Biography GM Günther Benjamins

Günther Benjamins

 

 

 

 

Sifu Benjamins is 50 years old and is living in Emden / Germany. He began Martial Arts training in 1975 with Shotokan Karate. In the following years he also practised many other styles like Karate, Kickboxing, Escrima, Kobudo. 

He began with his special style Ving Tsun Kung Fu in 1979. Today Grandmaster Benjamins has the following ranks in martial arts:

 

Ranks & Honory Ranks:

 

Prof. of Philosophy in Martial Arts Education ( USIGMSU / Worldwide University - Chicago & WOMA)

Doctor. of Philosophy in Martial Arts Science ( World Academy of Martial Arts Phylosophy and Science - W.A.M.A.P.S / Malaysia

Doctor in Martial Arts ( World University of Martial Arts and Sciences ( USA )

Doctor of Philosophy in Combat Martial Arts Science & Education ( Nepal )

10. Duan Wing Cun Kung Fu ( Malaysia, Brazil, USA )

10. Duan All Style Kung Fu / Founder ( Germany / USA / Equador / Peru / Argentinien / Saudi Arabien )

10. Dan Martial Arts Police Methods ( Peru, Italy )

10. Dan KUF / Kostrovs Universal Fisticuffs ( Ukraine )

9. Duan VingTsun Kung Fu / World Ving Chun Federation ( Malaysia ) and others

8. Dan Krav Maga 

8. Dan Police Hapki - Do Methods ( Portugal )

8. Dan Bredan Fou Martial Arts ( Pakistan )

8. Duan Man Seer Kung Pai Kung Fu ( Italien )

7. Degree Black Sash / Ving Tsun Kung Fu ( WVTA - USA )

7. Dan Military Combat Sambo ( Azerbaijan )

8. Degree Krav - Survival / FIKSDA ( France )

5. Dan Krav Maga Private and Public System Italy

Vip - Protection / Protection Rapproche / Instructeur-Chef ( Frankreich )

2. Grad / Italian Fil. Knive Fighting ( Italien )

Tonfa Instructor ( Frankreich / USA )

Tactical Baton Instructor ( Frankreich / USA / Brazil )

Wu Shu Sanda Instructor ( Germany / China / Brazil)

Jeet Kune Do Senior Instructor ( Germany / USA )

Security & Bodyguard Instructor ( Germany / Saudi Arabien )

IPP - Krav Maga International Black Belt / 5. Level ( Italien )

Evolution Krav Maga 4. Level ( Singapore )

5. Expert Level /Adavanced Instructor Krav Maga / WOMA

Expert Level Cobra Krav Maga ( Poland )

Kapap Level "C" ( Poland, USA, Brazil )

 

Awards:

 

Hall of Fame Award “ Master Instructor of the year 2004 “ WMAOA – Canada

Hall of Fame Award “ Sifu of the year 2004” / USA

Hall of Fame Award “ European Ving Tsun Kung Fu Grandmaster of the year 2008 “ World Martial Arts League / USA

Hall of Honor Award “ Grandmaster Warrior of Honor 2008 “ USHOFMAA / USA

Warrior of the Year 2008 / Combat Warrior Martial Arts Association / USA

Founder of the Year 2008 / International Tinh Vo Dao Federation / USA

Yin Yang Award 2008 / USA

Hall of Fame 2008 / International Lu Tran Kung Fu Association / USA

Grandmaster of the Year 2009 / Lions Den Martial Arts / USA

Outstanding Dedication to the Martial Arts / Action Martial Arts Magazines Hall of Honor & Spirits Awards 2009 / USA

Sifu Instructor of the Year 2009 / Valadez Kenpo Association

Master of Martial Arts 2009 / International Combat Martial Arts Hall of Fame / USA

Chinese Martial Artist Instructor of the Year 2009 / International Martial Arts Magazine / Pakistan

Kung Fu Grandmaster of the Year 2009 / Midwest Black Belt Martial Arts Hall of Honor / USA

Wing Chun Master of the Year 2009 / Associazioni Sportivo Contindustria ( A.S.C. ) / Italy

Senior Expert of Martial Arts 2009 / World - Wide Sun Dragon University / Iran

Bachelors Award 2009 / World Rose Dragon School / Iran

International Combat Martial Arts Hall of Fame /Latvia / Master of Martial Arts

Bushido Spirit Award 2009 / World Association of Ultimate Martial Arts / Azerbaijan

International Hall of Fame 2009 / World Association of Ultimate Martial Arts / Azerbaijan

Krav Maga Instructor of the Year 2009  / Combat Warrior E-Magazine Hall of Fame 2009

