Ip Man’s family background

To put it simply, the Ye family belongs to the landlord class. The following introduction is very detailed, although it is copied!

Martial Arts Master

(1892-December 1, 1972)

Grandmaster Ip Man was a member of the Ye tribe in Sangyuan, Foshan.

Ip Man's ancestral home is Tantou Village, Lianxing, Luocun. His father moved to Sangyuan, Foshan to avoid the chaos of the "Red Head Army".

At the age of seven, he became a disciple of Chen Huashun (Chen Huashun was the proud disciple of the South China Sea boxing champion Liang Zan. Before entering the school, he made a living by changing money and money, and was known as Qianqianhua).

At that time, Chen Huashun was already very old, and there was a forty-year age difference between him and Ip Man. Therefore, Ip Man was also called Hua Gong. Chen Huashun loved this young disciple very much and accepted Ip Man as his disciple. Later, he no longer accepted anyone to learn skills from him, and Ip Man became a disciple of Chen Huashun. Senior brothers such as Wu Zhongsu, Chen Rumian, Lei Ruqi, etc. took good care of his younger brothers.

After Hua Gong passed away, Ip Man continued to study boxing skills with his senior brother Wu Zhongsu.

When Ip Man was sixteen years old, he left Foshan and went to Hong Kong to study foreign languages ??and studied at St. Stephen's School.

Later he studied martial arts with Liang Bi (son of Liang Zan).

In 1950, he went to Hong Kong and taught Wing Chun at the Hong Kong and Kowloon Hotel Staff Association, and became famous in one fell swoop.

Become a true Kung Fu master and a great martial artist.

Died of illness in Hong Kong on December 1, 1972.

In addition to members of the general association and branches, Chinese workers from all over Hong Kong and Kowloon, its apprentices also include foreign students in Hong Kong.

With the power of one person, he was able to promote Wing Chun all over the world, so he was elected as the grand master by his disciples. His real name is Ip Kai Man. He is from Foshan, Guangdong and ranks second in the family. , whose ancestral home is on Fuxian Road, Foshan, is known as "Sangyuan" and is a big family in Foshan. The mulberry garden occupies a very large area, with big houses stretching for several streets. The gate is on the left, which is Foshan's famous teahouse (commonly known as Hong Kong-style tea drinking). ) "Taoyuanju", next door is the most famous cake shop in Foshan, "Gongxinglong", which is famous for its sesame cakes.

"Sangyuan Ye" is well known in Foshan.

In this era, the Chinese were regarded by foreigners as the sick men of East Asia. One time, Ip Man passed by the entrance of the park and saw a sign that read: "Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter." Ip Man for the sake of the nation Justice, jumped up and kicked the sign to pieces to give China a sigh of relief.

Another time, Ip Man saw seven or eight foreign sailors bullying women in the street. Ip Man, who always likes to fight against injustice, stepped forward to stop him. He fought with seven or eight foreign men in one place, but it was difficult for him to fight with two fists. After a few rounds, they were gradually losing ground. At this moment, a young man shouted and squeezed into the crowd of spectators to join forces with Ip Man to fight the foreigners. In the end, seven or eight foreigners were defeated and fled. This young man was Liang Bi, son of Liang Zan.

Upon learning that the person in front of him was Ip Man, the son of the Wing Chun master Liang Zan, he immediately became his disciple. Therefore, he had the opportunity to further study Wing Chun skills with Liang Bi. In the blink of an eye, two or three years later, Ip Man was Continuously receiving guidance from Liang Bi made Wing Chun skills perfect.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Foshan, known as the four major towns in China, held a popular "Autumn Colors" *** event every year to showcase special national crafts. Every year *** it was crowded with people, and there were even more people from Foreign tourists.

During an "Autumn Colors" tour, Ye Wen and several of his cousins ??went to watch the "Autumn Colors" tour. Suddenly, the warlord platoon leader at the time made an inappropriate move to his cousin. Polite behavior. At that time, Ye Wen was wearing a long gown and thin-soled velvet shoes. He looked very much like a prince, and he was not tall. He looked polite and looked like someone who could be bullied. However, the other party was very bold and wanted to attack him. The cousin moved his hands and feet, but at this moment, Ip Man suddenly advanced and used his usual Wing Chun techniques to start a fight. When he saw the opponent fell to the ground on the spot, the local warlord who had always oppressed the people suddenly suddenly Defeated at the hands of a gentle scholar, he was unwilling to swallow his breath. He became even more courageous and stood up to draw his gun. At that time, Ye Wen turned around and used a lightning-fast move to hold the opponent's hand. The revolver, and with the power of his thumb, pressed directly on the revolver of the revolver, actually buckling the light core of the revolver, making it unable to fire.

After the Japanese army captured Foshan, Ip Man's extraordinary kung fu was already known to the Japanese military police. They wanted to be invited to serve as the military police's Chinese martial arts instructor, but he, who always upheld national justice, naturally refused. At the request of the Japanese Gendarmerie, the Japanese Gendarmerie were furious and assigned martial arts masters to compete with Ip Man. They stated that if Ip Man was defeated, they would obey orders. Unable to refuse, the Japanese Gendarmerie had no choice but to accept the competition, but the man who came was tall and strong. , punching Ma Jian hard, Ip Man used Wing Chun stick hand, clamping sheep and horse, looking at the opponent, but without saying a word, luring the soldiers to block, the opponent took the lead and attacked the horse with an arrow, Ip Man immediately changed The vanguard's plowman plows away the opponent's arrows. At the same time, he turns around and kneels on the horse, holding the opponent's front leg behind the knee, forcing the opponent to suddenly lose his center of gravity. Although the opponent was not hit, he was completely defeated. Ip Man also arrived in time. Pulling back the horse, giving a concession, and jumping out of the martial arts field. It's really a master's fight, until the point is reached.

