any ideas on the best book on pa kua?
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any ideas on the best book on pa kua?
Anything by Dr. John Painter, Jerry Allen Johson & Joseph Crandall, Yang Wing Ming or Adam Hsu.
Re: Jerry & Joseph's book Pakua Chang fighting systems & weapons is out of print...awesome book on pakua in general...you can still find a copy on line. If your looking for books to show how to really use Baqua, I highly recomend Dr. Painters Combat Baguazhang Nine Dragon System...vol. 1&2.....it's straight to the point, no BS.......his methods are proven on the street.........any questions PM me with your contact info.
BQ
if you are asking for the jiang rong qiao style of pakua learned in sd check out the below translation:
classical baguazhang
bagua lian-xi fa_by jiang rong qiao_translated by joseph crandall_97 pages
andrea falk also has a good translation of the above book.
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the below book is about i different style of pakua but it does have some good information.
emei bagua zhang _theory and application_liang shou-yu &yang jwing-ming_361 pages,softbound,
Man this thread just keeps going!
Tenacity coolness;)
or just a bunch of hard heads???
getting slow in here
i have found the books on line but i haven't gotten them yet... cash? story of my life. but have seen some interesting youtube videos my typing jiang rong qiao?
I remember the old days before all the hype. When I started I wanted to have the skills of the old Shao lin I used to try to walk on TP / rice paper with out tearing it for hours and dreamed of wearing the Tiger and Dragon on my fore arms. What happened to the dreams of old ???? KC
Anyone remember the 7 Hands of the Preying Mantis.............????
http://www.plumflowermantisboxing.co...e%20bottom.htm
I found this a while ago.....look familiar???The illustrations @ the bottom of the page show hands 1-3
This should shake things up a little!!!!
It doesnt look similar to the 7 hands I learned KC
Try looking at it in abstract form.Seven Hands of the Preying Mantis/ Tang Lang Chi Sou- Stationary Training/ Ting Pu Lian Si
#1 Smack Hand ( Yung Sou) This is where we are smacking with the back hand towards the head( Biatch Slap ). They are crossing (R) hands
#2 Penetrating Hand (Cha Sou), This is where we trap the (R) arm with the (L) hand and finger thrust towards the eyes . They are doing a ( R) Mantis hook then (L) hand blocks (R) then (R) palm strike to the chin ( if you read the captions it says that it is normally done with a finger thrust)....... then (L) raising forearm block( Same). (L) Hand cuts under and Grabs (L) arm ( Same)......
It isnt exactly the same but it is similar..............
Then ours goes #3 Smacking Fist ( Kwan Chien ) Their's is #3 Smacking Fist............