Yip man(Life in Hong Kong)
Ip, his wife Cheung and their daughter arrived in Hong Kong through Macau in 1950. His wife and daughter would later return to Foshan to retrieve their identity cards. However, due to the closure of borders between China and Hong Kong in 1951, Ip and Cheung were separated for good, with the latter remaining in Foshan.
Initially, Ip Man's teaching business was poor in Hong Kong because Ip's students typically stayed for only a couple of months. He moved his school twice: first to Castle Peak Road in Sham Shui Po, and then to Lee Tat Street (利達街) in Yau Ma Tei. By then, some of his students had attained proficiency in Wing Chun and were able to start their own schools. They would go on and spar with other martial artists to compare their skills, and their victories helped to increase Ip's fame.
In about 1955, probably out of loneliness and realized the separation with his wife would be permanent,[dubious ] he had a mistress from Shanghai, whom was referred by his students simply as Shanghai Po (上海婆). Ip and this mistress also had an illegitimate son named Ip Siu-wah (葉少華). Meanwhile at Foshan, his wife Cheung died of cancer in 1960. Ip never formally introduced his mistress to his other sons, who eventually arrived in Hong Kong to reunite with him in 1962.[10]
In 1967, Ip and some of his students established the Ving Tsun Athletic Association (詠春體育會).[11][12] The main purpose of the Ving Tsun Athletic Association was to help Ip tackle his financial difficulties in Hong Kong,[13] which was said to have caused his supposed regular use of opium.[14] One of his former students, Duncan Leung, claimed that Ip used tuition money to support his opium addiction.[15] Ip's mistress died of cancer in 1968, and their son would later become a Wing Chun practitioner, like his half-brothers.
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