IP Man (DVD)

Well I have to say that after sakura8's review of Ip Man there is not a lot left to say! As said the film is a fairly accurate tale of Ip Man's journey from the Foshan area to Hong Kong where he first openly taught Wing Chun as made famous in part by Bruce Lee. The film is frankly awesome and to be honest rates very high on my personal choice. The fight scenes are excellent and very close to true Wing Chun application and the feeling of the whole film is emotive and engaging. I liked the direction and cinematography and I felt very much a part of what was going on. I have to say that I saw the Mandarin version which is dubbed into Cantonese. I cheekily inserted English ...  Read the complete review

Who's heard of Bruce Lee? Well of course you have, the guy is a total martial arts legend. But how many of you have heard of Ip Man? Nope? Well he's the guy that taught Bruce Lee and was the first person to openly teach Wing Chun Kung Fu to the public. The film 'Ip Man' documents the life of the martial arts grandmaster in a moving and yet action packed story. This semi-biographical film takes the viewer back to the 1930's to a place called Foshan, China. This place is the hub of Chinese Kung Fu, with many different schools packed along its streets, all vying for new students. Although Ip Man possesses expert martial arts skills, he is reluctant to ...  Read the complete review