History of Wing Tzun
Legend has it that Wing Tzun was created over 300 years ago in southern China by a Buddhist nun named Ng Mui. The young girl Yim Wing Tzun, after whom the martial art is named, was Ng Mui's first student. Refined through the generations by the coastal and urban inhabitants of southeast China, Wing Tzun gained international prominence through the efforts of the Hong Kong students of the late Grandmaster Yip Man. Perhaps the most famous of these students was Bruce Lee.
In the early 1970's, Leung Ting, the last "closed-door disciple" of the late Grandmaster Yip Man, devoted all of his energies to promoting the development of Wing Tzun first in Hong Kong and later in Europe. Leung Ting and his head European student, Keith R. Kernspecht, standardized the Wing Tzun curriculum to make it more palatable to Westerners and more applicable to the modern - day needs of civilians (as well as soldiers and law enforcement officers) In the mid-1980's Sifu Emin Boztepe emerged as the best Wing Tzun fighter and as Keith R. Kernspecht's top student.
Taking charge of the development of Wing Tzun in the U.S. and parts of Europe, Sifu Emin began to add his own innovations to the Wing Tzun curriculum, including: the anti-grappling program, control techniques for law enforcement and modifications to the existing program to make it more realistic. Sifu Emin soon acquired quite an international following, thanks to his realistic and sincere teaching methodswhich are based on his vast experience applying Wing Tzun in the real world.
Now independent of the international and European Wing Tzun organizations, Sifu Emin continues to innovate and spread Wing Tzun internationally for the benefit of all people under the banner of the EBMAS organization.
In the early 1970's, Leung Ting, the last "closed-door disciple" of the late Grandmaster Yip Man, devoted all of his energies to promoting the development of Wing Tzun first in Hong Kong and later in Europe. Leung Ting and his head European student, Keith R. Kernspecht, standardized the Wing Tzun curriculum to make it more palatable to Westerners and more applicable to the modern - day needs of civilians (as well as soldiers and law enforcement officers) In the mid-1980's Sifu Emin Boztepe emerged as the best Wing Tzun fighter and as Keith R. Kernspecht's top student.
Taking charge of the development of Wing Tzun in the U.S. and parts of Europe, Sifu Emin began to add his own innovations to the Wing Tzun curriculum, including: the anti-grappling program, control techniques for law enforcement and modifications to the existing program to make it more realistic. Sifu Emin soon acquired quite an international following, thanks to his realistic and sincere teaching methodswhich are based on his vast experience applying Wing Tzun in the real world.
Now independent of the international and European Wing Tzun organizations, Sifu Emin continues to innovate and spread Wing Tzun internationally for the benefit of all people under the banner of the EBMAS organization.
