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Ba gua zhang, founded in the 1800s by Dong Hai Chuan, ranks with tai ji quan and xing yi quan as one of the three internal styles of Chiese martial arts. The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang offers a detailed practical guide to this increasingly popular discipline.
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Much more than just a technical manual, Whirling Circles shows how ba gua zhang developed from Daoist ideology and tells of inspiring historical accounts and legends of the ba gua mastesrs. The final section explains how to use mindfulness, breathing techniques, and meditation to recognize and combine the essential eight trigrams of the Yi Jing, the Book of Changes. This book also includes a new, full translation of Dong Hai Chuan's Thirty-Six Poems and Forty-Eight Methods, with expert commentary on their meaning.
Frank Allen was an early student of B.P. Chan and the first person ever certified to teach the Beijing lineage Ba Gua of B.K. Frantzis. Tina Chunna Zhang is an award-winning instructor of tai ji quan and ba gua zhang. They are both disciples of Grandmaster Liu Jing Ru in Beijing and teach classes, workshops, and retreats throughout the USA and Europe. They live in the Lower East Side of New York City.
Contents
Foreword
1 The origins of ba gua zhang: A blend of historiy and legend
2 The basic training of ba gua zhang
3 The forms of ba gua zhang
4 Twisting, coiling, circling, and sprialing: The fighting techniques of ba gua zhang
5 The exotic weapons of ba gua zhang
6 The ba gua zhang classics: The thirty-six songs and the forty-eight methods
7 The doist roots of ba gua zhang
8 A moving yi jing (I Ching)
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About the authors
Illustrated with over 500
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photographs, the training sections teach a complete warm-up, followed by a step-by-step program for learning the essentials of the practice, such as the classical Cheng Style Basic Eight Palm Changes and the Cheng Style Deer Horn Knife Set of Grandmaster Liu Jing Ru. These chapters also include combat strategies, theory of ba gua fighting techniques, and a complete account of the unique weapons of ba gua zhang.Much more than just a technical manual, Whirling Circles shows how ba gua zhang developed from Daoist ideology and tells of inspiring historical accounts and legends of the ba gua mastesrs. The final section explains how to use mindfulness, breathing techniques, and meditation to recognize and combine the essential eight trigrams of the Yi Jing, the Book of Changes. This book also includes a new, full translation of Dong Hai Chuan's Thirty-Six Poems and Forty-Eight Methods, with expert commentary on their meaning.
Frank Allen was an early student of B.P. Chan and the first person ever certified to teach the Beijing lineage Ba Gua of B.K. Frantzis. Tina Chunna Zhang is an award-winning instructor of tai ji quan and ba gua zhang. They are both disciples of Grandmaster Liu Jing Ru in Beijing and teach classes, workshops, and retreats throughout the USA and Europe. They live in the Lower East Side of New York City.
Contents
Foreword
1 The origins of ba gua zhang: A blend of historiy and legend
2 The basic training of ba gua zhang
3 The forms of ba gua zhang
4 Twisting, coiling, circling, and sprialing: The fighting techniques of ba gua zhang
5 The exotic weapons of ba gua zhang
6 The ba gua zhang classics: The thirty-six songs and the forty-eight methods
7 The doist roots of ba gua zhang
8 A moving yi jing (I Ching)
Acknkowledgments
About the authors
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ISBN
1583941894 / 9781583941898
Publication
Blue Snake Books Berkeley, California