The Grandmaster has to be one of my all time favorite martial arts movie. Grandmaster is based on a marital arts master who is know as Ip man. He is also the teacher that had trained Bruce Lee. Ip man lives a peaceful life in the Southern part of China, but Gong Yutian who is the grandmaster of the Northern China comes to the South to announce that he is retired and has given his student Ma San the heir to the North. Ip man was chosen by the grandmasters of the South to represent them and challenge Gong Yutian, in the end Ip man won the challenge and parted ways with Gong. Gong Er the daughter of Gong Yutian didn't accept the defeat and challenge Ip man to regain her families honor. In the end of the challenge Gong Er won and also gained a friendship with Ip man.
During the second Sino-Japanese war Ip man's family died in poverty leaving him alone. He then decides to move to Hong Kong to start a career in martial arts. He had to challenge numerous martials arts teacher to gain the respect and he did, he defeated all the martial arts teachers and made a reputation. His school is now popular to all martial arts people and has gained a famous student well know to everyone. Bruce Lee.
I love martial arts movies as well and when I watched Ip Man on Netflix, I was blown away. The film was great because the plot was in depth and the action scenes were simply sublime. The fact that he is Bruce Lee's mentor is also an amazing thing. Keep up the blogs!
ReplyDeleteI like martial art movies too but haven't watched one for years. I have heard about this movie and been curious about it because I like Bruce Lee. Reading your blog, now I really want to watch it. The life story of Ip man sounds interesting because I am interested in that time of Chinese history. Thank you fro sharing, and I will enjoy watching it soon.
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOD!! THE GRANDMASTER IS ONE OF THE ILLEST MOVIES OUT THERE!! I watched IP man recently that started Donnie yen and man these movies are just too good!! Such a good blog and movie! cant wait to read more!!
ReplyDeleteI love martial arts movies too and I have to say, I consider Ip Man too be the greatest martial artist that ever existed. It's amazing how he was the teacher of the famous Martial artist and movie star Bruce Lee. thanks for sharing your information.
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