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Ip Man

Hong Kong martial artist (1893–1972)

  • Fame62.9
  • Momentum0.7
  • China rank#149
Source-basedStable
  • Fame62.9
  • Momentum0.7
  • China rank#149
  • Wikipedia82.9K
Lived 1893–1972, aged 79China
China flagChinaOther
  • Wikipedia
    51 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in China
    #149
  • Era
    1893–1972
    Aged 79
  • Known for
    Authentic Wing Tsun Ku…
    1984
Summary
Updated 2026-08-29

The Wing Chun master who taught Bruce Lee — a lineage that turned a regional Chinese fighting style into a global phenomenon.

Biography

About

Born Ip Kai-man on 1 October 1893, he began teaching Wing Chun at twenty, spending decades refining a martial art that might have remained obscure. His school in Hong Kong produced a generation of fighters who carried the style forward, but one student reshaped the equation entirely: Bruce Lee, whose fame retroactively spotlighted the teacher. Ip Man died on 2 December 1972, his legacy sealed not by his own celebrity but by the supernova success of the young man he'd trained.

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Ip Man

Ip Man
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[To Captain Li] You know Captain Li, we martial artists are energetic. Sometimes we might be a bit too loud but doesn't mean we're not civilized.
Ip Man
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[To Kam Shan-chu] No men are afraid of their wives, they're only men who respects their wives.
Ip Man
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[To Kam Shan-chu] Good kung fu does not depend on age or sex but on how well you fight.
Ip Man
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Although martial arts involves armed forces, Chinese martial arts is Confucian in spirit. The virtue of martial arts is benevolence.
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Platforms

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
62.9
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum0.7
Historical26.1
Now attention17.4
Source confidence65.0
Completeness65.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#149
Category rank
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Receipts

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence