The Professor—Documentary by Barry Strugatz and Ken Van Sickle about Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing’s years in the United States, and the great impact he had on the growth of t’ai chi in the West and on individual students’ lives.
The Master Tapes—A anthology culled from videos of Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing’s New York classes, lectures, discussions and demonstrations. Preview clips and orders at this official site.
Maggie Newman T’ai Chi Ch’uan Archive Volume I: “Following the Ch’i” and II: “Nourishing the Spirit” —An anthology of video material of Maggie Newman, one of Professor Cheng’s leading students. Material includes her teaching classes, interviews, demonstrations, discussion of t’ai chi and its ideas.
In the world of T’ai Chi Chuan and particularly in the lineage of renowned master, the late Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing, Margaret Newman is an American Treasure. “Maggie” as she is affectionately know by her many students, has studied and taught the art of T’ai Chi for more than a half century. There are two Archives. Archive I: “Following the Ch’i”, includes footage of Maggie demonstrating both the solo T’ai Chi form and the sword form. Each segment is introduced with her ideas about learning the forms and thoughts on T’ai Chi. The companion Archive II: “Nourishing the Spirit”, also available, includes the uncut interview, rare footage of her teaching, NY Push Hands meets and vintage photographs. In both these archives, the viewer is treated to a glimpse of the genius, the skill and the heart of one of America’s most beloved teachers of T’ai Chi Ch’uan: Maggie Newman.
Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo: Enduring Legacy of Professor Cheng Man Ch’ing—Several videos of lectures on the classics, demonstrations of solo form and sword by one of Professor Cheng’s earliest and most influential students.
“In My Kitchen in New York – for Bataan Faigao”
Poet Alan Ginsberg recites his 1984 poem while doing t’ai chi in his narrow kitchen. The poem is included in White Shroud – Poems 1980-1985 and in Collected Poems A T’ai Chi poem by Allen Ginsberg, and was reprinted in Taijiquan Journal (vo. 1 no. 3) as a special feature. Ginsberg taught poetry at Naropa Institute, where Bataan Faigao taught t’ai chi and headed the traditional arts program. Bataan and Jane Faigao both studied with Professor Cheng in New York City before founding the Naropa program and Rocky Mountain T’ai Chi.
Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing founded the Shi Chung Study Association in Taiwan. The group continues, decades after Professor Cheng’s passing. They have republished Professor’s books and opened a museum and office in his former home in Yonghe, in suburban Taipei. This short video, in Chinese, gives an overview of their work.
Great River Tai Chi Ch'uan 