Sifu Morten Ibsen is the Founder and Chief Instructor of The Danish Ving Tsun Federation (DVTF).
Like so many before him, Morten’s martial arts journey began with the films and inspiration of Bruce Lee. He started to train Wing Tsun (Leung Ting lineage) with Sifu Eric Lilleør in 1985. In the early 1990s, he took over the responsibility for the Odense WT school. The following years several more schools opened, on Funen and Jutland, all under the supervision of the school in Odense.
From 1985 to 2002, Morten was a member of the EWTO (European Wing Tsun Organisation) under Sifu Keith R. Kernspecht, and the DEWTO (Danish Wing Tsun Organisation) under Sifu Allan Jensen. Both organisations taught Leung Ting Wing Tsun. Morten travelled a lot and held seminars throughout Scandinavia and the UK, and enjoyed considerable recognition for his skills and his ability to pass on his knowledge. During that period he trained with many of the best WT masters in Europe. Among those who inspired him the most were: Sifu Emin Boztepe, Sifu Allan Enderberg Jensen, Sifu Henning Daverne and Sifu Keith R. Kernspecht.
On a trip to the UK in 2004, Morten was, for the first time, made aware of the Wong Shun Leung Method of Ving Tsun (WSLVT). Morten met with Wong Shun Leung student Sifu Clive Potter, who gave him his first insights into the Directness, Efficiency and Simplicity of WSLVT.
The following year he returned to the UK, this time to meet Sifu David Peterson, who had travelled all the way from Australia to conduct a seminar with Sifu Alan Gibson and Sifu Kevin Bell. In so many ways, this meeting became a major turning point in Morten’s life—it totally changed his perception of WT/VT. Sifu Peterson’s insights and knowledge was simply mind-blowing!
Much has happened since this first meeting. The Ving Tsun Morten teaches today is so dramatically different from the Leung Ting Wing Tsun he originally learned and taught for many years.
A huge thanks needs to go to Sifu David Peterson and Sifu Alan Gibson for their ongoing friendship, their openness and their unselfish manner in which they share their knowledge.
