Unfortunately for Ngok Fei, at that time Prime Minister Ch'in Kwei was working out a peace settlement with the Jürched. He inspired discipline among his troops, won the people's support, succeeded in suppressing bandits who were roaming the land, and defeated the Jürched cavalry with He was not only an excellent strategist, but also a scholar and always showed moral integrity and Ngok Fei was a junior officer who rose from the ranks of recruits. Was able to win victory after victory because he was a clever tactician, and above all because of the kung fu system he taught to his troops. Just hearing Ngok Fei's name filled the Jürched with terror. General Ngok Fei defeated the Jürched every time he fought them. The Song court set up its capital in Hang Chow. The Song court had fled south of the Huai river,Ī tributary of the Yang Tse River, before the Jürched (a Siberian people who were the ancestors of the Manchus, the last rulers of China before the country became a Republic), who had conquered Originally the Eagle Claw system, whose complete history is told in Sifu Shum's book Eagle Claw Kung Fu: Classical Northern Chinese Fist, was called Elephant style,Ī system of hand combat that Ngok Fei, said to be the most brilliant general of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279 AD), taught to his soldiers.
