Editing Cheng Man-ch'ing (section)

==United States==

In 1964, Cheng moved with his wife, two sons, and three daughters to the [[United States]], where he taught at the New York T'ai Chi Association at 211 Canal Street in Manhattan. He then founded and taught at the Shr Jung T'ai Chi school at 87 Bowery in [[New York City]]'s [[Chinatown]] section, with the assistance of his six American senior students, known as the "Big Six": Tam Gibbs, Lou Kleinsmith, Ed Young, Mort Raphael, Maggie Newman, and Stanley Israel. Later students/assistants are known as "the Little Six": Victor Chin, Y Y Chin, Jon Gaines, Natasha Gorky, Wolfe Lowenthal, and Ken VanSickle{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}. Other American students include Frank Wong, Michael and Lora Howard, [[Herman Kauz]], René Houtrides, Patt Benton, Lucjan Shila, Carol Yamasaki, Robert Ante, Judyth Weaver, Patrick Watson, Min Pai, Lawrence Galante, Lisa Marcusson, Saul Krotki, Robert Chuckrow,<ref name="Robert Chuckrow">{{cite web|last=Chuckrow|first=Robert|title=Ph.D.|url=http://www.chuckrowtaichi.com|work=The Tai Chi Book|publisher=YMAA Publication Center|access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref> Robert D. Morningstar, Phillip Carter, and William C. Phillips{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}. In Taiwan, Cheng's students continued running the school in his absence. It operated initially under the direction of Liu Hsi-heng. Hsu I-chung is the current director{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}.

While living in New York City, Cheng often spent several hours in the early afternoons studying or teaching classes of three or four students in the [[C. V. Starr East Asian Library]] at [[Columbia University]], usually in a small, mahogany-panelled loft above the main floor. For relaxation, he raised [[orchid]]s.