Yu Chiok Sam (ed.) Chinese gentle art complete: the Bible of Ngo Cho Kun

Spring House: Tambuli Media, 2014. — x, 240 p. — ISBN: 9780692205419.尤祝三。中華柔術大全：五祖拳.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 to be used as an instructional manual for school students in China. Yu authored two more books, one intended for instructors, and another one for use in the field of medicine. Unfortunately, the printing press handling the publication of these works was bombed and burned during the Sino-Japanese War. Only the first volume was printed, with limited copies in circulation and highly treasured by Ngo Cho Kun instructors. The intention of Yu in writing these books on Ngo Cho Kun was principally to clear the confusion among the art’s instructors. The confusion was generally created because of the founder’s teaching method, which was based on the individual student’s physical attributes and physique. Chua Giok Beng also taught slight variations of the Ngo Cho Kun forms in different localities. There seemed to be no standard, and so Chinese Gentle Art Complete became the authority to define the essence of the Ngo Cho Kun system.