Films featuring Wing Chun

Here Wing Chun is set against karate as taught by a Marine instructor. The tabletop bout with a Tai Chi master illustrates the difference between hard and soft approaches to force.

The fight in the narrow lift is the series' most-cited scene — exactly the range Wing Chun is built for. Mike Tyson appears as an opponent fighting boxing, not Wing Chun.

The only Ip Man film that also presents Baguazhang and Xingyiquan as schools in their own right. Yuen Woo-ping's choreography is built on the differences between styles rather than on spectacle.

The round-table duel showcases Wing Chun in confined space, where footwork and stability decide. The closing bout against the boxer is a screenwriter's device, not a documented event.

Fight choreography by Sammo Hung. The chain punches and close-range work are recognisably Wing Chun, but the Ip Man of the film is a character, not a record — the duel with the Japanese general never happened.