Bagua Zhang 16 palm changes - Hans Menck 

Thank you for all the supportive comments. I will continue to change, and change, and change..

every time i run across this video (it has been years at this point), i am profoundly reminded of the depths heights and extent of Bagua that extend through so many variances of skill and discipline. Also, i am reminded and humbled that more training and understanding can be garnered through practice by your exhibition. Truly potent in its beauty. Thank you. -os-

finally some one that knows how to put force into movement and still keep his balance! subscribed!

This is really good. It's rare to see a westerner practise chinese martial arts with graceful flowing movements. Good job!

That guy is freaking awesome that is some of the best Baqua I have ever seen

So graceful movements!! You become one with the flow and completely lost .!!!

...and after all these years still one of the best i have seen so far on internet

this martial arts is the style of ang's movements form avatar the last air bender.

The performer is a very well-trained athlete. The set looks like a sport wushu competition set derived from original Cheng Jia. Body is supple and pretty well integrated. One of the few good bagua videos on youtube. Keep rockin' it out.

Excellent performance! I hope to have your fluidity and power in my Bagua training someday. Thank you for posting!

Bro I'm impressed. You know how to keep balance when exerting force. You don't over extend. Your movement are smooth, flexible and explosive. You understand where the force is suppose to come from. The only thing i would say is that your trap hands are a bit confusing. When you go for trap and elbows you need to flesh out the limbs you are bridging and your impact point otherwise your techniques application will fail. Great work. I don't practice your style but you do it so well I can tell it's good.

Excellent demonstration, truly Mr Menck has mastered this form and as a Westerner I would be proud to show this to Chinese

Excellent control and clarity of technique. Most impressive, thank you, enjoyable.

I don’t care what you say... this is impressive.

Fantastic. It's wonderful to see the preservation of this intriguing art.

one of the best 8 palm changes i have seen

Looks fantastic! Alot of hard work gone into it! Well done!

Thanks for give us this Bagua demostration

Very nice, fluid. What one should aspire to.

We are beginning to learn Bagua palm changes this season. I can't wait for Sifu to show us more!!

Very nice Bagua forms. I finally understood the footwork of bagua a couple of days ago from some RU-vid videos. You guys are perfect demonstrators of Bagua.

wow. Such fluid movements and they look so well executed!! Awesome. Subscribed!!

Freedom Martial Arts. First of all, thank you for sharing this video showing a young practitioner " walking the dragon " with great style. Those who follow the " assumption reaction " will make a fool of themselves.

I've been practicing Baguazhang since 1996 and have seen hundreds of performances over the years and this has to be the best, imho 🙏♥️☮

A fascinating art!

Thanks for posting. I appreciate my brother Hans here. Every sincere student understands that kung fu is hard work. None understand it more than those that seek their skill in Pa Kua Chang. In watching Herr Menck executing the first Kua. It is clear and obvious that he has been training for several years already, if not more. Each of the three treasures require such commitment. I hope he keeps practice. And reaches new levels of skill. The trained eye will see at the end of the last Kua.The eighth one. That Herr Menck's back is saturated with sweat from his intensity, good. Overcome the darkness. Return the Light. Laoshr 60 CYKFA

Every time I watch an old video (this has been up for 12 years), I always wonder what has become of the student.

I used to think Bagua was all palm strikes, ridge hands, chops, but I see now there is lots of elbows, joint locks, and throws there

Amazing skill and power. Bagua footwork at this level is not easy. . . and pay attention to spine and sholder flexibility. That takes time to achieve !

subscribed amazing, finally after looking so long.

I only ever had one lesson of bagua, it was one of the most challenging classes of my life (up there with feng shou and dragon style kung fu) I do hope I get to try it again someday. Mad respect for your agility, strength, and skill :)

Great to see Cheng style in South Africa, check out our new podcast on Baguazhang and the other internal arts.

nicely done. it's interesting how differences can occur w bagua, I practice a similar style, Liu Bin from Beijing, through Zhang jie. some of the movement patterns are very similar, other's quite a bit different. but the fundamental moves are clearly very similar, especially the off axis and spine turning movements. our method is done very smoothly, less of Fa when compared these palms (thought ours is done w more fa in other forms of the style) thanks for posting.

I enjoyed your changing hands,inspired.I wish you great insights and live well . Mike formerly from green dragon of chicago

Graceful movement with elegance and power

This is very beautiful and soothing to watch. I wish i can be this skilled.

Forms makes sense if you've studied martial arts but to someone on the outside it must like some fancy dance.

Very nice demonstration! Keep it going man, nice form too.

Looks very skilled and dedicated to me, with fluid motion and fast high kicks, for example. Subbed, and will enjoy seeing more. Thank you! I watched this embedded on the channel’s freedommartialart site, where I read some interesting information on the style and its origins.

FANTASTIC! ,MANY THANKS FOR SHARING, IT WAS AWESOME!😊😊😊😊

Excellent! Thank you for sharing.

Great Cheng Style Bagua! I can see the Liu Jingru lineage is alive in you.

Excellently done. Impressive

very good work. Your form is very impressive.

Wow that was beautiful, very nice movement

It looks great. Thank you!

I want to learn this!!!

changing is the key but dont forget the fundamentals and basics.

Excellent work.

Very good work.

Beautiful form and performance. Nice touch with General Guan Yu over the door. =)

beautiful

Han Yanwu is my master brother. that is why you practiced pretty good!

Un trabajo limpio y claro. Enhorabuena

awesome so fluid!

Beautiful! Magnificent!

wonderful, hi from Paraguay!

Amazing, thank you so much ;) Hi from Belgium

Very nice!

BRILLIANT...THANK- YOU😊

Great Bagua guy!!!

Crazy beautiful 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Aang's all grown up :D

Thanks for the inspiration!

If it wasn't done it would be amazing seeing this guy do applications of his Bagua the Fluidity would look amazing

Very nice - moves well.

your bagua is looking awesome bro

Wow. Impressive mastery

Great! Greetings from Uruguay

Absolutely stunning! ☺️ thank you….

Very nice! Yes, a little jerky at times but everyones different

Excelente. Very smooth and continuous. 👍👌✌️😄🙏

Wonderful !!!

I wasn’t expecting this to be so good. It’s rare to see westerners with skill in 中国武术

Amazing .

Mr. MENCK - Very Good Ba Qua Zhang demo - What Style of Ba Qua is this ? ?

I would love to know what styles were prevalent in the area where baguazhang was invented/discovered when it was.

Most excellent.

Air bending lol

Hi Hans - It's been a while since we met in Vincennes at the Cercle Tissier. It sounds like China is the place to be for studying Bagua Zhang - I'm very fond of such a art! Take care

I see the dragon, and its power. good work

hans is the man!

He seems to hide his palms close to his body, then they emerge out of a rotation. Very beautiful. It almost looks like a magic trick

Half my family is fromSouth Africa!!!! My Mother is from Cape Town!

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Incredible!

Less dynamic tension and more root with linkage. This stuff takes 20 years to master.

brilliant !

Magnificent.

Awesome 👏!!!

And when the world needed him most, he vanished.. Jaja this style has so much rotation! Got dizzy watching. Great to confuse someone too, I guess?

But when the world needed him most... he vanished!

Thgis is amazing! You get so LOW!

Great work:) Regards .

That is some good Bagua!

Admirable! Gracias por compartir!

Please demonstrate some applications

high Respect!

This will literally transform your health. Joints become steel.

Does anyone know the name for the music?