Following are some of the attributes of Bagua:
NAME ATTRIBUTE IMAGE PART OF BODY
- Chien (creative) strong heaven............Head, Heart
- K�un (Receptive) Yielding Earth...............Spleen, Stomach
- Chen (Arousing) Movement Thunder...........Liver, Throat
- K�an (Abysmal) Dangerous Water..............Kidneys, Ears
- Ken (Stillness) Resting Mountain.........Back, Hands, Feet
- Sun (Gentle) Penetrating Wind...............Intestines
- Li (Clinging) Brilliance Fire.................Heart, Spirit
- Tui (Joyous) Joyful Lake..............Lungs, Chest
NAME TECHNIQUE
- Chien....................Single Palm Change
- Li..........................Double Palm Change
- Chen.....................Hawk soars up to heaven
- Kun......................Yellow dragon rolls over
- K�an.....................White snake sticks out its tongue
- Ken......................Giant Roc spreads its wings
- Tui........................White monkey presents a peach
- Sun.......................Whirlwind palms
Some list the palms as:
- Single Palm Change
- Double Palm Change
- Following the Movement Palm
- Behind the Body Palm
- Rolling Body Palm
- Rubbing Body Palm
- Piercing Palm
- Turn back (Revolving) the body palm
Bagua originates from Mr.Ying
Mr. Ying always said that his arts came from Liu Dekuan to Liu Caicheng to him, but I see no relationship in the Bagua that Mr Ying taught or that Mr Ying's classmate's students teach with what we currently know Liu Dekuan taught. It is most certain that Liu Caicheng's Xingyi came from Geng Jishan and I suspect his Bagua might have come from there also.
Part of the bagau manual that Mr. Ying's younger classmate handed down and the wording describes the Gao Style 64 straight line sets. However the routines, that they perform to these words look nothing like Gao style at all.
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