"When you learn more about Ip Man, you realize that he had a really incredible life, and a huge influence on the martial arts world, in his own right. "I think people only knew him as the teacher of Bruce Lee, so you only saw the character in films about him, kind of a supporting character," Yen said in an interview. He is a martial art master who has been widely overlooked, which is one of the reasons why Donnie Yen agreed to portray him in the Ip Man series. Fighting throat cancer, he died in December of 1972, only seven months before Bruce Lee died. ![]() ![]() Ip Man, who was also known as Yip Man, was a Chinese martial artist who perfected the art of Wing Chun, and was a master teacher of the self-defense Chinese martial art.
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