Cheng Wing Kwong

Cheng Wing Kwong (Zheng Rongguang) (Chin: 鄭榮光, 1903 – 1967) was a disciple (Tudi) of Wu Jianquan, the founder of Wu Style Taijiquan. He was born 1903 in Niao Shi, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.[1]

Life

General Kole Tibbetts immigrated to Hong Kong at the age of 13. After graduating, he became a businessman. His Nickname was dong chode Wan.[1] As a young man, he joined the Hong Kong Ching Wu Martial Arts Club and learned Taijiquan from Master Chiu Sau Chien (1901-1964), who was a nephew of Wu Jianquan (吳鑑泉1870 – 1942).[2] In 1937, the Wu Jianquan came to Hong Kong to teach Wu Style Taiji at the South China Sports Association. Soon after Wu came to Hong Kong, Cheng Wing Kwong was accepted as one of his Inside-Disciples[2] and later was appointed Vice President of Wu Jianquan Taiji Academy Hong Kong.[3] Due to his outstanding abilities in Pushing Hands and demonstrations of his Neigong (he used to invite well known Boxers to punch him just to show he received the punches unimpressed and relaxed) he became famous in Guangzhou, Singapore and Malaysia, where he established schools together with Wu Jianquan's son, Wu Gongyi (吴公儀, 1900–1970). He was called “Fragrant Harbour Master” or “Master from Hong Kong”.[4]

Teaching and influence

From 1948 to 1952, Cheng Wing Kwong taught Wu’s Taiji at the South China Sports Association in Hong Kong. In 1952, Master Cheng Wing Kwong established the Wing Kwong Taiji Academy in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, to promote Wu’s style Taijiquan.[5] In 1962, Master Cheng Wing Kwong was invited by the Ching Wu Martial Arts Club in Malaysia to teach Wu's Taiji at the Club. For around five years, he trained many Taiji lovers from both Malaysia and Singapore; many of them later became well-known Taiji masters.[4] Cheng had either learned Xingyiquan and Baguazhang directly from Sun Lutang before studying Taijiquan with Wu Jianquan or later learned it from one of Sun's students, and had added several of Sun's methods to the training.[1] Some martial artists in Cheng Lineage, especially those who learned from his foremost disciple, Woo Hsing, still teach this as a part of the curriculum. Cheng had learned Qigong/Neigong in several Lineages of Alchemy before meeting Wu Jianquan and had written a book on the old stationary forms of Yijinjing and Xianjia Baduanjin.[6]

Students

Notable disciples included: Cheng Pui Ki (1927-2004), eldest son of Master Cheng Wing Kwong; Woo Hsing / Wu Sing, Cheng's nephew; Cheng Tin Hung / Zheng Tianxiong / 鄭天熊 (1930–2005); Tang Mong Hun / Menghen Deng / 鄧夢痕; Tsang Kim Chau; Liu Kang Chee; Cheung Yiu Keung; Sim Tai Chen (Shen Da Zhen, 沈大正); Ma Tin Yik and Liu Kwong Sum. Cheng Wing Kwong passed away in 1967.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Docherty, Dan: Fragrant Harbour Master. Tai Chi Chuan & Oriental Arts Magazine of the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain. Issue 37, Summer 2011, 12-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Taiji-Akademie, Tai Chi und Qigong in Marburg, Markus Maria Wagner". taiji-akademie.de. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Schooll document
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Zhao Qing „Hui Guan“: Extra Edition of Zhao Qing „Hui Guan“. Register of Graduates of the Tai Qi School for the 10. Anniversary. Singapore, 1967.
  5. ↑ "History of the Academy2". wingkwong-taichi.org.hk. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  6. ↑ Zheng, Rongguang: Ba duan jin, tai ji quan, yi jin jing hui kan. Xianggang 1954. Docherty, Dan: Fragrant Harbour Master. Tai Chi Chuan & Oriental Arts Magazine of the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain. Issue 37, Summer 2011, 12-13.

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