Bagua Circle Walking Techniques

In this video, I demonstrate how bagua's stepping method strongly circulates fluids around your body and develops internal, qi-power for health and healing applications.
I've studied both the monastic bagua tradition (focusing on the Single Palm Change) and the bagua zhang (martial) tradition-including learning all Eight Mother Palms-with Bagua Lineage Holder Bruce Frantzis in private and public tuition since 1987, becoming a senior student in 2004. I've taught bagua with the encouragement of my teacher since 1995.
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[@Punacat101]

Nicely done - thank you.

[@hivemindboii]

eee explains why i get xing yi and bagua but not tai chi. easier for me to move from my legs/ hands

[@martynjames5963]

Do you not pull from the front and push from the back a bit too?

[@PaulCavel]

Hi Rupert. There are various stepping techniques in bagua: mud stepping always uses the pulling of the front leg; at slow speeds, mud stepping uses the pushing off from the rear heal to shit weight but, when walking at faster paces, drops this component in order to create fluidity and continuum. Otherwise, fast walking produces inertia -- the very quality bagua seeks to obliterate. Of course there are a number of modifications to this principle that are well beyond the scope of this medium.