BA GUA JIAN (SWORD)

Passed down from Gong Baotian to Gong Baozai, the postures of ba gua jian move along a "line", as compared to the postures of tai ji jian, which move along a "plane". This fundamental difference is reflected in ba gua quan's "open-body" torso and narrower footwork, which though less horizontally stable than tai ji's turtle back torso and footwork, has the benefit of enhancing limb-internal organ tugging connection. As in pao chui (cannon fist), ba gua jian is practiced inside the eight trigram circle, its postures entering the eight palaces along the perimeter of the octagon expressing the internal organ/body region and animal of that trigram (eg. 0:54 chien, head, Lion; 1:12 dui, lung, Ape). Presented here is part of the sequence, performed in linear fashion, only partially adhering to directionalities of the eight trigram map.

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• Baguasword
• Baguaquan
• GongBaotian
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• MichaelGuen
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[mdub2000]

Greetings I like all your tutorials thank you for sharing them.....is your lineage and style the same as what some others call imperial bagua or imperial palace bagua? They are said to come down the line of Gong Baotian as well. Thanks.

[principledpower]

Various styles I've seen bearing these names clearly share similarities with Gong Baozai's ba gua quan. However, the methods are so different as to in many respects make them unrecognizable to each other. It's a confusing trait of ba gua lineages in particular: how so many teachers who learned from a single individual (Yin Fu, for eg) could practice in such radically different ways. It seems to suggest there's no root or core system, but I believe there is ~ Michael

[smr144]

Hi Master Guen, Do you have push hands exercises in Ba Gua? If so, do you have the video(s) on youtube? Thanks, S.

[principledpower]

Hi smr144, Yes there are push hands exercises in ba gua, but I've thus far chosen not to publish.

Michael

[UatuEd]

Very nice form, I especially like the toss and catch, as well as the forward to reverse grip to stab! Very good skill!

[principledpower]

Thank you.

[principledpower]

Thanks. I put a lot of work into it.

[Gashay47]

You have a beautiful backyard.

[principledpower]

Your welcome, John.

Happy to share.

~ Michael

[jeichels]

Beautiful form. Richard mentioned it to me.

Thank you!

John Eichelsdorfer from NJ