A lot of the events in these movies I’ve never heard of, and I’ve been training years before the movies were made. One in particular depicts Ip Man when he was younger and happened to fight ninjas. There are also other Ip Man movies outside of the Donnie Yen series. I’ve never seen that before and do not think it is legitimate technique. In the same fight, Ip Man crouched into what looks like a pistol squat in order to take advantage of a lower position. If someone lands a punch on your elbow, it can actually break their hand which is also very effective. Well, that is actually a legitimate WingChun tactic. Some people ask me if that is a real technique. Ip Man defended punches by blocking with his elbows. In a later fight scene, Ip Man fought a boxer who was played by former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. Although one of the functions of a stance is to maintain balance, using it in this way is a bit of a stretch. In one scene, Ip Man fought a Thai fighter and used the stance from Siu Nim Tau to prevent himself from falling down steps. In the third movie, we will cover two examples as well. We call this “attack the attack” and instead of blocking, we intercept and cause damage to the attacker’s limb, which is a pretty effective tactic. This is actually a legitimate WingChun tactic. Ip Man was able to turn the fight around by attacking the boxer’s bicep when the boxer punched from the outside. In the last part of Ip Man 2, he fought a British boxer and was getting beaten badly. That is actually training that some people do when sparring or while training chi sao which emphasizes footwork, close-quarters movements, and balance in order to keep from falling off of the table.
In the next movie, there was a scene in which Ip Man fought on top of a table against another kung fu master played by legendary Chinese action star Samo Hung. We prefer to use our footwork to line people up in order to fight them one at a time, or even better, try to escape the situation altogether because that type of situation against multiple people is not one that you can easily win.
That is not actually a strategy that we use in WingChun. In the first Ip Man movie, there is a scene in which Ip Man was surrounded by about 20 or so karate black belts, and he proceeded to fight them with chain punches and different techniques all at once. So, for clarification, I wanted to pick out a few examples from the Ip Man movies and explain some differences and similarities between the movies and real WingChun.
#Yip man 2 final fight movie
Most people realize that even though a movie may be based on real-life events (Ip Man was a real person), probably 50% or less of the content is accurate. From time-to-time people ask us, when they see “wing chun” or Ip Man movies, how come some of the things that we do are not exactly like in the films? People even try to emulate the movements portrayed in the movies, but they may deviate from the actual martial art.
#Yip man 2 final fight series
The Ip Man film series is based on the life of the most popular Wing Chun master, Ip Man (aka Yip Man), portrayed by martial arts superstar Donnie Yen.
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