This is a video of my "Yang Style" tai chi short form as taught to me by a direct linage holder of Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing in New York City over a 6 year period. Interestingly, we spent 3 of those 6 years just learning the basic 37 movements. It was an old school method of training, but the teachings go in deeply, especially in a culture where everything is about attaining knowledge with ease and quickness, I gained a subtle appreciation for taking the "long way around". This video was taken in Kyoto, spring 2009. I see a couple of flourishes in my form here and there, but for the most part I am proud my progress with it over the years. I would also like to note that the camera was running out of memory and had to speed up my form to get it all recorded. Normally, the Yang short form is preformed a bit slower than you see here, but I'm splitting hairs. The "Yang Style" form is named after it's creator, Yang Cheng Fu (Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing was a student of Yang Cheng Fu's) and the form emphasizes softness and yielding over strength and hardness (extreme yin overcoming yang). Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing was a great spirit and deeply affected the lives of everyone he taught, even generations after his death (1975) his love, kindness and compassion are legendary among his students. Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing was no ordinary martial artist and was a "Master of Five Excellences": Medicine, Calligraphy, Poetry, Tai Chi, and Painting and emphasized the unimpeded flow of <b>...</b>
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