The boxer "Twister" was named Darren Shahlavi. He was a great martial artist and my friend back in the days of MySpace. He passed away due to a heart attack in his sleep. He was in 300 and I had a conversation with him about his agents getting in touch with Lucas back in the day about the roll of Quinlan Vos because @ the time some of the art work looked like him. He agreed 😊. This is way before any of the stuff Disney has now. My favorite movie that put him on the map was "Bloodmoon." It's a cult classic where he plays the ultimate villain. Staring Gary Daniels. The Star Wars thing was our last conversation in 2009-2010. We had other conversations and i miss those. He was a cool dude 😢
My favorite part of this movie is you really start to see Ip Man taking on the role of a Master. He not only teaches his students lessons in this film, but the other Masters as well. Also, the fight choreography seems like it's on another level of intensity compared to the first film even though they get less realistic. Definitely check out Ip Man 3 & 4.
I also like that they continue to make the sequels personal instead of escalating the stakes, which is what most movie franchises do. Granted that'd prolly be a harder feat to pull off in a historical setting.
This movie always reminds me of Rocky 4. A foreign boxer challenges a old boxer/Martial artist, who sadly dies in the fight. His protege/friend challenges that foreign boxer and defeats him. Gives a speech about peace and harmony.
Darren Shahlavi the Twister is one of the most amazing acts, fun fact that he did train under/with Donnie Yen in real life, and was a good old friend of Donnie, they also worked together decades ago on martial art movies. read it on the news of his death. it's sad that he passed away so young, he's got so much potential. R.I.P
Sooo excited for this one!! :) I know y'all are busy, but I hope that you're both able to continue with the 3rd and 4th. It's great that these films are getting some love.
I'd love a reaction to Ip Man Zero. Sammo Hung participates there as well and we get to know more about Ip Man's origin in terms of Wing Chun (even though I'm not sure how much of it is actually true)
If you haven't taken a look at Donnie and Sammo's past work, I highly HIGHLY recommend "SPL: Sha Po Lang"! They're also against each other in that film, but where their fight scene in "Ip Man" is somewhat graceful, in "SPL" they're just downright brutal.
Sammo is a ultra legend, not only was in this movie he was the fight choreographer for ip man and made 2 of the other best wing chun movies ever with warriors 2 and prodigal son... btw it's a wing chun dummy.
what i love about IP MAN and BRUCE LEE is real life, they were respecting every kind of martial arts and fighting style. they given it to the world to learn about it but mostly at that time and now the martial artist all over the world don't like to spread their art to other parts of the world. they both are the people who globalized many different fighting styles.
The tool Ip Man uses to practice Wong Chun is called "Mokjong" (Wooden dummy or Wooden man). It's used in many different styles of Kung Fu, mainly southern styles, such as Wing Chun, Choi Li Fut, Pak Mei and Hung Gar. It has many variations in it's designs depending on the martial art's aplications.
The Ip Man series is loosely based on the true story of Yip Man. There was a British Boxer in Hong Kong challenging Kung fu martial artists but it was Ip Man’s first student that challenged the boxer on a fight not Yip/Ip Man.
As a woman, I too want to see more women fighter in movies like this :D Though fortunately, this one seems to be the exception rather than the norm with chinese movies. And not to forget, that Wing Chun style itself was created by a woman! There was actually an old movie about that titled Wing Chun, starring Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen.
Hongkong cinema has had a wide variety of female fighters, unfortunately Hongkong's movie industry is in decline since China got hold of the city (since 1997). The number of movies in general and especially action / martial arts movies went down dramatically and with it female lead action movies. If you want to see more woman fighters you have to go back to the 80s and 90s - the golden age. You'll find plenty there, and they kick ass so hard, modern Hollywood (still) doesn't get even close in comparison.
The wooden dummy is called that; a wooden dummy for practicing the Wing Chun moves. Wing Chun is actually founded by a Buddhist nun and named after one of her top students who used the martial arts style to ward off a guy who wanted to marry her. Also, there's various distinct styles of Wing Chun but the concept still remain the same which is simplicity and using the least number of moves to achieve maximum result. There's other principles as well within the concept but that's the general gist. Fun fact, Robert Downey Jr is a known Wing Chun practitioner for a long time and he credits the martial art as one of the main reasons he was able to overcome his known addiction issues.
Historically it was customary for different fighting styles to test against each other. So this was not strange for the Boxer to test Kungfu styles. In Hong Kong they trained on the roofs and fights were held between different schools and styles. Ip mans first pupil in this movie was an undefeated rooftop legend in Hong Kong (think he has like 60plus wins to his name).
