Behind Bruce Lee’s legendary career is his even more legendary master, the grandmaster of the Wing Chun martial art himself, Ip Man. Through his multi-faceted life, he trained a wide range of martial ...
Over the past two decades, the historical figure of Ip Man – martial arts grandmaster and one-time trainer of Bruce Lee – has grown to a near-mythic status in Chinese cinema. Thanks to the unrelated ...
WONG KAR-WAI’S The Grandmaster—albeit in edited form—opened in Portland a few weeks ago. You can still find it in theaters, and those with a modicum of internet savvy can track down the original edit.
In 1950s Hong Kong, British merchants and Chinese triads have joined forces to expand their territory, forcibly demolishing factories without regard for public welfare. This move draws fierce ...