“Don’t push back|don‘t pull away“ or “yield and wait“ he use to say again and again…
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.
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Our aim: Preserving the Taiji community’s effort
When Cheng Man Ching unexpectedly died in 1975, he was buried with a traditional ceremony, which included the writing of a so-called funerary biography.
Our main interest lies in the roots and branches of Yang Style resp. Cheng Man Ching Taijiquan…
When we cut, and even more so when we thrust, we must do it softly.
“If you hold the blade over your head, 10,000 sword faeries will laugh at you.”
I have chosen five applications from the Cheng Man Ch’ing Sword form, in order to illustrate the Tai Chi principles at work.
This method is a health regime, a martial art and a way to enlightenment. The practitioner follows the changes of “Ti” or the Universe and is the Micro version of the Macro. Ti, in Mandarin, means Earth or our reality, three dimension plus time/space.
Momentum is used in Tai Chi while doing the forms, along with centrifugal force, gravity and levity.