great balance, alot of power and to never let the guard down while having absolute focus on the enemy proves this man is nothing short of a master at his art or "lifestyle"
this is a perfect example of a good basic training. u walk slowly and take care of every part of the body, i know how hard it is to keep a proper twist and a good footwork, balance and so on, for a long long time. bagua basics is full of hiddden isometrics ;) very good video, nothing much to see, but the more is inside of him going on! thats real baguazhang.
well this looks legit. it should be mentioned for the sake of skeptics that this is part of the qi gung for internal training not combat. bagua fight is direct and effective. even the basics learned in xiao kaimen are brilliantly simple. i myself am a qi gong skeptic but bagua gives you enough energy that night practice will lead to insomnia. bagua is great kung fu but many find the training boring.
@negait nice one!! Who says martial artists don't have a sense of humor!! ^ ^
obviously if you walk around someone in circles like that, you are open to singles, doubles, and being punched in da mouph ("tm), but luckily this is only a basic training method and not meant to be how you actually fight ^ ^
bagua people just use this to develop connection between their upper and lower bodies, relaxed footwork, and various other attributes which are later applied to fighting :)
Good Daoyin in the practice; look how engaged his upper body is, good use of positive isometric muscle resistance. Posture is very well aligned, excellent. About 10 o'clock & 2 o'clock his waist rotation sticks a little, same thing happens on the r-hand turn around 6 o'clock. It's natural in the turning to find these almost invisible wrinkles & try to smooth them out.
Baguazhang isn't about being rooted to the ground. Isn't it actually BETTER if the person studying baguazhang is light on their feet? This would allow swifter movement and would allow the practitioner to be more evasive, which is the entire point of baguazhang. Evasion, thus the point of the circle seeing as how one is harder to get a hold of if they are continueing in a circular motion.
@KimimaroAndFriends66 -Bagua is about many things, but rooting IS certainly ONE of the keys to any of the three internal styles. I know a Bagua man is light on his feet, but try to up root him and see what happens. Same with hsing-i or taiji.
The upper body is staying level throughout the movement and the steps are following the same 8 positions. The right side of the body (inside hip area to be exact) is staying just off center of the pole in the middle, which has it's many advantages for both defense and offense. Very good training video. Thanks for posting!
im glad i got bored and started skipping thru the vid after 8 secs! i cant believe anyone would want to watch some guy walk around a pole for three mins..... im sry but this is beyond retarted..
his feet slide it to a strong stance each step, palms up ward,when switching his paces and reversing he looked like he kept his feet sturdy to keep from losing his sure footing... i know nothing of this martial art professionally or from training just from youtube and avatar the last airbender
his feet slide it to a strong stance each step, palms up ward,when switching his paces and reversing he looked like he kept his feet sturdy to keep from losing his sure footing... i know nothing of this martial art professionally or from training just from youtube and avatar the last airbender
@TheNotsolucky7 No you would probably be deported for being illegal
BTW all the folks that think its a 'waste of time' or 'restrictive' are not 'getting the point' . Patience and careful observation are requirements for excelling in martial arts, and if you cannot demonstrate patience to learn the fundamentals they why would anyone, especially a MASTER waste their time teaching you..
@cmsoon - With all due respect, it's not JUST that he's not bobbing up and down or has sunk his kua. There is a more important thing going on - Can you spot it?
I can see that he knows his stuffs, especially using his eye staring to lock in his target practice pole.,
Any way, movement a little bit too hard for a master class, I've seing some move like as swiff as a cat, errr I mean you can feel the lightness of ever step, maybe he does it different.
@victoriliqchuan there are many forms of bagua, there are also many different forms within the forms of bagua. he might be training one area at a time, plus its best to start slowly, muscle memory and all that. concentration, breathing, weird hand change though. kinda odd footwork from the forms ive studied.
