Just some pictures of Master Cheng Man Ching

Pictures taken from the book Cheng-Tzu’s Thirteen Treatises on T’ai Chi Ch’uan by Cheng Man Ch’Ing

Master Cheng Man Ching

For Professor, practicing calligraphy was the same as practicing the principles of Tai Chi: the whole body relaxed , moving as one piece, energy coming from the ground.

Picture and text from the book There Are No Secrets by Wolfe Lowenthal

Master Cheng Man Ching

One thing which always struck me ( Wolfe Lowenthal ) about professor was that he never had shoulder or upper-body tension in his gestures.

Picture and text from the book There Are No Secrets by Wolfe Lowenthal

Sifu Stephen Yap

Born 27th July 1974.

Stephen Yap’s first encounter with martial arts was with Tai Chi. He studied under the teacher Rao Rao Zao in 1993 for about a year.

His next journey was with shaolin which he also studied for about a year.

In 1994 he also began Tai Chi and acupuncture with Dr Feng Chao Lin till 1999. During his time with Dr Lin he opened an acupuncture clinic in 1996.

In 2002 Stephen opened the school Jing Qi Shen and began teaching to this day.

In 2007 he immigrated to Oslo, Norway but makes regular trips back to South Africa to keep a watchful eye on his sheep.