It was super fun watching your last reaction video and it's super fun watching this as well!! I just wanted to say the reason why Sammo Hung is referred to as the 'action director' and not stunt coordinator/choreographer, is because he's actually directing all the action scenes! In Hong Kong, action directors are in charge of choreography, framing the scene, and editing the fight sequences!
those old masters ip fights in the table scene are like legends of the 70s martial arts cinema scene. my main man lo meng, love him hes the one doing the squinting. The training thing is often called the wooden man
Fun Facts: • Donnie was a breakdancer in his younger years • The actor who plays Sammo’s student in the alleyway also played a younger version of Ip Man in The Legend is Born: Ip Man
Shoutout to Roxy's observations. I've seen this and the first movie a whole bunch of times, and she just drops something (in both) that I completely missed. Great eye. More of her, please!
Love you guys' reaction to Ip Man He was the one martial artist that actually inspired me to get interested in self-defense, primarily for the uniqueness of the style and the values brought along with it. Glad you guys enjoyed his character!
Quan is Ip Man best friend . The closest to being his brother . Ip Man blame himself for not being there when Quan was shot and is blaming himself for what happened to him 😢
as a asian person, i'm so happy to see y'all watch this; and see our diffrent cultures. i hope you'll see the other matial arts that we asians have!!! thank you so much!!.
I'm glad you enjoyed this movie as well. Allow me to bring up the historicity of this movie based on my own knowledge. Once again, similar in structure to the first Ip Man movie, the first act of the movie is rooted heavily in historical fact, while the 2nd act reflected the sentiments of the period but none of the events were real. Leung, the first student, is Wong Shun Leung. Wong Shun Leung is known in the Hong Kong martial arts community as one of the greatest street fighters and finest martial artist to have lived and fought in Hong Kong. As Ip Man's most senior student, he was in fact Bruce Lee's primary trainer. By the time Bruce Lee joined Ip Man's school, Ip Man was already very old and wasn't in the best of health. And so, Ip Man assigned Wong Shun Leung to train Bruce Lee. According to Bruce Lee's writings, Wong Shun Leung was the single greatest influence that shaped his philosophy when it comes to the Martial Arts. Ip Man was subject to hazing by other Martial Arts clubs and societies and came out the other end respected by the other masters, this much is historical. Wing Chun and Hung Gar kung fu has had a long rivalry within Hong Kong's martial arts community, this much is also true, though it is likely anachronistic that Ip Man's student fought gang wars with students from Hung Gar schools, even though these gang wars did happen frequently in that time. Disputes between Martial Arts schools were frequently settled in duels behind closed doors, frequently on roof tops. Once again, Donnie Yen's acting was coached by Ip Chun, the son of Ip Man, to replicate the historical Ip Man's mannerisms, from how he held his cigarette, to how he would sit at the roof top to smoke, to how sheepishly shy he is when it comes to collecting fees from his students. All that was as historical as it gets from the sons of Ip Man, from the memories of Ip Chun and Ip Ching themselves. During post World War 2 British Hong Kong, the government was very corrupt. The Governor was chosen by the parliament in London and appointed by the Queen, and the Police Commissioners was chosen by the British Governors. The Executive and Legislative Council was completely appointed by the British Governor, and it was only with the looming handover to China in 1997, that the British give the Hong Kongers elections in 1985 and 1991. Before that, Hong Kongers had no say in their government, and had little to no trust in their government and their police. You'll find many Hong Kong TV shows depicting British leadership (especially British Police Captains and Commissioners) very poorly in the late 80s, 90s and early 2000s. This led to plenty of secret societies being formed, and street justice being meted out within communities rather than subject themselves to the legal process and the mercy of an uncaring government that ruled the people rather than represent them. It was in these conditions that Martial Arts schools became a core part of the Hong Kong underworld. With limited access to (as well as a cultural disdain for) guns, street justice was enacted with fists and melee weapons. Hong Kong Triads were very powerful when the British were in charge, and this remained true until surprisingly recently.
Recommend SPL kill zone(sammo hung played the villain btw) and Flash point. Real great action movie with Donnie yen as the lead, focuses on cop vs triad and the fights involve a lot more modern martial arts like MMA, the story is so damn good either
General Miura in ip man 1 was respectful of ipman and chinese martial arts in general, he was a true warrior, the guy who shot ip man at the end was the equivalent of short pants here.
I don’t know how true this is but, don’t shoot the messenger. At a time when monks were being hunted and killed in China, 5 monks that were masters of different styles came together and trained a person in secret and her name was Wing Chun. She was able to keep the art safe because nobody expected a woman to know as they were forbidden to learn martial arts back then. 🤔 Well, I can see that it is very based on defending one’s self against a stronger opponent. The stance itself kinda shows. Both palms ✋are open and centered to protect her vitals and her strikes are short and fast with vertical fists. It’s fascinating. 🧐 Story makes sense to me.
