The Shaolin Bagua Palm Set

The full name of this set is "The Shaolin Traveling Dragon Bagua Palm Form". It is a traditional Shaolin Kung Fu set, and is unrelated to the martial art called Bagua Zhang (Pakua Chang). There are, nevertheless, similarities, like the emphasis on palm strikes, and the use of flowing, powerful movements that resemble a Dragon.

This Shaolin Bagua Form is relatively unknown. This is logical because it is was a secret set. When the southern Shaolin Temple was burned in the 19th century, a monk named Jiang Nan escaped and fled south towards Thailand and Malaysia. Jiang Nan taught this set to Yang Fatt Khun, who taught it to Ho Fatt Nam, who taught it to Wong Kiew Kit, who taught it to me (Anthony Korahais).

The combat applications of this set are fantastic. My teacher treasures this set because it opened for him the wonders of Shaolin Combat application.

I hope you enjoy.

Anthony Korahais
http://www.FlowingZen.com

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[kungfuslut]

I think everyone is arguing about the wrong thing, were to swept up if this is karate influence...what we should be asking is wtf does this have to do with bagua?

[FlowingZen]

Read the description to the right.

[snowcelt]

Lovely fluid movements. I can understand making moves based on real animals like tiger, snake, mantis etc. But how did the chinese come up with dragon moves? It's not as if you can observe a dragon like you can the others...Just a silly question, I always wondered. No disrespect intended.

[FlowingZen]

Chinese culture is steeped with mythology, including that of the Dragon. Past masters didn't just observe animals and copy them. Rather, they copied the spirit or essence of the animal. In Chinese mythology, the spirit of the dragon is majestic and powerful. Past masters used this as inspiration for their martial arts.

[FlowingZen]

I should also mention that some high-level masters feel that the Dragon is not just a myth or an archetype, but rather a being from another realm which sometimes manifests in ours.

[swordnerd108]

Wow, I really like the look of this set ^_^. Do you plan to put up an videos of, and I'm sorry but I forgot the exact name soon after you told me once, the Dragon Bagua Set that you said you took up after 5 Animals?

[FlowingZen]

You're looking at it.  :)

[sifukt]

actually if im not mistaken the sanchin kata and other hard katas are chinese kuens, even weapon katas like the sai and kama came out of chinese

[manoutside]

Wong Kieu Kit has a true shaolin lineage, and this form only probes that karate have shaolin origins, and Zen influences, that many other kung fu schools have forgoten, sadly many styles of fukien as lost, beautiful form

[MechPhantom]

awesome ! true master indeed!

[hgearangler]

good work, good stance/precise applications/-------very good demo

[dHARMa187]

Great form! At first I thought this was Tiger but then I read your info and realized that it is the Dragon this form is modeled after!

[dHARMa187]

I noticed the Tiger movements in this form. I'm wondering if those are tiger claws or open palms during those movements? Either way its truely made with the spirit of the Tiger!

[giamsiap]

nice form! especially its harder to perform on wet sand. keep working hard! :)

[ChineseOpera8]

Yes this a form from Master Wong based on the 'Ba-Gua' symbol of 8 tri-grams,...just like there is a Mantis form based on the 'Tai-Chi' symbol, but doesn't move like the internal styles of Tai-Chi chuan, just as this particular form doesn't coil or step in a circle as the internal Ba-Gua zhong styles do. Jie ge tao lu si hen hao le'. Nice form!

[epheseus]

Nice form - thanks for sharing..

[kanelieux]

Wong kiew kit is a very accredited master thats awesome you got to learn from him!

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