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Chinese martial artist (1893–1972)

This article is 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 is Ip/Yip.

Ip Man^[a] (born Ip Kai-man;^[b] 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972), also known as Yip Man,^[2] was a Chinese martial arts grandmaster.

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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

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 four 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 learning