Friday, February 27, 2015

Robert Smith on Zhèng Mànqīng (鄭曼青)

"This is not to say that T'ai-chi does not require effort. It does. But it requires quite as much faith. I asked Cheng once why none of his students approached him in skill. His terse answer: 'No faith.' Faith in what? Simply in the twin principles of relax and sink, in not resisting and always remaining gently attached to the opponent."

Quoted from Chinese Boxing - Masters & Methods

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