I've heard & seen ignoramuses referring to Cheng Man-ching's Tai Chi as "tofu tai chi" i.e. soft with no power; and probably bland as well. Until one encounters real softness it is impossible to imagine its power. It gives one time. The more I look at his photo & the more I watch him on film the more convinced I am that he was in a class of his own. I'm also pretty sure that what he preached (Short Form etc) wasn't what he practised: he had a few secrets he wasn't sharing!