The "Ip Man" series is Donnie Yen's representative work , and this year is the fourth .
Back then, the banner of the first film was " Legend of Bruce Lee's mentor ", and through this title, "Grandmaster Ye Wen" entered the public eye .
But in fact, in the first three films, Bruce Lee appeared very rarely , just a high-level background board. It wasn't until the fourth installment that Bruce Lee made his debut . In "Ip Man 4", although there are also many fictional plots, for example, Ye Wen came to the United States alone and punched the American army. In fact, in reality, Ye Wen has never been to the United States , and he really made a name for himself in the United States. Ip Man's most famous apprentice - Bruce Lee .
"Ip Man 4" is the end of the entire series, and it also fills up one of the most important chapters in Ip Man's life, which is the story between him and Bruce Lee, the master and apprentice .
△ Ip Man, 1893-1972
△ Bruce Lee, 1940-1973
Over the years, there have been various rumors about the relationship between Ye Wen and Bruce Lee: some people say that the master and apprentice finally turned against each other , and Ye Wen did not forgive Bruce Lee until he died; some people said that they actually admired each other all the time and had bad rumors Pure rumour.
So, what is the real relationship between Ye Wen and Bruce Lee?
To sum up, it can be regarded as five mysteries .
Mystery.1
Bruce Lee was very conceited and didn't take Ye Wen seriously at all?
Bruce Lee loved fighting since he was a child. When he was 13 years old, he was beaten down for the first time by others, and he was very disappointed. It happened that his friend Zhang Zhuoqing was learning Wing Chun at that time , and his martial arts progressed very fast. Under the introduction of Zhang Zhuoquan, Bruce Lee worshipped Ye Wen as his teacher .
△ Ip Man (left) and Bruce Lee (right)
In order to practice Wing Chun well, Bruce Lee went to the martial arts gym every day after school, rain or shine . He also built a wooden puppet at home and practiced by himself. Not only that, he often "opens a small stove" in the homes of several brothers, practicing at least five or six hours a day .
Other friends who learn boxing together are like signing up for a gym, and they go every three or five times, and no one can match the intensity of Bruce Lee's learning . Ye Wen's son, Ye Zhun, once heard his father say, "The average person's practice time in a week or a month is not as good as Xiaolong's practice time in a day." The TV series "Legend of Bruce Lee" shows Bruce Lee's obsession with Wing Chun .
△ Ip Man's son Ye Zhun
Bruce Lee is indeed very conceited . He said that ordinary teachers can't help him, because their concepts and techniques are rigid, and they can't teach enlightened students at all.
But Ye Wen has a way to control this conceited "bear boy" . What method did he use? Ye Wen only taught Bruce Lee some new moves after he had been kicking, kicking and beating for a while until he was exhausted. Because at this time, Bruce Lee has no physical strength, so he will not be anxious when practicing. Bruce Lee admired Ip Man very much, he said: He didn't know what a "teacher" was until he met Ip Man .
Bruce Lee progressed very fast, but he put all the kung fu he learned into fighting and became a street bully. As a result, many people were offended. Father Li Haiquan had no choice but to send Bruce Lee to the United States . In 1959, Bruce Lee left Hong Kong before he finished Wing Chun. After arriving in the United States, Bruce Lee often made transoceanic phone calls to Ip Man to discuss Wing Chun techniques .
△ Bruce Lee and his parents
Therefore, Bruce Lee is conceited, it is true, but to say that he did not take Ip Man seriously, that is pure rumor .
Mystery.2
Bruce Lee created Jeet Kune Do and became a "traitor of Wing Chun"?
In the 1960s, Bruce Lee founded Jeet Kune Do in the United States , and some people thought he was a Wing Chun traitor. Because he followed Ye Wen since he was a child, but he actually started a sect.
Ye Wen had never made a statement, but Bruce Lee couldn't sit still.
When he returned to Hong Kong from the United States to make a movie, one day a friend made a bet with him that if Bruce Lee invited Ip Man to dinner, it would prove that the two were mentors and apprentices . Bruce Lee immediately called Ye Wen.
He came up and said directly: Master, I am Xiaolong, do you still recognize me as an apprentice?
Ye Wen is very smart, he replied, it's up to you to admit it or not, and kicked the ball to Bruce Lee again. Unexpectedly, Bruce Lee immediately said, invite Master to drink. Ye Wen only found out when he went to the drinking place that Bruce Lee made a bet with his friends. Because of this, is there a gap between the master and the apprentice? there must be. But Ye Wen didn't care about it, Bruce Lee's was very direct, which resolved the estrangement .
