Margitte Hilbig

There are pivotal moments in my life that are ground zero for where I am today. Moments that will resonate throughout my life. One such moment, in fact the prime moment, was when I met Grand Master Margitte Hilbig.

I can trace everything I have and everything I have become to the moment I met Margie. The most important people in my life are because of Margie. Silent River Kung Fu is because of that moment that I met Margie. My instructor, my best friend, is because of Margie.

I am still in shock from the phone call I received last night informing me that Margie had passed away December 27, 2016. She has been such an important person to me for so long that I had never imagined the world without her in it. Margie was the first female black belt in Canada and she taught me, in fact she taught most of us,  what it means to be a black belt.

The amount of knowledge that the kung fu world just lost is unfathomable and irreplaceable. I still cannot comprehend it. Master Hilbig thank you, you will never be forgotten.

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