Grandmaster Keith R. Kernspecht (67), University Professor of Combatology, is the first non-Chinese to master this intelligent Chan Buddhist self-defence. In 2000, his Chinese teacher, who had learnt from the legendary Yip Man himself, awarded him the 10th and highest master grade, which he now shares with his master. The Essence of WingTsun shows how the techniques, if one is mindful of them and does not lose sight of the function, become living techniques and teach us the principle, so that the principle can teach us the Inner WingTsun. The book summarises the evolution of our WingTsun (WT) in 8 acts, explains how our EWTO WT differs from its relatives in concept and technique(s), how Grandmaster Yip Man himself divided his style into traditionalists and reformers, but that final positions are less important than the question of whether the teacher teaches in a technique- or principle-oriented way. Kernspecht lists the main mistakes in traditional WingTsun and, instead of memorising dead techniques, focuses on movements of the moment and the Big Seven Skills (mindfulness, agility, balance, body unity, relay of the senses, distance