Che McDermott
- First (Given): Che
- Last (Family): McDermott
- Commenly Know As: Che McDermott
Primary Lineage:
(Ip Man) Ip Ching
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primary teacher/lineage
Teacher Name
Rank Sifu McDermott Obtained
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Full Lineage:
Terry Estcourt > Che McDermott
biography (con't)
Che started his Martial Arts journey at the age of 5 with Karate. In 2004 at the age of 19 he found Wing Chun and started learning from Master Sifu Terry Estcourt. Over the course of the next few years he became a closed door private student of Sifu Terry and at the age of 21 he was asked to help teach at Sifu Terry’s classes. During this time Che was able to spend many hours each day training with and learning from Sifu Terry. The next few years saw Che teaching 7 days a week with his Sifu at Seminars, kids and adults classes and in 2010 Che was awarded the title of Jo Gau.
From 2004-2008 Che was able to attend and train with his Si Gong, the late Master Ron Heimberger at seminars held. He was also able to train with some of Master Heimberger’s American Sifus (mainly Sifu Dave Pangan and Sifu Leeonna Johnson).
With consent from his Sifu, Che has also had the opportunity to train with Sifu Wing Keung Chan (Ip Ching's Brother in law and longest direct student). He has also trained with Sifu Antonio Bacino (another direct student of Ip Ching).
In 2006 Che opened his first Wing Chun School and since then has been teaching kids, adults and privately under Sifu Terry’s direction in the Essex and the Greater London area. He is most proud of his notable student Charlie who started at the age of 5 at Che’s first class. 16 years later Charlie now attends adults class and teaches with Che. He is also very proud of working with many children with Autism and children with physical, visual and mental disabilities and bringing Wing Chun into their lives.