I wouldn't say he is doing anything indicative of sub-style. He is simply doing mud/snake stepping while holding a palm with a simple change. Chicken stepping is different.
one thing i have seen in quite a few internal arts (and i am one) practitioners is the lack of true awareness of leg attacks... i believe that is why in the 1970's muay thai fighters went to china and were able to defeat many masters.
Oh Geez, I just spent 2:24 seconds of my life watching a guy walk around a tree. You can circle that tree all you want...it's not going to attack?!! LOL...Just kidding. Impressive stuff!
Funny concept. I laugh everytime someone makes the "NOT FUNCIONAL!!! *Finger points*" comments. All styles, whether the person see's it or not, is "functional", either combative or meditative wise. Bagua, along with alot of styles I know, like you do to, does go towards the meditative side more than self-defensive capabilities, while styles like this "MMA" (Jujitsu with a muay thai kick) is more "DESTROY YOUR ENEMY MUAHAHAHA!!!!" but it does teach the practitioner lessons of life like bagua.
via Never Back Down. "your responsibility to control the outcome!", "every move has a defense" and all of that. Kinda leaning towards a yin yang prospective of it.
you should see the clip I had watched just before this one...two guys walking the circle, bouncing up and down like they were on a carousel for little kids.
At least Baguazhang has legit representation on youtube like this practitioner=)
@cmsoon That's right but his hips seems to be disturbed by the leg movements. Maybe he need more training to free totally his feets and let his hips "floating"...
@drchango2010 I just tried walking slowly and in low position in a circle. Jeezus I cant believe that guy can do that for that long. He must have incredible leg strength. Thats just not real. I noticed it too in the Shaolin super speed video where Shi De Jian was giving a free lesson to the white dude. About 3/4th in that video, he did a one leg squat where he jumped one with ease. Holy hell thats sick. He must weigh like 80kg and still he did it like as if he was a ragdoll. Thats sick leg power
From what I saw he never looked down at his feet. He stayed in the circle he made. (I know almost nothing about martial arts) I learned about this style through a cartoon lol. But I do see it takes some discipline and looks like it would be very helpful meditation wise. Idk. My two cents.
Makes me smile listening to people stay ruthlessly true to what they believe is 'the correct way to practice' an art. Variation and exploration is what gave birth to the arts originally. One can change, shift, variate and improvise around a framework of fundamentals - this is ok. If we train with narrow views or blinkers forged from just copying our teachers we imitate; we do not engage and allow the art to make it's impression on the body. so in reply to the above comments - just train more!
Now he speeds up, and goes faster and faster 'till he eventually melts down. And there will be nothing left but a circle of melted butter. Now you know, my young padawan
One of the first fundamental things that I learned in my style of bagua(with a shing-yi foundation and basis), is that when walking your inner thighs should be rubbing. It is like holding an egg between your thighs, and walking the circle without dropping the egg. That is not the case here.
That's not entirely true. To completely cover your groin is not only foolish but will leave you with your flank always open which is one of the body's blind spots. Also, this is more for the internal aspect of training, and when performed in combat the circles are tighter therefore creating a smaller opening. Bagua is I believe the only circular Martial art and is one of the most effective combatively and health wise.
Circle walking, a common Bagua training exercise where the practitioner trains his foot work and focus on a target. Bagua implements the directing of energy inwards on a target from all directions around it. Footwork and body placement is key in all martial arts but Bagua appears to focus especially on that aspect of combat.
Not to mention, it's also pretty relaxing and meditative.
