Interesting Bajiquan applications clip...

[Wood Dragon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQlvkouoU6w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxFBjoAgJ-0&mode=related&search=

Other clips of the same instructor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgMntzULf9s&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3ZtxyiIMbU&mode=related&search=

[BruceSteveRoy]

i like those clips. i have never seen bajiquan before. it looks like a very interesting style. where did it originate? (i know i can look it up but i am being lazy.)

[SPJ]

The first clip is about big twirling or Da Chan. You rotate your arm around the shoulder and/or elbow joint to restrain or attack.

There is also the small twirling around the wrist joint. It is then called Xiao Chan or Chan Wan (wrist).

The last clip Lian Shou Quan meaning linking hand forms.

:)

[SPJ]

i like those clips. i have never seen bajiquan before. it looks like a very interesting style. where did it originate? (i know i can look it up but i am being lazy.)

It was a very old style. Some thought it may be originated some thousand years ago. Since the moves are direct and straight forward and there are no flowery moves or excessive/needless moves.

There was a place called "Ba Ji Wo" or nest of Ba Ji fist. Every one practiced Ba Ji there.

It was popular in Cang Zhou area He Bei Province.

Some thought it was originated from Hui or moslem Chinese.

Some said from Shaolin or Daoists, too.

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http://www.bajimen.com/index.php?page=baji

http://www.wushu.org/eng/1203.php

http://www.cgcmall.com/Ba_Ji_Quan_p/vc00shaobjq.htm

http://www.tianxingjianwushu.com/bajiquan.html

http://www.geocities.com/ottawakungfu/300Baji001.htm

http://www.atlantamartialarts.com/styles/baji.htm

http://www.chinavoc.com/kungfu/schools/cata_bj.asp

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[RAF]

http://www.wutangcenter.com/wt/index.html

http://www.wutangcenter.com/wt/bajiandfight.html

http://www.wutangcenter.com/wt/bajipigua.htm

http://www.wutangcenter.com/wt/bajipigua2.htm

http://www.wutangcenter.com/wt/fajing.html

http://www.wutangcenter.com/wt/bajiart.html

http://www.wutangcenter.com/wt/videos4.htm

http://www.plumpub.com/sales/taichi/VDtonyyang.htm

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Basic baji/pigua from the Liu Yun Qiao line via Tony Yang.

Enjoy.

[SPJ]

Thank you very much for the info and links.

Excellent articles and video's.

:)

[RAF]

SPJ:

Thank you for your posts and always informative commentary.

Looking forward to reading your baji book.:)

[SPJ]

hi;

I am waiting for the first hard copy of the book in a few days.

The production department "finalized" the "art" and Chinese characters.

It is a long wait since May.

The book will be available some time next week.

It is searchable inside both at Amazon.com and google book search.

edit:

the pages are colored in grading shades.

Chinese characters are in the background.

etc. It looks very nice.

:D

[SPJ]

Hi;

For people that are interested.

The Ba Ji review/intro book is now available from the publisher's website.

I am still waiting for my first copy in the mail.

:D

[Three Harmonies]

'Bout **** time brother! Congrats, I look forward to it!
Jake :D

[explosiveturtle]

check this guy out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kF6qg5360

i heard his dad was really good. good chance he'll skill around the same.

[Shaolinlueb]

i think that guys kung fu is good.

the applications i wasnt that impressed with. they were ok in my book. im sure he could use them if he speeds it up though, he seemed good enough.