Using an arsenal of chinese henchmen, Mike Tyson harasses the city and Ip Man is left to defend it with his group of students. The film starts out with an aging Ip Man meeting Bruce Lee once again and delves into Mike Tyson’s desire to breathe new life into the city through reconstruction. The film bolsters a huge fight between Mike Tyson and Ip Man, but I was left with very little to say about how this film would fit in a classroom. So where does that leave Ip Man 3? Where the first films had a historical template to draw from, I felt a lack of one in Ip Man 3. And for that reason, the films do fit in some World History courses. Whether it’s Ip Man’s triumph against the Japanese Commander during the time of Japanese invasion or Ip Man’s display of anti-imperialist sentiments shared by the British / the message of equality in fighting styles and dignity, the films have always displayed some depicting of attitudes (namely Chinese ones) at the time. While the viewing audience of these films tends to be people interested in seeing Donnie Yen’s martial arts performance, the first two films do have a lot of historical significance.

I have been meaning to watch Ip Man for some time, but I didn’t have an excuse until now.

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