THE WAY OF HONORABLE MASTERS?

Grandmaster Feeman Ong demonstrating "The Way of Honorable Masters" in 1959

To dive into the root of honorable masters we must first look to the context of Traditional Chinese Martial Art (TCMA) history. This is a topic that has always been very controversial! Chinese history, aside from TCMA, is so seamlessly knit together with legends and mystical stories alongside of historical events that it is extremely difficult to separate the two.

For example many Chinese scholars find it impossible to authenticate various authors of classical Chinese texts! Many historians debate the existence of Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and even the famous Yellow Emperor, Huang Di. As if this problem isn't daunting enough, in other parts of Chinese history it is further compounded by the Chinese' cultural bias to name an originator of a technique, writing, or w/e under a previous master or another person altogether. 'In Chinese culture it is more desirable to have antiquity instead of personal merit.' 

To take a serious look at TCMA history and Kwan Ying Do I first want to elaborate on some major problems I've found in traditional Chinese culture. Followed by my personal understanding of research I've done on Master Ong  and the stories surrounding the origins of Kwan Ying Do...

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