Ip Man: Origins

Ip Man fails to find any letters in the post office. He sends Wing-Shing a telegraph asking her if she is still there and decides to wait for her reply. Ip Man doesn't have any money to rent a room so he sleeps outside the newspaper office. Reporter Lua Yat-Woon discovers him and invites him to stay in his office.

Wing-Shing goes to Ip Man's home and is surprised to find Ching-Shan there. Ching-Shan reveals to her that he wants to save the country by setting up business in Foshan. Wing-Shing reveals to Ip's family that she comes to cancel her childhood wedding engagement with Ip Man and everybody is shocked. Ip Man is heart-broken but respects Wing-Shing's decision.

Ching-Shan tells Wing-Shing that Ip Man cares only about his martial arts and Wing-Shing is disappointed. Ip Man buys Wah-Shun a jade tobacco stem. Ip Man assures Wah-Shun that he is not asking him to be his mentor and Wah-Shun takes the gift. Pak-Lam's soldiers ask Wah-Shun to pay tax. They beat him fiercely and take away the tobacco stem.

Wah-Shun finally takes on Ip Man as his disciple. Since Wing Chun can be taught only one to one, he hopes that Zi will give up his hope completely. Wah-Shun brings Ip Man to his deceased mentor Leung Tsan's Tsan Sang Hall. He tells Ip Man that Wing Chun can only be taught to somebody of good character and pure heart. Zi has been a bad-tempered boy since childhood.

Ching-Shan rushes to the hospital to tell Ip Man that Wing-Shing has left the hotel. Ip Man rushes to the pier but the ship has gone already. He returns home and h is overjoyed to find Wing-Shing there. Wing-Shing visits Zi with Ip Man. Wah-Shun agrees with Ip Man that Zi is in need of love and care. Ip Man decides to travel with Wing-Shing and Wing-Shing is overjoyed.

Zi has a fever and Wah-Shun fetches him some ice to cure his illness. Ip Man visits him and Wah-Shun insists that he will not take Zi as his disciple. Zi overhears it and is enraged. He sets Tsan Sang Tong on fire and destroys Leung Tsan's tablet. Wah-Shun is enraged and wants to punish Zi. Ip Man kneels down in front of Wah-Shun and becomes his disciple officially.

Ip Man changes his name to Ip Wing-Shing and starts working at the pier to earn money to repay Leung Pik. Wing-Shing learns from Pak-Lam's subordinate that Chun-Loi's dead body is fake. In order to protect Yim Tung and Ip Man's family, she hides the truth. Fung Yee Lung is in danger. Ettenberg wants to take over the pier.

The hospital guards try to stop them but Ip Man goes into the hospital with Jenny by force. Jenny catches Peter and asks him to marry her. Peter takes out some money but Jenny throws them at Peter's face after seeing Ip Man's facial expression. Jenny believes that Ip Man is the son of the shipping company owner who admired her always.

Ching-Shan and Pak-Lam try to lure Wah-Shun with the fake Chun-Loi. They capture Wah-Shun while he delivers food to Ip's family. Jenny sends sweet soup to Ip Man and she asks a couple of questions that Leung Pik taught her to ask. Master Hung brings Ip Man to a boxing contest. The Englishman has won and he hangs a Sick Man of East Asia flag on the Chinese contestant's body. Ip Man is shocked.

Ip Man decides to fight for the dignity of Chinese people and keeps practicing day and night. Master Hung learns about it he asks Cheung Mang to send Ip Man some tonic. Leung Pik and the landlady have different plans in mind. Both of them try to replace the tonic and Leung Pik eventually succeeds but Ip Man does not drink it.