Five Ancestors

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Wuzuquan
五祖拳

Also known as	Ngo Cho Kun, Wu Chu Chuan, Five Ancestor Fist
Focus	Striking, weapons training
Country of origin	China
Creator	Taizu-Wuzuquan style (predecessor): attributed to Zhu Yuanzhang Bai Yu Feng style: Bai Yufeng Ho Yang Pai style: Chua Giok Beng Tai Zu style: Gong Po Chan Yong Chun style: Li Jun Ren
Famous practitioners	Lo Ban Teng, Lo Siauw Gok, and Lo Hak Loen (Jakarta), Liem Tjoei Kang (Surakarta), Kwee King Yang (Surabaya), Sim Yang Tek (Singapore), Chee Kim Thong (Malaysia), Boon Seng Chee (Australia), Lo Yan Chiu and Tan Ka Hong (Philippines), Ng Seow Hooi (Malaysia), Alex Co (Philippines), Mark Wiley (USA)
Parenthood	Fujian White Crane, Iron shirt, Luohan (martial arts), Monkey Kung Fu, Taizuquan, Dim Mak
Descendant arts	Likely sister style to the Fujian styles from which certain Okinawa karate styles (Goju Ryu, Uechi Ryu) descended, Nam Pai Chuan, Hung Gar
Olympic sport	No

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Terms Chin Na Fa jin Kung fu Neigong Neijia Qi Qigong Shifu Yin and yang
Historical locations Kunlun Mountains Mount Emei Mount Hua Shaolin Monastery Wudang Mountains
Legendary figures Guan Yu Bodhidharma Zhang Sanfeng Fong Sai-yuk Yim Wing-chun Li Ching-Yuen Eight Immortals Five Elders
Historical individuals Emperor Taizu of Song Yue Fei Hong Xiguan Dong Haichuan Yang Luchan Chan Heung Wu Quanyou Wong Fei-hung Sun Lutang Li Shuwen Huo Yuanjia Wang Ziping Chen Fake Ip Man Ten Tigers of Canton
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Five Ancestor Boxing (Wuzuquan or Ngo-cho Kun) is a Southern Chinese martial art that consists of principles and techniques from five styles:

• the breathing methods and iron body of Bodhidharma (達尊拳)^[1]
• the posture and dynamic power of Luohan (羅漢拳)^[2]
• the precision and efficient movement of Emperor Taizu (太祖拳)^[3]
• the hand techniques and the complementary softness and hardness of Fujian White Crane (白鶴拳)^[4]
• the agility and footwork of Monkey (猴拳)^[5]

These five styles and their characteristic techniques were combined during the creation of the Five Ancestor System. They were consolidated by a sixth influence, Xuan Nu, also known as Hian Loo (玄女拳)^[6] and "The Lady in the Green Dress", who introduced the most deadly of its techniques, Dim Mak—lethal strikes to the pressure points of the body.