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Master Ron Heimberger knew he was not feeling well since August. He wrote it off as being exhausted from his travels, which he was. He continued to fulfill all of his scheduled trips and appearances. No one could slow him down, much less convince him to stop and recuperate. He just pushed on. While on his last trip to Hong Kong, he was having severe headaches and started losing vision on the right side of both eyes. Instead of canceling his scheduled seminar in New Zealand and coming home, he insisted on making the trip. He did so, not feeling well, afterwards returning to Hong Kong to finish some business. While there, he had an MRI and they discovered that he had a very advanced and aggressive brain tumor that was affecting his vision. He then came home and insisted on fulfilling his commitments to teach at the seminars that he had already scheduled and to marry off his daughter. With some help from his students, he was able to complete those commitments. About six weeks ago, he knew he only had so much time, and as he considered the aggressive nature of the tumor, he decided to allow a great surgeon to remove as much of the tumor as he could. He knew this might give him a little more time. He chose, however, not to accept the radiation or chemotherapy, as it did not seem very promising for his particular situation. We, then, gave him the utmost holistic care possible to improve his situation as best we could. Ever the optimist, and always thinking of others, he would not allow anyone to make any statements regarding his health because he couldn't stand the thought of anyone worrying over him. Monday afternoon, while surrounded by his loving family, Master Ron Heimberger parted this world. Through it all, Master Ron Heimberger did things on his own terms; making his own choices; doing what he wanted to do to the very end. Viewing Friday March 14 2008
6-7pm Viewing Saturday March 15 2008 9:30-10:30am Funeral
Saturday March 15 2008 11am Everyone is welcome to attend Please send condolences to Simo@wckfc.comMany of you have expressed the desire to help the family with the funeral and medical expenses, we are very grateful. If you would like to donate please click here to contribute to the Ron Heimberger Memorial Fund . A memorial of Master Heimberger will be posted shortly
How To Build Your Own Wooden Dummy Sifu Carlos Colorado, the official Wooden Dummy maker of the Wing Chun Kung Fu Council since 1996, and an advanced Wing Chun instructor himself, explains the process of building the perfect Wooden Dummy in his popular book, “How To Build A Wooden Dummy.” Many color photos illustrate the process of making a dummy with the same exact measurements found on Grandmaster Ip Man’s personal dummy. To help the builder understand more clearly, Sifu Colorado includes a set of measured drawings. These drawings, along with the illustrated instructions, can be used by you to build a personal dummy or taken to a master craftsman to do the work for you. This book is 53 pages long, 80 color photos, and 10 measured drawings. And is available as either an immediate download over the Internet, or on CD sent through the mail. Click here for more information on this book.
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Memorial Program As many indicated a desire to attend Master Heimberger's memorial service, but were unable to attend, his family has made available the program used for the services in PDF format. Click for the Outside and Inside pages. People may print a program as Build
Your Own Mui Fa Jong
Ip Ching’s New Book
Electronic Book
This 49 page instructional book has over 50 photos and illustrations detailing the Chinese breathing exercise called Hay Gung, sometimes called Chi Gong.
Grandmaster Ip Ching in Action
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