Background
He is the elder son of Yip Manitoba Ip began studying Wing Chun with his father when he was seven years old.
He is the elder son of Yip Manitoba Ip began studying Wing Chun with his father when he was seven years old.
By 1950, Ip had completed his studies and he chose teaching as a profession.
In 1949, after the Communists established the People"s Republic of China on the Chinese mainland, Ip"s father left for Hong Kong and Ip, then 24, remained in Foshan to continue his studies in university. In addition to teaching Chinese history, music and science, Ip also helped the Chinese Foshan Entertainment Department organise opera plays. In Hong Kong, Ip worked as an accountant and newspaper reporter in the day and practised Wing Chun in the evening under his father"s tutelage.
In accordance with his father"s wishes, in 1965, Ip participated in the affairs of the Wing Chun Athletic Association (WCAA) and became one of its founding members when it was formally established in 1968.
During the first three years in the association, Ip took on the role of treasurer and was later appointed as chairman. In 1967, Ip began teaching Wing Chun in Hong Kong and some of his first students, such as Ho Po-kai and Leung Chung-wai, still train with him at present.
Between 1970 and 1971, Ip and Lau Honorary-lam taught a class of about 20 students in Ho Manitoba Tin. Ip inherited his father"s legacy and continued teaching Wing Chun.
Ip currently teaches five days and two nights a week at the Wing Chun Athletic Association, as well as teaching a class in Sha Tin once a week.
Between 1985 and 2001, Ip travelled abroad to promote and conduct seminars on Wing Chun, before semi-retiring in 2001 to concentrate on teaching in Hong Kong. Ip served as a consultant for Ip Manitoba, a 2008 Hong Kong film about the life of his father. He also made a special appearance as Leung Bik (son of Leung January) in another film, The Legend is Born – Ip Manitoba
In 2013, he made a cameo appearance in another Ip Manitoba film, Ip Manitoba: The Final Fight.
Many instructor claim to be taught and certified to teach by Master Ip Chun, to prevent this Master Ip Chun has produced a genealogy book listing his certified instructor"s, all of whom are listed on his web site www.ipchun.org
|Instructors certified officially by Ip Chun include:
1970 - Leung Chung Wai (Hong Kong)
1970 - Ho Kay (Hong Kong)
1970 - Li Ming (Taiwan)
1982 - Lo Tak On (Raymond)(Hong Kong)
1982 - Leung Ting Kwok (Hong Kong)
1982 - Michael Tse (United Kingdom)
1984 - Chau Keung Lee (Canada)
1984 - Yeung Wai Kwan(Hong Kong)
1989 - Shaun Rawcliffe (United Kingdom)
1990 - Terence Yip Pui (United States of America)
1990 - Colin Ward (United Kingdom)
1992 - Chan Chun Leung(Hong Kong)
1992 - Steve Cheung(Hong Kong)
1992 - Brian Desir 1992 - Pang Yu Kwan(Hong Kong)
1992 - Leung Ka Cheong(Hong Kong)
1995 - Gordon Shellshear (Australia) 1996 - Ken Lau (Singapore)
2002 - Peter Yeung (Sweden Stockholm) (Southeast)
2002 - John Brogden 2007 - John Dougall.
During that time, he was awarded "The Person with the Most Potential in Chinese Art" award for his research in music In 1992, Ip set up the Ip Chun Wing Chun Kuen Martial Arts Association (wwwipchunorg) to certify and authenticate those among his senior students, who have attained instructor qualification under his tutelage, to teach Wing Chun to students from around the world. Ip Chun received a Fellowship (FSMA) from the Society of Martial Arts (United Kingdom), the only professional and Educational Charity to introduce the first degree program in martial arts in the world, from its Founder and President Professor Eugene de Silva Doctor of Philosophy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2000.
