Ip soon confronts Hung, who blames him for the recent events since he refused to pay protection fees, whereas Ip criticizes Hung’s management of his students. Ip is thus forced by his landlady to close up and move the school to his home. In response, Hung has his students loiter in front of the Wing Chun school and harass anyone interested, causing a street brawl between them and Ip’s disciples. Ip is allowed to keep running his school on the condition that he pay his monthly protection fees, but he declines.
Ip attends the ceremony and defeats his first 2 challengers, before striking a draw with the last challenger, Hung. Hung and Fatso act as reluctant collectors for the martial arts schools (including Hung’s) as part of a protection racket headed by Superintendent Wallace, a corrupt officer in the Hong Kong Police Department. Ip, Wong, and Jin are subsequently arrested by Officer Fatso for disturbing the peace but are later released on bail. Ip introduces himself, and Hung informs him that before setting up a school, he needs to attend a special ceremony to test his worth. The students’ master and head of the coalition of Hong Kong’s martial arts clubs, Hung Chun-nam, arrives to break up the fight. Fighting their way outside, an outnumbered Ip and Wong are rescued by Jin Shanzhao, a martial artist, former bandit, and once rival of Ip, who comes to their aid with his own gang. Ip goes to the local wet market as directed, but the meeting ends in a confrontation with a growing mob of Hung Ga students. One of them, Kei, challenges Wong to a fight and loses, but his friends take Wong hostage in revenge and demand a ransom from Ip. Wong is later confronted by some Hung Ga students while posting promotional posters for Ip’s school. Stunned and impressed by Ip’s skills, Wong and his friends become Ip’s first students, bringing more disciples to help the school thrive. A humiliated Wong leaves, only to return later with some friends to gang up on him Ip easily beats them as well.
One day, a young man named Wong Shun Leung appears and promptly challenges Ip to a fight, but is easily defeated. In 1950, Ip desires to open a school to propagate his art, as well as make a living during the difficult times, but he struggles to attract students due to his lack of reputation in the city. Wing Chun master Ip Man and his family move to Hong Kong in 1949 after their escape from Japanese-occupied Foshan. This amount does not include successful DVD sales all over United States, Asia and Europe. In total, Ip Man 2 grossed an estimated US$49 million worldwide. During its theatrical run, Ip Man 2 brought in over HK$43 million domestically, and its domestic theatrical gross made it the highest grossing Hong Kong film released during the first half of 2010. The film grossed over HK$13 million on its opening weekend, immediately surpassing Ip Man’s opening weekend gross. The film met with positive reviews, with particular praise for the film’s storytelling and Sammo Hung’s martial arts choreography. It premiered in Beijing on 21 April 2010, and was released in Hong Kong on 29 April 2010. Ip Man 2 is the second film in the “Ip Man” film series. For the sequel, Yip aimed to create a more dramatic martial arts film in terms of story and characterization Wong’s son, screenwriter Edmond Wong, wanted the film to explore the treatment of Hong Kongers during the colonial era and Western perceptions of Chinese martial arts. Principal photography for Ip Man 2 began in August 2009 and concluded in November filming took place inside a studio located in Shanghai. However, they were unable to finalize film rights with Lee’s descendants and decided to briefly portray Lee as a child.
For Ip Man 2, the filmmakers intended to focus on the relationship between Ip and his most famed disciple, Bruce Lee.
Producer Raymond Wong first announced a sequel before Ip Man’s theatrical release in December 2008. He attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun, but faces rivalry from other practitioners, including the local master of Hung Ga martial arts. Continuing after the events of the earlier film, the sequel centres on Ip’s movements in British Hong Kong. A sequel to the 2008 film Ip Man, Ip Man 2 was directed by Wilson Yip and stars Donnie Yen, who reprises the leading role. Ip Man 2 : Legend of the Grandmaster is a 2010 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film loosely based on the life of Ip Man, a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. Ip Man 2 : Legend of the Grandmaster Urdu Dubbed Chinese Movie
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