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Universal Bagua Nomenclature: Cloud

Steven Smith — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:08:39 +0000

Words and images offer clearer connections to Bagua Elements. An Earth Palm makes more sense & feeling than #2 Palm... for martial arts Palm Changes.

How Your 8 Diagrams Are Arranged

Steven Smith — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:08:14 +0000

Before we dig in to dual palm arrangements, consider 2 different Bagua arrangements: Primal Temporal The idea goes something like this: The Primal Diagram When you’re born, your elements are arranged in a Primal Fashion: Yeah, so… Sky and Earth (top and bottom) are opposite one another. Fire’s opposite Water (left and right)… Clouds oppose [...]

Primal Bagua Diagram

Steven Smith — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:00:55 +0000

Before digging down into the study of Palm Changes, it helps to know the 8 Trigrams of Baguazhang. The static Qigong Postures and flowing Palm Changes of Baguazhang build upon the trigrams. Let’s examine one simple arrangement: From Yang to Yin, in the Primal Arrangement, the trigrams flow as follows… Sky (a.k.a. Heaven) Cloud (a.k.a. [...]

Baguazhang History — Dong Haichuan

Steven Smith — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:09:40 +0000

Baguazhang emerges from circles of mysterious fog. The reputed founder, Dong Hai-Chuan appears in the foundation of many (most or all) Eight Trigram Palm Schools. Behind him, he leaves mists of wonder—histories devoid of clarity, brimming with speculation, mixed with semblances of truth. Dong Hai-Chuan deliberately cultivated the shroud, and, as a result mastered the [...]

Hello Baguazhang World!

Steven Smith — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:22:34 +0000

This article forms the foundation of this website. Let me know what you think or what you’d like to know about Baguazhang in the following comments section. The Bagua and Baguazhang Bagua refers to eight trigrams representing basic concepts: Sky, Earth, Fire, Thunder, Wind, Water, Mountain, and Cloud. Interpretations vary, more commonly Sky is referred [...]