As expected, Sammo Hung brings exciting fight choregraphy to the Ip Man movie. Donnie Yen puts on a great show of speed and accuracy when he takes on ten Japanese fighters at once. This is possibly the best fight scene in the Ip Man movie, with Donnie Yen demonstrating his grappling and chain punching prowess. Towards the end of the fight, there is a shot of Yen chain punching a Japanese fighter all the way to the ground! Nice.
Other fight scenes see Donnie Yen fighting with a pole and a feather duster (a la Jackie Chan make-do style).
There are not too many fight scenes in Ip Man, owing to the fact that the film's intention is to portray the events of Ip Man's life. It is not supposed to be a non stop fight fest. Nevertheless, let's cut the yada yada and show some Ip Man fights!
Ip Man vs Sifu Liu
This is more like friendly chi sau than a fully fledged fight, but it's excellent nonetheless. I love it. The other guy didn't stand a chance. Whaddya mean it's not real?!
Ip Man vs 10 Black Belts
The title sums up the action and there are no prizes for guessing the outcome of the fight.
Northerner vs Kung Fu Schools
Check out the new kid in town. He fights his way through the towns top martial artists in less than 5 minutes. OK, I know it's flashy, but all those showy moves are just too unnecessary and a waster of time and energy. What he needs is a lesson in Wing Chun Just Enoughness.
Ip Man vs Northern Kung Fu Stylist
Ip Man displays minimalist movement here when fighting the new guy in town. He throws some nice looking Wing Chun shapes. Feather duster mayhem ahoy! I hear that Ip Chun is thinking about introducing a feather duster form to complement the six and a half point pole.
Factory Workers vs Bandits
Having been forced to do one hour siu lim taus every morning, the factory workers are not the easy target those banditos anticipated.
Fight For Rice
These looks like the seeds of revenge being sown.
Ip Man Ultimate Fight
You know Donnie Yen (sorry Ip Man) meant business when he rolled his sleeves up! There was never really any doubt about who's fight this was. But wait - was that a spinning back kick that Ip Man did at 2:05? I don't remember doing that in the forms! Love the bit where he uses the general as his own wooden dummy.
