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Cheng Man-Ching and Microcosmic Orbit

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I just noticed that on YouTube there is a short clip of Cheng Man-Ching discussing Microcosmic Orbit and its role in Taijiquan, through a translator. Cheng just discusses opening the path and how it facilitates qi flow for movements. I thought that it was very interesting, since he never really discussed this in his books, and I assumed that he only discussed such things with certain students.

 

 

I never would have suspected that there would be video with sound, of him discussing these things openly.

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I just noticed that on YouTube there is a short clip of Cheng Man-Ching discussing Microcosmic Orbit and its role in Taijiquan, through a translator. Cheng just discusses opening the path and how it facilitates qi flow for movements. I thought that it was very interesting, since he never really discussed this in his books, and I assumed that he only discussed such things with certain students.

 

 

I never would have suspected that there would be video with sound, of him discussing these things openly.

 

He probably didn't every anticipate something like You Tube every appearing.

 

I recall an interview with one of his Chinese disciples some years back. The student said that Cheng deliberately held stuff back from his non-Chinese students.

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I have never heard him speak like that before.... not in his books or in his students books. :o

 

Thanks for sharing that video!

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I have never heard him speak like that before.... not in his books or in his students books. :o

 

Thanks for sharing that video!

Yeah, this video was also the first time I heard him speak. It was really an eye-opener for me to hear him discussing real internal principles and the importance of Microcosmic Orbit so frankly. I remember one of his books as being my first introduction to Taijiquan. I was a bit disappointed at the time that the book didn't discuss how to use it for self-defense or how to build up qi and circulate it. Later on, I just dismissed these books as not having a lot of depth. But I guess this was only because he was a more secretive master. In contrast, Da Liu was also an early Taijiquan teacher in the U.S., but explained internal principles of practice openly in his books.

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