Soon after, his parents and his sister, Ip Nga-sum, left and traveled to Hong Kong in around 1950 in search of a better life for the family.
[5][not specific enough to verify] In the first years of the Cultural Revolution, Ip Ching "was sent to the countryside for an extended period of labor and reeducation with the peasantry.
[citation needed] After that, his father rarely would interact with him or his brother outside of their training lessons.
He later ran a textile manufacturing business in Lam Tei, New Territories, and continued to teach Wing Chun privately to his disciples in his home.
Ip Ching died on 25 January 2020 due to an illness and was cremated at Cape Collinson Crematorium in Hong Kong on 8 February 2020.