"Can babies just like be outside that quickly?" Man I would hope so, considering the majority of human births throughout history happened in what is the modern equivalent to a tent.
And with Wong Fei Hong being mentioned at the end of this movie, you two might as well go ahead and check out Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China. One of his most Iconic characters he's portrayed.
the fact that Sammo Hung used to act as goofy characters in the old days is interesting, as he got older he became an actor that gets strong and scary character to act, the complete 180 is mind boggling
@@roxystriar I would highly recommend you do reaction on HK 2002 “Infernal Affairs”, which was remade in 2006 in US “The Departed”. Ensure you don’t watch the China version which had the worst ending. Take care and stay safe and healthy too.
This is one of the reasons why Bruce Lee changed & challenged the traditional way. Chinese martial arts is techniques & some power, but not the same as boxing. Bruce changed his regime of eating & working out to better help himself in fights. Western culture took over a lot of China as well.
I think the boxer could have played a perfect Agent Smith. Yes, you can have your baby outside at that time 😂. Two pediatricians told me that's just a thing people just continue to say with nothing that backs it up.
The baby that was born there, yip chun, is the youngest ip man's son, and he is the master of so many great martial artists including donnie yen 😅. He is 98 yo and still healthy. And he played the role of Leung Bik as the master of ip man in a movie called . Ip man : the legend is born. (Donnie yen is not the one playing ip man but it's still a very good movie that defines the up bringing of ip man) i definetly recommend you to watch and react to that movie before reacting to ip man 3. It is great!
Er... no. The baby that was born there was Yip Ching and he is the younger son. Yip Chun is the elder son standing on his feet as seen in the 49:31 timestamp. But you are right about Chun being 98 year old and still healthy.
I like how western boxing was presented in this movie. Very respected, many fighting games also give it this respect. Modern MMA is the closest examples we have of the best real fighting styles but, ultimately it's still far from no rules and Chinese styles have yet to be incorporated fully (where-as SA, NA, EU, and much of Asian styles are steadily melding together).
Oh, man, I can't wait to see y'all react to the third and fourth movies! I've been watching your reaction to the first movie, and I loved it very much!
By the way, I’ve heard the reason why they teach you to yell when you strike in martial arts is because it forces you to breathe. Sometimes people can get carried away and forget to breathe properly and they’ll get winded quickly if they do that, so by learning to yell or make noise when you strike it forces you to breathe continuously. I’m no martial artist but I’ve heard that many times from different people and it makes sense.
In terms of women doing martial arts: Ip Man is a master of Wing Chun Kung fu. "Wing Chun" is said to be a woman's name because legend says that it was created by a Shaolin nun. She taught a girl named Wing Chun from a village who was supposed to be wed to a warlord and challenged him to fight; if she won then they would not wed and her village would be safe. She won. That is the birth of the style. Also, Donnie Yen's mother is a Grandmaster of Eagle Claw Kung fu.
The flow of the films is about even with the pride in styles, there is a pride in culture that supercedes all. Ip Man has reached the pinnacle of his style where he does not fight for or teach the style for his own glory, nor for style superiority...he fights because he has to and for the honor of others. Due to this, Ip Man has no issues with instantly stepping up when the culture and dignity of the Chinese is insulted.
Sammo Hung's student, the one wearing a "snow cap" is Dennis To. He is also a martial artist and took the role of Ip Man in the film "The Legend is Born -Ip Man". My Favorite Sammo Hung movie(s) are Project A, Winners and Sinners, Eastern Condors, Pedicab Driver, and Encounters of the Spooky Kind II.
@@PTigris7 Yes, I presumed you meant Kwok Lam Sin and Shifu instead. He should be more grounded after receiving so much support and help. Not going to judge him, let's just enjoy movies.
12:30 Donnie Yen is actually a really good dancer! His second movie was about a teenager that loved kung fu AND dancing :D he is just full of talent :3
As a kid growing up in the 70s - Bruce Lee/Chuck Norris era also Muhamad Ali and that was the never ending question who would win "kick boxing" or a straight boxer. Bruce Lee took alot of elements from all types of "fighting styles" - he was MMA before there was an "offical" MMA. I'd love to see you guys reaction to the rest of the IP Man series and yes I believe many events were serialized but kept with the tone of the era IP Man lived in. Awesome reaction guys lets keep it going. :)
8:46 The reason Ipman blames himself is because his friend Quan helped him and his family escape from the Japanese, so in the Japanese eyes he's a fugitive. Most likely Quan had to go back to Fo Shan for his son and thats when he was shot in the beginning of the movie.
