Authors Preface
In my youth I loved to study the martial arts. I came to Tianjin to find a good teacher. My uninformed friends taught me the art of Xing Yi Quan. I practiced this for many years. Still, it was not enough. Because I loved the mystery of Baguazhang I arranged to study at Master Cheng's school. Master's name was Youlong and he was called Haiting. He inherited Grand Master Cheng Tinghua's legacy. Grandmaster Cheng Tinghua worked in the capitol selling eyeglasses and therefore the people called him...
The Passing of Two Gao Style Ba Gua Zhang Seniors
Last Fall, two of the most senior lineage holders in the Gao Yi Sheng ft A A lineage of Ba Gua Zhang past away. Gao Yi Sheng's last living student He Ke Cai - Ho Ho Choy in Cantonese - see Pa Kua Chang Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 3 passed away on November 2 in Hong Kong at the age of 86 and Wang Shu Sheng a student of Gao Yi Sheng's student Liu Feng Cai 1 SL 42 , passed away in December at the age of 78 see Pa Kua Chang Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2 . He Ko Cai was born in 1910 in Guang Dong Province. In...
A Discussion Of The Martial Study Of The Daoist Skill Of Combining Stillness
Chaos first opened up. Qian and Kun began to settle out. Everything pure and light makes heaven. Everything turbid and heavy make earth. What are heaven and earth They are the qi of yin and yang. Yin and yang together create and transform all things. People make the spiritual force of all things. They uphold and spread only what is reliable. The body is half yin and half yang. The spirit is half divine and half demonic. If we cultivate the Dao then we can become completely divine. If we wound...
The Fundamentals of Ba Gua Broadsword
Throughout Ba Gua Zhang's relatively short history, the broadsword has been the weapon of choice for many of the Ba Gua stylists who worked as bodyguards and caravan escorts. Most notably, Li Cun Yi A comes to mind as one of the most prominent Ba Gua stylists who became famous for his use of the broadsword in both fighting bandits and fighting against the Foreign Armies in the Boxer Rebellion. His skill at this weapon was so high, he earned the nickname Single Saber Li. The broadsword is very...
Luo De Xiu to Tour the United States
Gao Style Ba Gua Zhang instructor Luo De Xiu of Taipei, Taiwan, will conduct a series of Ba Gua seminars in the United States beginning on 30 March 1996. Luo, who has been featured in Inside Kung Fu Magazine, the Pa Kua Chang Journal see Vol. 3, No. 5, and Vol. 4, No. 2 and the Journal of Asian Martial Arts, has conducted several other seminar tours here in the United States over the past few years and has always been well received by seminar participants. Luo is a very open teacher and...
Liu He Ba Fa Quan
I firmly believe that the only way to get good at martial arts is through hard work, dedication, and long hours of practice. However, development of the internal arts requires more than just a lot of hard physical work, it also requires a deep study of the principles of the arts and how they relate to that practice. The principles guide the practice so that there is a structure, a system, and an involvement of the self beyond simple motions of the physical body. Every teacher of internal...
A Little Bit on Mr Sun Xikun
Mr. Sun Xikun is a Daoist and a deeply worshipful person. He is from Wujiao County in Hebei. Mr. Sun's inborn nature is sincere and generous. When he was young, he had a craving for the martial arts. Even now that he is older he still loves it. With a strong will he studied and examined the martial arts of Bagua, Xingyi, and Taiji. He became skilled and strong. He established the Dao De Martial Arts School. Mr. Sun is a person of high morals. He is easily approachable. Mr. Sun furthermore runs...
Sun Xi Kun and His Genuine Transmission of Ba Gua Quan
Ba Gua Zhang instructor Sun Xi Kun 1883 - 1952 stands as an important figure in the history of the art of Ba Gua Zhang. He was known as a teacher one of the few to pass on the teachings of Cheng Ting Hua's son, Cheng You Long, an organizer in 1932 he created the Virtuous Way Martial Study Society in Tianjin and an author his Genuine Transmission of Ba Gua Quan was published in 1934 . This month, Joseph Crandall of Smiling Tiger Martial Arts, in a coordinated effort with High View Publications...