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8 trigrams palm
Baguazhang
(8 trigrams palm)
is a
very challenging internal martial art.
It
addresses the experience of combat
in a different way to taijiquan with
multiple opponents in mind at all
times.
The student avoids direct confrontation by circling around the opponent or by
encouraging the attacker to circle around them.
Change
Baguazhang uses insights from the
I Ching and is based on the principle of
change.
Our class practices
the Jiang style of baguazhang.
The founder of baguazhang (Dong Haichuan) was a bodyguard in
the Imperial court.
Kung fu
Baguazhang was designed to be an advanced
kung fu method.
The art contains many of the same
fighting skills as
taijiquan
(supreme ultimate fist), and a whole lot more
besides...
It is a highly unusual martial art
famous for its fast, evasive footwork and effectiveness against
multiple
opponents.
Your body emulates animal movements and changes continually.
Baguazhang is unlike and
superior to the other arts I learned.
(Robert Smith)
Shuai jiao &
chin na
Shuai jiao and chin na are very important.
Given that baguazhang contains an enormous amount of shuai jiao and
chin na applications, there would be little purpose in learning
the Art
without the required foundation.
By learning a vast number of applications before even touching upon
baguazhang palm changes (form), the student already understands
range, reach and good
positioning.
It ensures that they will not
exaggerate their baguazhang in form or in
application.
Shuai jiao combined
Baguazhang favours shuai jiao.
It is ideal against multiple attackers and perfectly suits the deft, speedy
footwork of baguazhang.
By combining unusual angles of attack,
chin na,
shuai jiao and
jing, the baguazhang student employs a bewildering
method designed to take immediate advantage of the combat situation.
No techniques
Momentum and flow are used to overcome strength. The aim is to draw the
attacker out of their centre and off-balance.
Baguazhang trains the student to adapt, change and improvise.
There are no fixed techniques, with the exponent preferring to respond to
the demands of the moment rather than force an outcome.
Spontaneity
Baguazhang is all about responding spontaneously and favourably to stimuli.
This cannot be achieved if you are standing in your
own way.
Fluidity, flow, softness and harmony are not possible when you are
self-conscious.
Naturalness
Baguazhang teaches a student how to
choose-without-choosing; to let the subconscious mind make decisions.
This will produce more powerful responses.
The application feels to have simply occurred, without force or
effort.
The ability to instantaneously bring all of your power to a single point is
one of the techniques that the art of bagua develops.
(Bruce Frantzis)
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Page created 31 July 1994
Last updated
10 June 2019