Lead guy (sorr I didn't learn your name) you are civil and diplomatic,, but Roxy comes across sooo sincere and attentive and compassionate. Hearing Roxy's thoughts Roxy is extra stunning.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Bruce Lee took Ip Mans Wing Chun , Mohamad Alis boxing and his brothers fencing as a base to form Jeet-Kun-Do over the years. It is a great style I'm glad I learned for a couple years and practiced for many more but haven't in a while. I still find myself regularly doing the footwork I learned while sweeping and moping. It is definitely something I wish to get back into.
FUDGE. This movie is great, this reaction is great. THIS VIDEO IS GREAT!!❤ much love reel rejects c: also really hope you guys continue this series of movies!!
All IP Man are very good nd Donnie Yen is an icon, but interesting, this particular one is clear to me it was very strongly inspired from Rock 4. -2 great boxers and champions, once rivals, became friends. -2 rival masters became friends. -one of the champion get killed in the ring by a super fighter villain -one of the masters get killed in the ring by a boxing champion villain -general hostile attitude between US and Russia -general hostile attitude between China/HK and westerns -the other champion, respectively the other master go in the ring with the villain motivated by the death of their friend -both go trugh a hell of a fight and in the end they win, winning also the crowd. -the unifying speech, hurrah from the whole public
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You should react "Legend is born ip man 2010" first ip man movie, you will not regret.
I love Sammo Hungs younger roles in movies with Jackie Chan such as My Lucky stars film series and Dragons forever
React the movie name The Raid- redemption and the raid 2 great movie though
Its wing chun….
Yesssss
The boxer "Twister" was named Darren Shahlavi. He was a great martial artist and my friend back in the days of MySpace. He passed away due to a heart attack in his sleep. He was in 300 and I had a conversation with him about his agents getting in touch with Lucas back in the day about the roll of Quinlan Vos because @ the time some of the art work looked like him. He agreed 😊. This is way before any of the stuff Disney has now. My favorite movie that put him on the map was "Bloodmoon." It's a cult classic where he plays the ultimate villain. Staring Gary Daniels. The Star Wars thing was our last conversation in 2009-2010. We had other conversations and i miss those. He was a cool dude 😢
My condolences. I heard he had passed away a few year ago. Sounds like an awesome guy
@@sombrashadow0013 Yeah he passed away in 2015
thank you for sharing your story
I remember reading about that. Found it so sad a guy seemingly so fit and still young passed away in his sleep. He made a good villian in this.
I was so shocked and saddened by his death. He truly was one of the greats.
Ip man 2 was pretty amazing and the final battle showing the importance of respecting each other’s cultures and fighting style.
My favorite part of this movie is you really start to see Ip Man taking on the role of a Master. He not only teaches his students lessons in this film, but the other Masters as well. Also, the fight choreography seems like it's on another level of intensity compared to the first film even though they get less realistic. Definitely check out Ip Man 3 & 4.
And Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy too after 3.
@@darkceptor44 - Ip Man 3 was especially entertaining, IMO.
@@darkceptor44 yes
I also like that they continue to make the sequels personal instead of escalating the stakes, which is what most movie franchises do. Granted that'd prolly be a harder feat to pull off in a historical setting.
You really think much of this really happened?
This movie always reminds me of Rocky 4. A foreign boxer challenges a old boxer/Martial artist, who sadly dies in the fight. His protege/friend challenges that foreign boxer and defeats him. Gives a speech about peace and harmony.
Definitely some parallels there.
a combination of 2 and 4
Boxing is a martial art.
Just like it shows Yip being a good father/family man. He in fact wasn't.
Darren Shahlavi the Twister is one of the most amazing acts, fun fact that he did train under/with Donnie Yen in real life, and was a good old friend of Donnie, they also worked together decades ago on martial art movies. read it on the news of his death. it's sad that he passed away so young, he's got so much potential. R.I.P
Love Sammo the things he can do for a man of his build... any movie he is in with Jackie is worth a watch even his own movies
I never knew about IP Man until y'all's 1st reaction, then I watched all of them! They are all AWESOME!
Ip not IP. They're not initials.
Sooo excited for this one!! :) I know y'all are busy, but I hope that you're both able to continue with the 3rd and 4th. It's great that these films are getting some love.
I'd love a reaction to Ip Man Zero. Sammo Hung participates there as well and we get to know more about Ip Man's origin in terms of Wing Chun (even though I'm not sure how much of it is actually true)
If you haven't taken a look at Donnie and Sammo's past work, I highly HIGHLY recommend "SPL: Sha Po Lang"! They're also against each other in that film, but where their fight scene in "Ip Man" is somewhat graceful, in "SPL" they're just downright brutal.