No upper rounded back when viewed from the back.The scapulas are protruding and the frontal chest are not relaxed which is due to the stiff deltoids which may be due to his training in stiff muscular external martial arts in his early days.With his low posture it may give him health problems latter.His arms should have curvature rather angular in holding cups
great balance, alot of power and to never let the guard down while having absolute focus on the enemy proves this man is nothing short of a master at his art or "lifestyle"
xanderxzone8988 2 months ago
not sure, but was that master yoda going by on a bike...or just a jedi mind trick???
marksojourner777 3 months ago
Notice how the stepping takes place from the hips and tan tien.
zwukudu 4 months ago
this is a perfect example of a good basic training. u walk slowly and take care of every part of the body, i know how hard it is to keep a proper twist and a good footwork, balance and so on, for a long long time. bagua basics is full of hiddden isometrics ;) very good video, nothing much to see, but the more is inside of him going on! thats real baguazhang.
its much harder to walk slow than to walk fast,
seanceboy 5 months ago
people talk too much. "
practice"
jingpunch 5 months ago
i no
iticed the birds got quieter till he began to reverse direction..then they came back
streetpuppetman 6 months ago
well this looks legit. it should be mentioned for the sake of skeptics that this is part of the qi gung for internal training not combat. bagua fight is direct and effective. even the basics learned in xiao kaimen are brilliantly simple. i myself am a qi gong skeptic but bagua gives you enough energy that night practice will lead to insomnia. bagua is great kung fu but many find the training boring.
silverback7734 7 months ago
Amazing. Someday I hope to learn, at least, one style of Kung Fu.
dwil2002 8 months ago
it is NOT easy to walk properly..
joeblowthehot 9 months ago
Awesome style. Just walk slowly around your attacker in a circle until they are fully hypnotized and fall asleep!
negait 9 months ago
@negait nice one!! Who says martial artists don't have a sense of humor!! ^ ^
obviously if you walk around someone in circles like that, you are open to singles, doubles, and being punched in da mouph ("tm), but luckily this is only a basic training method and not meant to be how you actually fight ^ ^
bagua people just use this to develop connection between their upper and lower bodies, relaxed footwork, and various other attributes which are later applied to fighting :)
mixjourneyman 8 months ago
hahahahahahahahahahahahhahaahah what the idiot
ssj14lucifer 11 months ago
his snake stepping...is flawless!!
shithappens17 1 year ago
i like seeing the energy spiral when i used to circle walk lol it was really neat to take notice of that...
lennyronald 1 year ago
that circle will go deeper right?
hanzip 1 year ago
If I was caught doing this, people would think I'm crazy so something ahaha.
GetDamage 1 year ago 2
@GetDamage true, but i think it's key to start practicing and meditating in public or at least outside. you grow somehow
Merchantwun 1 year ago
AMAZING! He's really good at sneakin' around that telephone pole. Stupid thing never even knew he was there! Not even when he reversed direction.
RoscoesRiffs 1 year ago 4
This is the best circle walking video I've seen on youtube. Kudos, man! You're training properly!!
Square41 1 year ago
Very good! Heaven palm.
bigglue69 1 year ago
Good Daoyin in the practice; look how engaged his upper body is, good use of positive isometric muscle resistance. Posture is very well aligned, excellent. About 10 o'clock & 2 o'clock his waist rotation sticks a little, same thing happens on the r-hand turn around 6 o'clock. It's natural in the turning to find these almost invisible wrinkles & try to smooth them out.
pranakhan 1 year ago
It also seems as He is developing internal power by meditating on the tree while constantly changing his position in space
Namaste
webuytexas2 1 year ago
Fav'ing to remember to learn more of this technique. As strange as it may seem to some this vid got my full attention O.o....
Chiaroscuro6543 1 year ago
Who is this, and where?
8triagrammer 1 year ago
Does anybody know which stepping style he's using?
MrNomad3 1 year ago
@MrNomad3 -The mud step, notice the subtle sliding of the front foot and that the heel never leaves the ground.
bigglue69 1 year ago
is there another strategic way to hug the tree LMAO
GS2266 1 year ago
Baguazhang isn't about being rooted to the ground. Isn't it actually BETTER if the person studying baguazhang is light on their feet? This would allow swifter movement and would allow the practitioner to be more evasive, which is the entire point of baguazhang. Evasion, thus the point of the circle seeing as how one is harder to get a hold of if they are continueing in a circular motion.
