Master Chiao Chang-Hung

The Lineage

Master Chiao Chang-Hung

Master Chiao Chang-Hung was born in the Spring of 1914 in North Eastern China near the mountain of Wu Lu-Shan. When he was a young boy his father hired a bodyguard to watch over him and teach him Shaolin kung-fu. At the age of sixteen he was given the honor to train at the Little Nine Heaven Taoist temple under the Honorable Master Lushan Daoren.

After training at the temple for several years learning the internal system of Little Nine Heaven Wu Tao, he left and went to college in Peking. There his father introduced him to Master Liu Tsu-Yen in Shen Yang City, where he began learning Hsing-I. He also learned Ba Kua from Master Yan Ju-Lin, the top apprentice of Ba Kua Master Ma Wei-Chi.

When war broke out he fought the Communists and served as Chiang Kai-Shek's number one bodyguard. They fled to Taiwan where he continued training and soon started teaching. He became the head of Taiwan's kung-fu association. He was challenged by many kung-fu experts but was never defeated. He also served the Taiwan government as head of their equivalent of the FBI.

Master Chiao has taught only a few personally selected students the complete system of Little Nine Heaven kung-fu. After years of training, James McNeil received his sword from Master Chiao — certifying McNeil as one of only ten instructors around the world authorized to teach the Little Nine Heaven system. Master Chiao sent his selected disciples to Japan, France, Italy, West Germany, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the United States. James McNeil is the only American. Master Chiao passed away on August 22, 2001.