There Are No Secrets by Wolfe Lowenthal - ISBN: 9781556431128
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A young writer finds wisdom in a Tai Chi master.

There Are No Secrets

Professor Cheng Man Ch'ing and His T'ai Chi Chuan

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    15 July 2011

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Summary

Wolfe Lowenthal’s quiet little memoir will with window-opening wisdom reinforce, I think, my view of how Cheng stood on Tai Chi. It tells how a young writer reacted to this strange Chinese man when he appeared in New York City in the mid-1960s and stayed there for a decade before returning to Taiwan to die in 1975. In a nickel town where neurosis is a cardinal virtue, the Tai Chi center established by Cheng soon became an oasis of learning. In my visits there I was invariably approached by a …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781556431128
ISBN-10:1556431120
Author:Wolfe Lowenthal
Publisher:North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Imprint:North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:15 July 2011
Weight:249g
Dimensions:216mm x 137mm x 11mm
About The Author

Wolfe Lowenthal

Wolfe Lowenthal was born in 1939 in Pittsburgh, and began his study of t’ai chi chuan in 1967 with Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing, in New York. Over the years, he has worked as a typesetter, screenwriter, and peace activist. He currently lives, studies and teaches at his school, the Long River Tai Chi Circle in New York City.

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