KimimaroAndFriends66 1 year ago
@KimimaroAndFriends66 -Bagua is about many things, but rooting IS certainly ONE of the keys to any of the three internal styles. I know a Bagua man is light on his feet, but try to up root him and see what happens. Same with hsing-i or taiji.
bigglue69 1 year ago
The upper body is staying level throughout the movement and the steps are following the same 8 positions. The right side of the body (inside hip area to be exact) is staying just off center of the pole in the middle, which has it's many advantages for both defense and offense. Very good training video. Thanks for posting!
Heliosept1104 1 year ago
He is going to be very rooted and strong training in this way. Great video.
TheZhongzheng 1 year ago
im glad i got bored and started skipping thru the vid after 8 secs! i cant believe anyone would want to watch some guy walk around a pole for three mins..... im sry but this is beyond retarted..
luigi33333333 1 year ago
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his feet slide it to a strong stance each step, palms up ward,when switching his paces and reversing he looked like he kept his feet sturdy to keep from losing his sure footing... i know nothing of this martial art professionally or from training just from youtube and avatar the last airbender
manufacturedfracture 1 year ago
his feet slide it to a strong stance each step, palms up ward,when switching his paces and reversing he looked like he kept his feet sturdy to keep from losing his sure footing... i know nothing of this martial art professionally or from training just from youtube and avatar the last airbender
manufacturedfracture 1 year ago
if i go to china and go to a temple where they live and breath Baguazhang is there any way they would allow me to live there and learn the arts?
TheNotsolucky7 1 year ago
@TheNotsolucky7 yes but u have to learn chinese or have a translator. i prefer i learn mandarin too much money for translator.
griqs 1 year ago
@griqs yeah and Chinese is not the easiest to learn
TheNotsolucky7 1 year ago
@TheNotsolucky7 No you would probably be deported for being illegal
BTW all the folks that think its a 'waste of time' or 'restrictive' are not 'getting the point' . Patience and careful observation are requirements for excelling in martial arts, and if you cannot demonstrate patience to learn the fundamentals they why would anyone, especially a MASTER waste their time teaching you..
dcrasta 1 year ago
@dcrasta you can get a visa
TheNotsolucky7 1 year ago
He is not sinking his Qi. Meaning, I can see he is not breathing from his dantein. Other than that its not bad.
mesanw 1 year ago
that is silver dragon technick...i know that 'coz i practice the style here in africa for 15 years
marteopius 1 year ago
If I were a Tree, I wouldn't attack him either!
ASSBANG6969 1 year ago
@cmsoon - With all due respect, it's not JUST that he's not bobbing up and down or has sunk his kua. There is a more important thing going on - Can you spot it?
redmansounds 1 year ago
@redmansounds his back is cupped and his chest is hollow ...
CryRegard 1 year ago
Great setting for practice!
Nebelhex 2 years ago
OMG I fought this guy once, he won by making me dizzy... JOKE ;)
mrmofo08 2 years ago
Awesome!
SuperTutorialKing 2 years ago
I can see that he knows his stuffs, especially using his eye staring to lock in his target practice pole.,
Any way, movement a little bit too hard for a master class, I've seing some move like as swiff as a cat, errr I mean you can feel the lightness of ever step, maybe he does it different.
victoriliqchuan 2 years ago
@victoriliqchuan there are many forms of bagua, there are also many different forms within the forms of bagua. he might be training one area at a time, plus its best to start slowly, muscle memory and all that. concentration, breathing, weird hand change though. kinda odd footwork from the forms ive studied.
MightySunTzu 2 years ago
Sounds like the film Them
flickerman68 2 years ago
what he is doing is called ji xing bu.... chicken stepping
I mean what style, yin, cheng and what sub style, does anyone know,
I know it maybe difficult to pin down becasue he is only doing one of the mother palms but i thought the OP might know
wenwu 2 years ago
I wouldn't say he is doing anything indicative of sub-style. He is simply doing mud/snake stepping while holding a palm with a simple change. Chicken stepping is different.
