Five Ancestors

Wuzuquan (Chinese五祖 拳"five ancestral boxing," English Five Ancestors Kung Fu ) Ngo Cho Kun also known as, is a southern Chinese martial art and thus belongs to the school of thought of Nanquan (南拳, " Southern boxes ").

Wuzuquan includes techniques from five older styles of Chinese boxing:

History

How often in the Chinese martial arts, the history is difficult to prove because the sources over the centuries have been lost or have become legends. On the history of the founders Wuzuquan and there are two different versions, both continue today learned styles:

The Wuzuquan from Quanzhou ( Fujian Province ) was added to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China (No. 803).