International Organzation of the Year 2010 / IIMAA / USA

Founder of the Year 2010 / IIMAA / USA

Krav Maga Master of the Year 2010 / Combat Warrior E-Magazine Hall of Fame / USA

Ambassador of Martial Arts World / Job Defense System / Costa Rica

Krav Maga Combat Concepts Grandmaster of the Year 2010

Krav Maga Grandmaster of the Year 2011 / MAPM Peru

Nominierung Grandmaster of the Year 2011 / World Martial Arts Black Belt Hall of Fame / Malaysia

Kung Fu & Krav Maga Grandmaster of the Year 2011 / Close Combat Martial Arts &

Headmasters Federation / Kroatien

Krav Maga Expert of the Year 2011 / TSC - International Hall of Fame / Ukraine

Nominierung Grandmaster of the Year 2012 / World Martial Arts Black Belt HOF / Malaysia

Jeet Kune Do Instructor of the Year 2012 / VKA - USA

Krav Maga Master of the Year 2012 / S.E.R.C.S.U / Mexico

Ving Tsun Kung Fu Grandmaster of the Year 2013 / Italian Chin Woo Association

Grandmaster of the Year 2013 / Sambo Club Berane Hall of Fame / Montenegro

Best Grandmaster 2013 / World Pan Armenian Combat Karate-Jutsu and

Special Protection Center - Hall of Stars 2013

Krav Maga Grandmaster of the Year 2013 / Mexiko

Award of Exellence / Bei Shaolin Quan Italy

Certificate of Honor / World Niyudda Federation / India

Honor ao Merito / Associacao de Artes Macial Uniao dos Dragoes de Fogo / Brazil

Diploma de Honor 2014 / Ashihara Karate Kaikan - Turkey

Hallof Fame GM of the Year 2015 / Sambo Club Berrane Montenegro

Dragon Award 2015 / Bei Shaolin Italy - Chinese Traditional Northern Shaolin KF

Certificate of Appreciation 2015 / Tai Chi Qigong Health & Harmony Centre / Sydney

Ving Tsun Kung Fu Grandmaster of the Year 2015 / Italian Chin Woo Association

Award of Exellence / Universal Ju Ka Do Mix Martial Arts Organisation - India

World Grandmaster Solidarty Plaque 2015 / FIOGA - Malaysia

Appriciatian Certificate 2016/ Club amateur sportif atlas - Algeria

Appreciatiobn Letter 2015 / IACCS - Azerbaijan

Award of Honor 2016 / Okitaekundo Self Defense Federation - USA

Award of Super Noble 2016 / WBMAHF - Indonesia

 

 

 

Association Member / Positions:

Martial Arts Health & Fitness Association e.V. / Founder & President

World Ving Tsun Athletic Association / Founding Member & Vice President

Ving Tsun Academy Europe / Founder & President

Security Protection Service Academy / Founder & President

Kung Fu Academy Emden / Headinstructor

Germany Representative of Physical Education & Martial Arts Faculty of West Coast University ( WCA ) Panama

International Martial Arts Union Association / Präsident Germany

WOMA - Honorable & Priority Member

Protector of Ving Tsun Grandmasters / Benefactor

International Simmey-Do Karate Federation / German Representative

International Supreme Elite Warriors Council / Lifetime Member

United States Head of Family Martial Arts Association / Representative Germany / Lifetime Member

World Independent Chinese Martial Arts Federation / Lifetime Member

World Martial Arts League / Lifetime Member

World Traditional Karate Kickboxing All Styles Association / Kung Fu and Ving Tsun Division Germany

Ving Tsun Athletic Association / Permanent Member

Authentic Ving Tsun Association / Lifetime Member

International Sifu Federation / Lifetime Member

Martial Arts Association International / Honor Member

International Wing Chun Martial Arts Association / Lifetime Member

Wakazamurai International Martial Arts Organization / International Sokeship Council / Lifetime Member / Repr. Germany

World Martial Arts College / Member

World Martial Arts Organizations Alliance / European Chinese Martial Arts Chairman, Master Council / Lifetime Member

World International Martial Arts Association & Organisation / Member

Health & Fitness Academy / Lifetime Member

International Security Service / Lifetime Member

World Modern Martial Arts Association e.V. / Lifetime Member

International Okinawa Seishinryoku Karate Do Kobudo Association / Lifetime Member

Polish Federation of Martial Arts and Defensive Sports / Lifetime Member

International Warriors Foundation – Kayten Academy / Council Member

Martial Arts National United Union / Representative Germany

World Rand Ten Full Contact Karate / Lifetime Member

Universal Martial Arts Association Hall of Fame

United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance / Lifetime Member

