D23. Wudang XíngYi Bagua Palms
– Wudang Xuanwu Sect
Elementary 5 months, Advanced 3 months, total 32 lessons
Course Description
Bagua Palms is an important constituent of Wudang NeijiaQuan內家拳, Mr. Dong Haichuan, a native of Hebei Province at late Ching Dynasty, learned this from Grand Master Zhang Sanfeng’s張三豐祖師 offspring disciple Mr. Butt, whom worked in the Palace at a later days. He was so brave extremely, and never lost one battle. Later this Palm skill is carried forward and burgeoned, lot of masters and experts were bred. It based on the principle of IChing易理, trained Qi to seep into marrow, exercised internally and externally intermingled rolling and piercing, combining tradition and unorthodox forms. Walk around, twist and turn, body moves in harmony with footwork, palms strikes in accordance with body moves. Moves as dragon, turns as monkey, shifts as eagle, as fierce as tiger. Counter direct strike by bent move, use movement to disturb stillness, and use stillness to stop movement. In self-defense and counter-attack, it moves as tiger in flock of sheep, as dragon in sky, as stable as rock, body moves in accordance with mind. Evade solid punch but attack the weak-point, avoid confront but strike from sideways, hit a point amid circles. Loop incessantly, move agilely, twist swiftly, switch speedily, alternating indefinitely. Regular practice will make you agile and energetic.
