Take you into the master’s world, Kung Fu Master, not just Ip Man.

　 　 Special feature of 1905 film network There was a ranking of the top ten masters in the late Qing Dynasty on the Internet, and Huang Feihong and Huo Yuanjia were both on the list (ranked third and fourth respectively). At that time, Ip Man was only a young man in his early twenties and had just finished learning Wing Chun with Master.

Top Ten Masters in Late Qing Dynasty

　 　 Now the third film about this young man has been filmed. Together with The Master, IP Man Prequel and IP Man: The Final World War I, there are already six films related to it, and he has become another "favored" martial arts master after Huang Feihong and Huo Yuanjia.

　 　 "He is not in the Jianghu, but there has always been his legend in the Jianghu" — — Today, this sentence may be changed to "He is not in the Wulin, but his legend has always been in the movie". In the Wulin Jianghu of China, there are such names — — Huang Feihong, Huo Yuanjia, Ip Man, Yang Luchan, Su Qier, Zhen Chen, Zhang Sanfeng … … Whether it is a layman or a practitioner, it is familiar. All this, of course, is due to the shaping of movie images. Perhaps in many people’s minds, the images of Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Chiu Man-Cheuk and Donnie Yen are equivalent to the names of these martial arts masters.

　 　 If these masters get together and have a final duel of "China is good at martial arts", who can be better? What other laces do the masters have that deserve August 18th? We take you to uncover the real "master life" behind the movie.

　 　Before Donnie Yen’s version of the film Ip Man was born, the name was more prefixed and commented with "Bruce Lee’s Master". In 1954, 14-year-old Bruce Lee, under the recommendation of a friend, devoted himself to Wing Chun, learning from Ye Wen, who was nearly sixty years old, and laid the foundation for his original Jeet Kune Do.

　 　 At the end of 2008, after the release of "Ip Man" starring Donnie Yen, this secretive martial arts master came into public view for the first time. The film "Ip Man" did not choose the mentoring relationship between him and Bruce Lee as a selling point, but set in China, which was experiencing turmoil in the 1930s. In the prime of life, IP Man went from a prosperous life as a martial artist to being down and out after the fall of Foshan, and finally stood up and fought with Japanese officers for ten to ten.

　 　 This scene made many viewers feel enjoyable and Japanese. However, in real history, Ip Man has never played against the Japanese. The decisive battle with western boxers in Ip Man 2 is not true either. In an interview with Ye Zhun, IP Man’s eldest son, he revealed that his father tried to avoid confrontation with others by force and was unwilling to contact with the Japanese. In the movie, IP Man vs. foreigners (Japanese, westerners) fighting is just a climax of this series.

Ip Man, played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai in "The Grand Master", confronts the masters of the North School in the Golden Building.

　 　 Ip Man in "A Generation of Masters" is more in line with historical facts. The opening battle of the Golden House is well documented, and the contest between the North and the South was launched in the Golden House. At that time, IP Man was the government worker who was responsible for collecting "flowers and taxes" from the Golden House, and at the same time, he was a relatively recognized representative figure in the Southern School of Wulin, so he had to intervene in this competition. We have also seen this scene from "The Master". When Ip Man made a move, he ended the battle before anyone could see his moves clearly. Because the fight was too fast, no one could record Ip Man’s moves, and the legend of "winning back face for the southern martial arts" remained among the people.

Ip Man teaches Wing Chun to Bruce Lee.

　 　 In the upcoming ip man 3, the story finally talks about Ip Man’s life in his later years, and it is also the first time in this series to mention his mentoring relationship with Bruce Lee. The two people in the film are like family, but in history, there are different opinions about their relationship, and the rumor of their disagreement is because the release of this film is once again rampant. But according to Ye Zhun, Bruce Lee’s father was a good friend of Ip Man during his stay in Foshan. Ye Wen is very concerned about the son of an old friend. Bruce Lee also respected Master and studied martial arts very hard, but in the end, he didn’t learn all the boxing skills because he immigrated to the United States.

　 　 In fact, Bruce Lee is only the most famous one in the "entertainment circle" among all the disciples of IP Man. In the martial arts circle, IP Man has trained a group of outstanding and well-known disciples such as Liang Xiang, Ye Buqing, Zhao Yun, Bruce Lee, Luo Yao, Xu Shangtian, Leung Ting, Huang Yun Liang and He Jinming, all of whom have made achievements in Wing Chun’s boxing attainments. However, it is precisely because Ye Wen has widely accepted his disciples and passed on the original secret Wing Chun boxing method that Wing Chun now plays an important role in the world martial arts.

Just like this photo left in the movie "The Grandmaster", Ip Man is full of peaches and plums.