Caribbean Tai Chi with Frank Colon

This clip features a modified form of Professor Cheng Manching's short 37- posture Yang style Tai Chi Chuan. A few movements have been added from the classical 108 posture Yang style, for the purpose of making this form more "martial".

Frank Colón, certified as a Tai Chi Chuan instructor, has been practicing this system since 1970. He first learned the classical Yang style long form from Sifu Willy Lin, meeting this Kung-fu master upon his arrival in the USA from Taiwan. After four years of training with Sifu Lin and his protégé, Master Dennis Brown, Frank met and trained with Robert W. Smith, who was the first foreigner to be accepted as a student by the Professor Cheng Man'ching. Known in China as the "Master of the Five Excellences" ( Cheng was trained in Chinese medicine, tai chi chuan, calligraphy, painting and poetry!), The Professor (as he was fondly referred to) was considered to be the best Tai Chi practitioner in the world. Frank also trained with masters Wolfe Lowenthal and Don Ahn in New York City.

While Frank had his own Tai Chi studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1981 through 1986, he is now the official representative for the country of Brazil of the Krav Maga Federation of Netanya, Israel. An alumni of the Krav Maga Federation school of Manhattan, New York, he is presently certified as a Senior Instructor by the Wingate Institute of Israel and the Krav Maga Federation, and holds the rank of Black Belt Dan 1.

The soundtrack on this clip is by the Latin-jazz ensemble known as "Afro Mantra", led by composer/drummer, Alejandro (Alex) Garcia!

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