Ho Kam Ming, martial artist
Ho Kam Ming –a Macanese-born Canadian martial artist who was one of the students of martial arts teacher Ip Man in the discipline of Wing Chun – passed away on 9 April 2020 due to Covid-19.
Ho was born in Macau in 1925. When he was 30, he started learning Wing Chun and became Ip Man's formal student. In Ip Ching's memoirs My Father Ip Man, Ho was described as one of Ip Man's "excellent disciples". Ho was cultivated by Ip Man, later, he inherited Ip's wish to further develop Wing Chun.
In 1960, he returned to Macau and opened the first Wing Chun school there.
Ho migrated to Canada in 1990. He settled in Toronto, where he founded the World Ho Kam Ming Wing Chun Association and was still active teaching. In 201...