Bagua gongfu


Bagua is the basic concept of philosophy China culture, the so-called bagua is eight different hexagrams. 乾qián坤kūn震zhèn巽xùn坎kǎn离lí艮gèn兑duì .

Origin Stories of Bagua

The eight-diagram palm is based on the old Chinese philosophy of eight combinations of three whole and broken lines used in divination. While practising, the practitioner moves according to the eight diagrams. There are eight basic palm plays. A total of 64 palm tricks and moves have come from the original eight basic palm plays. Apart from solo practices, there is also sparring: Sanshou (free sparring) and fighting with weapons, such as Bagua sword play, Bagua sabre play and Bagua cudgel play, and Bagua play of 7 star decorated-shaft etc. While practicing these routines, practitioners rove around like a dragon moving amidst clouds.