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Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Yip Man

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Chinese martial artist Yip Man.

Last updated on April 21, 2025.

Yip Man

Ip Man, also known as Yip Man, was a Chinese martial artist and a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun when he was 20. He had several students who later became martial arts masters in their own right, the most famous among them being Bruce Lee.

Chinese - Martial Artist | October 6, 1893 - December 2, 1972

Source: Wikipedia

It is difficult for a student to pick a good teacher, but it is more difficult for a teacher to pick a good student.

Yip Man

Yip Man

Greet what arrives, escort what leaves and rush upon loss of contact

Yip Man

Yip Man

The ideal in Martial Arts is humanitarianism. Accomplishment uses diligence as a goal. — © Yip Man

The ideal in Martial Arts is humanitarianism. Accomplishment uses diligence as a goal.

Yip Man

Yip Man

We all have inner demons to fight, we call these demons, fear and hatred and anger. If you do not conquer them then a life of one hundred years is a tragedy. If you do, then a life of a single day can be a triumph.

Yip Man

Yip Man

Students from the same teacher will differ in their skills

Yip Man

Yip Man

Relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow your opponent's movement.

Yip Man

Yip Man

There is no difference in who started to study first; the one who achieves accomplishment is first.

Yip Man

Yip Man

Do not fight with the strength, absorb it, and it flows, use it.

Yip Man

Yip Man

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