
You'll only stop playing today,eat up.
Eat up.
This congee is a bit too thick.
But you need to eat some.
It's hot.
How much rice is left?
Don't worry about it.
I've pawned everything worth pawning.
I am strong. I can look for a job.
It's not the end
You look for a job?
I didn't need one before. But it's different now.
There's a first time for everything.
We have enough people here.
We don't need. Sorry.
Boss, are you hiring?
No.
Thank you.
Over here, Boss.
Boss.
You, you, you. Come up here.
You want to hire me, Boss.
Here.
Master Ip,You need a job ?
Come, come up.
Thank you.
Hey, Ip!
You know when you dress like that,it's hard to work.
I didn't expect this kind of work.
Hello
So many martial club masters here?
The boss here used to practice martial arts too.
That's why he likes to employ martial artists.
Are you still practicing?
I'd rather scrape a living.
Pick it,I can't finish it. Help me, okay?
Eat it
How's your wife and son doing?
They're fine. Thank you.
You find your brother?
Everywhere couldn't find him since he left us.
Don't know if he's alive.
I don't even have apologize.
What is it?
I lost an iron box.
What iron box?
Solders!
Hey,everyone
this is Colonel Sato.
He respects Chinese martial arts.
He knows Fo Shan is famous for it.
He is looking for Chinese martial artists who want to fight the Japanese.
Would anyone want to go?
Anyone want to go?
Who wants to go?
Master?
You want us to be sandbags for them?
There's no door, is there?
Airhead.
Whoever that wins will get a sack of rice.
Whoever that wins fight will get one sack of rice.
I'll go!
Lin.
Be careful
I'll go too! Me too!
They took all our rice. Now I can get them back.
The world is fair.
Forget it.
Help me find my box.
It's okay.relax, Come.
You take care
Come, let's line up.
Come, come, come.
Anything else?
- No, let's go. - Yes!
Master?
General.
General!Thank you,
Got to beat them all.
Let me join in the fun.
They're not good enough for General Miura.
I'll show the Chinese what Japanese kung fu's like.
Find three men to fight with me.
Give them rice even if they lose.
Yes, sir!
I've done you all a favor.
General Miura will fight with three of you.
Win or lose,you still get rice
The rice is not important. I just wanna beat them.
Who's up?
I 'll go.
Let go of me! Quit shouting!
Lin, you and you. You three
Good!
You've spit blood. Stop fighting!
We lose sir.
General, they admitted defeat.
Your really wanna die?
You asshole!
Lin, how are you? Lin!
Lin.
Were you tired today?
Pouring coal is not tiring at all.
I saw Lin today.
Really? How is he?
Not bad.
I didn't expect to see him again.
Master Li, Master Hong.
Master Ip.
Have you ever seen Lin?
Lin? No,I haven't seen him
Me,neither
Just eat first.
A lot of us got rice yesterday.
General Miura was quite happy. Who wants to go today?
Anyone?
Li.
Where's Lin?
Who wants to go?
I'm asking you. Where's Lin?
I don't know.
What do you mean? You took him away.
Who wants to go?
You'll get rice if you win.
I'll go!
If Master Ip is going, I'll go too!
Me too!
I wanna kick the Japanese butt.
Anything else I can do?
No, you can go.
Thank you.
May I please fight three more ?
He said he wanted to fight three more people.
I'm done,I'm done
Why did they shoot him?
Li! Why did you shoot him?
Who let you open fire?
He took the rice even though he's lost.
So... I wanted to teach him a lesson.
This place is for tournaments only.
Never open fire here anymore!
Got it!
Please calm down, General Miura
I'll arrange the next tournament for you.
Continue!
Who else wants to fight?
I will
Open up!
- Master. - Open up!
Tell me, was Lin beaten to death?
Open up.
Master.
Open up!
Please open the gate.
Give me ten of them!
You crazy? Please don't.
I wanna fight ten!
He said he wanted to fight ten people.
Ten?
Yes.
Let's see how good he is.
Unit 5!
Unit 1, Unit 3, Unit 5.
Start!
Be careful.
Stay back!
Come back again.
He wants you to come back.
I didn't come here for the rice.
He said, he would come back.
What's your name?
He wants to know your name
I'm just a chinese man.
His name is Ip Man.
Watch your back then
I don't know how he will do.
Traitor!
Why am I a traitor?
Their deaths are not my business. I'm an interpreter.
What about me?I need to eat too!
Need to eat?
You watch your countrymen dying. Where's your dignity?