Flash point also , my favorite movie of Donnie yen
The knife fight scene versus Wu Jing was gnarly! (not to mention his brutal slice 'n dice of the rookie cop. R.I.P.)
@@earlsesalmene Definitely, definitely! That's a great one too! 😃 Donnie was giving major MMA fighter vibes "Flash Point."
@@goodguyaus Yeah! Wu Jing was a monster a Jack in that film. He was a great antagonist.
Sammo is a ultra legend, not only was in this movie he was the fight choreographer for ip man and made 2 of the other best wing chun movies ever with warriors 2 and prodigal son... btw it's a wing chun dummy.
what i love about IP MAN and BRUCE LEE is real life, they were respecting every kind of martial arts and fighting style. they given it to the world to learn about it but mostly at that time and now the martial artist all over the world don't like to spread their art to other parts of the world. they both are the people who globalized many different fighting styles.
The guy that plays twister was very good friends with Donnie Yen however he passed away a few years ago
I love Roxy lol I never knew I needed Donny yen on dancing with the stars till now😂
I need this so bad
First 🥳
RIP Twister...he really played his part so good
The tool Ip Man uses to practice Wong Chun is called "Mokjong" (Wooden dummy or Wooden man). It's used in many different styles of Kung Fu, mainly southern styles, such as Wing Chun, Choi Li Fut, Pak Mei and Hung Gar. It has many variations in it's designs depending on the martial art's aplications.
The Ip Man series is loosely based on the true story of Yip Man. There was a British Boxer in Hong Kong challenging Kung fu martial artists but it was Ip Man’s first student that challenged the boxer on a fight not Yip/Ip Man.
As a woman, I too want to see more women fighter in movies like this :D Though fortunately, this one seems to be the exception rather than the norm with chinese movies. And not to forget, that Wing Chun style itself was created by a woman! There was actually an old movie about that titled Wing Chun, starring Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen.
Hongkong cinema has had a wide variety of female fighters, unfortunately Hongkong's movie industry is in decline since China got hold of the city (since 1997). The number of movies in general and especially action / martial arts movies went down dramatically and with it female lead action movies.
If you want to see more woman fighters you have to go back to the 80s and 90s - the golden age. You'll find plenty there, and they kick ass so hard, modern Hollywood (still) doesn't get even close in comparison.
Have you seen Chocolate? The Thai film? You'd like that.
The wooden dummy is called that; a wooden dummy for practicing the Wing Chun moves. Wing Chun is actually founded by a Buddhist nun and named after one of her top students who used the martial arts style to ward off a guy who wanted to marry her. Also, there's various distinct styles of Wing Chun but the concept still remain the same which is simplicity and using the least number of moves to achieve maximum result. There's other principles as well within the concept but that's the general gist. Fun fact, Robert Downey Jr is a known Wing Chun practitioner for a long time and he credits the martial art as one of the main reasons he was able to overcome his known addiction issues.
Historically it was customary for different fighting styles to test against each other. So this was not strange for the Boxer to test Kungfu styles. In Hong Kong they trained on the roofs and fights were held between different schools and styles. Ip mans first pupil in this movie was an undefeated rooftop legend in Hong Kong (think he has like 60plus wins to his name).
That Rocky comment got me so excited for their reaction when he fights you know who in Ipman 3
It was super fun watching your last reaction video and it's super fun watching this as well!!
I just wanted to say the reason why Sammo Hung is referred to as the 'action director' and not stunt coordinator/choreographer, is because he's actually directing all the action scenes! In Hong Kong, action directors are in charge of choreography, framing the scene, and editing the fight sequences!
those old masters ip fights in the table scene are like legends of the 70s martial arts cinema scene. my main man lo meng, love him hes the one doing the squinting. The training thing is often called the wooden man
Fun Facts:
• Donnie was a breakdancer in his younger years
• The actor who plays Sammo’s student in the alleyway also played a younger version of Ip Man in The Legend is Born: Ip Man
Shoutout to Roxy's observations. I've seen this and the first movie a whole bunch of times, and she just drops something (in both) that I completely missed. Great eye. More of her, please!
Love you guys' reaction to Ip Man
He was the one martial artist that actually inspired me to get interested in self-defense, primarily for the uniqueness of the style and the values brought along with it. Glad you guys enjoyed his character!
I'm always so hype when it's a Roxy react, and this Ip Man series is so great, I love seeing y'all react to martial arts movies
Quan is Ip Man best friend . The closest to being his brother . Ip Man blame himself for not being there when Quan was shot and is blaming himself for what happened to him 😢
as a asian person, i'm so happy to see y'all watch this; and see our diffrent cultures. i hope you'll see the other matial arts that we asians have!!! thank you so much!!.
