What are the basic skills of Bagua Palm? How to practice?

If you teach yourself, it will soon lead to incorrect movements. Once the movements are wrong, you must change them several times and become a habit. Moreover, the boxers in the video generally don't fully record the core of the Bagua Palm. Even beginners don't know whether the teacher teaches it in time, so it is easy to make mistakes and go astray. The core of the Bagua Palm can only be understood but not conveyed. Although I studied the biography of Chen Taiji, I went through such a process from the beginning, and finally I had to find a master to practice, so you'd better find a master to teach, and it is most appropriate to read books and watch videos at the same time.

There are too many baguazhang factions. I only look for Cheng Sect, and other sects can look for it themselves:

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Baguazhang is a kind of boxing widely spread in China. It is one of the three famous internal boxing in Wudang, and it is also the embodiment of Taoist health, fitness and self-defense. It takes the eight-pile method as the palm work, integrates eight hands into one, and is based on one to eight steps of swing, buckle and forward footwork. It takes walking in circles as the basic movement route and palm technique as the core. In the process of turning around, the whole body is one step, and the steps are like running water. Posture requirements are: twist and turn to be coordinated and complete, walk like Youlong, and turn like an eagle. The main techniques are: stabbing, inserting, splitting, pulling, crossing, bumping, buckling, turning, supporting and so on. Baguazhang is a boxing method that combines health preservation and martial arts to cultivate one's morality. It was the first teacher in Dong Haichuan who combined martial arts with internal skills, learned from others and combined his rich experience to create a palm-based technical means. Different from other boxing methods, it walks in circles, "stepping on mud and cutting legs, as steady as sitting in a sedan chair", switching between breaking and avoiding right and oblique. Moreover, it has obvious effects in treating diseases, practicing internal strength, practicing martial arts and cultivating self-cultivation. Especially in internal strength and moral cultivation, the performance is more prominent.

Baguazhang is characterized by its agile body, which changes with walking and twists and turns when fighting with the other side. The boxing proverb says, "It looks like Youlong, looks like an ape, sits like a tiger and turns like an eagle's plate". Its basic skills are mainly piling and walking. The body shape requires that the head should be vertical, the waist should be straight, the hips should slide, the shoulders should be relaxed, the chest should be relaxed, and the hips should be raised. Footwork requires smooth ups and downs, clear swing, clear distinction between reality and reality, walking like mud, walking like a sedan chair, and rubbing your calves when walking (ankles are touching each other). When walking in circles, the inner foot is straight in, the outer foot is buckled, the knees are hugged, and the crotch cannot be opened. The posture pays attention to twisting, spinning, turning, turning and circling. There are two kinds of hands: dragon claw palm and ox tongue palm. The main techniques are pushing, hugging, taking, leading, moving, blocking, intercepting, buckling, grasping, taking, hooking, hitting, sealing, closing, flashing and scattering 16. It is required to be able to advance and retreat, to be able to change and live, to combine reality with reality, and to change endlessly. Each palm should be issued with the waist as the axis, and the whole body should be integrated, combining inside and outside, focusing on the hands, eyes and body outside, and cultivating the mind and spirit inside.

The movements of the Eight Diagrams Palm require lifting the top along the neck, relaxing the shoulders and elbows, relaxing the chest and abdomen, standing up and sliding the hips, shrinking the hips and knees, and grasping the ground with ten toes. The eight diagrams palm is characterized by "rolling drill for wrapping, strange and correct, twisting and walking, changing hands with you, walking like a dragon, turning like a monkey, changing like an eagle, and being as powerful as a tiger"; Take bending and braking straight, moving and disturbing static, braking and moving as the cultivation principle.

Eight diagrams palm is divided into three steps: fixed frame, live frame and variable frame. "Fixing the Frame" is a statue of Dong Haichuan, the founder of Basic Kung Fu. It requires one stroke and one style, to follow the rules, to achieve correct posture, firm piling and smooth walking. Earnestly achieve the "nine essentials", that is, collapse (collapse of the waist), buckle (including chest), lift (lifting from the tail and Gu Dao), top (top of the head, tip of the tongue and top of the hand), wrap (wrap the arm), loosen (loosen the shoulder and sink the air), hang (lower the elbow) and shrink (shrink). Don't lift your chest, lift your abdomen and exert your strength (called three serious illnesses). The "living shelf" mainly practices the coordination of movements, so that the basic essentials can be skillfully used in the transformation. "Changing the frame" requires internal and external integration, arbitrary change, random insertion, not limited by the order of knuckles, so as to be as light as a feather, as lightning, and as stable as a rock.

