Chin-Ning Chu

Grandmaster Zac was introduced to best selling author, Chin-Ning Chu by his teacher and good friend, Fong Lee.
After reading Chu's book, "Thick Face, Black Heart", Zac began corresponding with her on a regular basis and they have become the best of friends.
One day Chin-Ning Chu sent Zac the photo of herself, inscribed with Chinese characters "to Zac... 'the King of the martial forest(arts)'".

From Chin-Ning Chu's Website -

Thick Face, Black Heart is a profound distillation of ancient Chinese wisdom and experience filtered through a modern Asian business perspective. Blending stories and principles drawn from Chinese military history and modern entrepreneurship, author Chu shows that success is achievable by anyone who follows the lessons in this invaluable guide and learns how to: develop and employ intuition as a business tool, master defeat, acquire a killer instinct, solve the mystery of money, thrive among the cunning and ruthless, and much more.

From Chin-Ning Chu's Biography -

She is a descendant of Chu Yuan-Zhang, the pauper who became the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty by defeating the descendant of Genghis Khan.

At the age of three, Chin-Ning was forced to leave behind her family’s fortune and flee to Taiwan as a refugee. At the age of ten, her father began to teach her strategies by reading from the text of the ancient Chinese art of war classics as bedtime stories.

Grandmaster Zac's Endorsement-

Without Thick Face Black Heart I would not be here today.
After marriage break up, heart failure,I'd lost all that I worked for.
With 5 cents in my pocket I found myself in a little motel room,
in the little N.S.W.town of Taree, away from the lime lights of Sydney.
For a full year I studied and learned about myself, and "Thick Face Black Heart"
became my constant companion. The martial arts teacher became a student.
Today I called Thick Face Black Heart my "Bible"...Why you may ask?

"Because its not all about us,its about life and the structured world we live in..."

We have a link to Chin-Ning Chu's website in the side bar; have a visit and learn more about her life and philosophies.