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		Ron Perfetti   About Ron Perfetti [ Photo Gallery ] Ron was born in New York City on Feb. 2, 1949. He graduated from Adelphi University in New York with a B.A. in History and Political Science. After a number of years studying other martial arts, Ron began his study of T'ai Chi Ch'uan in 1973. He subsequently studied with a number of the world's acknowledged T'ai Chi masters and is certified to teach T'ai Chi Ch'uan by Grandmaster William C.C. Chen of New York City and Chi Kung and Taoist meditation by Dr. Stephen Chang of San Francisco. His other teachers have included Master Benjamin Lo of San Francisco, Master Abraham Liu of San Diego, and Master B.P. Chan of New York City. Ron's experience also includes a semester of study at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, China, 1985, specializing in T'ai Chi Ch'uan and Chi Kung practice. Ron began teaching actively in 1976, and taught full time for over 17 years. He founded and directed the Hawaii T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association, a non-profit organization that oversees ongoing classes, workshops and seminars on Maui, in Hawaii, and worldwide. Today, the Association continues all of its instructional and educational activities under the direction of senior instructors whom Ron appointed and trained.         [ Photo Gallery ]     Although Ron had a firm foundation in the martial art aspect of T'ai Chi, he chose to place his primary teaching emphasis on the health and personal growth aspects of the study. His workshops included such diverse specific interest groups as fitness instructors, medical doctors, senior citizens, Viet Nam Vets, athletes, and others who derive value from the simple yet profound practice of T'ai Chi. Ron Perfetti passed away May 16, 2012.   Ron left this world as he had lived in it: with extraordinary strength, kindness, wisdom, and grace. Sifu Perfetti left with us his mastery as a teacher through his extraordinary instructional materials; he gave us still more guidance and knowledge through the extensive content of this website; and he left the Hawaii T'ai Chi Ch'uan Association — the non-profit teaching organization he founded in 1981 — in the talented and skillful hands of master instructors whom he had personally taught for many years. But above all, Ron left us his light. That light burns through generations of students; it warms the hearts of loved ones, colleagues, and friends; it illuminates everyone he touched.
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