The bearded fellow getting thrown around in the demonstrations at 9:30 is now Shifu Greg. He is 76 years old, in very good shape, and still passing on the teachings of BaguaZhang. I am grateful to have just started training with him and I hope to continue for many years. Amazing.
Essentially. Zhang Zhao Dong’s bagua (this school practices Jiang Rong Qiao’s form) + Yin style (eight animals etc. as seen in the Xie Pei Qi lineage). Although the basic kung fu taught in the beginning is northern praying mantis. Lu Shui Tian grew up in ShanDong. Lohan, bajiquan, and western boxing are also taught.
Yup, and not uncommon in Baguazhang either. The Fu Style of Fu Zhensong fused a lot of Ma Gui (which is also mostly early Dong and Yin Fu) and Cheng Style (as learned from his good friend and peer at the time, Sun Lu Tang) into his own style. He also taught Bajiquan, Xingyiquan and his own style of Taijiquan. Lohan seemed to be the basic curriculum to get his students in shape before teaching them the internal arts. Where Taijiquan was once external fighting that fused internal concepts to become what it eventually became, and same with Xingyiquan...Baguazhang is unique in that its the exact opposite. It's a monastic circle walking Qigong meditation, that Dong Fused external martial arts into to create something new. So every bagua art, so long as they are practicing the circle walking correctly (harder than it sounds, and if you know you know), then whatever you practice is going to take on those qualities as you learn to turn on the circle and apply those theories and strategies on the straight line of fighting.
No it is chinese bagua practiced by a korean man, if an american learns bagua,it does not become american bagua,it is chinese,there is no such thing as korean bagua.
