Grandmaster Ip Ching
Grandmaster Ip Ching, and Masters Train, Heimberger, and
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Grandmaster Ip Ching at the 1997 Summer Training Camp in Utah.
Master Ron Heimberger | Master Garner Train | Master Sam Chan
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His warm heart and humble personality has surprised many people in a world
full of competition and ego.
Ip Ching was born 1936 in Foo Shan, China, the
youngest son of the famous Wing Chun Grandmaster Ip Man (The filmstar Burce Lee's
Teacher). Most of the famous martial art masters lived in Foo Shan during the time Ip
Ching was growing up and at the age of thirteen Ip Ching began Wing Chun training under
his fathers guidance. However his training was discontinued when his father moved to Hong
Kong to try and find a better life for his family. Ip Man brought his eldest daughter with
him to Hong Kong, leaving behind his brother Ip Chun and his other sisters to live with
their mother in China.
After Ip Ching graduated high school, he
attended College in Canton. After which, in 1962, he moved to Hong Kong and was reunited
with his father, once again training in Wing Chun under his fathers direct guidance.
Ip Man's school was at his house and Ip Ching
lived with his father. This gave Ip Ching an enormous amount of insight to Wing Chun and
his fathers teaching methods. Because of this he assisted his father, training students in
the Wing Chun system until 1972 when Ip Man died.
The house was passed to Ip Ching where he lives
with his family today. After Ip Man's death, Ip Ching continued teaching Wing Chun part
time, and opened a successful manufacturing factory that he ran until 1994 where upon he
decided to retire and begin teaching Wing Chun full time once again. Today Ip Ching
teaches privately in his home as well as at the Ip Man Ving Tsun Athletic Association in
Hong Kong. Traveling abroad he conducts Wing Chun seminars in the United Kingdom, Europe,
and the United States.