{{Short description|Chinese martial artist (1936–2020)}} {{family name hatnote|Yip/Ip|lang=Chinese}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox martial artist | name = Ip Ching | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Ip Hok-ching (葉學正) | birth_date = {{birth date|1936|07|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = Foshan, Guangdong, Republic of China | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|1|25|1936|07|07|df=yes}} | death_place = Hong Kong | death_cause = | native_name = 葉正 | native_name_lang = zh | other_names = | nationality = Chinese | martial_art = | style = Wing Chun | stance = | fighting_out_of = | teacher = | rank = Grandmaster | years_active = | occupation = Martial arts practitioner | university = | spouse = | children = | relatives = Ip Man (father) <br> Cheung Wing-sing (mother) <br> Ip Chun (big brother) <br> Ip Nga-sum (sister) <br> Ip Nga-wun (sister) <br> Ip Siu-wah (half-brother) | students = | club = Ving Tsun Athletic Association | school = | website = {{URL|http://www.ipching.org.hk}} | module = {{Infobox Chinese |child = yes |t = 葉學正 |s = 叶学正 |p = Yè xué zhèng |y = Yihp Hohk Jing |j = jip6 hok6 zing3 }} | module2 = }} '''Ip Ching''' (born '''Ip Hok-ching'''; 7 July 1936 – 25 January 2020) was a Hong Kong martial artist, co-author for various short books, and a technical consultant for most movies related to him. He was one of five Grandmasters of the Ip Man (Yip Man) family of Wing Chun Kung Fu.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parkes |first=Douglas |date=2020-02-01 |title=Martial arts legend Ip Man's son, Ip Ching, has died – 5 things to know about the wing chun grandmaster |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3048404/martial-arts-legend-ip-mans-son-ip-ching-has-died-5 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Frank|first=Bram|title=Whfsc Grandmaster's Council: A Compendium of the World's Leading Grandmasters|year=2013|isbn=9781300575672|pages=153|publisher=Lulu.com }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Judkins |first=Ben |date=2020-01-26 |title=Remembering Ip Ching (1936-2020) |url=https://chinesemartialstudies.com/2020/01/26/remembering-ip-ching-1936-2020/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Kung Fu Tea |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == {{Tone|section|date=September 2020}} He was born Ip Hok-ching in Foshan in 1936<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vingtsun.org.hk/|title=Ving Tsun Athletic Association|access-date=1 September 2014}}</ref>{{nonspecific|date=September 2020}} as the second son of Ip Man and his wife Cheung Wing-sing. Soon after, his parents and his sister, Ip Nga-sum, left and traveled to Hong Kong in around 1950 in search of a better life for the family. Only his mother and sister returned home.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Ving Tsun Ip Ching Athletic Association |url=http://www.ipching.org.hk/index_e.htm |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824082849/http://www.ipching.org.hk/index_e.htm |archive-date=2023-08-24 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=www.ipching.org.hk}}</ref>{{Nonspecific|date=August 2024}}
In the first years of the Cultural Revolution, Ip Ching "was sent to the countryside for an extended period of labor and reeducation with the peasantry."<ref name=":0" /> In 1962, Hong Kong's borders were briefly reopened, so Ip Ching and his older brother, Ip Chun, moved from Foshan to Hong Kong to join their father.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ip Ching 葉正 {{!}} eWingChun |url=https://www.ewingchun.com/sifus/ip-ching-%E8%91%89%E6%AD%A3 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.ewingchun.com}}</ref>
His father, Ip Man, taught from his home. In addition to learning Wing Chun at his father's home, Ip Ching had been an avid observer of his father teaching other students and gained valuable insight into his father's teaching methods.<ref name=":0" /> At one point, his father left home to live elsewhere due to a dispute between him and Ip Chun over his Shanghai mistress<ref name=":0" /> and his illegitimate son Ip Siu-wah.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} After that, his father rarely would interact with him or his brother outside of their training lessons.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=About us - Ip ching - The Wing Chun School |url=https://www.thewingchunschool.com/about/ip-ching |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=www.thewingchunschool.com}}</ref>
Ip Man died in 1972, and Ip Ching left the training hall but continued to reside in his father's home. He later ran a textile manufacturing business in Lam Tei, New Territories, and continued to teach Wing Chun privately to his disciples in his home. In 1994, he retired from his business and devoted himself to teaching Wing Chun.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
He served as a Wing Chun consultant alongside his brother Ip Chun on the films ''Ip Man 3 and Ip Man 4: The Finale'', however, Ip Ching did not want to be credited nor interviewed.<ref name=":0" /> Jim Liu portrayed the character of Ip Ching in ''Ip Man 3'', and Ye He portrays Ip Ching in ''Ip Man 4: The Finale''.
Ip Ching died on 25 January 2020 due to an illness and was cremated at Cape Collinson Crematorium in Hong Kong on 8 February 2020.<ref name=":1" />
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411033643/http://www.thewingchunschool.com/html/gmic.htm |date=April 11, 2015 |title=The Wing Chun School – Grand Master Ip Ching: A Short Biography}} * [http://ipcombat.com/ip-ching-grand-master/ Ip Ching (Grand Master)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127045803/http://ipcombat.com/ip-ching-grand-master/ |date=2021-01-27 }}, profile at the Int'l Wing Chun Combat & Eastern Arts Council site * {{IMDb name|7760269}}
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