International Union For Escrima And Wing Tsun

For 25 years we do set the benchmarks in WingTsun and Escrima teachings!

Dear friends from martial arts and martial sports,

A new association took up its work on January 14th, 2006, in order to promote the martial arts Wing Tsun

and Escrima nationwide as well internationally: the IUEWT - International Union For Escrima & Wing Tsun.

The IUEWT has a firm foundation of a 'longtime sophisticated' experience of almost 30 years in the area of

promoting and teaching the martial arts of WingTsun and Escrima. As such over this period of time the

benchmarks for high quality teaching were set up by the founding member schools in the old association

hemisphere and being continued until today.

With the implementation of WingTsun and Escrima in Europe and the steady growing popularity of these

two martial arts also old traditional interpretations of the WingTsun martial art which was handed out to the

public by Yip Man were imported as well. The same is limitedly valid for Escrima.

Not only the fact of the manifold of interpretational considerations gives a beginner much headache to pick

out the right 'product' but additionally interpretational considerations that have made up successfully the

core competency of WingTsun and Escrima for the last decades have been blended more and more together

with considerations of fitness and wellness which lead to diminishing of quality in the core competency of

'self defence' on a large scale.

The sector martial art/martial sport becomes more and more a service sector which comes along with

pragmatic economical thinking which to make more conscious is our aim. And in order to act successfully

in the service sector the core competencies have to be made transparent.

The IUEWT sees its core competency in teaching the martial arts of WingTsun and Escrima as

authentically as possible according to these two approaches: Wing Tsun after Leung Ting and Escrima

after Rene Latosa.

For this the IUEWT can rely on a field competency which at its top constitutes an experience of 30 years

and is also acknowledged as Master: Dai-Sifu Johannes Olbers.

The team around Dai-Sifu Olbers is constituted of longtime instructors and teachers what accounts for

continuity and longevity of the new association. The IUEWT has set all switches towards expansion and

sound growth which will be supported by the lean general concept for administration and teaching. By this it

is to consider that the general concept which is valid for Germany might have to be adjusted in other

countries because of the influence of of the legislative constraints of the respective country!

The IUEWT does not want to reinnovate the wheel of WingTsun and Escrima - there will be no changing of

forms or adds. We do see our aim and intention barely in the sophisticated transition of the principles and

concepts of the two martial arts Wing Tsun and Escrima.

Also in the area of the administrative general concept we do not want to 'revolutionize' when old ways with

according adjustments are much better off - according to the motto: not everything old is bad, most of the

time it only needs of contemporate adjustment to the new circumstances! This ability of flexibility is

supposed to be significant for the IUEWT in order to adjust flexibly to legal or other circumstances in the

future.

The ever growing influence of state legislation or other public institutions forces also to a change of thinking

for the conducting of traditions within the martial arts/martial sports. Whereas inner European countries have

a 100% influence in the sport and leisure sector Germany makes up the exception. The IUEWT orientates

less on the exception than on the majorities.

This gave reason to a changed approach towards the presentation and display of so-called 'martial arts

traditions'. Because an over-exaggerated conducting (not display!) of so-called 'martial arts traditions' can

almost turn into a sectlike demeanor we as an self-proclaimed servicer for teachings of knowledge and

abilities do not want to fall back on this just in order to increase profits clandestinely.

The IUEWT will apply the approach of 'minimum tradition' in order not to evoke a wrong negative image in the

public through misunderstandings as well as to make the 'mental' access of a larger public audience to

these still exotic considered arts more easy. Because also martial arts need to make their way in today's

world without any over-exaggerated tradition boost!

Our appropriate servicing approach: a quality service is eligible to an appropriate value! This is common for

all servicing areas and the transmission of knowledge and capabilities around WingTsun and Escrima makes

no exception. Like described above some countries do prescribe legislative measures so that the adjustment

of the IUEWT was no big step. With this we also do want to make us distinct from others that still do live the

traditionalism very intensively even when hidden from the visible.

Because IUEWT now finds itself right in the process of building up its structure it is more than obvious that

in some places a regular teaching can not be conducted. Despite this all members of the IUEWT do show

an enormous portion of enthusiasm and pragmatism in promoting so that we hope in a middle term period to

be able to act from a firm market position.

We do also invite existing martial art clubs or martial sport clubs to contact us in order to broaden the scale

of martial art offerings in their region. Our concept is more than promising towards a sound and long lasting

perspective. Contact person for countries outside Germany/France: Sifu Marcus Schüssler

Martial Arts/Combat Sport clubs wanted for cooperation!

We do invite everyone regardless of their martial arts heritage to cooperate with us in any country. We do

speak several languages and with our German attitude towards hard diligent work and continuity we are

sure to succeed. Our concept is forward-looking and quickly to install.

Your contact for all countries outside France/Germany: Sifu Marcus Schussler

Looking forward to Your response and with kind and sportive regards,

Team IUEWT

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For further information regarding the reality of teaching full-time martial arts/combat sports please

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- From the International Union For Escrima & Wing Tsun with a little editing from us (color, etc...)

Subject to change

(12/17/06)