Global Black Belt Society / Lifetime Member

Martial Arts Olympic Comitee Organization / Lifetime Member

Action Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Honor & Spirit Awards

Lions Den Martial Arts Association Hall of Fame

World Chinese Kung Fu Promoting Union / Representative Germany

World Man Seer Kung Pai Kung Fu Shaolin Confederation / Lifetime Member

World Leaque of Martial Arts / Lifetime Member

Lu Tran Kung Fu Association / Representative Germany

International Tinh Vo Dao Federation / Representative Germany

Combat Warrior Martial Arts Association / Representative Germany

International TranJitsu Federation / Representative Germany

Christ – Mission Martial Arts Alliance / Representative Germany

European Goshinjutsu Association / Lifetime Member

Famila EBS Kenpo Internacional / Member

United States Jite Ryu Karate Association / Lifetime Member

Valadez Kenpo Association / Lifetime Member / Soke Council

US Sokeship Union of International Grandmasters / Soke Council

Tatsu Ryu Karate Do Honbu / Honorable Member

Martial Arts National United Union / Representative Germany

World Rand Ten Fullcontact Karate / Member

World JuBoxing Federation / Representative Germany

International Combat Martial Arts Unions Association / Member

International Combat Kickboxing Union / Member

International Combat Karate Union / Member

International Combat Chinese Martial Arts Union / Member

International Combat Martial Arts Hall of Fame / Member

International American Okinawa Seishinryoku Tai Chi Club

International Martial Arts Federation

International Combat Union / ICU

World Martial Arts Forum

Ital. Fil. Knife Fighting Association

International Academy of Executive Protection Agents , LLC / Lifetime Member

Martial Arts Authority of India / Member

World Bredan Fou Martial Arts Federation / German Representative

W.B.M.F. Masters Council / Lifetime Member

World Black Belt Bureau

International Independent Martial Arts Association / I.I.M.A.A. / Repr. Germany

W.B.M.F. - Masters Council

Council Member " International Grandmaster Council " / USA

German Official Ambassador Krav Maga Intensive Personal Program / Italia

German Representative of the " World Kostrovs Universal Fisticuffs Organization " / Ukraine

International Shaolin Yangsheng Fa Association / Schweiz - Co-President of Advisory Board

International Bodyguards Combat Kong Fu Organization / Iran - Member of Board of Directors

World Rose Dragon School / Lifetime Membership

Krav Maga Concepts Organization / Lifetime Membership

World Hapkido Alliance / International Membership

World Association of Ultimate Martial arts / International Membership

Moo Sul Tae Kwon - Do International / International Membership

International Hapki-Do Police Methods Federation / Repräsentant Germany

Martial Arts Police Methods / Repräsentant Germany

Federatione Israeliana Krav Maga / F.I.K.M.  / Italy

Woma Headmaster & Sokeship Union

World Organizer of Martial Arts / WOMA / Director for Chinrese Martial Arts

World Self Defense Federation / WSDF

The International Instructors Federation / The European Union Quality Assurance

World Kung Shao Organization

Assembly of Sokeships, Headmasters & Founders

International Combat Wing Chun Association

Combat Kung Fu Society

International Yip Man Martial Arts Sifu Council

World Head of Society / International Council of Masters and Grandmasters

Woma International Council for Higher Martial Arts Science Education Inc., USA

International Combat Krav Maga Union

International Combat Security Service Instructors Union

Special Security Forces Commando Instructors Group / German Representative

Hunt Survival Association / Lifetime Member

International Krav-Kapap Combatives Associations / Lifetime Member

Universal Song Do Kwan Alliance / USA / Lifetime Member

World Shinshindo-Kai Martial Arts Association / Argentina / German Representative

US International Grandmasters & Masters Sokeship Union / USA / Council Member /Repr. G.

IMASO Hongkong ( International Marshal Society )

World Martial Arts Sports Federation / Türkey / Repr. Germany

World Martial Arts Masters Organization / Repr. Germany

International Protection Anti-Terrorist Union of Italy / Repräsentant Germany

Defensa Y Securidad Personal Kiongido / Repräsentant Germany /Argentina

Universal Song Do Kwan Alliance / USA

International Martial Arts Association / Iran

Malaysian Global Taekwon-Do Federation

Global Taekwon-Do Federation International

World Academy of Martial arts and Philosophy and Science / Malaysia

Bunbu - Ichi Zendo Budo / Bugei Remmei / USA

International School Universal of Aikido Hombu Dojo - I.S.U.A / Italy / Repräsentant Germany