I have none.
You do. You have lots.
If you have the guts, you'll beat them!
Beat them as many as you can!
I'm an interpreter, not a traitor!
I'm a Chinese man!Damn it
I'm back.
Daddy.
You're back?
Have you been a good boy?
Yes.
That's good .
How was your day?
Wash your face first.
You're so good.
I realize today I'm useless.
I can do nothing.
I practiced marital arts
That's so
This world...
is minuscule.
I'm useless.
I don't care what the world is .
I only know I'm very happy now.
As long as you, me, and Zhun
can stay together, everything will be just fine.
Our family must stay together.
Get out! Get out!
Get off..
Go! On the side!
Stand over there.
Who's the boss? Come out!
I am.
I just took your goods. You can buy them back.
What do you say?
I have no money.
Leave my dad alone!
Wing Chun?
I hate Wing Chun
Don't hurt him!
Where is the cash?
There's none
You do?
No.
I'll beat you out then!
Nothing's been sold.
There's no money.
Uncle Ip! Uncle Ip!
Please save my dad. He's been beating to death.
What's the matter, Yao?
Auntie.
Let me go see. It's fine.
Let me tell you,I'm a reasonable man.
It's fine if you have no money now.
I'll give you some time to raise it.
The goods keep now.
Master Ip!
Dad, are you okay?
I'm fine. Go help Uncle Fu.
Tell me how can I help
I used to think your martial arts were impractical.
Now I know it's useful.
I should've learnt some moves from you.
At least I can defend myself.
Uncle , please stay and teach us Kungfu
At least the basic, so that we can defend ourselves.
Master Ip.
You're Kungfu Master. Please teach us!
Yes, Master Ip. Please teach us!
I'm a businessman.
I only know how to run a business.
I can't protect them, but you can.
In peaceful times, it's fine if you refused to teach.
But in this bad times, shouldn't you do something?
Learning Kungfu isn't cheap.
You paying their fees? Guess you owe me again
Uncle , I'll be first student.
Dad, I wanna be taller.
You wanna be taller?
Why hasn't Ip Man come back?
I... I don't know.
Find him!
I don't know where he is.
I don't know how to find him.
How big is Fo Shan?
How difficult can it be to find him?
Fo Shan is indeed very big.
No.
Please don't.
I really don't know where he is.
Useless thing! Enough!
Asshole!
Rock,Paper, scissors!
You lost You colluded?
Hide well!
10, 9, 8, 7...
Zhun.
That way!
3, 2, 1
Ready or not?Here I come!
Master.
What do you want?
Miura wants you to fight with him.
Leave.
I can't.
Cut it out
What do you want?
What is this?
How pretty!
Shit.
Let's go. It's not safe here.
Let's go, Cheng.
Li.
You're a piece of shit!
How could you let Ip run away?
I'm sorry!
Even Colonel Sato could not stop him.
I've tried my best already.
Sorry.
Shut up!
Utterly useless!
Tell them
to dig Ip out! This is an order!
Yes, sir.
Little sis.
Brother, eat them.
How's the master?
He's fine. They are all Okay.
Master.
Coming.
Madam.
See if it fits?
So is it okay?
It's fine
That's good.
I'll call when dinner is ready.
Li...
Don't worry
I don't know what to say.
Thank you.
It's okay.
We better leave Fo Shan soon .
Quan is working on the plan.
Where to?
To Hong Kong.
It doesn't matter ,not to me
I have a few friends there.
If something happens ...
What do you mean?
Nothing will happen to you.
They are back! Run!
They are here! They are here!
So is the money ready?
We won't give you a penny!
What did you say?
I'm not scared ! You can't bully us!
All right,you want beating?
Fine,that's it! Whoever tries to resist,
Give them a beating!
Stop it!
No wonder they fight back.
They've found a bodyguard.
You ruined my chance to open my school
And today, you are messing with me again?
So why? You wanna chase me away?
I am not chasing you
Ip Man, have you ever been hungry every day?
Everybody is hungry these days.
The day I came to Fo Shan, I told myself
I would never go hungry again.
I just won't do it!
Attack!
Go on!
Yuan, what are you doing? Fight!
Kill him!
Go.
Better we get close to him
Go!
You were great!Master,
Hold up,Yuan.
Stop there!
You know what you're doing?
I do. I'm a robber.
You're robbing the Chinese.
I'd rather be the bully than be bullied.
Do you understand me
Your brother asked me to ... Don't talk about him!
You know your brother is dead?
