At the time, Ip was undefeated so he eagerly accepted the challenge. Six months after moving to Hong Kong, a classmate of Ip's named Lai told him that a friend of Lai's father who was an expert in Kung Fu techniques was living with them, and had offered to have a friendly sparring match with Ip. Stephen's College, a secondary school for wealthy families and foreigners living in Hong Kong. Īt the age of 16, with help from his relative Leung Fut-ting, Ip moved to Hong Kong and there he attended school at St. Ip learned most of his skills and techniques from Chan's second most senior student, Ng Chung-sok ( 吳仲素). Due to Chan's age, he was able to train Ip for only three years before suffering a mild stroke in 1909 and retiring to his village. Chan was 57 at the time, and Ip became Chan's 16th and last student. Ip started learning Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun when he was 9 or 13. He grew up in a wealthy family in Foshan (Fatshan), Guangdong (Kwangtung), and received traditional Chinese education, alongside his elder brother Ip Kai-gak ( 葉繼格), elder sister Ip Wan-mei ( 葉允媚) and younger sister Ip Wan-hum ( 葉允堪).

Ip Man was born as Ip Kai-man ( 葉繼問) to Ip Oi-dor ( 葉靄多) and Ng Shui ( 吳瑞) as the third of four children.

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