Bagua Combat Applications of Open Hand Basics

Some application & examples of the use of the open hand in Bagua. http://www.clearsilat.com/ba-gua

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Sports

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• Bagua
• Bagua Combat Applications

[SuperSneakySteve]

Looks like Aikido

[kuntaosilat]

@SuperSneakySteve A lot of people do believe that Aikido borrowed extensively from Ba Gua.

[monicaho9745]

No need for all those mirrors. Master Wang Xiang Zhai told us: Don"t practise in front of a mirror! Look (perceive) with your mind and not with your eyes.

[kuntaosilat]

@monicaho9745 Hi Monica,

I rarely use the mirrors to look at myself. Our mirrors are a part of the ambiance and what folks expect to see in an upscale martial arts facility. After all we are catering to the general public and folks only become seriously dedicated students after we get them through the door and participating in our classes.

Best Regards.

Sigung Clear

[monicaho9745]

@kuntaosilat Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[kuntaosilat]

@monicaho9745 Cool. No problem.

[kuntaosilat]

@thuddpucker11 Yep, Bagua assumes multiple attackers, Tai Chi assumes you are much older that the attackers and Silat assumes the attackers are armed. In all these situations going nose to nose is suicide. That's why you see these differences between what we do and sport based martial arts.

[thuddpucker11]

I noticed with these techniques that it is essential to close and flank you opponent to be effective. Meaning when I watch other demoes or if observing a full contact match the combattants degenerate into a game of tag at a nose to nose approach . the total lack of positioning or footwork. bagua , Tai chi, Silat insist that you approach at the correct angle and direrction in closing the gap.

[stillnessinmovement]

@technonaut31337

both aikido and hapkido have roots in bagua, roots which, at the time, would have been very incorrect to talk about. but they are there.

in many ways, bagua has the forms and inner training that helps these arts to blossom

(I know they aren't same, but hapkido originated from aikido, so...)

[technonaut31337]

Interesting - I'm now studying ba gua and xing yi, but I actually learned this technique in Hapkido first. What's interesting is that Hapkido didn't place the same emphasis on footwork and body posture, and I can now see how much improved that same technique becomes with those elements being correct.