African Bagua #1

This is the first of two responses to the Black Taoist's challenge in his video 'Martial Arts Talk': "Why don't you put some rhythm and flavor in your Bagua." We at NorthStarMartialArts.com take take our rhythm and flavor pretty seriously. A lot of the time people get close to the truth but don't really understand. Utility is great, what works it good, but it is not the source of freedom.

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Entertainment

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• Bagua
• martial
• arts
• gongfu
• kungfu
• african
• dance
• history
• pakua
• mud
• stepping

[parena9090]

A man, with no friends, all alone. So sad.

[ogscott]

@parena9090 Would you like to find a friend? As long as you bathe properly and have basic table manners there is no reason why you should be alone. Take a class at a local community college or community center. There are always other people looking for fun and companionship.

[thedaoofthewarrior]

despite what bt and others have to say about this, i think you are a genious on this man. most people dont realize that asia was animist, and underneath that religion they had a martial art called te/tae. its best survived in the korean style of tae kyon( you should check that out.) thank you for this jewel sir. what was the tibetan bagua you were talking about?

[ogscott]

@thedaoofthewarrior Thanks for the kind words and the Taekkyon idea, now I have to make a trip to Korea.  The little bit of Tibetan bagua I learned was from a guy who wants it kept secret for political reasons, and he no longer teaches it. But it isn't lost and it will reappear at some point in the next 200 years.

[narayanr]

This string bean needs to practice a whole lot of standing meditation (in silence for a thousand years) I just want to Beng-Chuan his stupid ass!

[aabobis]

did anyone care to notice how it says "expect irony productions" ?

[aabobis]

this dude is a comic genius

[trinitypdt]

is this satire?

[ogscott]

@Scalier Oh, I see where you are going with that. Yeah, you have been lied to by your teachers. Most likely they were lied to also. Actually the "popular" and "professional" theater/ritual arts of China were always martial. I'm talking seriously martial. So I retort, with history to my back, that it isn't "just art" UNLESS it is martial!

[Scalier]

@ogscott I do have experience, and I see that what you have learned is good, but what you practice is not. You can read all the books and do horse stance as much as you like, but if you don't seek for the martial withing the art, it's just art.

[ogscott]

@Scalier ....Hey junoir, when I was your age I was training full time. Have you any experience with traditional Chinese martial arts or are you some Y-gen with only a mouth and thumbs? Get off the internet and do horse stance for an hour. When you have as much experience as my baby toe, feel free to comment on my teaching methods. This video is not about how to train fighting, it is about history and culture. I CHALLENGE YOU....TO READ A BOOK!