I'm glad you enjoyed this movie as well.
Allow me to bring up the historicity of this movie based on my own knowledge.
Once again, similar in structure to the first Ip Man movie, the first act of the movie is rooted heavily in historical fact, while the 2nd act reflected the sentiments of the period but none of the events were real.
Leung, the first student, is Wong Shun Leung. Wong Shun Leung is known in the Hong Kong martial arts community as one of the greatest street fighters and finest martial artist to have lived and fought in Hong Kong. As Ip Man's most senior student, he was in fact Bruce Lee's primary trainer. By the time Bruce Lee joined Ip Man's school, Ip Man was already very old and wasn't in the best of health. And so, Ip Man assigned Wong Shun Leung to train Bruce Lee. According to Bruce Lee's writings, Wong Shun Leung was the single greatest influence that shaped his philosophy when it comes to the Martial Arts.
Ip Man was subject to hazing by other Martial Arts clubs and societies and came out the other end respected by the other masters, this much is historical. Wing Chun and Hung Gar kung fu has had a long rivalry within Hong Kong's martial arts community, this much is also true, though it is likely anachronistic that Ip Man's student fought gang wars with students from Hung Gar schools, even though these gang wars did happen frequently in that time. Disputes between Martial Arts schools were frequently settled in duels behind closed doors, frequently on roof tops.
Once again, Donnie Yen's acting was coached by Ip Chun, the son of Ip Man, to replicate the historical Ip Man's mannerisms, from how he held his cigarette, to how he would sit at the roof top to smoke, to how sheepishly shy he is when it comes to collecting fees from his students. All that was as historical as it gets from the sons of Ip Man, from the memories of Ip Chun and Ip Ching themselves.
During post World War 2 British Hong Kong, the government was very corrupt. The Governor was chosen by the parliament in London and appointed by the Queen, and the Police Commissioners was chosen by the British Governors. The Executive and Legislative Council was completely appointed by the British Governor, and it was only with the looming handover to China in 1997, that the British give the Hong Kongers elections in 1985 and 1991. Before that, Hong Kongers had no say in their government, and had little to no trust in their government and their police. You'll find many Hong Kong TV shows depicting British leadership (especially British Police Captains and Commissioners) very poorly in the late 80s, 90s and early 2000s.
This led to plenty of secret societies being formed, and street justice being meted out within communities rather than subject themselves to the legal process and the mercy of an uncaring government that ruled the people rather than represent them. It was in these conditions that Martial Arts schools became a core part of the Hong Kong underworld. With limited access to (as well as a cultural disdain for) guns, street justice was enacted with fists and melee weapons. Hong Kong Triads were very powerful when the British were in charge, and this remained true until surprisingly recently.
Recommend SPL kill zone(sammo hung played the villain btw) and Flash point. Real great action movie with Donnie yen as the lead, focuses on cop vs triad and the fights involve a lot more modern martial arts like MMA, the story is so damn good either
The last fight in Flashpoint is legit.
Yeah! Both of the movies are amazing.
General Miura in ip man 1 was respectful of ipman and chinese martial arts in general, he was a true warrior, the guy who shot ip man at the end was the equivalent of short pants here.
Ip Man 3 IS THE BEST ONE‼️‼️ Can’t Wait For That Reaction.👌🏾
Omg Finally!!! Been patiently waiting! Thank you son and daughter
I don’t know how true this is but, don’t shoot the messenger.
At a time when monks were being hunted and killed in China, 5 monks that were masters of different styles came together and trained a person in secret and her name was Wing Chun. She was able to keep the art safe because nobody expected a woman to know as they were forbidden to learn martial arts back then. 🤔
Well, I can see that it is very based on defending one’s self against a stronger opponent. The stance itself kinda shows. Both palms ✋are open and centered to protect her vitals and her strikes are short and fast with vertical fists. It’s fascinating. 🧐 Story makes sense to me.
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo - what an absolute legend he is and he and his choreography is a joy to watch.
"Last time we had feathers, now we got wood" 😏😏😏 sounds like 1960s vintage soft core movies 😂😂😂
"Can babies just like be outside that quickly?" Man I would hope so, considering the majority of human births throughout history happened in what is the modern equivalent to a tent.
And with Wong Fei Hong being mentioned at the end of this movie, you two might as well go ahead and check out Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China. One of his most Iconic characters he's portrayed.
Can not wait for you guys to watch Ip Man 4. Love your video.
