IP Man

Was invited and thanks so much to GSC ^^

IP Man??? Is there a new movie that talks bout hacker? That is my reaction when I first heard of that name – IP Man. Then only I get to know that it’s actually a movie of a legendary kung-fu grandmaster… the master of Bruce Lee… his name is Ip Man (Yip Man).

Here’s a wooden dummy that the grandmaster used to practice his wing chun with. It is now located at Ip Man Tong and Foshan, Canton.

But of course, we are not going back to the Discovery Channel type of documentary movie. This is a very fun, entertaining and full of energy type of movie where you can see the demonstration of the art of Wing Chun. And leading the role of this grandmaster will be no other than the very well trained kung fu actor, Donnie Yen.

We have here a photo of Donnie with the Grandmaster in the background~

Got to catch hold of this movie at the preview screening at Mid Valley on Wednesday~

This movie is so fun to watch, that you do not need to wait long to catch the first action or move. The movie also carries with it fighting action taking place in various environment such as at home, factory, japanese dojo and on stage. The moment that I like most will be at home, when Ip Man’s son cycle out in his small bicycle asking his dad to faster end it before more things are broken in house. So innocent, cute and brings with it some humour.

It seems that in the earlier days, this movie was supposed to be filmed by reknown director Wong Kar Wai (2046) and the role of Ip Man was to be acted by Tony Leung Chiu Wai. But somehow that didn’t happen and it is now being filmed by Raymond Wong, with Donnie Yen leading the main cast. There were some conspiracy when this happen, even to the name of the movie… leading to it being called as “Ip Man” now (if you need to know, it seems that Wong Kar Wai’s five year rights to produce the movie has expired). Though I love Tony’s acting very much, I still believe that Donnie will be able to bring out the character better.

Besides the movie, the official website of Ip Man have interesting things not to be missed.

When you log on to the site, you will already be shown Wing Chun kung fu. The loading bar will show different moves of Wing Chun~

Besides the bar, even the menu will show you some Wing Chun move practising with the wooden dummy~

If you love kung fu and enjoy watching some cool moves, this is the movie not to be missed!!!

* i posted this late although watched it earlier, now diz movie already on screen running. TRUST ME, u hav my words, this is a really fantastic Kung Fu movie as all of us know, the lead cast has got real Kung Fu ^^

*** IP in chinese means LEAF… we actually have the same surname… both IP aka LEAF… hehe IP Man is cool, and i hope that me, the IP Woman, can enlighten u in this post~ :P :P