In 1948, the National Athletic Meet was held in Shanghai. Unlike the tournaments before the war when hundreds of great Masters were still living many died in the war), the meets following the conflict were not open, free-style, "anything goes" in organization. In conjunction with this major change, Sway-Jo was now an independent contest and using other styles of Kung-Fu as the Grandmaster had done formerly were not allowed. Even so, the scope of the contest was large, with participants coming from 32 provinces, 12 special municipal cities, nine overseas Chinese teams, and 58 Military police units! Grandmaster Ch'ang, now 40 years old, represented the Army and easily won the overall championship proving he was still number one even after 15 years had passed!

Having won two national tournaments and proven himself countless times in hundreds of matches, both friendly and otherwise, Grandmaster Ch'ang went on to teach at the Central Police Academy in Taipai for nearly 30 years. During that time he was also Chief Official for all of the national tournaments on Taiwan and Sway-Jo advisor for the military, the police, and the educational system. Though many Kung-Fu styles are taught in Taiwan, none have the prestige of Sway-Jo, where the Taiwan Sway-Jo Association boasts over 38,000 members-- making it one of the largest Kung-Fu organizations in the world!

In April, 1975, Grandmaster Ch'ang, then 68 years old was invited to Morocco to give an exhibition of the Chinese arts to the King Grandmaster Ch'ang's faith was Islamic). During his visit, a 4th degree Tae Kwon Do instructor in service to the King as head of his personal bodyguards challenged Ch'ang and was accepted. The "match" lasted only seconds as Grandmaster Ch'ang deftly dodged the attack of the Korean and knocked him unconscious with a slap of the hand! Obviously, the years had not diminished the physical power and skills acquired by being trained by Masters from the previous century, the likes of which now exist only in a small handful of very old men.

In February 1982, the Grandmaster organized the International Sway-Jo Association and spent much of the time since promoting his art by traveling throughout the world giving demonstrations, workshops, and seminars. In June 1986, at the age of 78, the martial arts world was saddened by his untimely death.

The extent to which Grandmaster Ch'ang was respected, revered, and feared by the Chinese martial arts community is incalculable. He was regarded as a literal "national treasure" by Taiwan and was the only Master to be granted the red, white, and blue belt, the national colors of Taiwan, which was buried with him and will never be awarded again. Since the knowledge and the caliber of men needed to train someone as Grandmaster Ch'ang was trained no longer even exist, the 10th degree in Sway-Jo was retired upon his death never to be awarded again. Some say that as much as 60% of all Kung-Fu knowledge that existed in the earlier years of this century went to the grave with him!

In perhaps all of Chinese Martial Arts history, no one ever went totally undefeated for well over half a century- certainly not if they accepted any and all challenges as Grandmaster Ch'ang did! Indeed, he was not only just one of a kind, but, unfortunately for all of us, Grandmaster Ch'ang was one the likes of which will never be seen again. Amid all of the competing and conflicting claims made by latter-day teachers as to whose style or system is superior, no one except the disciples of Grandmaster Ch'ang can state that their teacher defeated the teachers from all other styles at a time in history when the deciding factor in victory was who walked away!

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