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WingTsun Genève
Lineage

A 300-year lineage

Every move you'll learn was refined by ten generations of masters. That's authenticity.

  1. Portrait of Grand Master Yip Man
    011893-1972

    Yip Man

    Bruce Lee's master · Foshan & Hong Kong

    Yip Man (1893-1972) revealed Wing Chun to the world by teaching it openly in Hong Kong from 1949 onward. Before him, the art was transmitted almost exclusively master-to-student in family secrecy. From a wealthy merchant family in Foshan, he studied under Chan Wah Shun, the last direct student of Leung Jan, heir to the original lineage. His best-known students, including Bruce Lee, contributed to the art's global spread. He is also the direct teacher of Leung Ting, whose lineage descends to our school.

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  2. Portrait of Grand Master Leung Ting
    021947-present

    Leung Ting

    Yip Man's last head student · Hong Kong

    Leung Ting (born 1947) is Yip Man's last head student, designated as such by his master shortly before his death. He founded the WingTsun lineage (capital T) and structured the teaching programs into a coherent system of 12 student + 12 technician levels, the basis of all EWTO teaching. His influence on modern WingTsun is unmatched.

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  3. Portrait of Grand Master Keith R. Kernspecht
    031945-2024

    Keith R. Kernspecht

    EWTO founder · Germany

    Prof. Dr. Keith R. Kernspecht (1945-2024) founded the European WingTsun Organization (EWTO) in 1976. Under his leadership, WingTsun became the most-taught martial art in Europe: over 1,500 centres across some twenty countries. A scholar and author of reference works on martial-arts pedagogy, he personally trained Giuseppe Schembri, the EWTO Grand Master for Switzerland.

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  4. Portrait of Grand Master Giuseppe Schembri
    041962-present

    Giuseppe Schembri

    School's direct mentor · Switzerland

    Giuseppe Schembri (born 1962) is the EWTO Grand Master for Switzerland, trained directly by Keith R. Kernspecht since 1978. The first of Kernspecht's students to receive the 9th Higher Grade in 2012, he supervises our Geneva school and the network of affiliated schools across the country, guaranteeing that what we teach matches the Leung Ting lineage exactly, without any dilution.

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  5. Portrait of Hugo Wüthrich, Sifu at WingTsun Geneva
    052011-present

    Hugo Wüthrich

    School Sifu · Geneva

    Hugo Wüthrich is the Sifu of WingTsun Geneva. Trained in the EWTO lineage under Grand Master Giuseppe Schembri, he has been teaching in Geneva for over fifteen years across adult, teen and kids classes. He is the one who carries the system on the ground every day at the Marziano Dojang.

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