And today's discussion is Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明 or 黒沢 明,

[foot]

Ip man is a great film, can recomend it.

 

[spangley_special]

Interesting, I've often read his name spelt Yip Man, rather than Ip Man.

 

[Derekkk]

ip is an very gd movie

 

[Bolter]

Interesting, I've often read his name spelt Yip Man, rather than Ip Man.

You wrong brother!

(I have also heard this)

 

[spangley_special]

Definitely gonna watch Ip Man, having studied Wing Tsun for several years in my youth I'm really intrigued to see how the film is.

You wrong brother!

(I have also heard this)

Most chinese translations have multiple spellings mind, there are like 4 or so spelling so Wing Tsun and several of Qi Gong, most just seem to be variation on how people spell it phonetically.
And as most these words will never get in the dictionary who is to say which is correct? as after all our characters do not exist in their written language.

 

[Bolter]

Definitely gonna watch Ip Man, having studied Wing Tsun for several years in my youth I'm really intrigued to see how the film is.



Most chinese translations have multiple spellings mind, there are like 4 or so spelling so Wing Tsun and several of Qi Gong, most just seem to be variation on how people spell it phonetically.
And as most these words will never get in the dictionary who is to say which is correct? as after all our characters do not exist in their written language.

it seems, we are all right yippee! :whoo:

Yip Man (simplified Chinese: 叶问; traditional Chinese: 葉問; pinyin: yè wèn, Cantonese Jyutping: jip man; Ip Man; also known as 葉繼問 He was born on October 1, 1893 and died on December 2, 1972. Yip Kai Man was considered the first martial arts master (Chinese: Sifu) to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun openly. He had several students who later became martial arts teachers in their own right, including Bruce Lee. He was born to Yip Oi Dor and Ng Shui, and was the third of four children. He grew up in a very wealthy family in Foshan, Guangdong, and received an exceptional traditional Chinese education. His older brother was Ip Kai Gak. His older sister was Ip Wan Mei and his younger sister was Ip Wan Hum.

Yip Kai Man was the last Wing Chun student of Chan Wah-shun when he was 70 years old.