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{{short description|Chinese Grandmaster of Wing Chun (born 1924)}}
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| birth_name       = Ip Hok-chun (葉學準)
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| birth_place      = [[Foshan]], Kwangtung, Republic of China
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| native_name      = 葉準
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| other_names      = Yip Chun <br> Yip Jun
| residence        = Hong Kong
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| style            = [[Wing Chun]]
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| teacher          = [[Ip Man]]
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| rank             = [[Grandmaster (martial arts)|Grandmaster]]
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| years_active     = 1967–present
| occupation       = Martial arts practitioner <br> Actor <br> Teacher
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| children         = {{unbulleted list|Ip Kong-chiu (son)|Ip Kong-kin (son)}}
| relatives        = [[Ip Man]] (father) <br> [[Cheung Wing-sing]] (mother) <br> [[Ip Ching]] (younger brother) <br> Ip Nga-sum (sister) <br> Ip Nga-wun (sister) <br> Ip Siu-wah (half-brother)
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| club             = Wing Chun Ip Chun Academy
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| website          = http://www.ipchun.net
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'''Ip Chun'''{{efn|{{zh|t=葉準}}}} (born '''Ip Hok-chun''';{{efn|{{zh|t=葉學準|link=no}}}} 10 July 1924),<ref name="Ip inheritance" /> also known as '''Yip Chun''' or '''Yip Jun''', is a Chinese martial artist and actor in the style of [[Wing Chun]]. He is the elder of two sons. Chun's father, [[Ip Man]], was the Wing Chun teacher of [[Bruce Lee]].<ref name="Ip inheritance">{{cite news|last1=Boehler|first1=Patrick|title=Chinese kung fu masters battle over inheritance of Yip Man's Wing Chun legacy|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1581106/chinese-kung-fu-masters-battle-over-inheritance-wing-chun-legacy|access-date=10 September 2016|work=South China Morning Post|issue=Online|publisher=South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd.|date=27 August 2014|ref=Ip inheritance}}</ref>
==Early life==
He was born Ip Hok-chun in [[Foshan]], Kwangtung (now Guangdong) on 10 July 1924 to police officer and martial artist [[Ip Man]] and his wife [[Cheung Wing-sing]].
In 1949, after the [[Chinese Communist Party|Communists]] established the People's Republic of China on the Chinese mainland, Ip's father left for Hong Kong and Ip, then 24, remained in Foshan to continue his studies in university. However, due to the [[Cultural Revolution]], Ip and his younger brother, [[Ip Ching]], were forced to leave Foshan and move to Hong Kong to join their father.
==Education==
Ip studied [[History of China|Chinese history]], [[Chinese philosophy|philosophy]], [[Chinese poetry|poetry]], [[Guoyue|traditional music]], and [[Buddhism]]. In 1950, Ip had completed his studies and he chose teaching as a profession. In addition to teaching Chinese history, music and science, Ip also helped the Chinese Foshan Entertainment Department organise [[Chinese opera|opera]] plays. During that time, he was awarded "The Person with the Most Potential in Chinese Art" award for his research in music.
==Professional career==
In Hong Kong, Ip worked as an accountant and newspaper reporter in the day and practiced Wing Chun in the evening under his father's tutelage. In accordance with his father's wishes, in 1965, Ip participated in the affairs of the Ving Tsun Athletic Association<ref name="TNP">{{cite news|last1=Chiang|first1=Christabel|title=Wing Chun master Dennis Lee may open school in Singapore|url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/wing-chun-master-dennis-lee-may-open-school-singapore|access-date=19 April 2017|work=The New paper|issue=Online|publisher=SPH Digital News Copyright © 2017 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd|date=9 June 2016|ref=TNP|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727145840/https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/wing-chun-master-dennis-lee-may-open-school-singapore|archive-date=27 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> and became one of its founding members when it was formally established in 1968. During the first three years in the association, Ip took on the role of treasurer and was later appointed as chairman.
