Know your Bagua Styles

Bagua Zhang means Eight Diagram Palm. It is an internal martial art like Tai Chi but it is practiced a bit differently. The Bagua player learns to walk in a circle while holding various arm and hand positions. This circle walking is done in a very specific way and teaches the player how to balance, move, and kick by dint of thousands of steps taken around the circle. The idea of the Eight Diagrams comes from the Chinese classic known as the I Ching or Book of Changes. All the styles featured below are named for their founding teachers. This little list of videos is far from complete. While they may look different all are true to the principles of Bagua Zhang.

 

The Bagua Symbol

Without further ado here are examples of famous Bagua styles.

Sun Lutang Bagua Zhang

 This is the style I practice and teach it happens to be my favorite.

Wang Shujin Bagua Zhang

Jiang Rong Qiao Bagua Zhang

 

Liang Bagua Zhang

Yin Fu Bagua Zhang

Cheng Ting Hua Bagua Zhang

Fu Bagua Zhang