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"Water does not resist; if you push it, it gives way. If you can be like
water, no one will be able to stand up to you, no matter how big or strong they may be. This is the essential principle of Taiji as
a martial art."
(Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing, book source: page 117, Es gibt keine Geheimnisse, Kolibri Verlag, 1993, Taschenbuch, 181 pages, ISBN 3-928288-05-9) |
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| Cheng Man-ch'ings 37er-Short form Yang style Relaxing and letting go/the primary energy Peng (the "ascending energy"/Taiji variant) Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing was one of the greatest and most important Taiji masters and died in 1975. He was also often called the "Master of the Five Excellences", which included: Taiji, painting, calligraphy, poetry and medicine. His teaching of Taiji was based on the teaching of relaxation and letting go, one of the most difficult Taiji variations to learn. Cheng Man-ch'ing taught Taiji as a way of life/basis of life, as Dao: 1. Suppleness and flexibility, 2. balance and equilibrium, 3. Attention and responsibility. His students described Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing as balanced, fearless and particularly kind to each of his patients, each individual and each of his students.. Taiji is a unique, unsurpassed yet non-violent martial art: "There are actually very few people who are able to master their fear to such an extent that they can gently respond to a violent attack. But it is the paradox and at the same time the glory of Taijiquan that the very virtues that many consider the secret of life-gentleness, sensitivity, compassion-represent the secret key to mastery in this self-defense art." (Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing, book source: page 117, Es gibt keine Geheimnisse, Kolibri Verlag, 1993, Taschenbuch, 181 pages, ISBN 3-928288-05-9) |
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