In "Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle", this was mentioned. In the movie, after Bruce Lee asked Ye Wen out, he was very arrogant and didn't take this former master seriously at all. But is this a fiction of the movie, or is it the reality? I'm afraid only the parties involved know .
Bruce Lee said in many interviews that his master was Ye Wen . As for Ye Wen, he never denied Bruce Lee's apprentice . Therefore, the term "Wing Chun traitor" is actually groundless.
Mystery.3
Using Jeet Kune Do to challenge fellow students in Wing Chun, Bruce Lee specifically humiliated Ip Man?
In 1970, when Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong for a short time, he once consulted with his fellow students in Wing Chun . Jeet Kune Do is too fast, the opponent is not his opponent at all. Bruce Lee said that if he doesn't control himself, he can hit each other every time.
Seeing this scene, what was Ye Wen's reaction? very angry? Think Bruce Lee is humiliating himself with Jeet Kune Do?
In fact, at this time, Ye Wen also realized that Bruce Lee had his own unique insights into martial arts based on Wing Chun . So, Ip Man watched while taking notes. He also left Bruce Lee and asked him a lot of questions, trying to incorporate Bruce Lee's movements and techniques into Wing Chun .
△ Bruce Lee and Ip Man Shuanggui (chi) hands
When he was free , he also asked Bruce Lee to practice the special techniques he had seen in the United States one by one .
△ Ip Man used the iron ring made by Bruce Lee to practice the technique of small thoughts
When Ip Man was young, he studied at St. Stephen's College in Hong Kong and drank foreign ink. He was very liberated and enlightened . This also makes his attitude towards Bruce Lee is very tolerant. Therefore, the so-called humiliation of fellow students does not exist.
Mystery.4
Bruce Lee tried to exchange his house for the secret of Wing Chun, and Ip Man hated him because of it?
Ip Man's son, Ye Zhun, said in the book "Ip Man Wing Chun" that Bruce Lee once used a mansion as a bargaining chip, and wanted Ip Man to photograph the wooden dummy method and let him take it back to the United States and learn it by himself. Ip Man was not wealthy at the time, but he directly rejected the request. Some people speculate that Ip Man disliked Bruce Lee very much because of this.
△ "Ip Man Wing Chun" cover
△ Paragraphs from the book "Ip Man Wing Chun"
Later, Ye told the reason why his father did this . In fact, he did not hate Bruce Lee. On the contrary, he wanted to prevent Bruce Lee from being attacked by his peers . Bought punches .
△ Ip Man's son Ye Zheng (left) and Ye Zhun (middle)
Ye Wen's apprentice Liang Shaohong recalled that he had asked Bruce Lee, and it was not that Ye Wen didn't teach Bruce Lee the method of wooden dummy piles, but that he did not teach him "demolition of piles" , which is the practical usage of wooden dummy piles.
Because the demolition of piles consumes a lot of physical strength, Ip Man is not young, and he has no energy to teach Bruce Lee. Therefore, the matter of exchanging the house for the secret book and causing the teacher and apprentice to break up is probably not what everyone has said.
Mystery.5
Is Bruce Lee disrespectful to Ye Wen by not attending Master's funeral?
On December 1, 1972, Ip Man died of throat cancer at the age of 79. He was hailed as the master of Wing Chun by later generations. But as Ip Man's most famous disciple, Bruce Lee did not attend the funeral . Some people speculate that Ip Man Bruce Lee's master and apprentice are bad friends. So what is the truth?
In fact, Ip Man is proud of Bruce Lee, but his students are very hostile to Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee thinks that they can't see his own creation of Jeet Kune Do and are jealous that he has become a big star.
In fact, Bruce Lee didn't attend Master's funeral, and it was these people who played tricks in the middle .
Bruce Lee knew that it had been three days since Ye Wen's death , and he only had time to attend Ye Wen's family sacrifice , because at that time, Ye Wen's students did not inform him at all. After Bruce Lee found out about this, he felt both uncomfortable and disappointed, because attending a funeral and a family sacrifice have completely different meanings. He has always respected Ye Wen .
△ Bruce Bruce participated in the Master's Family Ceremony
Unfortunately, 8 months after Ip Man's death, Bruce Lee died suddenly and the superstar fell, leaving future generations with endless nostalgia and speculation.
In general, the relationship between Ip Man and Bruce Lee is not as bad as the rumors from the outside world. The two are mentors and apprentices. Ip Man appreciates Bruce Lee, and Bruce Lee respects Ye Man .
Without Ip Man and Wing Chun, there would be no Bruce Lee and Jeet Kune Do. And Bruce Lee's huge fame has also played a vital role in spreading Ip Man and Wing Chun around the world .
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