How much of the Baguazhang system can I learn and effectively take in anywhere between 6 months to a year and a half? I've asked my.
BAGUAZHANG (8 Trigram Palms foundation, form and function)Baguazhang is an internal style kung fu, making use of circle walking footwork and many twisting, coiling and spiraling motions. The bagua we study is Cheng style from the Liu Jingru lineage. Known as the art of change, its defining characteristic is the ability to attack or defend while walking, making it an ideal method to deal with multiple attackers.
It is also a powerful health Qi Gong method.This course contains:.Foundation Warm-up Sequence.Bagua specific foundation exercises.Footwork stepping patterns.8 Mother palms, circle walking & applications.8 Palm changes, circle walking & applications.Bagua Swimming Dragon form & applications.
To learn bagua zhang there are many schools of thought. Bruce Frantzis’s teacher, Grandmaster Liu Hung Chieh, was fortunate to study bagua with disciples of both the martial art tradition of Tung Hai Chuan (who popularized bagua zhang) and the Taoist monastic tradition, which is virtually unknown in the West.