Cheng Man-Ching's Tai Chi Push Hands Videos
Yang-Style push hands
From: Essential Sports and Fitness Video (Tai Chi) Channel
This collection of videos of Cheng Man-Ching pushing hands includes streaming his complete push hands DVD and rare 8mm videos taken by his students.
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Pushing Hands with his students in New York City park (1973)
Professor Cheng Man-Ching shows the relaxed and soft style, combined with powerful pushes,
that characterized his push hands technique.
... Martial arts expert, Robert Smith, who introduced the Professor to Westerners, pulled together the 8mm videos
collected on this DVD.
This is the last known video of Professor Cheng doing push hands (here pictured pushing Ed Young).
From: Cheng Man Ching (DVD) (00:02:11)
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Relaxed, light, and subtle movements are key
Professor Cheng gives detailed push hands instruction while demonstrating correct positioning,
the techniques for pushing effectively, and the need for lightess, relaxation, and gradual movements.
... With some quick and lite strikes he shows how the principles tie into martial arts.
Well-known senior Tai Chi instructors participating include Ed Young, Tam Gibbs, Ken Van Sickle, and Lou Kleinsmith.
From: Cheng Man-Ching and Don Ethan Miller (Master Tapes DVD) (00:13:29)
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How to push and how to avoid being open for fast strikes
Professor Cheng explains and shows how to make strong pushes, not by using strength or being heavy, but
by being light, following the opponent's center, and preventing escape.
... He demonstrates how certain positions leave the pusher vulnerable to high speed, martial arts attacks and emphasizes taking
care of any threatening hand - without blocking.
Senior Tai Chi instructors participating include Maggie Newman, Mort Raphael, Tam Gibbs, and Ed Young.
From: Cheng Man-Ching and Don Ethan Miller (Master Tapes DVD) (00:17:18)
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Relax the chest and body. Stay loose and alive
Professor Cheng continues his explanations and demonstrations of correct techniques for pushing and for responding
to attacks. The push must be in exactly the right direction and must not be too heavy. Take force to one side.
... Don't get excited, for example by letting your shoulders come up, or you'll get locked up.
Senior students Ed Young, Tam Gibbs, Mort Raphael, Stanley Israel, and Maggie Newman get schooled.
From: Cheng Man-Ching and Don Ethan Miller (Master Tapes DVD) (00:15:27)
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Senior students get "bounced away" by the grandmaster
This video shows Professor Cheng pushing with two of his senior students, Tam Gibbs and Ed Young, both of whom went on
to become well-known Tai Chi teachers.
... The videographer and narrator is Ken Van Sickle, who was also a senior
student who later founded a Tai Chi and self-defense school.
From: Ken Van Sickle (DVD) (00:02:49)
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