Ip Chun, the eldest son of the late Grandmaster Ip Man (Yip Gei-Man), was born in 1924 in Foshan in the Zheyieng Delta region of the Guangdong province of Southern China. He began studying Wing Chun with his father when he was 7 years old. However, he admits that he did not really want to learn at that time and that he remembers relatively little from that early tuition. (Continued at bottom.)
Lineage:Yip Man (Ip Man) -> Yip Chun (Ip Chun)
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Because of this and the fact his father fled to Hong Kong during the communist persecutions, Ip Chun did not start training again until 1962. Ip Chun trained with his father most evenings at the Wing Chun school (which was at his house), and was able to witness and study his father's Wing Chun and his teaching methods every evening.
In accordance with his father's wishes, Ip Chun began participating in the work of the Ving Tsun Athletic Association (VTAA) founding group in 1965 and became a founding member of the VTAA proper. The association formally came into being in 1968 and Ip Chun was issued with the membership number 9. In 1967 Master Ip Chun began teaching Wing Chun in Hong Kong, with his father's blessing.
Today, at over eighty-five years of age, Master Ip Chun is one of the most successful Wing Chun teachers in Hong Kong, teaching five days a week to individuals at his home or to small groups at the Ving Tsun Athletic Association, as well as teaching a class in Shatin once a week.
