"We had lots of opportunities to talk because lived across the street from Ip Man. Imagine you lived a two-hour drive away, how many times a week you would see your Sigung? I could look out my window into his flat and wave to him. I would phone him and say, 'Sigung, Sifu said we’re going for Yum Cha' and he would say, 'I’ll come right down'. Then, when we are at Yum Cha what do you talk about? Either Gung Fu or women—but we didn’t like to talk about women too much in front of Sigung so we talked about Gung Fu instead. Ip Man didn’t like to talk about Gung Fu—but he liked to listen. And sometimes he would comment. At 10pm, Ip Man would go home so we would leave too. Since we only lived across the street we would escort him home and talk some more. We didn’t like to go home so we would find something else to do and sometimes Ip Man would join us. Occasionally we would go for a massage or maybe boat rowing in Lychee Park. We’d stay out at least a couple times a week. Ip Man loved the boat—we wouldn’t row, some girls would. We would chat, play cards, listening to singing, or eat congee. We would usually go home around 2am or 3am."
-- Spread of our cover interview with Sifu Sunny Tang from the upcoming Issue No. 15. New issue on sale December 18.
