D3. Wudang Kungfu – Bagua Palms (4 months)
This special boxing coordinates the attack-defence techniques with Daoyin exercise. The palm action concerts with the body movements circulating in eight directions.
The skill devotes particular care to crisscrossing, changing along with the walk, and acting according to the changing circumstances.
The basic is Pile Stance and Walk Stance. The walking path follows the Yin-Yang-Yu (Innate Taichi Diagram), Baguatu (Eight Trigrams), Jiugong (Nine Palaces), etc. It exerts the advantage of palms (longer than the fists) to thump, pull and grab.
When encountering the counterpart, the body twists fast and changefully so the movement shapes like a roving dragon, guarding monkey, crouching tiger, and hovering eagle.
The step moves like wading through the mud. When move forward, the movement looks like sitting in a sedan chair. When the leg moves, the two ankles pass next to each other. When move in circle, the inner leg goes straight forward, the outer leg points inwardly. When necessary, the two knees point inwardly to show no weakness.
Whenever striking the palm, the waist has to be the axis. The circling movement and the body harmonise while the inner focus and outer focus coordinate. The inner focus are the heart, spirit, mind, qi and force while the outer focus are arm, eye, body, skill and stance. Long-term practice would improve the body systems to get health preservation and life prolonging. Taichi Boxing training is the prerequisite for learning Bagua Palms
