Features:
Bagua Zhang is based on the I Ching's theory of yin and yang, five shapes, bagua theory as a theoretical basis for palm attacks, supplemented by legs, elbows, fists, claws, fingers, head and other strikes against the enemy's internal and external boxing. Bagua Palm operating principles for the unpredictable in and out, see the opportunity to make, at any time and move, line is moving, moving is changing, changing is changing, follow the reason of the infinite changes of the gossip, ghosts and unpredictable.
Bagua Zhang belongs to the internal boxing, Chinese martial arts three internal boxing, refers to Taijiquan, Xingyiquan, Bagua palm. Internal boxing is different from the Shaolin boxing, check boxing and other external boxing, internal boxing is to use the internal strength of the main boxing.
Practice Bagua palm pay attention to "three forms and three potential": the so-called "three forms", that is, "walking as a dragon, moving as a monkey, changing potential like an eagle"; the so-called "three potentials The so-called "three potentials" that is, "walking as a mud, two arms like twisting the rope, walk around like a mill". Only in this way can we do palm law changeable, flexible footwork, body law twisting and turning, round living without stagnation. Bagua palm movement is characterised by: the body Jie step spirit, potential potential connected, step trip flat, swing buckle clear, criss-cross, coordinated and rounded, strong and thick, rigid and flexible.
Origin of Bagua Zhang:
It is now recognised that Bagua Zhang was created by Dong Haichuan, a native of South Zhujiawu, Wen'an County, Hebei Province, in the Qing Dynasty. Dong Haichuan combined his own mastery of a variety of boxing techniques with the walking circles practised by the Taoist priests of the south to create the prototype of Bagua Zhang - the Turning Palm.
Dong Haichuan had been in the Qing Dynasty Su Wang Fu as a boxer, so Bagua Zhang first circulated in the Beijing area, which, Dong Haichuan taught the disciples to Yin Fu, Cheng Tinghua, Liu Fengchun, Li Cunyi, etc. more famous, and the current popular Bagua palm have their family names, such as: Yin, Cheng, Liang, Sun and other Bagua Zhang.
Basic moves:
Baguazhang is in the circle walk around the stakes, walking steps as the basis for entry, to trip mud step, pendulum buckle step as the basic footwork, the old eight palms as the core of the basic palm, and then to the old eight palms derived from the 64 kinds of palms and a combination of Baguazhang Chain Palm, swim in the Baguazhang, yin and yang Baguazhang, the dragon Baguazhang, the old eight palms, the eight plate palm, Baguazhang Chain Legs and other sets of boxing for the contents of the art. Bagua sword, bagua knife, bagua whip, bagua gun, meridian mandarin ducks battle-axe, yin and yang sharp, swallow-tailed wings, Qiankun circle, wind and fire wheel, judge's pen, the sun and the moon double sickle, etc. for the content of the instrument; to bagua sparring, bagua sixty-four palms to remove the hand for the content of the sparring.
The Eight Forms of the Bagua Palm
Baguazhang's eight shapes of constant potential that is, the situation of the eight kinds of animals into the palm of the situation of rehearsal. The animals of the Bagua are not the same, corresponding to Qian, Kan, Burgundy, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun and Tui; Yin and Cheng take the Lion, Snake, Bear, Dragon, Phoenix, Chicken, Lin and Monkey. The Shi school takes lion, snake, bear, dragon, phoenix, harrier, Lin, monkey.
The Five Forms and Five Potentials of Bagua Zhang
Baguazhang's "Five Forms and Five Potentials" is used by the Shi School and Liang School. Its take "five forms" - dragon, tiger, monkey, snake, swallow into a potential throughout the entire fist in the general leadership of the fist and the body, in the fist, the body is concerned about the "dragon and monkey phase, the tiger sits in the Yan flip, python wrapped snake through the ".
The Four Virtues and Eight Abilities
Baguazhang's "four virtues" are smoothness, adversity, harmony, and gas. "Shun" refers to the boxing force when the body to follow nature; "against" refers to the force is not released, try to retract; "and" refers to the force does not seek, calm and peaceful; "Qi" refers to the practice of the innate essence of the latter day of the qi returned to the dantian. Baguazhang's "eight can" that is, push, support, take, lead, move, block, buckle, cut off eight kinds of techniques against the enemy.
"Eight Against"
Baguazhang's "Eight Against" refers to the eight uses of Baguazhang that are completely opposite to external boxing, namely:
One: progress in the first step forward, step back first step back.
Two: into the straight step, out of the curved step, across the horizontal step, back to the reverse step.
Thirdly: against it: if people are diverse, I am quiet and wait for labour.
Four: When people punch and kick, I wear the palm and cover the elbow.
Fifth: People make the tip of the joints, but I make the tip of the root, the tip is the hand, the root is the shoulder.
Six: People use their fists to change punches, but I use a straight palm.
Seven: people can only turn back to the back, I move step that is according to the eight parties, external boxing only six ways, Bagua palm playing ten parties. Ten square for the four positive four corners and left and right.
Eight: people are straight into the body, I palm to step with.
Baguazhang footwork is the tactics of the system, Baguazhang waist is the master of the whole body, the attack is the first shoulder, heel is the first step, move is the first waist. Bagua palm techniques, the fundamental source of legs and even after the hand, mainly in the waist. Therefore, the gossip palm theory has a "hundred practice is not as good as a walk" said.
Seven Fists and Three Sections
The so-called "seven fists" refers to the seven parts of the body used as a strike. They are head for a fist, hand for a fist, elbow for a fist, shoulder for a fist, crotch for a fist, knee for a fist, foot for a fist, Bagua Palm more than seven parts of the enemy as a hit parts, so called Bagua Palm seven fists.
The so-called "three sections", refers to the human body on the lower three sections. On the three sections for: shoulder for the root section, elbow for the middle section, the hand for the tip section; in the section for: anus for the root section, Dantian for the middle section, the head for the tip section; under the section for: crotch for the root section, knee for the middle section, the foot for the tip section.
Equipment:
Bagua Sword
Bagua Sword
Bagua Whip
Bagua Gun
Zi Wu Yuanyang battle-axe
Yin Yang Rui
Swallow Tail Wing
Qiankun Circle
Wind and Fire Wheel
Judge's Pen
Double Scythes of Sun and Moon