Ip Man: Kung Fu Master Trailer

Interview with William Cheung

Shaolin Wing Chun

What lineage is this?

Robert Downey, Jr. on JRE

Discussion of TWC around 1 hour.

Master Z

A Ip Man Spinoff Movie

William Cheung

Another Ip Man 3 BTS Clip

As IP MAN 3 delivers the goods in cinemas worldwide right now, here is a peek behind the scenes:

Posted by TwitchFilm on Saturday, January 30, 2016

A Comparison of Wing Chun Versions

Would it help one to piece together the evolution through the different lineages and the original/basic form? Would it support claims made about a distinction between traditional Wing Chun and modified Wing Chun in the Yip Man line?

Complete Wing Chun: The Definitive Guide to Wing Chun's History and Traditions (Complete Martial Arts)
website

Wing Chun Illustrated
Wingchunpedia
Everything Wing Chun

The Grandmaster, US Version

Finally saw The Grandmaster, or one of the versions (the US) - seemed like half of the movie was about Zhang Zi Yi's character, one-half of a (fictional) doomed romance; Yip Man's wife hardly had a role in it at all. (She did speak; was it dubbed by a Chinese speaker? I don't think Song Hye Gyo can speak Cantonese so well.) I suppose Wong Kar-Wai decided to focus on one of his favorite themes, impossible romantic love, and didn't use anything else that would have made the movie more of a historically accurate biopic.

There is an extra scene after the initial credits -- a montage of fight scenes and the like not scene in the movie. Extra footage that was not included in this cut? Makes me wonder how much of the extra footage shot for the movie is usable for an extended version; however, Wong Kar-Wai may never get around to making one, even if he is interested.

The way some of the scenes were shot in slow-motion or almost at a standstill had the effect of making the images seem artificial, almost as if they were done with CGI (maybe some were?). The fight scene at the train station reminded me of a commercial -- could they have been shot better? I think so.

The fight scenes are decent; like Donnie Yen's Ip Man movies, they are an artistic representation Wing Chun but probably not realistic depictions of how it would be used. Though I wish there were some footage of the fights that Bruce Lee or William Cheung or any of Yip Man's other students participated in back in the day to use as a basis of comparison. I think I would watch the movie again because it is something to look at, despite some of the filming techniques used. But I wish it were more historically accurate and focused more on Yip Man.

Variety article on WKW and the movie

a review of the movie by a Wing Chun practitioner

Ip Man 3 Trailer

We have a new trailer for IP MAN 3, and well... there's a lot of punching going on in it!

Posted by TwitchFilm on Friday, December 4, 2015

Another Ip Man 3 Trailer

IP MAN 3's release date in Hong Kong and a few other countries around the world is just over a month away, and here's another trailer to get you excited about it.

Posted by TwitchFilm on Saturday, November 21, 2015

Related:

George Nolfi's BIRTH OF THE DRAGON has found its Bruce Lee, and it is Philip Ng! Happy, Philip?

Posted by TwitchFilm on Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Ip Man 3 BTS

Besides the US trailer, this Ip Man 3 making-of video also features plenty of Wing Chun action and is well worth checking out.

Posted by TwitchFilm on Saturday, November 14, 2015

Plus:

Ladies and gentlemen: we have a visual!After much rumor, anticipation and trepidation regarding Bruce Lee's...

Posted by TwitchFilm on Thursday, November 12, 2015

Too Much Artistic License

I really doubt this happened in real life... then again, most of the story of the Yip Man movies is fiction.

We already know that Donnie Yen will be fighting with Mike Tyson and Max Zhang in the upcoming IP MAN movie, but this...

Posted by TwitchFilm on Friday, November 6, 2015

Donnie Yen PSA

Ip Man says: "Turn off your damn phones, dammit!!" Or... actually, he's a bit more polite:

Posted by TwitchFilm on Sunday, November 1, 2015

Ip Man 3 Trailer

This is it folks, a trailer for what may be this year's most anticipated martial arts sequel: IP MAN 3!

Posted by TwitchFilm on Thursday, October 1, 2015

Ip Man 3

Donnie Yen-甄子丹 Official is getting excited for the release of IP MAN 3...stay tuned for US dates!!!! Mike Tyson #ipman3

Posted by Ip Man - The Movie on Tuesday, September 8, 2015

He's back! And we don't care if the subject is Mike Tyson, Donnie Yen, or the...

Posted by TwitchFilm on Thursday, September 10, 2015

More on RDJ and Wing Chun

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I'd rather have an extended version...

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Robert Downey, Jr. Does Wing Chun

Apparently, TWC (William Cheung)
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He has also been a good friend to Mel Gibson.

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