Ku Yu Cheung

Ku Yu Cheung was a who disseminated the Bak sil lum style across southern China in the early 1900’s. Ku was also known for his expertise in Iron Palm hand conditioning among other Chinese Martial Art training exercises. Ku Yu Cheung has become a legendary heroic figure in some Chinese Martial Arts communities.

Exploits

Major events in Ku’s life are difficult to verify, as many of his achievements have been made legendary and have been subject to gross exaggeration.

Ku Yu Cheung entered the first National Wushu Fighting
Examination and placed in the top 15 competitors. He was also an instructor for the Guangdong Armed Forces.

According to legend, Ku Yu Cheung, in the same spirit as the folk hero Huo Yuanjia, defeated foreign fighters who viewed the Chinese Martial Arts as an inferior system of fighting.