Yip Chun
A Wing Chun master and Ip Man's eldest son, co-founder of the Ving Tsun Athletic Association (1968) and co-author of the book 116 Wing Tsun Dummy Techniques (1981).
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Yip Chun, whose real name is Ip Hok-chun, is a Wing Chun master and the eldest son of Ip Man and Cheung Wing-sing. He was born on 10 July 1924 in Foshan and turned a hundred years old on 10 July 2024. His younger brother is Yip Ching, his sisters Ip Nga-sum and Ip Nga-wun, and his half-brother Ip Siu-wah.
Before 1950 he received an award for music research, "Person with the Greatest Potential in Chinese Art." In Hong Kong he worked as an accountant and a journalist. He began teaching Wing Chun there in 1967.
In 1968 he co-founded the Ving Tsun Athletic Association, where he served as treasurer and later as chairman. In 1981 he published the book 116 Wing Tsun Dummy Techniques together with Leung Ting. He led seminars in Australia, England and the USA, and in 2014 he was selected as a nominated bearer of the Wing Chun heritage.
He also appeared in films: he had a small role as Ip Man in Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth (1976), acted in What You Gonna Do, Sai Fung? (1999), portrayed Leung Bik in The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2011), and had a cameo in Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013). He took part in the film Ip Man (2008) as a consultant. In 2010 he won the China Movie Channel Media Award for best supporting actor.
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