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I purchased Andrea Falk's Dictionary of Chinese Martial Arts. There are no words to describe it. An unbelievable work, and amazing what she did. I'm putting it to good use, I think it will always be on my desk and will never make it into the bookshelf

thanks. I love your books. you're a light to the martial arts world.

what's the cool music?

this looks a lot like a pushing hands drill :)

really nice partner work Andrea and John :) one question, in similar exercises I've done in xingyiquan and other schools of baguazhang I was taught to twist the arm more, in xingyi as in zuanquan with fist or as coiling palm in bagua. This gives a stronger structure in my experience to the forward vector trying to coil/cut in. What is the reasoning of this straight pierce?

I love how the man and the woman are doing 2 different methods. The man is coming forward, while the woman is coming forward from an angle. The difference in strategies shows a quite profound result. Just so there is no confusion about what I mean, the man's forward strategy does virtually nothing to the ladies centre, while the ladies angle strategy forces him off balance at virtually every step.

@onemindonespirit also want to keep in mind that the techniques themselves (and how they are practiced) aim to develop, nourish and strengthen the tissues (tendons, muscles etc) so one can (later on down the line) move quickly and maintain power. Depending upon the level of the student, the season and the area of focus (power, technique, qi, blood shen) one will modify how bagua is practiced. Great question BTW

@durkhrodchogori Thank you very much for the need to comment on a conversation started over 2 years ago--it was so very much needed. I'm not talking about wushu in any shape or form. You can move very slowly and SILL not be having any breaks and pauses in your form, unlike what we are seeing in this clip. In a word, it's crap and I highly doubt any legit master ever trained this way.

Fine, fine place in the woods!!

That looks like some awesome training, I'll have to start saving up my pennies for next year!

That was great... Thank you for sharing.

well i am well in impress.you go girl.ilove to go to one of your Seminar to improve my basic connection.i m not quite connected yet .it is alway good to watch and learn.internal are so hard to see what the body his doing under the skin .

A great sample of the basic drills for skills! :))

Great vid thanks for posting!!

@amfalk teach me sifu

Whao.. his horse stance is soo study!!!

looks really easy , james showed me bear walking a couple of weeks ago and i have yet been able to make a full circle ha ha. its so exhausting. is the gripping of the feet still as present in the bear walk as in the changes? more videos please :) chris

Yo Andrea really nice work clean good representation and presentation. For all of the haters and know it all's out there (onemindnospirit) what you see on the outside is the obvious, its what's happening on the inside thats where the happenings are. All the fighting are cool but anyone can fight and it does not take a lifetime or a special technique to learn. If fighting is all you want to major in, in this life then what a waste. Very small spirit Mr one mind I hope thats not all you've got.

it is a shame you are so far away. hard to see what you are doing. thanks for posting anyway though.

You are correct with your first statement, partially, but that doesn't end the issue. Being double weighted is very much about what your own body is doing. Double weighted is double weighted, unless you believe that all of a sudden an opponent makes up for this within your own body. As for the second statement, if a car comes to a complete stop would you say that you are still going? No. To begin again you have to start to accelerate once more. Hence double weighted, hence, breaks and pauses.

Notice that I never used the word "quickly" in my previous comment, nor did I even imply it. I'm talking about the dead still stops and pauses, regardless of how fast you are moving. In this clip, if you were going full speed, there would still be moments where you would be double weighted and with broken flow. Simply "feeling the body connection" doesn't mean that the kinetic energy is still moving. And again, there is the issue of multiple opponents. I doubt the masters trained this way.

Andrea Huo is the best

A question about this type of bagua (and others like it): If bagua is about dealing with multiple opponents, (which is the reality of most fights) how can moving this way with all of the dead still stops and pauses deal with more than one person? and how do all of the breaks and pauses not break the energy flow of the form?

Hi Andrea, Its great to have a video of your work, I continue to enjoy your translations and wish you best regards. Please continue to share more videos, don't worry about making them perfect! :) Regards, Brock