I love how emotionally invested you guys are ❤
A bit over invested
the fact that Sammo Hung used to act as goofy characters in the old days is interesting, as he got older he became an actor that gets strong and scary character to act, the complete 180 is mind boggling
Cool that you're continuing the series!
After watching Roxy’s reaction to these 2 Ip Man movies, I can honestly say I’m in love. Great reaction Reel Rejects.
Shucks ❤
@@roxystriar I would highly recommend you do reaction on HK 2002 “Infernal Affairs”, which was remade in 2006 in US “The Departed”. Ensure you don’t watch the China version which had the worst ending. Take care and stay safe and healthy too.
Imagine your last name is Hung…but you’re not…🤣😂🤣
45:57 Love how invested you got Roxy! Love the passion!
Love that Roxy was so into this emotionally she kept hanging onto Jon
Lmao I couldn’t get through it alone!
Keep it coming go for a man three you guys are awesome. Guys are enjoying it as much as I did more more more.
This is one of the reasons why Bruce Lee changed & challenged the traditional way. Chinese martial arts is techniques & some power, but not the same as boxing. Bruce changed his regime of eating & working out to better help himself in fights. Western culture took over a lot of China as well.
Little Bruce Lee got me in the feels!!😂❤
I think the boxer could have played a perfect Agent Smith. Yes, you can have your baby outside at that time 😂. Two pediatricians told me that's just a thing people just continue to say with nothing that backs it up.
Love your reaction to the movie I hope both of you are able to continue to 3rd and 4th Ip man movie
The baby that was born there, yip chun, is the youngest ip man's son, and he is the master of so many great martial artists including donnie yen 😅. He is 98 yo and still healthy. And he played the role of Leung Bik as the master of ip man in a movie called . Ip man : the legend is born. (Donnie yen is not the one playing ip man but it's still a very good movie that defines the up bringing of ip man) i definetly recommend you to watch and react to that movie before reacting to ip man 3. It is great!
Er... no.
The baby that was born there was Yip Ching and he is the younger son. Yip Chun is the elder son standing on his feet as seen in the 49:31 timestamp. But you are right about Chun being 98 year old and still healthy.
That wooden structure Ip Man was practicing with in the beginning is called Mok Yan Jong (Wooden Man Statue / Dummy in Cantonese)
I like how western boxing was presented in this movie. Very respected, many fighting games also give it this respect. Modern MMA is the closest examples we have of the best real fighting styles but, ultimately it's still far from no rules and Chinese styles have yet to be incorporated fully (where-as SA, NA, EU, and much of Asian styles are steadily melding together).
Again, you and Roxy, having such a good time with ip man makes me so happy, especially John as he reacts to these movies like how I do😋
Love your vids guys
Because of y’all great reaction to ip man 1, I actually started re-watch all 4 movies marathon, I’m on ip man 4 already lol the final film
Oh, man, I can't wait to see y'all react to the third and fourth movies! I've been watching your reaction to the first movie, and I loved it very much!
Everyone wants to learn Wing Chun after they watch this movie haha
By the way, I’ve heard the reason why they teach you to yell when you strike in martial arts is because it forces you to breathe. Sometimes people can get carried away and forget to breathe properly and they’ll get winded quickly if they do that, so by learning to yell or make noise when you strike it forces you to breathe continuously. I’m no martial artist but I’ve heard that many times from different people and it makes sense.
Pretty enjoyed your reaction, look forward to the part 3&4
I waited for this i love you too as duo and i love all ip man movies keep it up u guys are awesome i subbed you both
In terms of women doing martial arts: Ip Man is a master of Wing Chun Kung fu. "Wing Chun" is said to be a woman's name because legend says that it was created by a Shaolin nun. She taught a girl named Wing Chun from a village who was supposed to be wed to a warlord and challenged him to fight; if she won then they would not wed and her village would be safe. She won. That is the birth of the style.
Also, Donnie Yen's mother is a Grandmaster of Eagle Claw Kung fu.
The flow of the films is about even with the pride in styles, there is a pride in culture that supercedes all. Ip Man has reached the pinnacle of his style where he does not fight for or teach the style for his own glory, nor for style superiority...he fights because he has to and for the honor of others. Due to this, Ip Man has no issues with instantly stepping up when the culture and dignity of the Chinese is insulted.
@33:50 this feels like Rocky 4!!"THROW THE GODDAMN TOWEL!!"
I enjoyed the fast pacing and fights in this one, although the villain is kind of a cartoon character. Definitely feels like Rocky 4.
It gets more "cartoony" after this one imo.
Sammo Hung's student, the one wearing a "snow cap" is Dennis To. He is also a martial artist and took the role of Ip Man in the film "The Legend is Born -Ip Man". My Favorite Sammo Hung movie(s) are Project A, Winners and Sinners, Eastern Condors, Pedicab Driver, and Encounters of the Spooky Kind II.