The basic content of the Bagua Palm is the Eight Mothers Palm, also known as the Old Eight Palm, that is, single palm exchange, double palm exchange, homeopathic palm, back palm, turn palm, grinding palm, three-piercing palm and turn palm. The content circulated in different places is not exactly the same, with lions, deer, snakes, harriers, dragons, bears, phoenixes and monkeys as representatives, and also with two hands. Each palm can be derived from many palm methods, which is commonly known as one palm gives birth to eight palms.

Baguazhang has the forms of single practice, double practice and Sanda. According to the Old Boxing Manual, there are still 18 arhats, 72 hidden feet and 72 amputated legs in the Baguazhang boxing system, but it is rarely known at present. All the instruments in the Bagua Palm system, including knives, guns, swords, halberds, etc. It still embodies the characteristics of changing with the walk, carrying machinery with you, changing with the step, and taking advantage of the situation. In addition, there are Yuan Yangshuo, Ji Zhaorui, hot wheels and so on. Bagua palm is beneficial to training people's flexibility, speed and endurance, especially the strength of lower limbs. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Bagua Palm was listed as a national Wushu performance and competition.

"Eight diagrams" first appeared in Zhouyi: "Two instruments give birth to four images, and four images give birth to eight diagrams". Bagua originally refers to eight directions, namely, north, south, east, west, northwest, southwest, northeast and southeast. Bagua palm is mainly palm method, and its basic content is eight palms, which is consistent with the number of bagua palms; In boxing, it is required to swing and buckle away in all eight directions, unlike ordinary boxing, which is called "Bagua Palm". In fact, there is no internal connection between gossip and gossip.

At present, the popular Bagua Palm, also known as "You Bagua Palm" or "Long Bagua Palm", was handed down from Dong Haichuan in Beijing. Bagua palm is a kind of boxing with palm change and turn. It combines martial arts with guiding breathing and breathing, and practices both inside and outside. Not only has the function of strengthening the body, but also can exercise the skills of attack and defense fighting, which is deeply loved by the broad masses of the people and enjoys a high reputation in the Wulin.

Bagua palm is a kind of boxing, which is mainly based on palm change and walking (walking in circles). That is, draw a circle with the distance of one arm as the radius, and then walk around the circle. It combines martial arts with guiding breathing and breathing, and practices both inside and outside. Can keep fit, but also exercise the skills of attack and defense fighting. There is another exception. There is a set of sixty-four palms, which is a straight fist.

The traditional eight diagrams palm has been studied by many famous teachers, based on the eight diagrams theory, with a circle of eight steps and eight palms and a single palm change as the basic palm potential. The routine is flexible and not fixed, and different practitioners have different routines, but now many rehearsed Bagua Palm are not completely in accordance with this tradition.

Bagua Palm emphasizes the flexibility of posture, and requires practitioners to turn around constantly, change the distance and direction of the enemy and ourselves, avoid frontal and oblique attacks, and wait for opportunities to attack; Pay attention to improvisation and give play to the flexible characteristics of palm relative to fist and hook. Its technology includes pushing, supporting, covering, splitting, bumping, moving, cutting and taking.

The movement characteristics of Bagua Palm are: walking, watching, sitting and turning. These characteristics provide necessary exercise conditions for developing skills, especially the quickness and flexibility of lower limb strength. Eight diagrams palm is based on internal skills such as "walking on the pile" and "stepping on the mud", which is transformed into the basic action form through twisting and walking, and the change of palm method is the main attack means. Internal and external training, emphasizing physical and mental training, being as fast as a dragon, and twisting palms are endless. Make moves, combine rigidity with softness, kick off and dissolve into one. Twist around, don't be inclined, dot, and follow the lead without end.

