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We hope this book has something to offer all martial artists, beginners and advanced, Chuka stylists and exponents of other arts alike. It should be noted that this book was not written in a vacuum, but represents, instead, the efforts of many individuals. We would, therefore, like to thank the following for their respective contributions to this project: Tan Hun Poey, Cheong Boo Kheng, Ong Tatt Lin, Woo Kim Hin, the Lam family, Ron Beaubien, Karunakaran A/L R. Chindan, Hunter B. Armstrong, Carlos Aldrete-Phan, Robert Chu, Alex Co., and the late Donn F. Draeger.

—Cheong Cheng Leong &

Mark V. Wiley,

Penang, 1999

Part I

Chuka Shaolin in Perspective

CHAPTER ONE

Historical Perspective

The historical documentation of a fighting art that spans several hundred years is a difficult undertaking. This is especially so when the art in question lacks written documentation prior to the 1970s, as is the case with Chuka Shaolin. And while Cheong Cheng Leong knows the history of his art as passed on to him by his late master, Lee Siong Pheow, he is unsure of the origins of the art past five generations.