Ip started learning Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun when he was 9Title: 116 Wing Tsun Dummy Techniques as demonstrated by Grandmaster Yip Man, Page: 100, Author(s): Yip Chun, Publisher: Leung's Publications (February 1981) or 13.Title: Wing Tsun Kuen - 19th Edition, Page: 47, Author(s): Leung Ting, Publisher: Leung's Publications (September 2003)Knight, Dan (11 July 2012). "Sam kwok Wing Chun – Yip Man Family Tree". Kwokwingchun.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019. Chan was 57 at the time, and Ip became Chan's 16th and last student.Mastering Wing Chun, By Samuel Kwok Due to Chan's age, he was able to train Ip for only three years before suffering a mild stroke in 1909 and retiring to his village. Ip learned most of his skills and techniques from Chan's second-most senior student, Ng Chung-sok ().
Ip started learning Wing Chun from Chan Wah-shun when he was 9Title: 116 Wing Tsun Dummy Techniques as demonstrated by Grandmaster Yip Man, Page: 100 Author(s): Yip Chun, Publisher: Leung's Publications (February 1981) or 13.Title: Wing Tsun Kuen - 19th Edition, Page: 47, Author(s): Leung Ting, Publisher: Leung's Publications (September 2003)Knight, Dan (11 July 2012). "Sam kwok Wing Chun – Yip Man Family Tree". Kwokwingchun.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019. Chan was 57 at the time, and Ip became Chan's 16th and last student.Mastering Wing Chun, By Samuel Kwok Due to Chan's age, he was able to train Ip for only three years before suffering a mild stroke in 1909 and retiring to his village. Ip learned most of his skills and techniques from Chan's second-most senior student, Ng Chung-sok ().