After the competition, Ip Man was worried about angering the Japanese warlords and temporarily left Foshan. However, he secretly helped us carry out our work behind enemy lines. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, although Ip Man had martial arts skills, he gave up setting up a school to teach apprentices. , worked in the criminal unit of the county government and was responsible for fighting against violence. He personally solved the robbery case at Shafang in Foshan and captured the robbers in Shengping Theater on Shengping Road. He was even appreciated by his superiors and served as the patrol captain of the Southern District in Guangzhou City.

In 1949, Ip Man came to Hong Kong and was recommended by his friend Li Minzhi. He met Liang Xiang, the chairman of the Hotel Association. Liang Xiang was also a martial arts enthusiast and could be said to be a martial artist. Ip Man was a disciple of Wing Chun Chen Hua Shun, so he went to learn the skills from his master, and asked Ip Man to teach it publicly at the Main Street Hotel Guild in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon. At that time, in addition to Li Min and Prime Minister Leung, there were also Luo Yiu and his nephew Lu Man Kam, etc., less than ten years old. People, and Li Min and Ye Wen have been good friends for a long time. They can be said to be both teachers and friends. Later, Ye Buqing, Xu Shangtian, etc. started to invest one after another. As the number of people seeking skills increased day by day, those who devoted themselves to learning skills at that time, and so on. The fans of Kowloon Bus are the most popular. Due to the continuous learning of Wing Chun skills, in order to have more space and venues, Ip Man repeatedly moved the venues to Lee Tat Street, Lei Cheng Uk Estate, Kowloon Hing Yip Building in Kowloon, and divided some evening hours During this period, he went to Hollywood Road in Hong Kong to teach, making Wing Chun skills popular in every corner of Hong Kong and Kowloon.

Recently, in Nan'an, Fujian, China, "Crane Boxing" has developed into a self-contained system based on Wing Chun.

Bruce Lee became a disciple of Ip Man at the Lee Tat Street Martial Arts School around 1956. He was indeed very devoted and never missed classes. However, due to immigrating to the United States, he unfortunately could not complete all the classes consecutively. Boxing.

After Bruce Lee became prosperous, he once visited Master Yip in person, hoping to learn the wooden dummy technique of Wing Chun.

He also proposed to pay the price of a building for Master Yip to personally demonstrate all the Wing Chun wooden dummy techniques. Mr. Li would make a video and take it back to the United States to learn on his own. However, Mr. Ip refused, and some of his disciples It was a pity that Master Yip could not accept Bruce Lee's favorable conditions. However, Master Yip's personal wish was to only require scholars to be dedicated to learning skills and then teach them with all their strength. He would never sell Kung Fu as a commercial property. The most important thing is not to favor one over the other. This kind of Everyone's paternalistic style is even more beloved by his disciples.

Seventy-year-old Ip Man’s skills are not inferior to those in his youth. It was at the height of gang robbery in Hong Kong. Therefore, Ip Man often patrolled around at night to maintain regional security. Once he saw someone A robber would draw a knife with the intention of robbing passers-by, but as soon as a black shadow appeared, Ip Man would kick the robber with a swift kick, and the robber would be kicked dozens of feet away and fall to the ground.

Lee Tat Street has therefore become the only peaceful place in Hong Kong.

For this reason, Ip Man has been commended by the Hong Kong government many times and won the title of "Outstanding Citizen".

In addition, in terms of his personal interests, he drank tea in the teahouse with three or five disciples or friends every day, and occasionally played a few rounds of sanitary mahjong. In addition, in midsummer, Ip Man even The reason why I like to visit cricket fights is that the crickets in Guangdong are very brave and good at fighting. Unlike the crickets in Taiwan, the winner or loser is determined by fighting.

Therefore, when two crickets fight, they can fight for dozens of rounds. Some crickets even have their legs broken, but they still fight bravely, which is more enjoyable than fighting in the ring.

In addition to cricket fighting, dog fighting is also a hobby. As for Ip Man watching dog fighting, he mostly visited another martial arts master, Master Liang Jiafang, the snake-shaped master. He and Ip Man Wen Tong is a good friend in the martial arts world and a fellow villager. It can be said that they are close friends.

More than thirty years have passed since 1972, when the great master of Wing Chun passed away.

A great master of Wing Chun, his spirit lives on forever and is admired by future generations.

Shen Baofeng, a famous poet of later generations, once wrote in "Wing Chun": "Wing Chun is a unique skill in martial arts. The combination of strength and softness makes the ghosts and gods weep.

It is difficult to hide from the sudden force of the willow leaves. Stealing people’s souls. ”

Wing Chun has developed from a set of self-defense techniques to practical martial arts, and has developed rapidly in the past few decades, developing Wing Chun from Foshan to every corner of the world. , has become an internationally renowned Chinese martial art, and it is also the Chinese martial art studied by the most foreigners today.

The origin and development of Wing Chun are unanimously identified as: "It originated from Yim Wing Chun, evolved from Liang Zan, and flourished from Ip Man!"

Ip Man's family history

< p> Ye Wen's wife gave birth to two sons and two daughters, the eldest son Ye Zhun and the second son Ye Zheng.

His concubine gave birth to a son, Ye Shaohua.

There is another woman whose name is unknown.

Since they were half-brothers, after Ip Man's death, his two sons and one daughter divided the family property and had little contact with each other.