I grew up practicing Silat and Escrima. I picked up Taiji, Bagua and Xingyi. I love making 8s and circles. Changed me in a great way. Much softer and way less aggressive. I was seriously aggressive before I went internal.
@@mikeneidlinger8857 Double Taiji Jian? That's Chen style, uh? Which Bagua style? But my question was more: what do you think of internal arts compared to what you did before?
I like practicing slow twisting and circling steps with blades. It nourishes my brain and I circulate my chi to stay healthy and massage my internal organs to stay soft and limber. The first thing I would teach someone is how to relax and root and circulate Qi. After relaxing,, someone can learn basic Gong Fu! I am trying to learn some Traditional Chinese Medicine right now.
I think Sun Lu Tang wrote the first published book on Bagua in Chinese. He was certainly one of the great Masters of his time . His daughter was great also but not like her father..
Thank you. Just not sure where to start. First thank you for the execution of the form. It shows many years of perseverance. Sweet! And then there is the Pa Kua pushing hands. Sweeter still. Just awesome! Please offer us another video, perhaps one showing some simple applications? All the best. Peace.
I like Sun style because of the higher stance movement. I think if I can find one whom teaches this Bagua lineage, it would be a nice addition to my Bajiquan
@Michael Taylor Mostly what interests me about Baguazhang is the circular, flowing footwork that balances with the linear, explosive footwork of Bajiquan.
@Michael Taylor also I've looked around in Maryland and except for one place, no one teaches Baguazhang, in fact as far as I know, I'm the only Bajiquan practitioner in Maryland which basically says the pickings of TCMA are pretty slim in Maryland
@Michael Taylor that's ok. It's because many of the myriad of styles in TCMA, most have never heard of them. Most martial arts practitioners I've met never heard of styles like Bajiquan or Baguazhang. The only internal style they've heard of is Taijiquan
@@ajarciaga8864 Not really. I lived in MD over fifty years. And taught TCMA there for over twenty years. Unfortunately for you I now live in the EU. However if you go to Ching Yi Kung Fu Association on the Web, or Old Warrior Horse Kung Fu for links, I know for certain that there are a minimum of four people teaching Pa Kua and Hsing Yi Ch'uan in Maryland. Between the Baltimore-Washington corridor. However my advice to you is to not try and mix arts up. Or to become another kung-fu junkie. Just study one art DEEPLY. Good luck to you. Peace. PS. There are Park Bok Nam people teaching in Northern Virginia.
This exercise is so well done it makes me wonder if he practices anything else with regularity. I spend most of my practice time with Hao Style Tai-Chi, there is just so much I can do, so I have to budget my time to what suits me best.
