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Title:

The Professor (DVD) : Tai Chi's journey west / director, Barry Strugatz ; producers, Ken Van Sickle, Barry Strugatz.

Publisher:

First Run Features,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Zheng, Manqing,--1902-1975.
Tai chi.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.

Other Authors:

Strugatz, Barry, film director. film director.
Van Sickle, Kenneth, director of photography. director of photography.
First-Run Features (Firm), publisher.

Notes:

Subtitle from container. DVD extras include: Cheng Man-Ching performs his 37 Movement Form ; The Origin of Tai chi ; Medical science & Tai Chi: an interview with Peter M. Wayne, PhD, Harvard Medical School. Featuring Cheng Man-Ching.

Summary:

Documentary about Tai Chi and one of its great masters, Cheng Man-Ching, a man who brought Tai Chi and Chinese culture to the West during the 1960s. Featuring vintage archival footage, the film tells the story of his remarkable life and features Tai Chi as a martial art and a spiritual practice.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)953205212

UPC:

720229917025

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)