Nebelhex 2 years ago
Ba gua is a style of going round and round like air bending in Avatar. XD <---seriously...it's real..
xiaoli26 2 years ago
one thing i have seen in quite a few internal arts (and i am one) practitioners is the lack of true awareness of leg attacks... i believe that is why in the 1970's muay thai fighters went to china and were able to defeat many masters.
noksoocao 2 years ago 2
@noksoocao seriously?
MegaKeter 3 months ago
Oh Geez, I just spent 2:24 seconds of my life watching a guy walk around a tree. You can circle that tree all you want...it's not going to attack?!! LOL...Just kidding. Impressive stuff!
watchfrog 2 years ago 2
...stoned
singular23 2 years ago
Nice smooth circling, no up and down movement, low for leg strength. Thanks for the clip.
littlecannon 2 years ago
its not all about fighting but it is fun to watch a fight
flysnake12 2 years ago
its not all about fighting
flysnake12 2 years ago 2
Funny concept. I laugh everytime someone makes the "NOT FUNCIONAL!!! *Finger points*" comments. All styles, whether the person see's it or not, is "functional", either combative or meditative wise. Bagua, along with alot of styles I know, like you do to, does go towards the meditative side more than self-defensive capabilities, while styles like this "MMA" (Jujitsu with a muay thai kick) is more "DESTROY YOUR ENEMY MUAHAHAHA!!!!" but it does teach the practitioner lessons of life like bagua.
InazumaWaya9 2 years ago
via Never Back Down. "your responsibility to control the outcome!", "every move has a defense" and all of that. Kinda leaning towards a yin yang prospective of it.
InazumaWaya9 2 years ago
yeah ok
flysnake12 2 years ago
he's staying low and not bobbing up and down
very good training=)
drchango2010 2 years ago 23
Thats it. Finally someone spot it.
cmsoon 2 years ago 9
you should see the clip I had watched just before this one...two guys walking the circle, bouncing up and down like they were on a carousel for little kids.
At least Baguazhang has legit representation on youtube like this practitioner=)
drchango2010 2 years ago
@cmsoon And I thought he was doing the rain dance...
PoorBoy1979 1 year ago
@cmsoon -Could this be considered walking qigong? Using the number one palm, for example as it pertains to head?
bigglue69 1 year ago
@cmsoon That's right but his hips seems to be disturbed by the leg movements. Maybe he need more training to free totally his feets and let his hips "floating"...
LdB76 8 months ago
@drchango2010 I just tried walking slowly and in low position in a circle. Jeezus I cant believe that guy can do that for that long. He must have incredible leg strength. Thats just not real. I noticed it too in the Shaolin super speed video where Shi De Jian was giving a free lesson to the white dude. About 3/4th in that video, he did a one leg squat where he jumped one with ease. Holy hell thats sick. He must weigh like 80kg and still he did it like as if he was a ragdoll. Thats sick leg power
Elbottoo 1 year ago
He is using the mud walking steps and move slowly around the tree. He is more interested in developing his internal strength
ohhiloveyou 2 years ago
Yeah look up Lou Dexiu he shows techniques. not very flashy though.
quanjiahao87 2 years ago
From what I saw he never looked down at his feet. He stayed in the circle he made. (I know almost nothing about martial arts) I learned about this style through a cartoon lol. But I do see it takes some discipline and looks like it would be very helpful meditation wise. Idk. My two cents.
Eudoxea 2 years ago
Dude BaGua is a mostly defensive martial arts with very few offensive moves. Research it if you want to know more. Namaste
ninjawarrior274 2 years ago
Not true.
Nebelhex 2 years ago
And he is also "black".
DaiBoxer 2 years ago
Check out The Black Taoist on his YouTube channel. He's a superb Yin Style Bagua fighter.
mbutchin 2 years ago
tottaly incredible anyone can do that but TOTALLY AWSOME!
B0BthubuilderX4000 2 years ago
nice focusing
moritsumi87 2 years ago
好, I like dat!
