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Interesting point of view. Not saying you are wrong, but as long as I know. Baguazhang is designed to strike your opponent from the outside or behind. That's why Bagua steps always walk in a circle(circle around your attacker). Unlike Xing Yi step in straight.
That's definitely the idea with traditional applications, but unfortunately traditional applications don't ever work in a real situation. As you probably know, most fighting never evolves past a scrap.
@thekungfuplatform the traditional way don't work because the person don't have the right partner or teacher to train with. As Bruce Lee said: I fear not the man who has practiced 10000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10000 times. Practice the right way, and then it will work. Why even bother to train the style you don't even believe in. There's a lot more quick and easy martial art to defend yourself. Boxing and Judo are good for street fights fast pick up easy to learn. As Kung Fu takes a long time to master. At least 3 years or more, then you will see the progress. To evolve from the traditional way is good but not discard all of it. Keep the good works up.
@@kanstehnewbie Nothing to do with not believing in the system, the applications must be adapted to work under high pressure rather than the way they would be performed in solo practice
I am from the UK and have studied and taught Yong/Wing Chun since 1980. I want to say that a Bong Sao does not seek to pick up most of the weight from a heavy punch; rather it deflects most of the power. I have lived in Tianjin for 9 years and practice Gao Yisheng Baguazhang. Excellent explanations of your Bagua; keep it up.
Note - this is a form know as Lau gar commonly practiced in a number of Hung gar schools. Although it shares the name Lau with the art known as Lau gar it belongs to a different system with a different history.
if memory serves, this is not strictly a Hung gar form, but rather a "village form" a short stand alone system that was picked up a some point and passed on along with the formal hung gar stuff.
First and Fifth trapping combinations look like Wing Chun due the the Tan Sao bridge. Second one with the uppercut I am having trouble learning. Third and Fourth I've learned it in Mantis Kung Fu.
this is similar to the jiang style i learned before, the old frame. there are other forms such as new frame, and leg forms based on the old and new frames. but i moved out before learning the other 3 forms :(
since most of the applications shown are about counters, how about when you have to make the first strike, or take initiative etc? that would be beneficial in some situations, like duel/competition or multiple opponents
The training arm in the video is from a boxing Bob and weave attachment for a heavy bag. There are various companies that make these with different quality. Thanks
@thekungfuplatform Again, thanks for the link to bring me here and finding the rest of your full length videos which I'm very much looking forward to seeing.
Any advice about form and intent with each strike? ie: power and tension. Looks like there's almost no power applied, particularly with "back palm" which seems to be a flop down. Your channel only has "shorts" which, though have good advice, aren't long enough to include more, much needed, information to be an effective tutorial channel. Thanks 🤜🫷
At basic level, the focus is on making a good connection with the bag. Once you're happy with the initial stage, you can start increasing the force of each strike and even develop your own striking patterns. I have lots of longer form content if you go to the channel home page. Thanks
@@thekungfuplatform Thanks for replying with those details, much appreciated 👍🏻 I did go to the home page first before asking, to see if there was a longer video containing the details I asked about, but I only saw shorts. Though some are indeed longer than this one, but none are of a typical RU-vid tutorial length.
@@thekungfuplatform 😳 ... I swear I didn't see that when I tapped the icon to get your homepage. (feeling sheepish 🤦🏼♂️ 🤣) Thank you So Much for the link brother 🙏 Off to watch now 😊
This is actually a very old traditional style of kung fu. It does look very strange especially when you see a form done. It has alot of spinning around with hands up. To each there own I guess. My martial arts instructor actually practiced this style and its definitely not an orthodox looking style.
