Cheng Man Ching Performs His 37-Movement Tai Chi Chuan
Cheng Man Ching performs his 37-Movement Tai Chi Form, which was filmed at Riverside Park in New York City during the early 1970’s. He developed this shortened form from his experiences with the Traditional Yang style of Tai Chi Chuan. Cheng Man Ching studied Traditional Yang style of Tai Chi Chuan from the famous 3rd generation Yang Family master, Yang Cheng Fu.
In 1949 Cheng Man Ching moved to Taiwan where he taught Tai Chi to many students, including T.T. Liang, Benjamen Lo, William C.C. Chen, and others. Cheng eventually moved to the United States, and in 1964 founded the Shr Jung Center for the Cultural Arts in New York, and from there went on to influence generations of Westerners in the art of Tai Chi Chuan. Cheng Man Ching was also known as the “Master of Five Excellences”, being trained and proficient in Tai Chi Chuan, Chinese medicine, painting, calligraphy, and poetry.
Click on the link below to see this wonderful book by Cheng Man Ching. A must-read for the novice and the serious Tai Chi Student! This book is Cheng’s original classic about his Short Form!
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very very good!!!!!!!
I learned this form in 1976 (before that time I had learned and practiced a Yang style long form). I have been practicing this short form daily ever since.
The innocence of fluent movement that some people mistake for weakness! I love his form and style without effort!