WrestlingKingTV 2 years ago
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misfits2012 2 years ago
Makes me smile listening to people stay ruthlessly true to what they believe is 'the correct way to practice' an art. Variation and exploration is what gave birth to the arts originally. One can change, shift, variate and improvise around a framework of fundamentals - this is ok. If we train with narrow views or blinkers forged from just copying our teachers we imitate; we do not engage and allow the art to make it's impression on the body. so in reply to the above comments - just train more!
romanochris 3 years ago 28
Amen!
ksipa 2 years ago
INTERNAL BAGUA POINT OF VIEW:
1. the back foot could come up as one (not heel first like in here) to increase connection in the legs and guts.
2. he is leaning forward too much, should be dead up right. (more focus on tailbone connection)
3. his shoulderblades could be more open, especially if the arms are spread out only that far. hard to see from this if they are even as well.
4. the knees go too far forward at times. something you dont wanna be doing too much.
YogaRhythms 3 years ago
@YogaRhythms have you studied kung fu before?
waterIsis 1 year ago
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@YogaRhythms have you studied kung fu before?
waterIsis 1 year ago
what style is this,?
wenwu 3 years ago
baguzhang
B0BthubuilderX4000 2 years ago
yeah mate i know it's baguazhang, i mean what style of bagua
wenwu 2 years ago
@wenwu hey im in baguazhang and what he was doing is the bird stance
Yamatsumi1 2 years ago
Like a shark circling its prey.....
farorin 3 years ago
in this case the prey would be....the tree? lol
lordtains 2 years ago
right????????????? and now what????
lyudmilnikolov 3 years ago 2
Now he speeds up, and goes faster and faster 'till he eventually melts down. And there will be nothing left but a circle of melted butter. Now you know, my young padawan
Maskedpsycho 3 years ago 2
One of the first fundamental things that I learned in my style of bagua(with a shing-yi foundation and basis), is that when walking your inner thighs should be rubbing. It is like holding an egg between your thighs, and walking the circle without dropping the egg. That is not the case here.
hsingstye 3 years ago
from mak.
thankyou...this is medicine
makjazz7 3 years ago
he exposed his groin on his Ba step
TravelingDragon 3 years ago
That's not entirely true. To completely cover your groin is not only foolish but will leave you with your flank always open which is one of the body's blind spots. Also, this is more for the internal aspect of training, and when performed in combat the circles are tighter therefore creating a smaller opening. Bagua is I believe the only circular Martial art and is one of the most effective combatively and health wise.
kitsune511 3 years ago
if you would really want to be specific Bagua would technically be based around spirals and Taiji would be more circular, but that is nitpicking :)
MaQingYi 3 years ago 2
He is stiff and his head is leaning forward, but low stances do not cause health problems if practiced in proper alignment.
itzrosedamnit 3 years ago
^_^ maybe, but if you do it right the weight transfers down to the ground and your thighs and butt hurt instead.
kunzangnyima 3 years ago
im very ignorant. but what is he doing?
appleseed101 3 years ago
Circle walking, a common Bagua training exercise where the practitioner trains his foot work and focus on a target. Bagua implements the directing of energy inwards on a target from all directions around it. Footwork and body placement is key in all martial arts but Bagua appears to focus especially on that aspect of combat.
Not to mention, it's also pretty relaxing and meditative.
DamienZshadow 3 years ago 3
No upper rounded back when viewed from the back.The scapulas are protruding and the frontal chest are not relaxed which is due to the stiff deltoids which may be due to his training in stiff muscular external martial arts in his early days.With his low posture it may give him health problems latter.His arms should have curvature rather angular in holding cups
thanlee 3 years ago
lol.. yeeeaah i just wanted to say exactly the same..lol
vayenaka 3 years ago
in a circle
theshadowboy607 3 years ago
que gran control y equilibrio
chimbilae 4 years ago
very good skill, correct torquing of the body and walking skill.
ukguy 4 years ago