Ya one of the worst actors ever, and apparently quarreled with his shift - Herman Yau
@@PTigris7 Yes, I presumed you meant Kwok Lam Sin and Shifu instead. He should be more grounded after receiving so much support and help. Not going to judge him, let's just enjoy movies.
I like how he said I hope he fights Rocky next movie, well without spoiling he was close, can't wait for the next reaction.
Never saw this movie. It was very interesting. Thanks for the watch along. This was awesome 👍👍👍👍👍
One of the Chinese characters thst make up the words China or Chinese is 'middle', hence taking the middle path (neutrality) was what Ip was saying.
Keep up the great movie reaction videos
4:26 Comment, Roxy insightful.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Talking about Dancing With The Star... You guys should watch Donnie Yen dancing on his earlier work 🤣
12:30 Donnie Yen is actually a really good dancer! His second movie was about a teenager that loved kung fu AND dancing :D he is just full of talent :3
As a kid growing up in the 70s - Bruce Lee/Chuck Norris era also Muhamad Ali and that was the never ending question who would win "kick boxing" or a straight boxer. Bruce Lee took alot of elements from all types of "fighting styles" - he was MMA before there was an "offical" MMA. I'd love to see you guys reaction to the rest of the IP Man series and yes I believe many events were serialized but kept with the tone of the era IP Man lived in.
Awesome reaction guys lets keep it going. :)
What about a grappler.
Roxy & John Reax. That could be it’s own channel. These 2 have some great chemistry. Do 3&4!
Love these reacts with Roxie. Hope y'all keep doing kungfu movies to be honest. Also love IP Man 2 maybe even more that IP 1.
whoohoo! really fun to rewatch this movie through both of your eyes
finally!!!!! Have been waiting for you guys to react to this for the past 2 weeks. This movie is a masterpiece. Cant get enough of it.
keep it going, shoutout to roxy and giving the Ip saga a whirl
You two's have two more Ip Man movies of Donnie yen to finish off ❤
RDJ does a lil wing Chun, he even used some in civil war when he was fighting Bucky
Ngl, it would've been super badass if that fight turned into a Wing Chun vs Systema fight with those two.
Not sure if anyone’s commented yet, but re: whether it was acceptable for women to fight, Wing Chun was invented by a woman.
love you guys reaction and analysis, ip man3 please!!!
please finish this series ASAP. always looking to see if you guys watched the next one
8:46 The reason Ipman blames himself is because his friend Quan helped him and his family escape from the Japanese, so in the Japanese eyes he's a fugitive. Most likely Quan had to go back to Fo Shan for his son and thats when he was shot in the beginning of the movie.
We appreciate your effort and hard work. Bless you all.
Great reaction hope to see you guys do ip man 3
I hope you make reactions too on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I love your duo and also with the "ring the bell... 🎶🎶" girl.
Lead guy (sorr I didn't learn your name) you are civil and diplomatic,, but Roxy comes across sooo sincere and attentive and compassionate. Hearing
Roxy's thoughts Roxy is extra stunning.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Let's goooo!!!! Can't wait for this one!
Bruce Lee took Ip Mans Wing Chun , Mohamad Alis boxing and his brothers fencing as a base to form Jeet-Kun-Do over the years. It is a great style I'm glad I learned for a couple years and practiced for many more but haven't in a while. I still find myself regularly doing the footwork I learned while sweeping and moping. It is definitely something I wish to get back into.
Donnie yen is actually a really good dancer
Can't wait for the 3rd reaction.. love ur after the show commentary 😊
FUDGE. This movie is great, this reaction is great. THIS VIDEO IS GREAT!!❤ much love reel rejects c: also really hope you guys continue this series of movies!!
All IP Man are very good nd Donnie Yen is an icon, but interesting, this particular one is clear to me it was very strongly inspired from Rock 4.
-2 great boxers and champions, once rivals, became friends.
-2 rival masters became friends.
-one of the champion get killed in the ring by a super fighter villain
-one of the masters get killed in the ring by a boxing champion villain
-general hostile attitude between US and Russia
-general hostile attitude between China/HK and westerns
-the other champion, respectively the other master go in the ring with the villain motivated by the death of their friend
-both go trugh a hell of a fight and in the end they win, winning also the crowd.
-the unifying speech, hurrah from the whole public
Have u guys done ipman 4 yet? Love ya reaction vids
The Ip Man school is still active today. I was there at the school back in 2020. Located in Hong Kong
There is no limit with Ip Man 😂💪
Waiting 3 and 4 part!! Ip man great story.