By Tyler R. Rea The day you’d always hoped to avoid has finally arrived; you find yourself defending your life against a superior attacker—an attacker who out-weighs you and has greater reach, more speed, and cardio health that would make an Olympic athlete jealous. In such a situation how do you turn the tides of […]
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By Dr. Mark Wiley For martial artists, one of the most important themes for developing better quality of life is maintaining a wide perspective on health and fitness, one that is based on connecting mind, body, and spirit with the physical actions of the martial arts. A glance at the local school or gym tells a different story.
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In the 1980s I read articles in Inside Kung-Fu on Five Ancestor Fist by Alex Co.To me this art was dynamic, its principles deep, and its curriculum comprehensive; I just had to learn it. I finally had the chance to meet and learn from Master Co in the early 1990s during my travels to Manila
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“Without ‘letters,’ the effort to spread the martial arts across the nation is bound to fail.” −Cai Yangwu, a slogan of the Jingwu (Pure Martial) Association. By Ben Judkins, Kung-fu Tea It may seem odd or inauthentic to label a manual as “the Bible” of a given martial arts style. Certain students have taken issue
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Written in 1907, the book known as Chinese Gentle Art Complete was published by Yu Chiok Sam, alias Yu Hong Piao, in 1917. Yu was one of the “Ngo Cho Ten Tigers,” the top 10 disciples of Chua Giok beng, the founder of Ngo Cho Kun or Five Ancestor Fist Kung-Fu. Yu intended his book
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The following is an excerpt from the beginning chapter of Chinese Gentle Art Complete: The Bible of Ngo Cho Kun, written by Yu Chiok Sam and translated by Alexander L. Co. This first-ever re-release of the book since 1917 is bi-lingual and contains photos not in the original to highlight the text. 二十世紀，一武裝和平時代也。文明愈進步，殺人之器，亦講求愈精。而柔術一門，逐若天演淘汰之列，不知槍湮彈雨，賁育原無所施，而短兵相接時則柔術尚矣。日俄一役，其彰明較著者也，且流水不腐,戶樞不蠹。研究衛生學者，大多以運動為增進身體之健康，夫運動法日術相接之佳良，又熟有過柔術者乎。吾國滿清未造，積弱相仍，摺紳士夫，縛雞無力。光復以 後,當軸者稍知文弱之不足競存也，於是學校兼課柔術之文，然則柔術雖一技之微，而小足以保身，大足以強種，使上行下效，化病夫為健兒，中國前途庶有生氣乎。
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Available for the first time since 1917, the rare book on Fukien Five Ancestor Boxing… “I congratulate Sifu Alex Co for translating this rare and important book whose historical significance cannot be overstated. All practitioners of Ngo Cho should have this at their side!” —Grandmaster Benito Tan, Philippine-Chinese Beng Kiam Athletic Association In The Bible of
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