irondreamor (July 15, 2008 at 7:39 pm)

He looks as if he is only a young man of 70 or 80. The older they get the more they learn. To be young you must first be old.

Warriorsofthenet (July 9, 2008 at 6:14 pm)

bigger the better :) (meetyourfling) c o mbrans712222

mayaluvsmusic (July 9, 2008 at 4:26 am)

wow

EmptyMind69 (June 7, 2008 at 12:11 pm)

Chen Manching and Fu Zhongwen had the same sifu, Yang Chengfu. But if you compare how they do the form you will find a lot of differences. Even Chengfu's son,Zhenduo, does it differently than his father. Tai chi is an art, and all sifus interpret it differently. As long as the essentials are understood and followed the form can be played with subtle variences. The same way music will be interpreted differently by various musiciens. Beginners and intermediate though should try to copy their sifu.

jragon300 (April 10, 2008 at 2:07 am)

As you practice, and your body sinks further and further over time, your breath will sink deeper as well. I was told that the breath, like every movement, should not be forced, but allowed to occur via relaxing and sinking.

chrisroseann (April 4, 2008 at 3:26 am)

I also took classes there around that time and did one summer camp up near Julian in 84-85 timeframe. It was fantastic.

chrisroseann (April 4, 2008 at 3:24 am)

That I cannot say. I only know that Abraham Liu did teach breathing and can only assume that he learned it from CMC. But this is the problem with the transmission of this kind of knowledge from person to person. It is never clear what was explicitly taught by the master to the student versus what 50+ years of doing the form by the next generation that the next generation of masters discover for themselves and pass onto their students.

redmark2007 (April 4, 2008 at 12:46 am)

I studied the Yang (Chen ManChing) with Mr. Liu in 1980-82 at the Taoist Sanctuary in San Diego, Ca. I found him to be a very patient and from what I have heard in the Tai Chi community, one of the most knowledgable in the Taoist arts...and I agree, you do feel the work out after awhle.

wmcmath (March 24, 2008 at 9:02 pm)

Was it Abraham Liu's method, or did CMC teach the breathing? I notice that Terry Dunn doesn't include any breathing techniques in his video, and I thought he was also a disciple of Abraham Liu's?

guitarninja83 (March 22, 2008 at 9:26 pm)

Do not go against nature. In breathing and in movement.