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Every martial art has different basic exercises, although some martial arts share the same or similar exercises.Cheng Baguazhang uses the 8 basic postures to develop root, strenght, balance, energy and to give you the right idea for the application...CIRCLE WALKINGIn Cheng Style we use "tang ni bu", the so called mudwalk. Your body will get used to a completely new stepping system which is different than your normal walking step.The mudwalk gives you more root and allows you to move more quickly, while you have more balance and you are more safe against kicks and attacks at the same time.Balance is one of the most important things - Master Kong Cheng says: "No balance - no power!", it means if you have no balance, you are not able to move or change direction quickly, and you might fall or simply not be able to defense yourself.The inside foot keeps walking a straight line, while the outside foot draws the circle, and the use of Bai Bu and Kou Bu for changing directions. The upper body should twist towards the circle as much as possible, so that an opponent would not see you changing direction if he only watches your upper body.This is a speciality of master kong cheng, practising a strong twist in the waist.The two changing steps, kou bu and bai bu, come from Cheng Ting Huas Chinese Wrestling practise, to throw an opponent, or make him fall..click here for additional information about circle walking8 BASIC POSTURESThe 8 basic postures is the basic exercise in Cheng Baguazhang.The reason behind the 8 basic postures is:To develop root, balance, leg speed, muscles/strenght/power of legs, waist, shoulders, arms, fingers; energy and to learn and to internalise the right movements while you get a bunch of very usefull basic self defence applications as well...You should hold these postures for a very very long time while you walk the circle, until you can feel your arms getting heavy, at this point you start to build up power. This isometric power training is essential to build up martial power in different angles.This is the key to effective training! Some masters can hold only one difficult posture for more than one hour while walking the circle.Each of our 8 postures are very rich in detail and should be done in a correct way, in order to reach our goals.PALM CHANGES:After learning the 8 basic postures you start to learn the palm changes, also called the 8 old palms, 8 mother palm (lao ba zhang, ba mu zhang). It begins with the single palm change, then the double palm change and so on, in general there are 8 palm changes on both directions.The palm changes are little forms, to understand the changing and to give ideas and principles for application.The old theory was, that the quint essence of Baguazhang is the single palm change.Some of the best fighters in old days only learned the Single Palm Change in the first years, since their focus was on this change, their applications was so powerfull, that no more was needed. The "Single Palm Change" actually simply means that in executing a maneuver, the palm that was originally the active palm, or yang palm, changes and becomes the inactive or yin palm. With this thought you will be able to execute dozens of variations of the single and double palm changes because their idea of the single or double palm changes is that which is defined by principle and not a choreographed form.Every Palm change focuses on a different technique. For example "up and down". An other palm change "go in front and come back", or the use of elbows.Still we will show many variations to our students, in order to give an idea and to show in which case you should do some applications rather than others.Also Baguazhang is an art of living! What the ancient Chinese understood is that there is only one constant in the whole universe: CHANGE. Everything is constantly in flux–days, seasons, years, plants and flora, waves of the ocean and more.The art of Bagua Circle Walking Meditation was developed by the ancient Chinese to help humanity understand and cope and merge with changeIt will make us understand that the world is changing in every moment. We have the tendency to say: "stay the way you are", we hope that things stay the same and are afraid of changes.But if we look at live closely, we need to understand that live means change, and not stillness. If something is alive, it needs to change, to develope, to make mistakes and we need to understand that live will change around us... We need to change to be alive.This is what we learn in Baguazhang when we practise - we change direction, we walk in circles and we can feel the strong connection to Daoist principles of Live.

