My teacher's first Chinese master. Liang took up Tai Chi at 50, having recovered from a life threatening illness. He moved to New York in the 60's with Cheng Man-Ching, acting as the great man's interpreter (Liang had worked as a customs official in Shanghai and had close to perfect English). After falling out with Master Cheng (when my teacher asked Liang what Cheng Man-Ching was like, Liang thought for a while and then said, "Like Hitler"), he started teaching Tai Chi in Boston and never looked back. He died three years ago at 102. Apparently a wonderful man with a wicked sense of humour.
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