Featured Baguazhang Article 9-29-2007

Intro to Baguazhang Eight-Diagram Palms

by Ted Mancuso

To many people Ba Gua is the most exotic martial art. It can also be one of the most confusing. Part of this confusion derives from the richness of the style. It came late (1860's) on the martial scene and folded many of Kung Fu's best ideas into a very small space. Ba Gua is a miniaturized martial art, almost a nano-art--not that the information is small, but that it is extremely compact. Studying Ba Gua can be like listening to a world famous teacher who is totally fascinating but whose ideas and words come so fast and brilliantly you are dazed rather than enlightened.

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Featured Baguazhang Article 9-7-2007

Baguazhang Eight-Diagram Palms Shadow Boxing

by Cardinal

"The power of the eight diagram palms knows no bounds -- the palms seem to strike even before the hands move. When the hand threads upward, it's like a hundred birds paying tribute to the phoenix; when it threads forward, it's like a tiger swooping downhill. Walking round and round, he is like a stray wild goose that has drifted from the flock;

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Featured Baguazhang Article 8-31-2007

Eight Trigrams I Ching (Book of Changes)
Eight Gates to the Greater World

A Study by Michael P. Garofalo