Fatso arrives and keeps the situation at bay, but Ip eventually lets Ma go to deescalate the situation. Ma retaliates with a hidden knife, but Ip is able to stop him from nearly stabbing Tin and again restrains him. Tin Ngo-san, a local martial arts master and Ma’s former mentor, is enraged by Ma’s unscrupulous acts, and accompanied by Ip, confronts Ma at the Hong Kong shipyard and slaps him in front of his men. Cheung’s skills impress Ip, and Ip thanks Cheung for his help. Cheung, who happens to pass by, helps fight off the invaders and rescues the headmaster. Although Ip and his students are able to hold them at bay, they are still outnumbered as the gang manages to kidnap the headmaster and set fire to a few classrooms. Realizing that it was getting late, Ip suggests Lik and the other students return home however, immediately after that, Ma’s men invade the compound. Lik, Ip’s oldest student, develops a crush on Miss Wong, but the latter promptly rejects his advances. That night, Ip and his students watch the school compound.
Ip then agrees to guard the school alongside his students. Fatso agrees to help Ip, but claims a shortage of manpower and influence. Ip seeks help from Sergeant Po (called Fatso by his friends), a close friend of his and a local police detective. Ip interferes and restrains Ma, but is forced to let Ma go as Ma’s men are holding Miss Wong at knife point. The next day, when Ip goes to pick up his son from school, he witnesses Ma and his men coercing and beating the headmaster, who refuses to sell them the school. Meanwhile, Frank is impressed by Cheung’s Wing Chun skills. Ma asks for a month for it to be done, but is threatened into assuring that it will be done within two weeks. Frank orders Ma to acquire a piece of land occupied by the school where Ip Ching and Cheung Fung study. The organiser, Ma King-sang, a local triad leader, also works for Frank (Mike Tyson), an American property developer. Cheung shows up to pick up his son shortly after.Ĭheung is seen participating in black market boxing matches and having a streak of victories. When Ip asks the boy who his mentor is, he says that it is his father, Cheung Tin-chi. At Ip’s house, Cheung Fung displays rudimentary yet impressive Wing Chun skills. As an apology, the Ip family invite Cheung Fung to their home for dinner.
Wing-sing, along with Ip, is asked by Miss Wong, the boys’ teacher, to come to the school. Ip Ching is seen fighting with another boy, Cheung Fung, at school, and both boys end up with minor injuries. After demonstrating his speed to Ip, Ip neither accepts nor rejects him and tells him to “come back later”. The opening subtitles explain that his elder son, Ip Chun, has returned to Foshan to study, leaving him with his younger son Ip Ching and his wife Wing-sing.Ī young Bruce Lee visits Ip and asks to become one of his students. The film begins with Ip Man practicing his techniques on a wooden dummy, as a moth, foreshadowing the future, gently flutters and lands on the dummy. In 1959, Ip Man (Donnie Yen) is settling into his low-profile life in Hong Kong.
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