I really want to know why american teachers of the Cheng man ching yang short form (excluding William chen- he is cool) have such huge ego? didnt cheng man ching say "invest in loss".
really! these 2nd and 3rd generation Shir Jung taiji people are perpetuating ignorance and act like they own some big secret. yet they are a huge joke to the taiji and martial arts community.
some cheng man ching teachers may have learned some form, sword, and push hands but they all have one thing in common:
1. they will never touch hands with you.
2. they do a hybrid shortened yang form from cheng man ching and every other form is wrong. (they havent figured out that their form is from something called a complete yang long form.)
3. they will never demo their form themselves.
4. they act like they are masters and imitate there teachers. they will speak to you as if you are lower than them and that whatever you do is wrong.
5. they try to act soooo traditional and dont recongnize they are in 21st century.
6. you will never see them at any tournament and they will put down tournaments.
7. even if your a taiji relative they still act disrespectful to you. they recongize differences and not similarites, even if you been doing the same form as them.
i apologize to those other cheng man ching players i have been able to learn and benefit and exchang e ideas and push hands from with positive feedback.
others- with big egos and organizations who are suppose to be teachers setting a positive example- you really are a negative example of taiji and you shouldnt even be teaching .