Bagua palm replaces boxing with palm and walks in circles, which breaks through the traditional boxing method of focusing on boxing and walking in a straight line, and opens up a new world for China Wushu. Its footwork is mainly lifting, stepping, swinging and buckling, and it rotates continuously from left to right. Eight diagrams palm takes walking as the most important thing, and requires meaning such as waving a flag, being like a cloud, rolling drill as a wrap, moving and static supporting each other, combining rigidity with softness, and combining singularity with righteousness. Good fist, really like Youlong, see the first missing the tail; If the disease floats, it will be immediate; Looking forward, suddenly falling behind, often can make the opponent dizzy. In order to deal with the enemy, you can avoid the real and hit the virtual, and you can hit your shoulder with your hand.

Eight diagrams palm technique is based on actual combat, which has a unique effect in strengthening the body and prolonging life.

There are other sparring partners and Sanshou in Bagua Palm, and the instruments are knives, swords, sticks, mandarin ducks, and shotguns. Its footwork requirements are the same as the palm method. Bagua Dao, also known as "Eight Dishes Dao", is 1.4m long and weighs 2kg, which is longer and heavier than ordinary single Dao.

The instruments of Bagua Palm mainly include: Spring and Autumn Knife, Samurai Gun, Chain Sword, Chain Pure Yang Sword, Chain Panlong Stick, Five Elements Stick, Kunlun Shovel, Bagua Knife, etc.

There are many functions of Bagua Palm, mainly focusing on:

▲ (1) Eight essentials:

1. Three shapes and three potentials: Three shapes mean "walking like a dragon, moving like a monkey, changing like an eagle". The three potentials are "walking like mud, twisting arms like ropes, and turning like grinding".

2. Three-in-one: three-in-one, that is, "palm empty, foot empty, chest empty". The trinity is: "meaning and qi, qi and force, force and intention."

3. three circles and three tops: three circles means "the back should be round, the arms should be round, and the tiger's mouth should be round." The three tops are "the top of the tongue is the upper jaw, the top of the head is the sky, and the top of the palm is the front".

4. Three wraps and three sensitivities: three wraps means "gas should be wrapped, shoulders should be wrapped, elbows should be wrapped". The three senses are "the heart should be sensitive, the eyes should be sensitive, and the palms should be sensitive".

▲ (2) Nine Theories

The "Nine Theories" are: body, shoulders, arms, fingers, elbows, thighs, feet, valleys and legs.

1. On the body: straight head, weak breath, waist as the axis, stride as the pioneer.

2. On the shoulder: the shoulder should be loose. If it is loose, it will open the shoulder point and penetrate the whole body.

3. On the arm: When the forearm is round, the inner strength stretches out, like a curve, straight, and curved like an arch.

4. On the finger: the index finger is hooked, the middle finger points upwards, the ring finger and the little finger are close together, and the big finger is slightly buckled.

5. On the elbow: the front hand is pushed out, the back hand is down, the front elbow is aligned with the heel, and the back elbow is aligned with the rear toe.

6. On stocks: the former stocks lead the gains, while the latter stocks sit hard.

7. On the foot: the inner foot is straight out, the outer foot is slightly buckled, the foot buckle is small, the foot is large, and the foot is like mud, flat and flat.

8. On Gu Dao: The so-called lifting the anus to fill the abdomen means lifting the qi on the femoral canal and connecting it to the ren meridian, which is called lifting the anus.

9. Leg: The thigh drives the cross, and the calf and the back knee drive the ankle.

Song and Japan: Ten points and nine arguments, the change of flowers is wonderful.

If you can understand the mystery, you can walk around the circle.

▲ (3) The techniques of Bagua Palm mainly pay attention to:

1. Palm method:

Palm types include upturned palm, prone palm, vertical palm, grasping palm, piercing palm, splitting palm, lifting palm, picking palm, collapsing palm, bumping palm and closing palm.

The palm method mainly includes: pushing and pulling, and chopping. Go through the flash and block and stick to it. Chop, smash, chop, grab and pick. If it collapses, the film will be cut over.

2. Footwork:

Steps: broken step, buckle step, servant step, half-horse step, etc.

Footsteps: take off and land, swing buckle, advance and retreat, break and flash, etc.

3. Leg method:

Legs are shaped like scissors and walk like mud. Leg method: swing buckle kick, collapse kick, chop. Bagua palm has the function of revealing legs and hiding legs, but the legs are palms together, mainly with dark legs.

