Her father is Chinese and her mother is French-Canadian.
She trained with stuntman Bruce Fontaine's regular Wushu classes.
Yip's skills include stunt and wire work, martial arts for the screen,
firearm etiquette, squib, dancing, piano, skiing, ice skating, roller
blading, swimming and golf. She speaks English, French and basic
Cantonese.
She successfully completed the BMO Bank of Montreal Vancouver Marathon
on May 6, 2007 in just under 5 hours. Finishing at 2358 place out of
over 3000 runners.
She once hosted a sports program on television in Canada.