BA GUA JIAN (SWORD)

[mdub2000]

Greetings I like all your tutorials thank you for sharing them.....is your lineage and style the same as what some others call imperial bagua or imperial palace bagua? They are said to come down the line of Gong Baotian as well. Thanks.

[principledpower]

Various styles I've seen bearing these names clearly share similarities with Gong Baozai's ba gua quan. However, the methods are so different as to in many respects make them unrecognizable to each other. It's a confusing trait of ba gua lineages in particular: how so many teachers who learned from a single individual (Yin Fu, for eg) could practice in such radically different ways. It seems to suggest there's no root or core system, but I believe there is ~ Michael

[smr144]

Hi Master Guen, Do you have push hands exercises in Ba Gua? If so, do you have the video(s) on youtube? Thanks, S.

[principledpower]

Hi smr144, Yes there are push hands exercises in ba gua, but I've thus far chosen not to publish.

Michael

[UatuEd]

Very nice form, I especially like the toss and catch, as well as the forward to reverse grip to stab! Very good skill!

[principledpower]

Thank you.

[Gashay47]

You have a beautiful backyard.

[principledpower]

Thanks. I put a lot of work into it.

[jeichels]

Beautiful form. Richard mentioned it to me.

Thank you!

John Eichelsdorfer from NJ

[principledpower]

Your welcome, John.

Happy to share.

~ Michael

[shawn6669]

That was lovely, sir.

Thank you for sharing.  I got a lot out of it.

Best,

S

[principledpower]

Thanks, Shawn.

FYI, I just added more information about the form in the description.