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Hans J. Reimers (* October 9 1964 in Memmingen) is a German martial arts master of Wing Tsung and Escrima. He is dai-sifu (Grandmaster) of Wing Tsung of the „World Martial Arts Alliance“ and Master of Latosa-Escrima.

Life
Reimers began to study Taekwondo at the age of 11. In the 1980's he hat his first experience with chinese martial arts and especially with Wing Chun. He studied also in Hongkong with Dr. Leung Ting, who claims to be the last master-student of Yip Man. At the same time he studied economics in Munich, Bavaria and received a Masters degree. 1989 he opend his first martial arts school in Munich and began to work as a professional martial arts teacher. .

In 2002 he founded the World Martial Arts Alliance (WMAA). Reimers chose the spelling of Wing Tsung to differentiate his teachings from those of other Wing Chun schools, and to keep them from passing off their style as his own. (There is no standard romanization of Cantonese; the Chinese characters remain the same.) Reimers' style of Wing Chun is taught in many countries; from Argentinia to Sweden. His Wing Chun is also taught in the USA.

He has also been teaching at the FBI, the Turkish special forces and the German GSG 9.

Publications

 * Selbstverteidigung mit Köpfchen. Wing Tsung. Memminger MedienCentrum, Memmingen 2007, ISBN 3-927003-49-2
 * Selbstverteidigung mit Köpfchen. Wing Tsung. Band 2: Fortgeschrittene. Memminger MedienCentrum, Memmingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-927003-53-8.

DVD

 * Wing Tsun Alliance & Escrima. Budo International. ASIN B0027H806U

Weblinks

 * A portrait of Dai-Sifu Reimers on wingtsung.info
 * A portrait of Dai-Sifu Reimers on wingtsung.info

Category:1964 births