4. Body posture:

The eight diagrams palm is shaped like Youlong, with its waist standing like an axis, and its posture is exquisite and round. The body moves with the step, the palm changes with you, the step turns with the palm, and it is coordinated up and down.

The whole body is motionless, wriggling like running water and turning up and down like a proud dragon.

Offensive and defensive principle

Take the palm as the method, walk as the use, dissolve, kick and throw as one, and go with the flow endlessly. Avoid right deviation, follow the trend, be unpredictable, and get out of the shadows. Softness is a needle hidden in cotton and stuck to it; At this moment, the cold bomb collapsed and exploded as fast as lightning and thunder.

Gossip practitioners step into the hands from the line, based on internal strength, shape preservation, ventilation, knowledgeable, skilled and flexible. Taking the eight palms as the mother palm, different styles of practical palm methods and routines have evolved. There are many kinds of musical instruments in the Bagua Palm, especially the Bagua Knife.

Baguazhang is not only one of the three famous fists in China, but also widely circulated all over the country and loved by international friends.

general formula

Bagua Zhang, take the first step, take it and let it go, go and return it, and turn it into reality.

Walk like the wind, stand like a nail, buckle your swing and change your footwork. The waist is the shoulder, the qi is the flag, and the eyes are on the six hands and feet first.

Walk like a dragon, sit like a tiger and move like a river. Yin and Yang hands, flip up and down, sink your shoulders and elbows, and return to Dan.

Hold on to Liuhe, don't disperse, and the gas will naturally spread all over your body. Buckle the swing, carefully roll it up and switch back and forth at the waist.

Hit seven with your feet, hit three with your hands, and put your hands and feet together. Hips off the ground, hit shoulders, and squeeze the dark top knee hard.

High is not embarrassing, low is not stopping, and the wind is the first. Without pure work, it is useless to say a few words in your hand.

basic approach

The movements are slow and comfortable. When practicing boxing, the waist is required to be straight, the jaw is closed, the back is straight and drooping, which has the artistic conception of floating clouds. At the same time, Baguazhang also attaches great importance to practicing Qi. The so-called "Qi" is to cultivate the human spirit (I personally think this "Qi" is formed by adjusting the rhythm of breathing in the process of practicing boxing), which is one of the characteristics of Bagua Palm as an internal skill.

Essentials of practicing boxing

(1) Meditation, breathing naturally, that is, practicing boxing requires quiet and concentrated thinking, concentrating on guiding movements, breathing smoothly, deeply and naturally, and not holding your breath;

(2) Moderately comfortable, gentle and slow, that is, keeping the body relaxed and natural, impartial, flowing, gentle and even;

(3) The motion is arc-shaped and circular, that is, the motion should be arc-shaped and spiral, and the transformation of circular motion is not stagnant. At the same time, with the waist as the axis, the whole body forms a whole;

(4) Coherence and coordination, with clear distinction between reality and reality, that is, actions should be continuous, the connection should be smooth, the reality and reality should be clear everywhere, and the center of gravity should remain stable;

⑤ Be light and calm, combining rigidity with softness, that is, every movement should be light and calm, not floating or stiff, soft outside and rigid inside, and the strength should be complete and elastic, and clumsy force should not be used.

The requirements of the Bagua Palm for postures of various parts of the human body are: head-keep "empty collar and top strength", have the idea of hanging, don't sway, look straight naturally, close your mouth lightly, and hold your tongue against the upper jaw; Neck-natural vertical, flexible rotation, not nervous; Shoulders-flat and relaxed, without hunchback, bending or stretching backwards; Elbow-naturally bends and sinks to prevent rigidity or rising; Heavy wrist "flat wrist", full of strength, not soft; Chest-slightly loose, not protruding or deliberately shrinking inward; Stretching your back is called "pulling your back" and you can't bow and camel; Waist-loose downward, flexible rotation, no bow forward or backward; Ridge-straight and upright, keep your figure straight and natural; Hip-slightly inward, not outward, called "sliding hip" and "converging hip"; Hip-relaxation is full of contraction, and the lower limbs are difficult to penetrate. Do not stand forward with a twist; Legs-stable and firm, with proper bending, slight rotation, smooth movement and relaxed knees, which can distinguish between true and false soles.