 Sifu
Whitmore has studied and taught Martial Arts for more than twenty-five years.
In 1975 and later in 1978, he studied Wing Chun under three famous Wing
Chun Instructors, who were trained by Grandmaster Yip Man: Sifu Duncan Leung
and Sifu Moy Yat and Grandmaster William Cheung.
In1983,
Grandmaster William Cheung of Traditional Wing Chun accepted Sifu Whitmore
as a personal student. He attributes William Cheung with having the most
influence on his Wing Chun. He was one of the firsts of Grandmaster Cheung's
original students sanctioned to teach the Traditional Wing Chun System
in New York. In 1994, he was one of the first two students of Master Cheung’s
Tenth Level Gold Sash Instructors, to receive his Third Degree ranking
in the United States.
Sifu Whitmore is a Registered Respiratory Therapist
and a Reiki Master and is well respected both nationally and internationally
in the Wing Chun system. He has produced one Gold Sash Instructor, Sifu
Randy Koller. Sifu Koller has a school in Mt Penn, Pennsylvania where
he also teaches Yang and Chen Style Tai Chi.
Sifu Whitmore is a Bail Enforcement Officer and
was the Chief Tactical Instructor for the Queens Division of Bail Enforcement
Officers. He also trains New York City Police and Correction Officers,
Professional and Amateur Boxers. He has worked with the World Boxing Organization
and President and Hall of Fame’s, Joe Torres and Professional Boxer
Ralph Ramos. Cus D’Amato personally trained Mr. Ramos along with
Mike Tyson. Together they worked towards the development of Wing Chun
training for World Class Boxers.
Sifu
Whitmore has appeared on " Martial Arts World," with Master
Cheung, demonstrating Sword technique and Chi Sao."
A.M.T.
THE HEALING ART
Sifu
Whitmore emphasizes the combat capabilities of Wing Chun and the Internal
and healing aspects of Kung Fu as well. He has developed his own healing
technique called Accu-Point Meridian Therapy. It is based on higher level
healing principles and over ten years of consistent successful results.
It roots from the principles of Reiki, Kinesiology, Pressure Point therapy,
and Traditional Chinese Medicine. It has proven to be one of the most
efficient methods of Pressure Point healing in the world today. It is
used in the treatment of numerous acute and chronic ailments, which have
little success when treated using western medical practices. In eighty
percent of the cases experienced results almost immediately. AMT is used
in treatment of Spinal, Bone, Joint, Muscle pain, Tendon and Ligament
pain and injury. Sifu Whitmore is presently submitting a proposal to a
major New York Hospital, for the study of AMT and it’s effect, in
the treatment of Acute and Chronic Asthma.
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