AN INTERVIEW WITH TAI CHI MASTER CHENG MAN-CH'ING
A VIDEO PREVIEW from the book “One Last Thing: A Time-Travellers Guide to Taoism, Martial Arts and 21st Century Thinking”
International journalist Gerald Greene. Dir. EFR
A SHORT MESSAGE ABOUT TIME-TRAVEL FROM THE EDITOR:
As a time-travelling reporter, I was commissioned to interview a number of Tai Chi masters. The Doctor and I were dropped into the Chen Village to see Yang Lu Chan create his own version of the Tai Chi Form. We saw Yang Chen Fu as he debated dropping the “martial” from Tai Chi and of course we visited the late Cheng Man-ch'ing. Unfortunately, sections of the interviews were corrupted on our journey back to the 21st century, but 5 answers to important questions were saved.
One Last Thing: for the sake of interplanetary security and to avoid a Facebook Data leak Investigation, the Doctor and I had to disguise both the voice and the appearance of the great man.
- Gerald Greene (co-author of One Last Thing)
1. WHY I CHANGED THE TAI CHI FORM
“Some people get really anal about Tai Chi."
For the first time since his death, Taichi master Cheng Man Ching reveals 5 secrets about his legacy to the West.
"People say I have changed the Tai Chi Form too much by reducing the long version down to just 10 minutes. But you know, times change, things move on. Think microwave popcorn…
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2. CAN TAI CHI GIVE YOU SUPER POWERS?
“Always get a good cameraman."
In the 2nd Part of this interview, Tai Chi Master Cheng Man Ching reveals the secret behind his super-powers and video filming techniques in which he could toss a man twice his size across the room with a twitch of his eyebrow.
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3. IS TAI CHI STILL A MARTIAL ART?
“Wanna learn to fight? Go learn Jeet Kune Do"
In the 3rd video, Master Cheng Man-ch’ing resolves the contemporary debate about tai Chi as a martial art versus a health art.”
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4. HOW CAN ANYONE BEST LEARN TAI CHI?
“Think of all relationships as cheese on toast...."
"Start from where you are, be creative. Apply the flow to driving a taxi, filling shelves in a supermarket, listening to your customers without judgement...start from where you are…Find the sweet spot where things fuse and melt. Think of all relationships as cheese on toast...."
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5. TAI CHI AND WESTERNERS
“About those suits…believe me, they just look silly on you."
"It's ok for you to borrow our stuff. We don't mind.
We do the same to you, but...I've just got to say...about the silk tunics. Believe me, they just look silly on you."
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Read all the interviews with Masters from the History of the Ancient Arts
The controversial repackaging of Martial Arts History and 21st Century Thinking: One Last Thing.
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