In this video we look at the final stages of the Baguazhang 64 palm Walking Chi Gong. The Walking Qi Gong and the 64 palms reference the 64 trigrams from the I-Ching. #BAGUAZHANG #Circle #Walking #Chi #Gong #postures
Check out the latest Ba Gua Zhang impressions by one of our Instructors – Stev. Ba Gua Zhang is all about turning and rotating, guiding the spiral through our body and using the twist, created in one direction, to unleash spin into the other direction. This kind of spinning and twisting is especially great in…
The story of Bagua Zhang was produced and released domestically in China in around the year 2020. It features four lengthy episodes covering different topics regarding the history and practice of Bagua Zhang along with various interviews. I have translated, subtitled and dubbed this series and have also added relevant information for the international community…
The main feature of Yin Fu Baguazhang is that its palms (techniques) are YING 硬 掌 (yìng zhang) , i.e. they are ‘hard’ techniques, in opposition to Cheng Tinghua’s ‘SOFT’ palms (柔掌) . It could be said that Yin style of Baguazhang has strong influxes and forms too (linear forms) from Shaolin. Therefore, you can…
Wudang Five Dragons Heavenly Dipper Bagua Zhang is completely intertwined with Daoist theory and principles of the Eight Trigrams. The patterns the practitioner walks are ancient symbols which mimic the cycles of the Earth, the moon, the sun, and the stars. By maintaining one’s place within these patterns and unifying the body with universal principles,…
This video was extracted from a series produced for police and sheriff officer trainers in 1999. It features some of the throws and weapon disarm methods based on the Li family Baguazhang methods. The quality of the video is a bit blurred due to the age of the video files. We hope you enjoy the…
Here Master Su discusses “don’t end it prematurely.” My translation at the time definitely didn’t convey everything Master Su was saying. The most important part I did not clarify was Master Su’s saying that we shouldn’t “jump to the end.” While not stated in the video, in martial arts, throws are ending moves. In EOE…
Looking at the striking postures from the Baguazhang Lion form’s first and second section. The striking postures from section 1 and 2 teach us how to control the arms before following up with heavy strikes. #BAGUAZHANG #Kung #Lion #Striking #Postures #Section
Master Xiang Zi Shi’s performance of Bagua Zhang. #Taoist #Master #practices #Bagua #Zhang
#Ziran #Men #Impressive #Bagua #Circle #Walking #Conditioning #gongfu #baguazhang #martialarts