I feel very fortunate to have had contact with Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing in the late 1960s and early ’70s. I first went to him to be treated from his vast knowledge of Chinese medicine. I would wait through many hours of T’ai Chi Sword form in his New York Chinatown studio before having my appointment with him. It was all very informative and healing.

This was written for inclusion in a book on the life and work of Grandmaster Cheng Man-Ch’ing. My Brief Encounters with Cheng Man-Ch’ing and how his Influence and that of his T’ai Chi Ch’uan Affected my Life. I first met Grandmaster Cheng Man-Ch’ing in Chinatown, New York in 1968.