Third Generation Yin Fu Stylists in Bejing Yang Kun Left and Gao Zi Ying Right
Yang Kun was a student of Yin Fu's disciple Zhang Shou Hong. Now 81 years old, Yang began his Ba Gua Zhang training at the age of 14. His teacher was hired, along with Gao Zi Ying's father see below as an employee in Yin Fu's bodyguard business. Yin would sometimes hire strong men to work as bodyguards and residence guards and train them in Ba Gua Zhang after they began working for him. Yang Kun's teacher stayed with Yin for nine years studying Ba Gua and working as a bodyguard. Like most of...
Yin Fus Ba Gua Zhang Students
Yin Fu's top three students were Ma Gui fr , Li Yong Qing and Men Bao Zhen H fin that order. Others who reached a high level of skill were Gong Bao Tian t t Yang Jun Feng 1 , Ju Qing Yuan M amp tL , Liu Dong Chen I Cui Zhen Dong Gao Wen Cheng ft Liu Qing Fu f'J JHlr , and his family members Yin Cheng Zhang - his third son , Yin Yu Zhang - Si ll - his fourth son and He Jin Kui i5 - his son-in-law . Yin had a daughter whom also studied his Ba Gua. Of his two sons who studied his Ba Gua, it is...
by Jerry Alan Johnson
Ba Gua translates as Eight Trigrams. The Eight Trigrams are symbols which form the foundation of the Yi Jing or Book of Changes and they also provide the philosophical basis for the martial art Ba Gua Zhang. As Ba Gua Zhang practitioners, our interest in the trigrams of the Yi Jing is related to their practical use in the Ba Gua fighting method. In my school, we relate each of the eight trigrams to its own unique animal form. The animal characteristics provide a basis for both healing and self...
The Ba Gua Zhang of Yin Fu
If one was intent on gaining insights into the teaching of a great martial arts master, the originator of a deeply profound system, say, Dong Hai Chuan Jc M 1 it would make sense to start by looking closely at the teaching of his top student, the man who spent the most time with the master, the one who inherited the complete system, the true lineage holder. In the case of Ba Gua Zhang ih this man is undisputably Yin Fu Yin Fu was Dong Hai Chuan's first Ba Gua Zhang student, he was with Dong the...
Letter to the Editor
This letter was received in response to the article on Chang Chun-Feng printed in Volume 3, Number 5. The cover story on master Chang Chun-feng was excellent, however I feel that any discussion of his system would be incomplete without a mention of one of his prominent students here in the U.S. who carries on the tradition of his instruction. Dr. Kenneth Fish was a student of master Chang and his wife, and is the only Westerner authorized to teach their Hsingyi system, which he does at his...