Ken van Sickle is famous for his swordplay & his photographs of Cheng Man Ching
Cheng Man Ching
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Professor Cheng Man Ching
Here you find articles around Professor Cheng Man Ching’s life and work. He was a poet, calligrapher, painter, martial arts practitioner, and a Chinese medical doctor. We will add articles and interviews on a regular base.
When doing sword form or fencing the sword is moved from our centre, and on the sword’s centre.
“The Sword is the king of weapons.” – CHENG MAN CH’ING
What we learn in Tai Chi has universal validity, that which comes at us, should be returned.
In their wisdom the ancient masters evolved the forms and passed them down. The forms are of a nature that when they are practised they inform us as…
If you observe Tai Chi people fencing you will hear more laughter than in any other Tai Chi action, and you may have noticed if you have seen the films of Professor Cheng fencing, that he was definitely ‘amused ’ .
Cheng Man Ching was a Chinese Doctor, Master of Taijiquan and a passionate calligrapher, poet and painter. He is the author of numerous own books and is regarded as the ghostwriter of Yang Chengfu’s book on form and application of Yang Style Taijiquan.
Since Cheng Man Ching‘s birthday is the 29th of July I decided to start with this one.
This sometimes happens while doing forms, in dreams, while reading the Classics or viewing films of the master…
Next week, Taiji Forum will start publishing Ken van Sickle’s book Tai Chi Sword as a weekly series in our section #PhilosophicalFriday!