1969 Start of training Martial Arts.

1985 Start of training as a soldier in the German Federal Armed Forces.

1986 Military training in a helicopter operation group.

1987 Military training to carry out evacuation measures in the event of a nuclear or biological threat.

1988 Start of the training of WingChun.

1989 Start of the training of the Weapon Martial Arts.

1990 Appointment as a professional soldier in the German Federal Armed Forces.

1990 Received specialised education as a German (military) Lone Fighter; Comando Leader (EK 2) at the Army Combat Troops School.

1987-1992 Instructor at the Army School for the following areas: Self-Protection, Fire-Fighting Procedures, Rescue and Recovery under special circumstances, Evacuation Procedures, Radiation Protection, Object Protection, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence.

1994 Opening of the first WingChun Centre in Germany.

1994-1998 Full-time study of Asian Martial Arts at a Private Academy (1994-1996 exemption from military service)

1996 Official termination of the service as a professional soldier.

1996 Development of Combat Training in addition to WingChun. 

1997 Creation of a new style of Weapon Fighting, in which the original styles on which ‘Escrima’ is based were in the foreground.

1997 Opening of several Training Centres in the ‘Bay Area of San Francisco’ / California. Start of the commuting between Germany and the USA. 

1998 Development of a new style of ‘WingChun’ with the merging of the former weapon forms into four newly designed forms and twenty newly created sections of the system. Reforming footwork and increasing the speed and power of arm techniques.

2001 Definition and publication of the Combat Principles.

2001 Foundation of the Escrima Squad as Director / Grandmaster.

2002 Foundation of the International Academy of WingChun as Director / Grandmaster (Dai Sifu).

2003-2013 The time of travel and dissemination. WingChun has spread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.

2014 Completion of the development of a new, contemporary Self-Defence System without traditional elements, the S.A.T (Special Applications Training Program), which was created only for the development of highly functional skills.

2015 Start of the S.A.T as the secondary offered Self-Defence System by the IAW respectively all affiliated Training Centres.

2020 Complete restructuring with the launch of S.A.T as the primary Self-Defence System of the IAW. S.A.T is the evolution and the next level of the Art of Self-Defence. 

2021 The traditional WingChun of the 'International Academy of WingChun' will be offered by instructors who have been certified by the IAW. 

2022 Significant Improvements in technical components of S.A.T in terms of penetration and stability. This results in completely new training approaches to promote performance and certainty of victory.

2023 Publication of the book 'WingChun - The Way of the Warrior' / Fundamentals and Beyond of a Superior Martial Art (published in German and English). This book is a farewell and at the same time a detailed clarification of WingChun, which has been misunderstood and wrongly trained by many for decades. Same year: Publication of the German book 'Feindbild Mensch'.

2024 Development of a new, innovative training concept that can qualify interested Martial Artists as S.A.T instructors in just two days (8 hours of training). 

2024 Launch of the 'Trust Program for WingChun Certification'. Current, former as well as new students and instructors can now receive (order) their Technician Grade, Master Grade and Sifu Certifications from the IAW Office on a trust basis after completing the respective training. 

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