Some of the best of anyone alive. Assuming he is still alive, that is :)
His fa jin around 4:00 is incredible! As is everything else, I just like how he threw it in there with the footwork and movements. Such a useful video. This truly is a treasure to have such knowledge captured and available to the general public.
No I do not but I can appreciate bagua. I have seen many pretty amazing masters and understand the fundamentals of most Chinese martial arts very well. I study baguazhang in a very informal way. If I do practice, I just try my best to replicate movements and use my knowledge on the fundamentals of CMA to try to understand why. I do not receive formal training but rather strive to figure it out on my own :) A very slow but rewarding process. This video is great tho!
@ThirdEyeLight Definitely, figuring it out is how you do it but I have to say man, training under a good teacher you begin to pick up their energy and how they go about using it. I noticed this the last time I was with my teacher and we trained in more of a freestyle setting. Nothing can substitute practicality. But like you mentioned he also told me that he wanted me to figure out how things worked no my own to forge my own way. If you are ever in the LA area, PM me so we can train.
Would you mind private messaging me some information about your school and training. I have been looking for an opportunity to learn from someone of substance but have had a hard time locating the right teacher in my area. I know I'll have to move in order to train with the best of the best, I'm just not situated to move right now so I have to make due. I would definitely appreciate any info you have for me to help me make my decision though, thanks!
hello im a young man and would very much enjoy it f I was taught by you can this be possible i live in america but in about 3 or four years i'd like to move to china just to learn bagua. thank you
thanks for posting this! Bai is a bagua brother of my teacher, Zhang Jie. It is great to see other high level masters of the style I practice...I particularly love the dragon movements he does at 2:45 and the 7 star step leg sweep at 0:54! Thank you!
I just love this video. Who is he and where is he? I would love to train under him if possible one day. I hope to break free of my physical possessions and seek my martial journey w/o bounds. Thank you for sharing this gem.
Awesome balance and control. Something to aspire to. A few of those things reminded me of Chen style taiji, and some others of hsingyi. Any influence, or just another path to the same destination? Or maybe no relation at all and I'm a silly goose.
this bagua style has some roots in hsing-I, and chen taiji does a lot of spiraling, and so does cheng bagua zhang, so they are quite close, even if they aren't directly related.
The push hands at :45 were outstanding! Thanks for this!
Braindazzled 7 months ago
His Baguazhang is really good. Some of the best i've seen on youtube.
dpthinker 1 year ago
@dpthinker
Some of the best of anyone alive. Assuming he is still alive, that is :)
His fa jin around 4:00 is incredible! As is everything else, I just like how he threw it in there with the footwork and movements. Such a useful video. This truly is a treasure to have such knowledge captured and available to the general public.
ThirdEyeLight 1 year ago
@ThirdEyeLight definitely agree. you practice cheng style bagua as well?
dpthinker 11 months ago
@dpthinker
No I do not but I can appreciate bagua. I have seen many pretty amazing masters and understand the fundamentals of most Chinese martial arts very well. I study baguazhang in a very informal way. If I do practice, I just try my best to replicate movements and use my knowledge on the fundamentals of CMA to try to understand why. I do not receive formal training but rather strive to figure it out on my own :) A very slow but rewarding process. This video is great tho!
ThirdEyeLight 11 months ago
@ThirdEyeLight Definitely, figuring it out is how you do it but I have to say man, training under a good teacher you begin to pick up their energy and how they go about using it. I noticed this the last time I was with my teacher and we trained in more of a freestyle setting. Nothing can substitute practicality. But like you mentioned he also told me that he wanted me to figure out how things worked no my own to forge my own way. If you are ever in the LA area, PM me so we can train.
dpthinker 10 months ago
@dpthinker
Would you mind private messaging me some information about your school and training. I have been looking for an opportunity to learn from someone of substance but have had a hard time locating the right teacher in my area. I know I'll have to move in order to train with the best of the best, I'm just not situated to move right now so I have to make due. I would definitely appreciate any info you have for me to help me make my decision though, thanks!
ThirdEyeLight 8 months ago
hello im a young man and would very much enjoy it f I was taught by you can this be possible i live in america but in about 3 or four years i'd like to move to china just to learn bagua. thank you
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manufacturedfracture 1 year ago
Great vid... Nice to see the real deal and proper training
littlecannon 2 years ago
awesome!
shifudan 2 years ago
best example of empty full I've seen
jesmg 3 years ago
This man is the real deal!
hansmenck 3 years ago
thanks for posting this! Bai is a bagua brother of my teacher, Zhang Jie. It is great to see other high level masters of the style I practice...I particularly love the dragon movements he does at 2:45 and the 7 star step leg sweep at 0:54! Thank you!
richardshapiroII 3 years ago
I just love this video. Who is he and where is he? I would love to train under him if possible one day. I hope to break free of my physical possessions and seek my martial journey w/o bounds. Thank you for sharing this gem.
Peace to you all,
J
an1m8or 3 years ago
this is cheng bagua. bai is a main student of wang wen kuei.
ninepalace 3 years ago
Fascinating!
screte 3 years ago
Nice BGZ.
blacktaoist 3 years ago
Wow! that's some good stuff.
BaguaJunkie 3 years ago
Awesome balance and control. Something to aspire to. A few of those things reminded me of Chen style taiji, and some others of hsingyi. Any influence, or just another path to the same destination? Or maybe no relation at all and I'm a silly goose.
rizzotherat 3 years ago
this bagua style has some roots in hsing-I, and chen taiji does a lot of spiraling, and so does cheng bagua zhang, so they are quite close, even if they aren't directly related.
richardshapiroII 3 years ago
Was there a little struggle at 1:48 ?
monkfg 3 years ago
Is he any relation to Liu Feng Cai, of the Gao tradition in Tianjin?
XuZhangWang 3 years ago
very high skill,fascinating to watch.
razsecret 3 years ago