International Hosharafu Federation / USA / Repräsentant Germany

Associacao Portuguesa O Samurai / Portugal / Repräsentant Germany

Job Defense System / Costa Rica / Repräsentant Germany

IRCA - International Real Combat Association / Russia / Pepräsentant Germany

Familia EBS Kenpo International / Venezuela

International American Kenpo Karate Organization / Venezuela

International Sungja - Do Association / USA

Confederacao Oanamericana ( COPAN ) / Brazil / Repäsentant Germany

All Martial Arts Sokeship Alliance / Equador

International Jiu Jitsu Association-Submission-Nefusen / Repräsentant Germany

Scorpio Combat System / Paraguay / Repräsentant Germany

International S.E.R.C.S.U. / Mexico / Repräsentant Germany

International NHB Combat Union / Equador / Repräsentant Germany

Union Vale Todo Internacional / Equador / Repräsentant Germany

Wudang Nei Jia Gi Gong Tai Ji Quan Gon Fu Dao Pai / Equador

Xiaoling Tzi Quan Fa Qin Na Sanshou Gong Fu Pai / Equador

Riu Do Kan Nihon Jujutsu Kai / Equador

Kempo Ryu Do Kan Kai / Equador

Kempo Jujutsu Riu Do Kan Kai Bugai / Equador

Independent Martial Arts & Self-Defense Society / Rußland

Union Americana Jiu-Jitsu / American Jiu-Jitsu Union / Peru

International Commando Self-Defence / Polen / Repräsentant Germany

Fuerza Elite VIP Security Israeli Academia Guatemala

Military, Plice and Security Systems World Siciety / Ecuador

Tanaka-Takeda Clan Sinanju Shin Do / Croatia

International Combat Martial Arts Founders Union / Latvia

International Combat Krav Maga Union / Latvia

Gurkha Action Martial Art Federation / Nepal

Instituto Internacional de Artes Marciais Chinesas e Esportes - I.A.M.C.E. / Japan

Instituto Brasileiro de Artes Marciais Chinesas - IBAMC / Brasil

Inzana Martial Arts Academy ( I.M.A.A. ) / Germany

Federacao Pernambucana de Kick-Boxing e Full Contact Traditional / Brasil

International Acrofull Association / Iran

Radical Martial Aciences Research Network / Equador

Grupo de Accion Tactica Especializada ( GATE ) / Brasilien / Repräsentant Germany

World Godai-Ryu Federation / Germany

Global Tang Soo Do Federation / Member Technical Commitee

Iran Tang Soo Do Federation / Member Technical Commitee

International Martial Arts Union

Martial Arts National Association / Hawaii - USA

Hawaiian Council of Elders and Mana / USA

World International Martial Arts Society / NepalAsian Grandmaster Association / Nepal

Nepal Military Khukuri Martial Arts / Nepal

Hunt Survival Krav Maga Association / USA

Italian Chin Woo Athletic Association / Italy

World Ving Chun Federation / Vice President / Advisor / Malaysia

The World Taekwondo Martial Arts Association / Mexico / Repräsentant Germany

Bulgarian Ukrainian Cossak Union / Bulgaria / Repräsentant Germany

Sambo Club Berane / Montenegro / Repräsentant Germany

World Budo Federation / Türkei / Repräsentant Germany

Association of Counter Terrorist and Protection / Bulgaria / Repräsentant Germany

Int. Federation of Close Combat Martial Arts / Serbia / Repräsentant Germany

Bodhi Dharma's Ancient Indian and Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Academy / India

Black Panther Commando Training School / India / Repräsentant Germany

International Wushu Sanda Federation / Hongkong

India Wushu Sanda Federation / Repräsentant Germany

Asociacion de Artes Marciales Xuan Long / Argentina

World Pan Armenian Combat Karate-Jitsu and Special Protection Center

Bei Shaolin Quan Italy

World Niyudda Federation / India

Associacao De Artes Marciais / Brazil / Repräsentant Germany

Grupo de Capoeira Agua dos Meninos / Brazil / Repräsentant Germany

Guardians Village Arnis Germany / Honor Member

World Interstyle Sport Kombat Organization / Italy / Repräsentant Germany

Okitaekundo Martial Arts Systenm / USA / Repräsentant Germany

International Martial Arts Association Budo Bushi / Poland / Repäsentant Germany

IACCS / Azerbaijan / Repräsentant Germany

Avrasya Jeet Kune Do Federasyonu / Turkey / Repräsentant Germany

F.I.A.M. / Brazil / Repräsentant Germany