Bagua Palms
Bagua is often only taught after learning xing yi and tai chi.
Bagua palms. At the core of the art are 8. Bagua zhang literally means eight trigram palm referring to the trigrams of the i ching one of the canons of taoism. Liu jingru performing cheng style baguazhangs lao ba zhangold eight palms. This video show ba gua zhang or pa kua chang 8 palms warm up review of bagua section 1 and section 2 and full instruction for ba gua section 3.
This comprehensive richly annotated text makes it a must have addition to every serious martial arts library. Hans studied bagua with liu. Hans menck teaches martial arts in south africa cape town and stellenbosch. It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice.
He demonstrates two sets if cheng style bagua palm changes from the liu jingru lineage. Bagua linked palms includes a wealth of additional information useful to the practitioner of internal martial arts including the story of bagua zhangs development the connection between the bagua and the i ching and step by step instruction in the eight changes of bagua linked palms the first form in master wangs style of bagua zhang. Baguazhang or pakwachang is one of the three main chinese martial arts of the wudang school the other two being tai chi and xing yi quan.