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Peter 'The Rock' - Part 2 Sifu Garry McKenzie - Combat Magazine - November 2004 'For every disciple seeks a good master and in turn, every master seeks a good disciple.' A Family We had to re-establish ourselves in 1990 when The Wing Chun School was formed and we were no longer under the Simon Lau Martial Arts Academy. Top class fighters from among us were sent into WAKO and BKBU Kick Boxing tournaments because we were only interested in full-contact bouts. We came away unbeaten. Peter retired as an unbeaten BKBU full-contact champion and alonside him were fellow students Jerome Caprice, Calixtus Marcel, Ian Morris, Winston McKenzie, Kola Fajimolou, among others. These took care of the school. The si-hings ( 'elder brothers' ) dealt with any troublemakers who came to the school ( trust me we had our full share! ). The whole Wing Chun School gathered around Christmas time for our annual meal. Peter, through his one-liners and practical jokes, was the life and soul of the party. He did not attend our annual gathering for the first time last year, and was sorely missed. A Friend I began teaching Wing Chun at the Third Space in London's West End, during May last year ( 2000 ). Peter still managed to come to training and assist me with the classes despite having lost a lot of weight. Even thought he was in much pain, he still made it down - just to be among us. Training more than the teaching, I guess, was his life. I remember that he still had plans - though these came to be known over some of the last days any of us saw him. "Sifu, I want to open a school for you when I get back" This suprised me because Peter had never expressed a desire to open his own branch. I spoke to him on the phone a few weeks later because it had been a while since I had last seen him. He told me, "Sifu, I'll be back. Don't worry!" A week later I received a call from Lewisham Hospital. "Hi Sifu! I'm at Lewisham Hospital. I'd really appreciate a visit from you and some of my brothers. Please bring some books on Wing Chun or Combat for me." Peter 'The Rock' - Part 3

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