Biography of ip man book

  • "From stories shared by his son, this book paints a portrait of the famous Wing Chun Grand Master, Ip Man, providing a set of fifteen principles as a guide to mastery."--Back cover.
  • This book paints a portrait of the famous Wing Chun Grand Master, Ip Man, providing a set of fifteen principles as a guide to mastery.
  • From stories shared by his son, this book paints a portrait of the famous Wing Chun Grand Master, Ip Man, providing a set of fifteen principles as a guide to.

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    Tiger Riding for Beginners

    IP Man: Portrait of a Kung Fu Master by Ip Ching

    My rating: 3 of 5 stars

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    Ip Man led an interesting life. The master of Wing Chun Kung Fu lived through tumultuous times that included the Boxer Rebellion, the Sino-Japanese War, and China’s Communist revolution. After the Japanese occupation he served for a time as a police chief. Coming from a wealthy family, he experienced a riches to rags fall when the Communists took over. He had to move from his home in Foshan to Hong Kong. His use of kung fu was not restricted to the training hall, but, rather, included a few real world altercations. A couple of films have been made(loosely) about his life.

    All that being said, this book doesn’t do a great job of capturing the life of this intriguing man. To be fair, the book isn’t really a biography proper–though the title might lead one to believe it was. However, it’s not entirely clear what the book is. Its fifteen

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    Ip Man - Portrait of a Kung Fu Master Ip Ching and Ron Heimberger

    July 25, 2015
    Ip Man led an interesting life. The master of Wing Chun Kung Fu lived through tumultuous times that included the Boxer Rebellion, the Sino-Japanese War, and China's Communist revolution. After the Japanese occupation he served for a time as a police chief. Coming from a wealthy family, he experienced a riches to rags fall when the Communists took over. He had to move from his home in Foshan to Hong Kong. His use of kung fu was not restricted to the training hall, but, rather, included a few real world altercations. A couple films have been made(loosely) about his life.

    All that being said, this book doesn't do a great job of capturing the life of this intriguing man. To be fair, the book isn't really a biography proper--though the title might lead one to believe it was. However, it's not entirely clear what the book is. Its fifteen chapters are each built around a principle and use vignettes from Ip Ma

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    Ip Man

    Chinese martial artist (1893–1972)

    This article fryst vatten about the martial artist. For the films based on his biography, see Ip Man (film series). For other uses, see Ip Man (disambiguation).

    In this Chinese name, the family name fryst vatten Ip/Yip.

    Ip Man[a] (born Ip Kai-man;[b] 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), also known as Yip Man,[2] was a kinesisk martial arts grandmaster. He became a teacher of the martial art of Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became martial arts masters in their own right, the most famous among them being Bruce Lee.

    Early life

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    Ip Man was born as Ip Kai-man (葉繼問) to Ip Oi-dor (葉靄多) and Ng Shui (吳瑞) as the third of fyra children. He grew up in a wealthy family in Foshan (Fatshan), Guangdong (Kwangtung), and received traditional Chinese education, alongside his elder brother Ip Kai-gak (葉繼格), elder sister Ip Wan-mei (葉允媚), and younger sister Ip Wan-hum (葉允堪).[3]

    Ip started le