The Japanesee beat him to death
You know,he looked everywhere for you, but he couldn't find you.
Everyone needs to choose which path they want.
Master.
Some one told the general you're at the mill.
Don't go back, ok?
I gotta go. Remember, don't go back.
Scram! Hurry up!
Where's Ip Man?
Where's Ip Man? Tell me!
Don't say a word.
You, come here.
Where's Ip Man?
Tell me!
I'm asking you!
Hang in there. I'll figure out something.
Speak!
Speak! Speak up.
I'm here! I'm Ip Man.
I'm here...!
Wait! Wait!
Please wait!
Li, tell the general the workers are innocent.
Pleas ask him to release them.
I told you not to come back. Why did you?
Tell him!
Shit!
Sato!
He dares to hit me. Can't we put him to death?
I know what I'm doing.
Li. Yes.
Since the day you resisted the Japanese army,
you've already been a dead man.
But you're talented, you can be useful to us.
So I'll give you one chance to be loyal to the Japanese Emperor
Teach our army Chinese kung fu.
That way, we might still spare your life.
He wanted you to teach the Japanese kung fu.
I won't teach them.
You wanna see me fight? I'll fight with you.
He said he would think about it.
He would also like to spar with General Miura.
Take him away!
Quan, take my family away from here.
Master Ip.
General, you really wanna fight with Ip?
Of course.
He's an expert.
But he doesn't look like
he wants to teach the Imperial Army.
He must have other motives trying to fight with you.
General, don't fight with him.
Let me simply shoot him dead.
He challenges me to a fight
because he thinks he's better than me.
If I refuse to accept the challenge
but shoot him instead,
isn't that the same as admitting defeat?
Fighting with a Chinese
is not just a matter of personal honor for you.
It has to do with the national honor of our Empire.
Are you saying I will lose?
I only fear for the worst.
I will win for sure.
I'll let the whole China know I've won.
Yes! I understand!
I want you to teach us instead of killing you
because I appreciate your talent.
But I don't think Chinese kung fu is better than Japanese.
We will fight in front of everybody.
That's why we need a fair tournament.
You invaded our country You killed our people.
Cut the hypocrisy��α.
Excuse me.
Let go of me! Let go of my mom!
I promised we will be safe.
We can't go back.
I heard the Japanese are fighting the Chinese.
Who's fighting? Ip Man.
Look,
In the past...
I wished he could be with me every day.
So I always complained about his practicing.
Every time he had a duel with somebody,
I would throw a tantrum ��Ƣ��
You see I never actually gave him
the support need to do that he liked.
Now,
this could be his very last duel.
I am so afraid there won't be another chance.
Why won't you give me this one chance?
Why won't you?
The general says...
For the sake of cultural exchange,
he is having a fair tournament about Master Ip today
to share knowledge and friendly manner,
Bring peace between us.
Fair tournament? Is it?
I hope the Japanese kill that traitor
You said it
Shut up!
Here comes Master Ip!
General Miura talked about a tournament.
But I don't give a damn!
Listen up.
If you win,
I will kill you
Remember this!
Yes!
You better let Miura win later.
Or he won't let you live.
It's more important to stay alive.
Although martial arts involves armed forces,
Chinese martial arts is Confucian in spirit.
The virtue of martial arts is benevolence.
You Japanese will never understand the principle of treating other people as you would yourselves.
Because you abuse military power.
You turned it into something to oppress others.
You don't deserve to learn Chinese martial arts.
Ip Man! Ip Man!
Ip Man refused to be subjugated by the Japanese army...
...and used his fists to call forth the unity of the Chinese people.
Assisted by his good friend Zhou Qingquan,
the wounded Ip Man successfully fled Fo Shan with his wife and son.
On August 15, 1945,
Emperor Hirohito of Japan announced that Japan would surrender unconditionally.
The Chinese finally won and ended a war that lasted eight long years.
In 1949, the Grandmaster Ip Man settled in Hong Kong.
He started his first Wing Chun class at Kowloon Hotel's Staff Association Headquarters,
turning a new leaf in his life.
In 1967, Grandmaster Ip Man started the Wing Chun Athletic Association to foster...
...the spirit of Wing Chun with a group of like-minded enthusiasts,
fulfilling the most cherished dream of his later years.
Until now, Wing Chun has become a world renowned branch of Chinese martial arts.
The lineage of Grandmaster Ip Man's disciples has exceeded 2 million people.
There are lots of talented people among his disciples,
including the most illustrious action star of all, Bruce Lee.