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WingTsun™ is a branch of the Chinese kung fu style more generally known as "Wing Chun" renamed by a student of Grandmaster Yip Man named Leung Ting. Grandmaster Leung Ting's organization, the International WingTsun Association™ (IWTA), is headquartered in Hong Kong and has branches in over 64 countries worldwide.

In practising Wing Chun, rather than drilling pre-determined sequences of movements or emphasizing specific techniques as found in many other martial arts, students learn to apply the Wing Chun concepts in fighting. The fundamentals emphasized include bridging the distance between an opponent and oneself, attacking without muscular tension nor reliance on muscular strength, and responding immediately to tactile stimuli provided by contact pressures from an opponent. Using superior concepts, angles, and biodynamics, a smaller WingTsun practictioner can defeat a much larger opponent.

One characteristic of WingTsun is Grandmaster Leung Ting's creation of a structured teaching system. The WingTsun curriculum contains 12 student grades which cover the first two forms, Siu Nim Tau and Chum Kiu, as well as their Chi-Sau ("clinging" or "sticky" arms) reflex training and applications. Following the student grades are 12 instructor grades, beginning with the 1st - 4th 'Technician' levels, the 5th - 8th 'Practician' (or Master) levels, and finally the 9th - 12th philosophical levels. At the instructor levels, the student begins training in the more advanced programs of WingTsun--the Biu Tze, Mook Yan Chong Fa (Wooden Dummy), Luk Dim Boon Kwun Fa (Long Pole), and Bart Cham Dao (Eight Cutting Broadsword) techniques.

WingTsun has gained a following in the western world, where most teachers descend from Grandmaster Leung Ting's German headstudent, Grandmaster Keith Kernspecht. GM Kernspecht organized the European branch of the IWTA, called EWTO, which has its headquarters at Langenzell Castle near Heidelberg, Germany. He also developed a simplified but effective sub-art of WT designed to be learned quickly called 'Blitz Defence'. Due to an unfortunate split, one of GM Kernspecht's most skilled students, the Turk Emin Boztepe, has now formed his own organisation , EBMAS, which teaches widely in the USA. In 1997, another highly skilled student of GM Kernspecht, Sifu Salih Avci, also turkish, created his own organisation, the WTEO. The headquarters of the WTEO are at Eschweiler, Germany. Since 2002 Avci Wing Tsun is part of the german police train, and Sifu Salih Avci is instructor of the german Police Force called SEK. There are only WTEO schools in Europe and the Middle East(as of 2005).

Last Modified:   2005-11-04