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Cheng Man-ch'ing - a review of a recent biographical documentary

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Last Year the documentary "The Professor: Tai Chi’s Jouney West" by Barry Strugatz (Director, Co-producer), 2016, was released about this extraordinary tai chi master.

If you have an interest in Tai Chi you will likely have heard or seen pictures of Cheng Man-ch'ing (-wade giles) Zheng Manqing (-pinyin).

This article provides a critical review of the film, written by respected Martial Arts historian Douglas Wile.

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