The tiger comes out of the mountain

The great roc spreads its wings

Embracing the moon

The green dragon stretches its claws

The white monkey holding the peach

The Tiger opens its mouth

The bear stretches its claws

Heaven and earth

Our Baguazhang Lineage

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10 IMPORTANT POINTSAbout HEAD:Head upright neck straight, eyes look straight ahead, emptiness leads propping-up power (e.g. head is straightened as if there was something on it), with spirit and intention.About BACK: Chest inward back round, (then) strength is hastened forward, not stiff nor blocked, stretched and natural.About SHOULDERS: Both arms close inward, should be relaxed and dropped down, (only then) power reaches hands, and this is what the arms serve for.About ARMS: Front arm bent and extended, rear arm protects body, Rolling (Gun), Drilling (Zuan), Struggling (Zheng), Wrapping (Guo), (you) change as (you) wish to.About ELBOWS: Sink shoulders drop elbows, (then) strength reaches hands, essential of elbow method is to protect within attack.About PALMS: Thumb is spread outwards, forefinger extended and straightened, four fingers are kept together, Tiger's Mouth (space between thumb and forefinger) is round and separated.About WAIST: Waist stands like an axle, hardness and softness exist together, (there) is twisting (Ning) and overturning (Fan), (with) strength and agility. About BUTTOCKS: Contract and lift the Grain Path (anus), (so that) Ren and Du meridians connect, Qi is brought to Dantian, draw hips and smooth buttocks (so that they do not protrude).About THIGHS: Front thigh leads the way, rear thigh supports, close (He, e.g. keep together) knees and wrap (Guo) crotch.About FEET: Inner foot (e.g. the one closer to the center of the circle) goes along straight lines, outer foot slightly toes-in, step (as if) wading through mud, toes slightly bent.

8 METHODSSAN DING - Three Pressing (principles): Head Must Press, Tongue Must Press, Palms Must Press. Head presses upward, it has the might of clashing the sky; Tongue presses upward and thus saliva can be produced; Palms press outward so that power reaches fingers and the strength of palms is sunk and heavy.SAN KOU - Three Arching (principles): Both Shoulders Arch, Backs of Palms Arch, Backs of Feet Arch.Both shoulders arch (e.g. turn inwards) so that Qi and strength (Li) can reach elbows; Backs of palms arch so that Qi and strength (Li) can reach hands; Backs of feet arch, toes grasp the ground, strength comes from feet, strength reaches whole body, standing is firm and steps are steady.SAN YUAN - Three Round (principles): Back Round, Chest Round, Tiger's Mouth Round.Back should be round so that strength is hastened forward; Chest should be round so that strength in both upper arms is full; Tiger's Mouth should be round so that strength of fingers increases and strength can propagate.SAN MIN - Three Quick/Agile (principles): Heart (e.g. Mind) Should Be Quick, Eyes Should Be Quick, Palms Should Be Quick.When heart is agile, one can act as the changing circumstances demand; When eyes are agile, one can observe six paths (e.g. forward, backward, to both sides, upward and downward); When palms are agile one can subdue the enemy with attack.SAN BAO - Three Embracing (principles): Mind (Xin) and Intention (Yi) Embraced, Ribs Embraced, Courage Embraced.When Mind and Intention are embraced together then Qi will not be emitted out; When ribs are wrapped (Guo) and embraced then striking forward and drawing hands back will be with powerful; When courage is embraced then one will not be in mess when facing the enemy. SAN CHUI - Three Dropping (principles): Qi Should Drop, Shoulders Should Drop, Elbows Should Drop.When Qi drops then it sinks into Dantian; When shoulders drop then strength is hastened towards elbows; When elbows drop then both arms become naturally round.SAN QU - Three Bent (principles): Both Arms Bent, Both Legs Bent, Both Wrists Bent.When both arms bent, then the strength is bold and vigorous; When both legs bent, then they can hasten the body; When both wrists bent, then the strength of palms is firm.SAN TING - Three Straightening (principles): Neck Should Be Straightened Up, Waist Should be Straightened, Knees Should Be Straightened.When neck is straightened then spirit passes through the body to the top of the head; When waist is straightened then strength passes through the whole body (and reaches all its parts); When knees are straightened then (walking is) elastic and strong, Qi soars and Spirit is happy.

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Cheng Style System and learning content:8 Basic PosturesOld 8 PalmsCascading Palms64 Hands Straight Line DrillWeapons: Baguazhang Sword / Deer Horn Knives64 Palm VariationsPartner Form / Partner ExerciseBagua Pushing HandsNine Palace PalmsQi Gong

Cheng Style Baguazhang system

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