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Octavius
02-22-2004, 03:06 AM
Are all the palm changes (well, I guess I'm mainly talking about the basic 8) the same for the different Bagua lineages? Are they done the same way?

Walter Joyce
02-22-2004, 05:59 AM
They are different and done differently.

count
02-22-2004, 08:02 AM
Different teachers teach some variations of basic palm postures, but the direction of energy is not too different. A palm change is when intent changes from one side of the body to the other so the variations would only be limited by what postures are taught. Dong Hai Chuan only taught 3 palm changes. Single Palm, Double Palm, and Smooth Palm changes. The rest varies according to usage. But it seems to me, there are more options than 8 palm changes.;)