Emin Boztepe

Emin Boztepe is an American martial artist of Turkish origin who held German nationality prior to naturalization. He first came to prominence for his fight in 1986 with noted Wing Chun practitioner William Cheung, and he continued to gain attention in the 1990s with a public challenge of the Gracie family. He was a notable member of Leung Tings Wing Tsun organisation until 2002, when he formed his own organisation.

Boztepe was born in Eskiehir, Turkey, the second of six children. At the age of four, his family, originally from Balca, Emirda, moved to Germany. According to Boztepe, his early days in Germany were difficult due to his Turkish heritagehe was a constant target for racial insults and, more often than not, verbal abuse would escalate into physical abuse. Martial arts became something of a necessity and his father urged him to begin training. Boztepe recalled, Germany was not the healthiest place for a young Turk in those days of growing racism and neoNazi movements. He claimed to have been in over 300 street fights, many of them a result of this period, though he also claimed to have not started any of these fights.

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