白鶴派宗師吳肇鍾 曾師祖

吳肇鍾,1887-1967，字唯龕，號白鶴道人，廣東三水（今屬佛山市三水區）西南鎮高豐村人，生於澳門。著名拳師，“白鶴派”傳人。吳肇鍾家境清貧，他隨失明老父吳彬旅居澳門。當時父親以占卜糊口，他協助盲父批寫命紙，解釋簽文。後來，他求藝心切，遍訪名師。當時，大名鼎鼎的拳師黃林開在街頭擺檔賣藝，見吳肇鍾在旁看得眉飛色舞，如痴如醉，又見他長得眉清目秀，器宇不凡，覺得他定非池中之物，決定收他為徒。黃林開是俠家拳傳人之一，俠家拳是廣東南拳之一。吳肇鍾發揮了俠拳的鶴形特點，分支白鶴派。後來，得到父執輩的介紹，吳肇鍾前往江西投拜白鶴派老拳師朱子堯為師，十年學成技藝，回到澳門。20年代初，吳肇鍾在廣州設館授徒，與當時太極拳名拳師顧汝章齊名於南粵。他積極推廣白鶴派武術，廣東白鶴派，就是從吳肇鍾開始的。後來，吳肇鍾得到師祖頒贈金如來佛，作為白鶴派掌門傳統寶物，並以祖師堂對聯“唯德，永耀，守道，超玄”為衍派芝助，屬為開宗立派。吳肇鍾擔任廣州國立中山大學，私立國民大學及各中學，社團國術老師，以科學方式闡述拳理。後來，吳肇鍾從穗赴港，聲名更顯，門徒遍省港澳。吳肇鍾并精於醫術，在香港中環設白鶴草堂吳肇鍾醫術，歷任香港中醫師會理事長 ，會長。吳肇鍾擅長書法，并且對詩詞，文學造詣甚深，兼任香港，澳門各中學國文教席十多年。他著有《拳經》，《劍説》，《白鶴草堂文稿》，《白鶴草堂詩詞初集》等文献。吳肇鍾懸壺濟世，關心民眾，慈善為懷，不論摯友親朋，勞苦大眾，多造訪求醫，每次分文不收。 吳肇鍾每年回鄉掃墓，族中弟兄無不欣喜若狂，必邀他到吳氏大宗祠表演“醉八仙”，“白鶴拳”和“綿里藏針”等精彩绝技，使鄉人大飽眼福。鄰近鄉親，聞風而至。當時，祠堂內燈火通明，男女老少，圍觀如堵。他的表演剛柔結合，虎步鶴形，風馳電掣，庭前一些階磚，被他踏裂，狀如刀切，至今猶存。他能把一條重四十餘斤的鐵棍，用三指鉗其一端提起，伸直手擘使之與地面平行，環行數週，神態自若 。 1967年農曆九月初三，吳肇鍾在香港病逝，終年80歲。

White Crane Grandmaster Ng Siu Chung ceng shi zu

     Grandmaster Ng Siu Chung（Wu Zhao Zhong）, 1887-1967, also named Wei He, was named Bai He Dao Ren (White Crane Taoist) of Gao Feng Village, Southwest Town, San Shui, Guangdong (now San Shui District, Fo Shan City). He was born in Macau. He was a famous boxer and a White Crane Style descendant. Grandmaster Ng Siu Chung’s family was poor. He lived in Macau with his blind father, Wu Bin. During that time, he assisted the blind father in writing the papers and explaining the signing of papers. Later, he was eager for art and visited famous teachers. At that time, the well-known boxer Wong Lam Hoi (Huang Lin Kai) opened a martial arts show in the street , Wong saw Grandmaster Ng Siu Chung was fascinated with his show. Grandmaster Ng was accepted to be the student of Wong. Wong was one of the descendants of Hop Gar Xia Jia Quan (Chivalry Fist). Grandmaster Ng Siu Chung used the crane-shaped characteristics of Xia Quan to branch off the White Crane School. Later, after being introduced by his father, Grandmaster Ng went to Jiang Xi to pay tribute to Chu Chi Yiu, an old boxer from the White Crane School. He learned with Chu Chi Yiu for ten years and later returned to Macau.

  In the early 1920's, Grandmaster Ng set up an school in Guangzhou, and the same time as Gu Ru Zhang, who was a famous boxer in Southern Canton. Grandmaster Ng actively promoted the White Crane School of Martial Arts and Guang Dong White Crane School. Later, Grandmaster Ng Siu Chung was awarded the Jin Ru Lai Fo by the ancestors as the traditional treasures of the White Crane School and the ancestral couplet depicting the generation name "Wei, De, Yong, Yao, Shou, Dao, Chao, Xuan” Ng Siu Chung was a teacher of martial arts in Guang Zhou National Sun Yat Sen University, Private National University, and various middle schools and associations. Later, Grandmaster Ng Siu Chung went to Hong Kong from Guang Zhou and his reputation became even more prominent. His disciples traveled to Hong Kong and Macao in the province.

     He can lift an iron bar weighing more than forty kilograms with three fingers with a straighten arm parallel to the ground. Grandmaster Ng Siu Chung suffers from high blood pressure, Ng Siu Chung died in1967 Hong Kong at the age of 80.