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In an attempt to be as accurate and as detailed as possible, we not only present the oral history of Chuka Shaolin as passed down through the generations, but we also offer several new insights into the “mother art(s)” from which it may have sprung.

One possible origin of Chuka Shaolin is found among the Hakka, or Guest Family, peoples of Canton/Guangdong, China. There is a martial art among the Hakka people that stems from Chu gar kow, or the Chu family religion. Chu gar kow was originally an underground society that formed during the Qing/Manchu dynasties. Chu gar kow’s fighting art is now known to many as Chu-gar mantis, the first of the “southern” praying mantis systems to have developed. Over the years, other styles of southern mantis, such as Chow-gar and jook lum have also evolved. Since the Chinese characters for Chu-gar (southern praying mantis) and Chuka (phoenix-eye fist) are the same, it is possible that the latter art evolved from the former.

Another possible origin of Chuka Shaolin is Fukien white crane boxing. Some believe that the teachings of the Chu gar kow spread and became the various styles of Fukien Shaolin boxing—of which white crane boxing is a part. Since the cave where the nun Leow Fah Shih Koo resided and later taught her “Shaolin” art to the Chu sisters was known as the Pai-Ho Toong, or White Crane Cave, it is possible that Chuka Shaolin is based in pai-ho, or southern white crane, kung-fu.