Bagua Palm Application - Fierce Tiger Emerges from Mountain

Sifu Ken Gullette in a sample lesson from his online internal arts school - www.internalfightingarts.com. This short clip shows basic fighting applications from the first movement in the "Eight Basic Palms" form of Baguazhang.

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[hupomone07]

No disrespect but in my opinion in a real street fight with someone throwing kicks and punches wildly with a lot of randomness at you I don't think I'm going to be crouching tiger hidden dragon anything. I'm going to be whooping back. Doing this shit is just going to get my fingers broke, not his.

[kungfukennyg]

@hupomone07 Well some of what you say is true -- no doubt. But the concepts here are very effective in fighting. Some of the early Bagua fighters in China, in the 1800s and well into the 1900s, were considered bad mofos. This is a basic instructional video and just a clip out of many many clips. And you can block with the palm of the hand -- the heel part. I've done it many times. That's why you practice so you can do it without getting the fingers broke. Not my favorite technique but a good 1.

[thelordsfieldhand]

Just a question stating the obvious here, but, would not your fingers get broken blocking a kick with open hands like that?

[kungfukennyg]

@thelordsfieldhand -- The blocking area is the heel of the palm - the bottom area. If you watch most people fight, they will block kicks with open hands. Sometimes you slap the kick away to deflect it, sometimes you block it with the forearm, sometimes the elbow, and sometimes the palm -- part of our instruction includes the fact that you have to be precise with this block or you can break the fingers.

[kapoof2]

@hupomone07 are u saying there is a martial art there with 0% risk? if so please PM me and tell me of this way of fighting, id surely like to know

[TheDano1947]

This looks like the application of Yau or springy force like bamboo.

[Skillking22]

Hi. My guess: as opponent charges in for double leg takedown, wrap both arms around opponent's arms and into his/her shoulder and press down on his/her neck area, and throw continuous knee strikes to the opponent's head, neck or chest.

[yizhichanlohan]

this technique is also a defense for tackles by using a chi na on both of your opponents shoulders thought id just throw that out there. can anyone guess how ?

[kempobrad]

good clarification to you too. as you said you won't be as precise as you would like to, which is why im not sure i'd try that (or a low block for that matter)..i was always taught to block/deflect low attacks with my legs or body movement and keep my hands up. then again it'd depend on many other factors, body type, intent and the angle of the kick. and of course personal preference.

[kungfukennyg]

Good clarification. Naturally, you can carry any of these forward. It could be a deflection or it can be used to stop a kick in its tracks. In a real fight, which I was in many until I got out of high school, you can't always be as precise as you want. The key to this particular technique is downward energy. It's quite jarring when applied against a real kick. It can injure and it can confuse and put an opponent off-balance, and that's what we want. :)