==Teaching accomplishments==
In 1967, Ip began teaching Wing Chun in Hong Kong and some of his first students, such as Leung Chung-wai and Ho Kay, chairman of Wing Chun Ip Chun Academy and a student of Ip for three decades, still train with him at present.<ref name="Ip inheritance" /> Ip's father died in December 1972 and entrusted the film footage of his [[Siu Nim Tao]], [[Chum Kiu]] and [[Muk Yan Jong]] forms to his sons for posterity. In 2014 Ip Chun was selected as a nominee to represent Wing Chun as the inheritor of the legacy of Wing Chun-style kung fu.<ref name="Ip inheritance" /> Ip Chun has taught and held seminars in many cities, including countries such as Australia, England and the United States.<ref name="Wing Chun bureaucracy">{{cite news|last1=Yap|first1=Brian|title=Bureaucracy may be wing chun kung fu master's biggest foe|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1589448/bureaucracy-may-be-wing-chun-kung-fu-masters-biggest-foe|access-date=10 September 2016|work=South China Morning Post|issue=Online|publisher=South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd.|date=11 September 2014|ref=Wing Chun bureaucracy}}</ref>
[[File:Ip Chun with Felix Leong.jpg|thumb|Ip Chun with a student in Australia]]
==In film==
Ip Chun had a small role in the 1976 film ''[[Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth]]'' as Bruce Lee's ''Wing Chun Sifu'' (Ip Man). Ip made a special appearance as Ip Man in the 1999 film ''[[What You Gonna Do, Sai Fung?]]'' ({{AKA}} ''1959 某日某''). Ip served as a consultant for ''[[Ip Man (film)|Ip Man]]'', a 2008 Hong Kong film about the life of his father. He also made another special appearance as [[Leung Bik]] (son of [[Leung Jan]]) in another film, ''[[The Legend Is Born: Ip Man]]''.<ref name="Wing Chun bureaucracy" /> In 2013, he made a cameo appearance in another Ip Man film, ''[[Ip Man: The Final Fight]]''.
== Later life ==
He [[Centenarian|turned 100]] on July 31, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ipchunhk |date=2024-07-18 |title=今天師父心情特別好 |url=https://www.ipchun.hk/2024/07/18/lunch-park/ |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Wing Chun Ip Chun Academy |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Awards and achievements==
*Ip Chun received a Fellowship (FSMA) from the Society of Martial Arts (U.K.), the only professional and Educational Charity to introduce the first degree program in martial arts in the world, from its Founder and President Prof. Eugene de Silva PhD, FRSA in 2000.
*Received "The Person with the Most Potential in Chinese Art" award for his research in music.
*Winner of the [[China Movie Channel Media Awards]] for Best Male Supporting Role at [[Shanghai International Film Festival]] 2010.<ref name="TVB NEWS">{{cite news |title=探古尋源：詠春以柔制剛 子承父業發揚武術精神 |url=http://news.tvb.com/story/5573a9eb6db28ce653000001/587170f36db28c5144bf9c13/ |access-date=14 December 2020 |publisher=TVB News |issue=Online |date=8 January 2017 |ref=TVB NEWS }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Nominated at the ''China Movie Channel Media Awards'' for Best New Actor at ''Shanghai International Film Festival 2010.''<ref name="M1905.com">{{cite news |title=Ip Man's Son Nominated for Best New Actor |url=http://www.chinesefilms.cn/1/2010/06/14/21s1131.htm |access-date=14 December 2020 |publisher=M1905.com |issue=Online |date=14 June 2010 |ref=M1905.com}}</ref>
==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
* Ip Chun, [[Leung Ting]], (1981) [https://web.archive.org/web/20190819165325if_/http://index-of.co.uk/Tutorials-2/116%20Wing%20Chun%20Dummy%20Techniques.pdf 116 Wing Tsun Dummy Techniques]. Hong Kong: Leung Publications. (PDF)
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ipchun.net/ www.ipchun.net] – Wing Chun Ip Chun Academy website.
*{{IMDb name|3881150}}
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