Wing Tzun and Escrima - realistic self-defense you can actually use, taught from day one in EBMAS schools across dozens of countries. Founded by Dai Sifu Emin Boztepe, in the Wing Tzun lineage of Yip Man.
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New here? We explain exactly what Wing Tzun and Escrima mean at EBMAS - no jargon, no hype, just the real picture.
Read moreSelf-defense is not a sport. EBMAS teaches a system you can actually use - direct, economical, scientific, and accessible regardless of size or strength.
No prior experience needed. Get in touch with your local school directly.
Use the school finder to locate the school nearest you.
Send the school director a short request. They will get back to you with a date.
Show up. Comfortable clothes are enough - equipment is provided for the trial.
Follow the curriculum at your own pace. Grading is on demonstrated skill, not time spent.
A Chinese close-combat system - also written Wing Chun or Wing Tsun - built on structure, sensitivity, and economy of motion.
A Filipino weapon and empty-hand system - closely related to Kali and Arnis - principle-driven and translatable to everyday objects.
Founder of EBMAS, lifelong Wing Tzun practitioner and one of the most widely respected self-defense teachers of his generation.
Born 1962 in Turkey and raised in Germany, Dai Sifu Emin Boztepe began Wing Tzun in 1980 and became a senior student of Grandmaster Leung Ting in Hong Kong - direct successor of Yip Man. By the late 1980s he was teaching full-time across Europe and North America, building the largest Wing Tzun branch in Germany.
In 2001 he founded EBMAS as an independent organisation, adding Latosa Escrima from Grandmaster Rene Latosa as a complete second pillar. Today EBMAS schools operate in over 50 countries, and every school director and senior grade is personally certified by him.
