Di Laoshi, when did you began learning Shaolin Kung Fu from Master Zhao Zhong (趙忠, 1916-1982) in 1962? I did not graduate from elementary school in 1962, but in 1963. My grades were excellent, and I was admitted to the high school affiliated with Peking University. While studying there, our class’s extracurricular tutor, Wang Jinshi…
I often asked Grandmaster Shum Leung (full name Shum Yee Leung – Cen Yu Liang, 岑譽亮 – 1937-2025), about the lineage of our Wu Shi Taiji Quan (吳氏太极拳) – Wu Style Taiji Quan. I was never able to get anything more than “I leaned from my Sifu.” During my years of publishing the Wu Gong…
Grandmaster Leung Yee Shum, known as Leung Shum, passed away on July 4, 2025. I have many memories of his teachings and our interactions over the span of more than four decades. I recall vividly an interview that I conducted with Grandmaster Shum for the Wu Gong Journal, a Chinese martial arts publication which I…
I have been a student of Grandmaster Willian C. C. Chen (陳至誠) since 1983. He is a senior disciple of Professor Zheng Manqing (郑曼青, 1902-1975 – Cheng Man-Ching). William Chen developed the 60 Movement Yang Style Tai Chi Form based on the teachings of his late master and his own experience in the art. The 60 Movement Form…
Zheng Manqing (鄭曼青, 1902–1975), also written as Cheng Man-ch’ing, was born in 1902 in Yongjia (present-day Wenzhou) in Zhejiang Province, China. Known as the Master of Five Excellences, he was highly accomplished in Calligraphy, Poetry, the Chinese Classics, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Tai Chi Chuan (Taiji Quan). A college professor, he became known to his Tai Chi students as Professor…
I recall meeting Grandmaster William C.C. Chen (Chen Chi-Cheng) for the first time more than 40 years ago. In our first meeting he asked that I call him “William.” I was taken aback by such humility, but I have always addressed him as “Master Chen” out of the respect that I have for him. There…
The posts on this Blog reflect the knowledge I have received from my teachers, and the volumes of information I have accumulated while doing research and conducting interviews with many masters, during the years of publishing the Wu Gong Journal and the Journal of Chinese Martial Arts. All the material published on this Blog is copyrighted. — Nick Scrima
