Roots of Baguazhang stepping?

It has been speculated whether the roots of baguazhang's stepping and circle walking methods may trace their roots beyond the taoist monasteries of china to the lamaseries of tibet, specifically the circular whirling and walking methods employed in the ritualistic chaams (masked) dances held there.

A small clip showing a young buddhist monk in a monastery in Ladakh (once part of western tibet) clowning around with chaams dance stepping. Seems familiar?

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[lordtains]

amazing music. Could I find that somewhere?

[sinistavoicez]

Capoeira was a fighting form 1st then they changed it so as to deceive their slavemasters.

[narayanr]

Can he be my Sifu?

[nordastelo]

The scene is from the movie "Samsara" (2001). Not a martial arts related film, but deffinitely worth watching!

[BonAquak]

sorry but i think i you want to see in that bagua you will, taoism and budhism are too diferent religions or opinions on world

like taoism so baguazhang uses principles of iting, that curcural movement comes from hexagrams completed in circle...

[TaoistSoldier]

my wife does several types of dance where as I train in several styles of martial arts, bagua zhang being one, I always joke with her about the applications of her dance moves and have been able to take almost every movement of her dance routines and with just slight changing the alignments and focus make a technique out of it.

[DamienZshadow]

Amazing, he performs very similar movements that appear to not be trained but picked up by eye. Makes one wonder how a dance could develop into a martial art, but then again it wouldn't be the only time this has happened. Examples of dance being a form a training for martial reasons can be found in Capoeira, Taekkeyon, and others. Even in Eastern Europeans, it is said that "he who can dance, can fight."

Very interesting, indeed.

[ksipa]

Very interesting.

[hansmenck]

The little guy is a natural!

Cute!