Yip Man Branch
Yip Man (Yip Kai-Man) was well respected by other martial arts instructors in southern China and Hong Kong. He was the first person to teach Wing Chun to a wider public. After his death, many of his students formed separate schools.
Yip Man was well known for having a very quick wit and an acid tongue. His teaching style, along with the very direct nature of the art and its despising of superfluous talk, infuses the art with a certain edginess. This is probably why Wing Chun is well known for being split into many factions.
Notable students of Yip Man include: Lun Gai, Gwok Fu, Leung Sheung(梁相), Lok Yiu (駱耀), Chu Shong-tin(徐尚田), Wong Shun Leung(黃淳樑), Wang Kiu (王喬), Yip Bo Ching (葉步青), William Cheung, Kang Sin Sin (Kong San San), Hawkins Cheung, Bruce Lee, Lo Man Kam, Wong Long, Wong Chok, Law Bing, Lee Shing, Ho Kam-Ming, Moy Yat, Duncan Leung, Derek Fung (馮平波 Fung Ping Bor), Chris Chan (陳成 Chan Shing), Victor Kan Wah Chit (簡華捷), Stanley Chan, Chow Sze Chuen, Tam Lai, Ip Ching, Ip Chun, Lee Che Kong, and Leung Ting(梁挺).
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