A biopic that follows the life of the martial artist Ip Man, who was the first to teach the art of Wing Chun as a self-defense art and trained world-famous martial artists like Bruce Lee.
Ip Man's attempt to make the discipline of Wing Chun mainstream is met with severe backlash from other martial arts practitioners as well as challenges from a Western-styled boxer.
When a corrupt developer sets his eyes on the local school for his next project, he sends his gangsters to see his will implemented. But martial arts master Ip Man takes a stand to protect his community, facing off against the gangsters alongside the local police.
After his defeat by martial arts teacher Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi maintains a low profile, but he gets into trouble after fighting a powerful foreigner.
The Kung Fu master travels to the United States with his son, where his student, Bruce Lee, has disturbed the local martial arts community by opening a Wing Chun school.