I've always been a sucker for martial arts movies. I generally don't like dubbed movies or movies I have to watch captions, but Ip Man is one of my favorite movies and I have watched it both English dubbed and with captioning.

Ip Man is the story about Bruce Lee's master, based on his life story. While some of the facts were embellished in the movie, it is fairly accurate to his life story.

Ip Man (also referred to by Yup Man) is played by Donnie Yen, the actor who played Chirrut Îmwe in Rogue One. He does a fantastic job playing an extremely likable character. I am a huge fan of his since originally seeing IP Man.

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Name: Movie Review: IP Man
Item: Ip Man
Author: @themarkymark

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Ip Man takes place during the Sino-Japanese war and when the Chinese were overcome by the Japanese in the early 1900s. Ip Man studied and taught Wing Chun, a style focused on grappling, striking and trapping opponents. In the early 1900s Wing Chun was not very well known. Jackie Chan and Robert Downey Jr. as well known practitioners of the art and of course Bruce Lee and his son Brandon Lee.

Ip Man spends most of its time in the drama and action genres but has a few silly scenes that will make you laugh. The martial arts is some of the best I've seen and Donnie Yen is mesmerizing. Even if you are not a fan of martial arts, the story is powerful and emotional.

Ip Man was followed by two additional movies, not as strong as the first but definitely worth watching.

Ip Man is available on Netflix in the US

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@teutonium(65)· 2742d

Ip Man was followed by two additional movies, not as strong as the first but definitely worth watching.

The IP man saga is one of my favorite sagas! I've watched it and rewatched it! I liked the second movie more than I did the first though, especially the part with the rice bags where he fought against a bunch of guys at the same time... Didn't like the third movie, they ruined the movie by trying to milk it with Mike Tyson in my opinion...

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@switchback27(48)· 2743d

Such a great movie. First became a fan of Donnie Yen after seeing him in Hero(2002), dueling against Jet Li. For reference:

@reggaemuffin(66)· 2743d

The Ip Man movies are very good representations of what Wing Chun is about. Sure, they have the normal action move tropes but the moves he is doing make sense.

@adenijiadeshina(66)· 2743d

I can say back then, martial art movies are one of my favourite movies

@ricko66(66)· 2743d

Ip Man is a great series of movies, living in South East Asia and traveling a lot to Hong Kong, I met with Sam Lau the teacher of Donnie Yen. Sam Lau is old but no one can get him, he is a first generation student of Grand Master Yip Man and was friend with Bruce Lee because they have learned together. If you go to Hong Kong take the time to go to see Sam Lau at his school of Wing Chun and why not learn some. Here is the website of Master Sam Lau Here

@themadcurator(68)· 2743d

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@bearded-benjamin(62)· 2743d

Donny yen in Ip Man is just amazing. Love the quite and always focused character of Ip man. Watch the others pieces too, they are definitely worth it.

Greetings, Benny

@bigtakosensei(68)· 2743d

This is one of my favorite movies

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@ganjafarmer(76)· 2743d

Really good movie and definitely love the first as well. Martial arts and film have come a long way for sure.

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@moghul(65)· 2743d

I was a huge fan of Jackie chan and shaolin movies years ago and haven’t watched any good martial arts movie up until this. Excellent movie

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@midgeteg(62)· 2743d

Dang, I remember watching this when It first came out. The movie was so bad of quality thou because ya know, i had to cop that free edition

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@thatkidsblack(72)· 2743d

Now I know you've good taste -- this movie is very close to my heart in terms of martial arts and pure enjoyment. Correct choice.