Cheng Man Ching

Cheng Man Ching (Zheng Manqing) was one of the first tai chi teachers to come from China to the west. Having studied Yang style with Yang Chengfu, the grandson of its founder Yang Luchan and subsequently moved to Taiwan where he founded his Shih Chung T'ai Chi Association where he taught well-known students such as William CC Cehn, Benjamin Lo, TT Liang, Huang Sheng Shyan and many others.

In 1964 Cheng moved to the USA and finally settled in New York where he opened his classes in the Bowery area of the city. In conjunction with Robert W Smith he authored one of the earliest books on tai chi in English, "Tai Chi Chuan - The Supreme Ultimate" and on his own, "Tai Chi Chuan - A Simplified Method...."

Professor Cheng Man-Ching was known as a Master of Five Excellences, having accomplished a high degree of skill in the following arts, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Calligraphy, Poetry, Art and Tai Chi Chuan. Having shortened the original Yang System from it's original 20+ minutes to somewhere between 8 - 10 minutes Cheng helped to make the art accessible to many more people and ultimately made a considerable contribution to the spread of tai chi chuan in the West.

These pages are devoted to Cheng Man Ching and his teachings as carried on by his lineaged instructors.