Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Final Part
A: Has M Yao’s Yiquan moved away from M Wang’s Yiquan in its appearance? C: On top of the foundation laid down by M Wang, M Yao made his Yiquan clearer, more detailed. He used Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part VII
A: Nowadays, a lot of the people who practice Yiquan never saw Wang Xiangzhai for themselves, they’ve only heard or read about him. These people all want to develop M Wang’s ability to ‘launch’ people Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – part VI
A: Just now we got to talking about how you quit your job for Yiquan, what was all that about? C: In 1981, soon after M Yao and I had returned from Shanghai, in order Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part V
A: We’ve long heard that Yiquan’s penetrating power (chuan tou li) is formidable. Did M Yao set you any ‘rules’ for responding to challenges? C: At first, there were no rules. Later on, there was Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part IV
A: Some people say that M Yao was conservative, that he didn’t teach openly, how would you respond to this? C: It wasn’t like that. A lot of people learnt Yiquan from M Yao, both Read more…
Yiquan
Reminiscences of Yao Zongxun – Part III
A: You mentioned punchbag work just now. Is there a process to this too, or did students just start straightaway? C: There’s a sequence to everything. M Yao divided our punchbag training into several stages. Read more…
Baguazhang
Ma Style Bagua – Guo Shilei
Guo Shilei is a young martial arts teacher in the city of Dongguan, in Guangdong (Canton) province. He teaches the 3 big CIMA: taiji, bagua and xingyi, but I decided to include him in this Read more…
Baguazhang
Song Changrong’s Baguazhang
When people talk about ‘Song style’ in a bagua context, there are actually two styles that could be meant: one is the bagua of Song Yongxiang (passed on by Liu Wancang of Beijing and his disciples), while Read more…
Baguazhang
Shi Style Baguazhang of Di Zhaolong
In this article, I would like to introduce a style of baguazhang not so well-known in the west: Shi style baguazhang, named after its founder, Shi Jidong. Shi style baguazhang is known for its many Read more…
Baguazhang
Jin Training in Baguazhang
I recently came across an article with details about the various jins in bagua and how to train them (original chinese here ) that I thought would be of interest to bagua enthusiasts. “JIN TRAINING IN BAGUAZHANG Read more…